13 Aug 21 — 22 Aug 21

Cinema in the City

A new cinematic experience by FACT that brings the best in new, independent film to extraordinary places across Liverpool.

Launching in August 2021 and supported by Film Hub North, Cinema in the City gives film fans a unique, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to experience critically-acclaimed and award-winning films against the backdrop of the city's iconic architecture. Recognising Liverpool's local talent and rich film history, discover shorts by up-and-coming local filmmakers before the premiere and enjoy food and drink served by the city's much-loved independents.

Fri 13 - Sun 15 and Fri 20 - Sun 22 Aug 2021

FACT presents Cinema in the City at Cotton Exchange Rooftop Garden. Watch 3 recently released critically-acclaimed indie films in an open-air environment. This month's food and drink partner is Maray who will be serving up their renowned and well-loved Middle Eastern-inspired menu.

THE KILLING OF TWO LOVERS

Friday 20 Aug, 18:00

Played out in long takes, amidst a landscape that dwarfs its residents, The Killing of Two Lovers, like Xavier Legrande’s impressive Custody, skilfully maps out the complex terrain of a marriage in freefall, holding off judgement of characters’ actions until we are fully immersed in their lives.

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RARE BEASTS

Saturday 21 Aug, 18:00

Rare Beasts is the dark, funny, failed love story of Mandy and Pete. Mandy (Billie Piper) is a modern woman in a crisis. Raising a son, Larch (Toby Woolf) in the midst of a female revolution, mining the pain of her parents' separation and professionally writing about a love that no longer exists, she falls upon a troubled man, Pete (Leo Bill), who is searching for a sense of worth, belonging and ‘restored’ male identity.

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STRAY

Sunday 22 Aug, 18:00

Through the eyes of three stray dogs wandering the streets of Istanbul, Stray explores what it means to live as a being without status or security. As they search for food and shelter, Zeytin, Nazar and Kartal embark on inconspicuous journeys through Turkish society that allow us an unvarnished portrait of human life —and their own canine culture.

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BLOODY NOSE, EMPTY POCKETS

Friday 13 Aug, 18:00

In the semi-constructed circumstances of the compellingly ambiguous Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets, director brothers Bill and Turner Ross tap into the community spirit that local bars engender and the real connections people make in unexpected places. It’s the last night ever at the Roaring 20s cocktail lounge, and all’s fair in boozy truths and wavy fictions.

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This event has been postponed and will now take place on Fri 13 August at 18:00. If you have a query about postponement, please contact us by emailing online@fact.co.uk or calling us on 0151 7074444.

AMMONITE

Saturday 14 Aug, 18:00

Francis Lee follows up God’s Own Country with Ammonite, a film that is every bit as immersive, tactile and emotionally powerful, aided by the devastatingly good Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan. In this fictionalised account of the life of 19th century palaeontologist Mary Anning, Winslet plays the pioneering scientist with Ronan as the gentlewoman who falls in love with her while staying in Mary’s beloved Lyme Regis.

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This event has been postponed and will now take place on Sat 14 August at 18:00. If you have a query about postponement, please contact us by emailing online@fact.co.uk or calling us on 0151 7074444.

Apples

Sunday 15 Aug, 18:00

Could it be that we are the things we don’t forget? In director Christos Nikou’s Apples, Aris, a solitary man in his late thirties, becomes a victim of an unexplained surge of memory loss disorders in his city and is forced to confront his severe amnesia through an experimental new treatment.

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This event has been postponed and will now take place on Sun 15 August at 18:00. If you have a query about postponement, please contact us by emailing online@fact.co.uk or calling us on 0151 7074444.

Cinema in the City is presented by FACT and supported by Film Hub North with National Lottery funding on behalf of the BFI Film Audience Network. This event is presented in partnership with Bruntwood.

FACT presents
Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets [15]

It’s the last night ever at the Roaring 20s cocktail lounge, and all’s fair in boozy truths and wavy fictions.

Running time: 98 mins
Genre: Documentary, Drama

Fri, 13 Aug
18:00

FACT presents
Ammonite [15]

Acclaimed paleontologist Mary Anning works alone selling common fossils to tourists to support her ailing mother, but a chance job offer changes her life when a visitor hires her to care for his wife.

Running time: 118 mins
Genre: Drama, Romance

Sat, 14 Aug
18:00

APPLES by Christos Nikou 3 Bartosz Swiniarski

FACT presents
Apples [12A]

Amidst a worldwide pandemic that causes sudden amnesia, a man finds himself enrolled in a recovery program designed to help unclaimed patients build new identities.

Running time: 91 mins
Genre: Drama