‘Mr. Jones’ Directed by Agnieszka Holland.  Poland/UK/Ukraine, 2019. 119 mins (15) 

A Members’ Choice film, in partnership with the Ukranian Institute London.

Post-screening Q&A with Dr. Daria Mattingley, Dept. of Slavonic Studies, Cambridge

In English, Ukrainian, Russian and Welsh with subtitles.

Starts promptly at 8:30pm

Based on a true events, Mr. Jones follows a young investigative journalist from Wales who uncovers horrendous realities hidden behind Soviet propaganda. The screening coincides with Ukraine’s annual commemoration of the Holodomor (the Great Famine).

Berlinale nominee for ‘Golden Bear’; 3 awards at the Polish Film Festival

“There are moments in the blistering cold when Jones’s quest for truth looks like it will end. This is where Holland and the script turn the drama up so high that you’re riveted to his plight, lost in his agony, shivering in the frosty climate.” Dwight Brown, National Newspaper Publishers Association

Starring: James Norton, Vanessa Kirby, Peter Sarsgaard

FAQs

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There will be free seating; please let us know if you wish to maintain social distancing.

You are welcome to arrive early and enjoy the Curzon bar, just don’t forget to check in at the WFC ticket desk, which opens at 8pm. The bar will remain open after the screening until 11pm.

For general safety and reassurance, we request that masks continue to be used in the screening room, except when drinking or eating.

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