Wedding celebration goes bananas in Nakache & Toledano’s Altmanesque ensemble romp! C’est La Vie Cert 15 1h 57min Eldon Building Screening Room 1.10 11 March Max must deal with an assortment of troubles and anxieties from his staff as he struggles to find the most economic and efficient way to provide for the increasing demands of a wedding ceremony in a 17th century chateau. It’s a rough-and-tumble ride of stressful proportions as Max is slowly losing his patience with the incompetence shown by his (sometimes amateurish) employees. To make matters worse, Max’s personal issues pile up to ..read more

“Woman at War is an environmental drama wrapped in whimsical comedy and tied with a bow of midlife soul-searching.” – Jeannette Catsoulis, The New York Times Woman At War Cert 12 1h 41min Eldon Building Screening Room 1.10 7 March Halla, a 49-year-old eco-activist, sets out to disturb the plans and activities of an multinational corporation aluminium plant outside Iceland’s Reykjavik, all the while juggling an adoption process against a government that fights to disprove her. Through a set of trials and tribulations, Halla comes to risk everything to protect the Icelandic highlands from the en ..read more

‘Retro AIDS Tale Earns Its Tears’ – Dan Callahan, The Wrap 1985 Cert 15 1h 25min 7pm Eldon Building Screening Room 1.10 Wednesday 19 February The distraught Adrian returns home for Christmas to tell his conservative family about his recent diagnosis of AIDS. After spending three years away working in New York, Adrian’s newfound crisis compels him to return to the trappings of his religious household. Immediately upon his return, the family’s old doctrine is a cold shoulder for Adrian, casting him the same side glances and odd looks he’s been fighting all his childhood. As the title tells us ..read more

A perfect cocktail of funny and emotional! The Shiny Shrimps Cert 15 1h 43min 7pm Eldon Building Screening Room 1.10 Wednesday 5 February This fresh and positive look into the LGBTQ community hits a comic mother lode while staying true to its emotional core. Matthias Le Goff’s blurting of a homophobic statement to the press earns him the disciplinary punishment of training a gay water polo team in order to rehabilitate his career. The flamboyant and quirky bunch who make up Le Goff’s new team aspire to qualify for the Gay Games in Croatia. Things are off to a bad start when Le Goff discovers ..read more

Portsmouth Film Society – Sunset Open air Screenings Summer 2019 PRESS RELEASE Make your folding chairs, rugs, air beds, and picnic ready for a superb outdoor cinema experience. This year’s season of summer films screened outdoors  by Portsmouth Film Society launches on Friday 7th June with a free showing for families of a film selected by public for D-Day 75 at 7.00 pm. The following evening, Saturday 8th June, the D-Day film Darkest Hour (2017), with an Oscar-winning performance by Gary Oldman, will be shown at Canoe Lake. Directed by Joe Wright, who made Atonement, another film with a warti ..read more

By Billy Stevenson My name is Billy Stevenson. I am 40 years old. I was admitted to ANA treatment centre, Portsmouth in 2016 for alcohol addiction. There I was detoxed and spent 7 months in their primary and secondary rehabilitation centres. It was during my time there I was encouraged to seek out volunteer work as part of my integration back into society. I searched around for places to do with movies, an industry I am passionate about but have never been involved in. I came across Portsmouth Film Society and arranged a meeting with Aysegul Epengin, the founder. I was honest about my ..read more

I want to buy I am Only Human Ticket Premiere of short films breaking social barriers and uniting diverse cultures of Portsmouth. Portsmouth Film Society (PFS) continues to deliver on its mission to help break down social barriers and unite diverse cultures with the premieres of four short films. Portsmouth citizens from all backgrounds have come together to tell their stories. Many people will be able to identify with the difficult subjects of these films; homelessness, substance misuse and recovery, disability and multiculturalism. Whether they have experience of these topics themselves, or ..read more

Over the last few weeks, Portsmouth Film Society (PFS) have been hosting community workshops within university buildings. These workshops aim to work with individuals who have been neglected and ignored within our society. Now five weeks in, the workshops have been going in full flow, with a packed class-room every week! The workshop’s main goal is to use film and photography to help break down social barriers and unite diverse cultures and bring people from all ethnicities, races and ages together for a good cause. Coordinated by Aysegul Epengin, who is not only the founder of PFS but a PhD s ..read more

I Am Only Human After All:                                                                                                                                       Portsmouth Film Society (PFS) is using film to help break down social barriers and unite diverse cultures.  In partnership with Urbond, an organisation standing for a cohesive city, PFS is creating a documentary featuring several vulnerable individuals who will tell their story and reflect on their experiences in Portsmouth, both good and bad. A variety of short films and documentaries will be produced with people who have been neglect ..read more

Wedding celebration goes bananas in Nakache & Toledano’s Altmanesque ensemble romp! C’est La Vie Cert 15 1h 57min Eldon Building Screening Room 1.10 11 March Max must deal with an assortment of troubles and anxieties from his staff as he struggles to find the most economic and efficient way to provide for the increasing demands of a wedding ceremony in a 17th century chateau. It’s a rough-and-tumble ride of stressful proportions as Max is slowly losing his patience with the incompetence shown by his (sometimes amateurish) employees. To make matters worse, Max’s personal issues pile up to ..read more