-Date: 29 Aug & 5 Sep-

Screening will be preceded by Local Filmmaker He Shuming's film, 'Matinee At Three'.

"There’s such warmth; deeply felt but never sentimental. The colours are bold, the characters complex, and the melodrama unapologetic. It’s a film about mothers and daughters, secrets and survival, all wrapped in Almodóvar’s signature affection for television, cinema, and women who refuse to be written off." - Filmmaker He Shuming.

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About Volver:

Raimunda (Penélope Cruz) lives and works in Madrid with her husband, Paco, and their daughter, Paula. Her sister, Sole (Lola Dueñas), lives nearby, and both sisters share a deep sense of loss for their mother, Irene (Carmen Maura), who died several years ago in a house fire along with their father. A former neighbour from their hometown claims to have seen the ghost of Irene, but the sisters are sceptical. Following a murder and a family tragedy, Irene's spirit begins to materialise around her daughters to provide them with comfort.

About Matinee at Three:

In an old cinema, The Lion City (1960), the first Chinese film by Cathay-Keris, plays to a dwindling audience. As the black-and-white love story echoes through the cinema’s empty halls, two strangers seek a connection. Shot in the historic Golden Theatre located in Golden Mile tower, a modernist architectural icon, now home to The Projector, this homage to Tsai Ming Liang’s Goodbye, Dragon Inn acts as an ode to the ghosts and sanctity of the cinematic space.