Wednesday 28 February 2024

Borderlines Film Festival and Weekend of Mistakes

 I've suddenly realised just how close to the weekend it is, and I still haven't mentioned two events that are starting on 1st. March.

The first is at Hay Castle, and it's called Weekend of Mistakes.  It's a series of talks on money, mostly.  The Library of Mistakes is an Edinburgh based charity, dedicated to learning from the lessons of financial history.  The full weekend tickets are sold out, but there are still tickets available for individual events.  There are talks on money-laundering, financial crisis, con artists, banks, the geopolitical ramifications of the wars in Ukraine and Gaza, the financial plight of Sir Walter Scott - and the Leith Whisky Bubble of 1898!

More information is on the Hay Castle Trust website.

Borderlines Film Festival starts on 1st March, and runs until 17th March, with films showing all over Herefordshire, and as far north as Oswestry!

In Hay, Booths Cinema is showing Monster on Thursday 7th March at 5pm, Blackbird, Blackbird, Blackberry on 8th March at 7pm, La Chimera on Saturday 9th March at 7pm, Snow Leopard on Sunday 10th March at 5pm.

Near to Hay, at Michaelchurch Escley, Tokyo Story is showing on Wednesday 6th March at 7.30pm, and Past Lives on Tuesday 12th March at 7.30pm.

At Brilley, the films are The Eternal Daughter on Thurday 7th March at 7.30pm and Past Lives on Thursday 14th March at 7.30pm.

Monster is a Japanese film with English subtitles, and is described as a coming of age film and thriller.

Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry is a Swiss/Georgian production, in Georgian with English subtitles, and is adapted from a novel by Georgian author Tamta Melashvili.

La Chimera is an Italian/French/Swiss production in Italian and English, with English subtitles, and involves a British archaeologist in Tuscany.

Snow Leopard is a Tibetan film, in Tibetan and Chinese with English subtitles, as a family disagrees about what to do with a snow leopard that has been mauling sheep.

Tokyo Story is a Japanese film with English subtitles, about an elderly couple visiting their children in Tokyo.

Past Lives is a US/South Korean production, in Korean and English with English subtitles, and is a love story that crosses continents.

The Eternal Daughter is a Welsh film, starring Tilda Swinton, about a hotel with a mysterious past.

Many films for the festival are showing at the Courtyard in Hereford.  

More information can be found at borderlinesfilmfestival.org

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