Jennifer Lim, Cici Peng and Hester Yang joined us to discuss the ethical questions raised by the film, as well as their personal experiences in relation to them.
Jennifer Lim is an actor, theatre and filmmaker who also writes, directs and produces. Her acting work encompasses film, theatre, television, radio and audio work. Hester Yang, a London-based Chinese filmmaker and film programmer, focuses on alternative documentary storytelling. Cici Peng is a film journalist and film programmer based in London. She has written for British GQ, LWLies, Dazed & Confused, i-D, and led and edited an editorial project for gal-dem.
Recorded on 14th July at The Garden Cinema
39-41 Parker Street London WC2B 5PQ
Throughout July and August, The Garden Cinema presents screenings and special events for South Asian Heritage Month 2024, which is themed ‘Free to Be Me.’
These films weave tales of resilience, identity, and personal freedom with a special focus on female voices and queer stories.
Music: Dhanraj Persaud and Shayaan Saqib 9(recorded at The Garden Cinema during our 2023 season)
In partnership with TAPE Collective, a Q&A with filmmaker Desiree Akhavan about the making of Appropriate Behaviour, hosted by Isra Al Kassi, as part of The Garden Cinema’s Women Aren’t Funny Season.
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Check out the TAPE Collective at tapecollective.co.uk
In the Works is our regular series of screenings and informal conversations with guests from all areas of the industry, hosted by Oscar nominated composer Gary Yershon. Gary’s guest is the artist and academy award winning costume and production designer Tim Yip. Tim has worked with the likes of John Woo, Tsui Hark, Tsai Ming liang, and of course Ang Lee. For Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, he won the Oscar for Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, and the BAFTA for Best Costume Design.
Recorded on 7th July 2024 at The Garden Cinema
Before our screening of La hija de todas las rabias (Daughter of Rage) our audience enjoyed a guitar set by Nicaraguan musician Omar Rios.
Part of our New Central American season at The Garden Cinema.
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Caramel (Nadine Labaki, 2007) is a Middle Eastern romcom that challenges binding cultural traditions whilst celebrating female friendship. Showing at The Garden Cinema as part of our Women Aren’t Funny season.
Our very own Abla Kandalaft is joined by Laila Alj, an actor and theatre producer, to discuss and contextualise the film. In their post-film discussion with a Garden Cinema audience they cover bringing humour from the Middle East to the West, and bring insight to the economic, religious and queer milieu that gives rise to the film’s interweaving storylines.
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Recorded at The Garden Cinema on 7th July 2024
Buitumelo Kotekwa introduces The Watermelon Women and reads Zoe Leonard’s poem ‘I Want A President’.
Buitumelo Kotekwa is an artist, poet, and lesbian africanfuturist and their practice across mediums focuses on the unravelling and reconstruction of worlds centring the global majority and the echoes of Black peoples through time.
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Recorded at The Garden Cinema on 4th July 2024
Women Aren’t Funny, is a season celebrating 13 films directed & written by women from the 1940s to today. Explore the season and book tickets: https://www.thegardencinema.co.uk/season/women-arent-funny/
The Heartbreak Kid is Elaine May’s second film as a director, a melancholic tale that turns the rom-com genre on its head. Our guests Darren Richman and Devorah Baum, and a Garden Cinema audience, break down the themes and psychology of its characters in this post-film discussion.
Devorah Baum is a co-director and the author of a number of books including On Marriage (Hamish Hamilton) and The Jewish Joke (Profile), working as an Associate Professor of English Literature at the University of Southampton.
Darren Richman is a writer and journalist, having written for The Jewish News, The Guardian, Little White Lie, The Daily Telegraph, and The Independent.
Recorded on 17th June 2024 at The Garden Cinema
39-41 Parker Street London WC2B 5PQ