The films on Sun 24th are part of the “Take One Action! Film Festival sponsored by the Co-op and the first set include post-film discussion with special guest, Kathy Galloway of Christian Aid, Scotland.

Fri 22nd Feb, 7:30pm

Ginger and Rosa

A look at the lives of two teenage girls – inseparable friends Ginger and Rosa — growing up in 1960s London, and the pivotal event the comes to redefine their relationship as the Cuban Missile Crisis looms.

Rated: 12A, Running Time 90 min. Directed by Sally Potter

£5/£4 concs/£3 U16s Pay on the door

Sun 24th Feb, 12:30pm

The World On Your Plate (2 films)

Can we eat our way to a better world? Kicking off Fair Trade fortnight, this double bill of inspirational films explores our global relationship to food.

The Dancing Forest (Reykjavik International Film Festival Award) celebrates the extraordinary women of rural Togo who are taking back their food system from overseas control, while Best Before offers a snapshot of similar projects in the UK.

As the UK steps up to lead the G8 in 2013, and with a billion people now living in hunger, there has never been a more important time to learn from and champion such positive alternatives. Part of Take One Action! Film Festival. Screening followed by discussion with special guests including Kathy Galloway, director of Christian Aid Scotland. £4/£3 U16s Pay on the door

Sun 24th Feb, 4pm

The Blue Tiger

Johanka and Matyas’s playground is the lush botanical garden in the old quarter of a Czech city. When the new mayor reveals his intention to scrap the garden and modernize, Johanka’s terrific imagination takes hold and the pair plan to stop him. Suddenly rumours of a mysterious Blue Tiger in the city circulate. Can they protect him from the Mayor and save the garden? This heart-warming Czech film, a hit on the indie festival circuit, explores play, environmen and social responsibility themes with bags of charm. Part of Take One Action! Film Festival. In Czech with English subtitles ages 8+, Running Time 90 min. Directed by Petr Oukropec, Bohdan Sláma

£4/£3 U16s Pay on the door

Fri 1st March, 7:30pm

Beasts of the Southern Wild

In a forgotten but defiant bayou community cut off from the rest of the world by a sprawling levee, a six-year-old girl exists on the brink of orphanhood. Buoyed by her childish optimism and extraordinary imagination, she believes that the natural world is in balance with the universe until a fierce storm changes her reality. Desperate to repair the structure of her world in order to save her ailing father and sinking home, this tiny hero must learn to survive unstoppable catastrophes of epic proportions.

Rated: 12A, Running Time 93 min. Directed by Behn Zeitlin

£5/£4 concs/£3 U16s Pay on the door

Source: Universal Hall