The Painted Bird in Selected Cinemas (UK & Ireland)
Featuring a staggering central performance from the young Petr Kotlár alongside a star-studded international ensemble including Udo Kier, Stellan Skarsgård, Harvey Keitel, Julian Sands and Barry Pepper. The Painted Bird has won ecstatic acclaim, with The Guardian’s Xan Brooks describing the film as “a monumental piece of work” rewarding the film with a five-star review.
The film follows the journey of a boy, entrusted by his Jewish parents to an elderly foster mother in an effort to escape persecution. Following a tragedy, the boy is on his own. Wandering through the desecrated countryside, the boy encounters villagers and soldiers whose own lives have been brutally altered, and who are intent on revisiting this brutality on the boy. When the war ends, the boy has been changed, forever.
Shot in crisp black and white 35mm – Václav Marhoul’s The Painted Bird does far more than simply depict the horror of war. It is an unflinching examination of the very worst of humanity.
The Painted Bird will be screening at the following cinemas:
London; JW3; 1 & 15 October 2020 (2 Days)
Edinburgh; Filmhouse; 9,10,11 & 13 October 2020 (4 Days) Book Now
Wells-next-the-sea; Wells Maltings; 17 October 2020 (1 Day) Book Now
Dumfries, Robert Burns Centre, 22 October 2020 (1 Day)
Killarney; Cinema Killarney; 10 November 2020 (1 Day) Book Now
The Painted Bird has previous screened at the following venues:
London; Phoenix Cinema, East Finchley; 2 February 2020 [Preview Screening – Supported by The Jewish Film Festival] (1 Day)
Glasgow; Cineworld Renfrew Street; 1 & 2 March 2020 [Preview Screenings at the Glasgow Film Festival] (2 Days)
Aberystwyth; Arts Centre; 22 March 2020 [Preview Screening as part of the Wales One World (WOW) Film Festival] (1 Day)
London; Curzon Bloomsbury; 4 September 2020 [Members Only Preview Screening]
London; Curzon Soho; 4 September 2020 [Members Only Preview Screening]
London; Curzon Bloomsbury; 11 September 2020 (7 Days)
London; Curzon Soho; 11 September 2020 (7 Days)
London; Curzon Wimbledon; 11 September 2020 (7 Days)
London; BFI Southbank; 11 September 2020 (4 Days)
London; Cine Lumiere; 11,13,14 & 16 September 2020 (4 Days)
Dublin; Irish Film Institute; 11 September 2020 (7 Days)
Dublin; Light House Cinema; 11 September 2020 (7 Days)
Edinburgh; Filmhouse; 11 September 2020 (7 Days)
Manchester; Home; 11 September 2020 (7 Days)
Lewes; Depot; 11 September 2020 (7 Days)
Oban; Oban Phoenix Cinema; 11 September 2020 (1 Day)
London; Curzon Bloomsbury; 18 September 2020 (7 Days)
Manchester; Home; 18 September 2020 (7 Days)
London; Arthouse, Crouch End; 18 September 2020 (7 Days)
London; Riverside Studios; 18 September 2020 (7 Days)
Sheffield; Showroom; 18 September 2020 (7 Days)
Bristol; Watershed; 18, 19 & 20 September 2020 (3 Days)
Dublin; Light House Cinema; 18 September 2020 (1 Day)
Malvern; Malvern Theatres; 18 September 2020 (1 Day)
Oban; Oban Phoenix Cinema; w/c 18 September 2020 (2 Days)
London; Curzon Soho; 19, 21 & 23 September 2020
London; BFI Southbank; 20 September 2020 (1 Day)
London; Genesis Cinema; 20 September 2020 (1 Day)
Aberdeen; Belmont Filmhouse; 25 September 2020 (7 Days)
Manchester; Home; 25 September 2020 (7 Days)
Glasgow; Glasgow Film Theatre (GFT), 25, 26 & 29 September 2020 (3 Days)
Colchester; Firstsite; 27 September 2020 (1 Day)
Derby; Quad; 29 & 30 September 2020 (2 Days)
Kendal; Brewery Arts Centre; 4 & 8 October 2020 (2 Days)
