The Farewell (cert PG). Screening starts 7.30pm

Welcome to Oakwood Cinema - the independent community cinema for Oakwood and Roundhay in Leeds! Oakwood Cinema is a not-for-profit community cinema showing a film each month, with a licensed bar and snacks to make the night an enjoyable social event for all!

Our film for April is The Farewell (PG).

THE FILM

The Farewell is an American-Chinese film from 2019, which has been absolutely storming the awards season, including a Golden Globe for its lead actress and a Bafta nomination for best film not in the English language. A lot of the film is actually in English (well, American), but a substantial portion is in Mandarin Chinese with English subtitles.

The Farewell tells the story of a young American women of Chinese descent, Billi, who travels back to the Chinese city of Changchun to visit her beloved grandmother, who has terminal cancer. The dilemma is that everyone knows about the situation, apart from the grandmother herself. This is because, according to Billi’s mother, “Chinese people have a saying: when people get cancer, they die. But it’s not the cancer that kills them, it’s the fear.”

If this all sounds a bit serious and morbid, don't worry. The Farewell is at times funny, heartwarming, and ultimately uplifting - it is about family, love and belonging. Awkwafina is superb in the lead role (you may have seen her in Crazy Rich Asians), and the film marks a real breakthrough for up and coming director and writer Lulu Wang.

The Wall Street Journal described it as “...a funny, emotionally intricate and deeply moving tale of severed connections and renewed family ties.

TICKETS 

Tickets are just £5 for everyone.  (We are no longer offering memberships.)

Cinema opens at 6.30pm (come and have a drink and a chat). Film starts at 7.30pm

Ticket Prices

 £5.00

A booking fee is applied to cover the bank processing fee for purchasing online tickets. If you would like to purchase a paper ticket from a local shop, using good old fashioned cash, please visit Tasty Cafe or Jack Rabbit's Pottery in Oakwood. Shops only stock tickets for the next film to be shown, one film at a time.