Birmingham International Film Society

Birmingham International Film Society offers a programme of new and classic World Cinema.

With regular screenings on Tuesdays and Thursdays at the Library Theatre featuring the best of world cinema, plus special events with guest speakers.

BIFS is supported by the British Film Institute Transition Fund.

Tickets: £4 full price, £3 concessions.

Special price for both films on the night - £7 full price, £5 concessions.

Available on the door on the night.

Tel: 0121 303 4681

For further information about BIFS look out for our printed programme at arts venues and libraries or email us.

Coming Soon

1. 18:15 Tue 7^th February

   Morgiana (15)
   Dir: Juraj Herz
   Czechoslovakia 1972 1hr 37mins Czech with subtitles

   A unique, psychological, horror

   — Dvd Beaver

   Twin sisters Klára and Viktorie (both played by Janžurová) inherit their late father’s estate. Younger red-headed Klára… More

2. 20:15 Tue 7^th February

   Bluebeard (Barbe Bleue) (15)
   Dir: Catherine Breillat
   France 2009 1hr 20mins French with subtitles

   This is once-upon-a-time at its grim best

   — Film4

   In a dusty attic, two young sisters are reading the creepy tale by Perrault, also about two sisters, whose father has just died, leaving… More

3. 18:15 Thu 16^th February

   Way of the Morris (E)
   Dir: Rob Curry, Tim Plester
   UK 2011 1hr 4mins

   An enchanting traipse through England\'s green and pleasant land that shares some fascinating insights into this proud folk tradition

   — Empire

   In Partnership with Moseley Folk Festival

   A… More

4. 20:15 Thu 16^th February

   The Wild Hunt (15)
   Dir: Alexandre Franchi
   Canada 2009 1hr 36mins

   A nuanced, unpredictable character study

   — Jam!

   Jilted by his girlfriend Evelyn, Erik sets off to win her back. To do so, however, he must swallow his pride and join in with the LARP-ers… More

5. 18:15 Tue 21^st February

   The Lighthouse (Mayak) (12)
   Dir: Maria Saakyan
   Russia 2006 1hr 15mins Russian with subtitles

   A poetic reverie on memory and homeland, with a hypnotic combination of image and music

   — Sight & Sound

   Lena travels to her grandparents’ small village in war-torn Armenia, to… More

6. 20:00 Tue 21^st February

   Dreams of a Life (E)
   Dir: Carol Morley
   UK/Ireland 2011 1h 30mins

   Haunting, compassionate and inventive

   — Time Out

   In 2006, a gruesome discovery was made in a block of flats above Wood Green shopping centre in London – the skeletal body of… More