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Off the Wall Films presents - a Dutch Double Bill in association with the Bath-Alkmaar Twinning Association.

Buy tickets for either film, or for both at a discount.

SHABU   (doors at 4pm for 4:40pm start)  Shamira Raphaela, The Netherlands, 2021, 75m, 12A, documentary, English sub-titles

ONE OF OUR AIRCRAFT IS MISSING   (doors at 7pm for 7:30pm start)   Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, UK, 1942, 102m, U

Two films, made almost 80 years apart, offer widely different perspectives on Dutch history and culture.

14-yr-old Shabu, an aspiring Dutch-Surinamese rapper, is not having a good time. Having crashed his grandma’s car he’s having to work all summer to pay her back. Tired of odd jobs, Shabu decides to stage a block party in Rotterdam’s notorious De Peperklip estate to showcase his talents and win his grandma over. Shabu will steal your heart in Shamira Raphaëla’s hilarious, upbeat, better-than-fiction documentary.

‘The overall effect is magical and euphoric, rather as if Jacques Demy had jazzed up La Haine’ - Ryan Gilbey, The Guardian.

‘A crowdpleasing evocation of the Dutch city during one sun-dappled summer’ - Neil Young, Screen International.

‘Vivid! Fun! Uplifting! Light!’ - Marina Ashioti, Little White Lies.

A 1941 night raid on Stuttgart goes wrong for the crew of a British Wellington bomber. They all bail out successfully over Nazi-occupied Holland, but are faced with capture. Initially suspicious, the local Dutch population agrees to help the crew – at enormous risk to themselves. For their fourth collaboration Powell and Pressburger were commissioned by the wartime Ministry of Information to make a propaganda film, but turned in a stylish masterpiece now regarded as one of the very best wartime British films. Googie Withers stars as a particularly glamorous Dutch Resistance leader.

‘Every sequence is visually arresting, made with so much care and attention’ - Rob Adam, Backseat Mafia.

‘What's striking... is its stark modernity, a lean story told with artful touches and unfussy performances…’ - Roger Moore, Movie Nation.

‘This is an exceedingly good flying-war film. Lovely photography, first-class direction, straightforward production and sincere acting from people who know their job put it at the top of its class’ - Monthly Film Bulletin, April 1942.

Presented in association with the Bath-Alkmaar Twinning Association.

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Carers' tickets - we offer complimentary tickets to carers of people with disabilities. If you would like to attend the screening along with the person in your care please message  offthewall@gmx.co.uk  with your request for a ticket. Please note - you are eligible for this offer only if you are accompanied by a paying person with disabilities.