A busy week at Pontio cinema starts with ‘The Phantom Of The Open’ and culminates with the Easter Blockbuster ‘Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore.’
Dance, science and digital collide in a vivid and energetic new production from Jack Philp Dance. OPTO NANO at Theatr Bryn Terfel on Thursday.
Legendary Welsh rugby player Shane Williams will share the extraordinary secrets of his illustrious career on Saturday 9 April.
Book Here for all other events find out more here: https://www.pontio.co.uk/
The Phantom Of The Open(12A)
Craig Roberts, 2022, 106m
Cast – Mark Rylance, Sally Hawkins, Rhys Ifans
Friday 1 – Thursday 7 April
£7.50 standard / £6.50 over 60 / £6 student / £5.50 child (under 18s)
Welsh film director Craig Roberts’ new film is the extraordinary story of an ordinary man, THE PHANTOM OF THE OPEN is an uplifting and moving comedy drama about pursuing your dreams and shooting for the stars, no matter what hand you’re dealt. Maurice Flitcroft, a dreamer and unrelenting optimist, managed to gain entry to The British Open Golf Championship Qualifying in 1976 and subsequently shot the worst round in Open history, becoming a folk hero in the process.
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Drive My Car (15)
Ryusuke Hamaguchi, 2021, 179m
Cast – Hidetoshi Nishijima, Toko Miura, Reika Kirishima
Sunday 3 April 5.30pm
£7.50 standard / £6.50 over 60 / £6 student / £5.50 child (under 18s)
If there is any justice in the film world then Hamaguchi’s breakthrough film based on a short story by Haruki Murukami will triumph at this years Oscar Award ceremony (it is the first ever Japanese film to be nominated for Best Picture.) After the death of his wife Yūsuke Kafuku, a middle aged actor/theatre director travels to Hiroshima to direct a version of Anton Chekov’s Uncle Vanya. There he bonds with a young girl who is assigned as his chauffer and together they confront the secrets and pain hidden in their past. This is utterly brilliant and emotionally powerful film-making from a new master of the cinema. Unmissable.
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CITIZEN PONTIO Calling film fans of Bangor!
This first #CITIZEN PONTIO season is an invitation for us to come together and enjoy great films and explore how we can expand the Pontio film programme and liven up the cinema space here in Bangor with 4 double bill film night!
Full details in the first CITIZEN PONTIO BULLETIN: POWER (copies available in venue)
The Blackpower Mixtape 1967-1975 (12A)
Goran Hugo Olsson, 2011,96m
Cast – Angela Davies, Stokely Carmichael, Bobby Seale, Erykah Badu
Wednesday 6th April 5.30pm
Tickets: £7.50 standard / £6.50 over 60 / £6 student / £5.50 child (under 18s)
This is a Swedish documentary film that examines the evolution of the Black Power movement in the USA from 1967 to 1975. Exclusively utilising footage of the movement shot by Swedish journalists in the United States at that time, with appearances by Angela Davis, Bobby Seale, Huwey P.Newton and Eldridge Cleaver and many other prominent figures. Critics referred to the film as “a time capsule of a turbulent era, essential viewing for anyone concerned with America’s history—and its present”.
Double Bill!
500 Years Later (12A)
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Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (12A)
Cast: Jude Law, Eddie Redmayne, Mads Mikkelsen 135m
Friday 8 – Saturday 30 April
£7.50 standard / £6.50 over 60 / £6 student / £5.50 child (under 18s)
The big Easter blockbuster is here! Professor Albus Dumbledore knows the powerful Dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald is moving to seize control of the wizarding world. Unable to stop him alone, he entrusts Magizoologist Newt Scamander to lead an intrepid team of wizards, witches and one brave Muggle baker on a dangerous mission, where they encounter old and new beasts and clash with Grindelwald’s growing legion of followers.
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Jack Philp Dance – Opto Nano
Thursday 7 April 7.30pm
Theatr Bryn Terfel
£12 / £10
Dance, science and digital collide in this vivid and energetic new production from Jack Philp Dance. OPTO NANO is an abstract and athletic journey through the cutting-edge research of Professor Paola Borri. Created with an exceptional cast of five performers, this contemporary dance work brings biophysics to the stage; exploring pioneering cell imaging techniques using microscopes and lasers. Powered by an electronic sound score from critically acclaimed Welsh composer R.SEILIOG, the choreography proudly champions collaboration from across different worlds in a dynamic burst of movement, light and colour.
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AN EVENING WITH SHANE WILLIAMS
Presented by Ad/Lib (Cymru) and RCT Theatres
Saturday 9 April 7.30pm
Theatr Bryn Terfel £20
with Phyl Harries and Ieuan Rhys
Legendary Welsh rugby player Shane Williams will share the extraordinary secrets of his illustrious career when he takes to the stage for this intimate and revealing evening.
Shane Williams was a Welsh rugby union player most famous for his long and successful tenure as a wing for the Ospreys and the Wales national team.
In 2008, he was selected as the World Rugby Player of the Year and since his retirement from international rugby in 2012; he has worked as a presenter on S4C and as a pundit on BBC, ITV and Channel 4. He was also inducted into the World Rugby Hall of Fame in 2016.
This is great evening for fans of Welsh rugby and a chance to get up close and personal with Shane, as he lifts the lid on life on and off the pitch. It also includes a Q & A, session – so if you have a burning question to put to Shane, now is your chance!
