Film Night
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Film Night
Ever wanted to watch The Shining in an old Hotel or The Exorcist in an abandoned church? Probably not, but we want to give you the chance anyway. Ikon's film night will host a series of interesting films shown in interesting locations. Often preceded by a brief introduction to the film, some popcorn during it and topped off with some interesting conversation afterwards.
Upcoming Film Nights
In the next few months we will be showing the brilliant and hard to find documentary Audience of One
Ten years ago, a Pentecostal pastor from San Francisco was praying on a mountain top when he received a vision from God to spread the Gospel through filmmaking. Using donations from his congregation, he slowly transformed his church into a fully functioning movie studio, and the production company Christian WYSIWYG Filmworks was born. After experimenting on a number of small projects, Pastor Richard Gazowsky announced that he and his WYSIWYG crew were going to make a film entitled, GRAVITY: THE SHADOW OF JOSEPH, a biblical science fiction movie that would redefine the Hollywood epic. AUDIENCE OF ONE is a documentary that chronicles the making of GRAVITY. This verite style film goes inside a Pentecostal church, where the charismatic Gazowsky leads his loyal cast and crew on an incredible journey that tests the limits of faith. From pre-production at their church, to shooting principal photography in Italy, to leasing an enormous studio on an island in the San Francisco Bay, AUDIENCE OF ONE keeps pace with an embattled church production who look to God in order to keep their dream alive. Full of humor and pathos, what transpires is a story of obsession, faith and delusion
Winner of SPECIAL JURY AWARD AT BEND FILM FESTIVAL
Winner of AUDIENCE AWARD AT DOCFEST
Winner of BEYOND BELIEF AWARD AT SILVERDOCS
Previous Film Nights
Sunday 7th October: A Thief in the Night
Set in the early 1970s, this is one of the most widely viewed motion pictures of all time. A Thief in the Night tells the story of Patty, a young woman caught up in living for the present with little concern for the future. She meets and marries a young man and her life seems great, until one morning she awakens to find her husband gone and the radio reporting that millions of people have mysteriously disappeared. As dramatic, earth shaking events begin to unfold around her, Patty realizes she is living in the End Times spoken of in biblical prophecy. Adventure and suspense build to a climax in this powerful gripping film.
IMdB listing for A Thief in the Night
Friday 28 September 8pm: Palindromes
Drama with experimental structure from director/writer Todd Solondz. Portrayed by eight different actresses, Aviva dreams only of being pregnant. Her story progresses from bungled abortion to living with a violent evangelical pro-life family in a satirical look at the value of life.
Friday 29 June 8pm: Inherit the Wind
Oscar-nominated screen adaptation of the notorious 1925 Tennessee 'Monkey Trial', in which a young teacher stood accused of violating state law by teaching Darwin's theory of evolution. A celebrated liberal defence lawyer takes on a fundamentalist prosecutor as an intense, compelling drama unfolds in the stifling heat and electric atmosphere of a small-town courtroom.
IMdB listing for Inherit the Wind
Friday 1 June 8pm: An Inconvenient Truth
A documentary on Al Gore's campaign to make the issue of global warming a recognized problem worldwide.
IMdB listing for An Inconvenient Truth
