Friday Night – 20th Feb
6.30pm – Bar open
7.00 – 7.20pm Talk – Chris Bingham of ‘Coastwatch’ giving a talk about what they do.
7.30pm – 9.21pm Film – ‘Local Hero’ – 1h 51m (PG) 1983
An American oil company has plans for a new refinery and sends someone to Scotland to
buy up an entire village, but things don’t go as expected.
Director: Bill Forsyth; Writer: Bill Forsyth
Cast: Burt Lancaster; Peter Riegert; Fulton Mackay; Peter Capaldi
Saturday AM – 21st Feb
11.00am – 12.43pm Film – ‘Limbo’ – 1h 43m (12) 2020
Omar is a promising young musician. Separated from his Syrian family, he is stuck on a
remote Scottish island awaiting the fate of his asylum request.
Director: Ben Sharrock; Writer: Ben Sharrock
Cast: Sidse Babett Knudsen; Kenneth Collard; Amir El-Masry
Saturday PM – 21st Feb
2.00pm – 2.30pm Talk – ‘Lifeblood’: The Story of the Burn Valley by Jim Ring
From South Creake to North Creake, then on to the Burnhams, the River Burn flows, meeting the sea
near Scolt Head. This comprehensive history of the river, its people and places, comprises seven
chapters numbered in reverse order. From the arrival of the Romans and subsequent invasions, the
building of churches, to the days of busy ports with large trading ships, the coming of the railways and life in the area today, it’s filled with fascinating facts and details you’ll want to know, illustrated with archive and modern photographs. Sales of ‘Lifeblood’ will help to raise funds for the Burnham Overy Harbour Trust’s project to restore the groynes in Overy creek.
2.30pm – 4.03pm Film – ‘Seaside Special’ – 1h 33m (12a) 2023
Documentary, Seaside Special follows the town of Cromer on the north Norfolk coast as it
prepares for its annual end of pier variety show, a burlesque mix of song and dance, standup
comedy and slapstick performed twice a day for three months, in the summer of 2019, set
against the tumultuous backdrop of clashing views within the community over Brexit.
Director: Jens Meurer; Writer: Jens Meurer; Cast: Olly Day; Polly Duniam
Saturday Evening – 21st Feb
7.00pm – 8.52pm Film – ‘Fisherman’s Friends’ – 1h 52m (PG-13) 2019
Ten fisherman from Cornwall are signed by Universal Records and achieve a top ten hit with
their debut album, “Sea Shanties.”
Director: Chris Foggin; Writers: Nick Moorcroft; Meg Leonard; Piers Ashworth
Cast: James Purefoy; Meadow Nobrega; David Hayman
Sunday AM – 22nd Feb
11.00am – 12.40pm Film – ‘Ballad of Wallis Island’ – 1hr 40m (PG 13) 2025
An eccentric lottery winner who lives alone on a remote island tries to make his fantasies
come true by getting his favourite musicians to perform at his home. Director: James
Griffiths; Writers: Tom Basden; Tim Key Cast: Tim Key; Tom Basden; Steve Marsh
Sunday PM – 22nd Feb
2.00pm – 3.30pm Film – ‘Bait’ – 1h 29m (15) 2019
Martin is a fisherman without a boat, his brother Steven having re-purposed it as a tourist
tripper. With their childhood home now a get-away for London money, Martin is displaced to
the estate above the harbour.
Director: Mark Jenkin; Writer: Mark Jenkin; Cast: Edward Rowe; Giles King; Chloe Endean
4.00pm – 5.20pm Film – ‘Whisky Galore’ – 1h 22m (PG) 1949
Scottish islanders try to plunder 50,000 cases of whisky from a stranded ship.
Director: Alexander Mackendrick; Writers: Compton MacKenzie; Angus MacPhail
Cast: Basil Radford; Catherine Lacey; Bruce Seton;
Sunday Evening – 22nd Feb
6.30pm – 8.30pm Film – ‘Empire of Light’ – 1h 55m (15) 2022
A drama about the power of human connection during turbulent times, set in an English
coastal town in the early 1980s.
Director: Sam Mendes; Writer: Sam Mendes; Cast: Olivia Colman; Micheal Ward; Colin Firth