Friday Jan 29 to Thursday Feb 4, 2016

"The world’s best tv and cinema ads are chosen each year in Cannes, France. In May, it’s home to the most famous film festival on the planet. Then in June, it plays host to the Cannes International Festival Of Creativity. Over 4000 film and video commercials from dozens of nations are submitted to the judges.

"Carol is set in the early 1950s, but Todd Haynes’ sumptuous drama clearly speaks to current times, where homosexual rights are still fought for daily. One of the best films of 2015, it stars Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara as fugitive lovers in the repressive America of the time.

"Adapted from Emma Donoghue’s 2010 novel of the same name, this captivity narrative about a woman and her young son living in a 10-by-10-foot shed is no one’s idea of a feel-good story.

"Quentin Tarantino’s latest film (**** out of four)  mashes up the Western genre with a murder mystery to depict one night with eight unpleasant strangers — some more loathsome than others — packed together in the most tense of situations.

"From the neglectful mother in 'Mary Poppins' to prissy spinsters sipping tea in silly hats, suffragettes have long been vilified and mocked in popular culture.

"That these brave women were the foot soldiers in a long and bloody war to win the right to vote has long been either ignored or forgotten.

For the seventh year in a row we are proud to offer the chance to see some of the Oscar nominated films that many people never see. The short film categories are full of amazing films - the unsung nominees that are worth their weight in Oscar gold.