Deal Film Festival proudly presents a special ‘sneak peek’ screening of SAVAGE WATERS.

To be released later this year, SAVAGE WATERS is an already award-winning documentary that charts an incredible real-life adventure. Inspired by a 19th century treasure hunter’s journal, one intrepid British surfer family sets off to conquer the waves in some of the most remote and dangerous waters of the Atlantic Ocean. It took them places they never could have imagined.

Click here to view the trailer

This Festival screening will be introduced by Anna Phoebe, acclaimed violinist / composer / Deal resident, who scored the soundtrack for Savage Waters with her band, AvaWaves. Anna will participate in a live Q&A and share a video performance of one of the tracks.

Tickets £12 / £10 for Deal Film Club members (we will give The Astor a list of DFC membership numbers so that you can prove your membership

Book via The Astor website

How many films can boast ‘Over 60 British stars in one great feature!’?!

This curious 1951 drama brings the origins of cinema vividly to life. Its 60 starry cameos span everyone from Richard Attenborough to Peter Ustinov, with the likes of Laurence Olivier, Joyce Grenfell and Margaret Rutherford all jostling to tell the story of William Friese-Green (Robert Donat), a young British photographer who dreams of making the projection of moving images into a reality. Through luck and sheer obsessive perseverance, he succeeds in creating a working motion picture camera, but then struggles to interest the public.

This screening will be introduced by Nick Furze, School of Creative Arts and Industries, Canterbury Christchurch University.
The Magic Box will be preceded by a brief showcase of new work by Young Filmmakers, shown in support of the Young Film Network.

Doors 5pm

Ticket includes glass of wine / soft drink

ERIC RAVILIOUS – DRAWN TO WAR uncovers the true story of one of Britain’s greatest and most overlooked landscape artists. Eric Ravilious was killed in a plane crash in Iceland in 1942 whilst on commission as an Official War Artist. His life is as compelling as his art.

This first full length feature documentary about Ravilious vividly brings this enigmatic painter to life through previously unseen private correspondence (featuring the voices of Freddie Fox, Tamsin Greig, Jeremy Irons and Harriet Walter) and interviews with Ravilious fans including Ai Weiwei, Alan Bennett, Grayson Perry and Robert Macfarlane.

We are delighted that this special Deal Film Festival screening will be followed by a live on-stage Q&A with director Margy Kinmonth.

Venue: Landmark Centre (Richardson Room)

Doors 4.30pm / Film 5pm – followed by Q&A

Members £10 / non-members £12 (ticket price includes a glass of wine / soft drink)

Deal Film Festival: Empire Of Light + short

Shot in Margate by master cinematographer Roger Deakins, this recently BAFTA-and-Oscar-nominated drama is packed with surprises.

Set in the early 1980s, EMPIRE OF LIGHT is a powerful and poignant story about human connection and the magic of cinema, co-starring Olivia Colman, Colin Firth, Micheal Ward and Toby Jones. It is directed by Sam Mendes.

+ The Big Dip (27 min), a locally shot short film about Deal’s traditional Boxing Day Dip

Doors 6pm / The Big Dip (short film) 6.30pm / Empire Of Light 7.15pm

£8 Members / £10 Non-Members - tickets include locally made ice cream, courtesy of Penny Licks

Written by Frank Cottrell-Boyce and directed by Michael Winterbottom, 24 HOUR PARTY PEOPLE is a colorful, chaotic 2002 cult classic that bottles the spirit of the Manchester music scene.

Manchester, 1976. Tony Wilson (Steve Coogan) is an ambitious local TV news reporter whose life is changed after he sees a Sex Pistols concert and goes on to create the Factory Records label and the legendary Hacienda club.

Free entry /pay what you can - but a £5 donation is gratefully appreciated

Doors from 5pm // Screening starts 7:30pm (there will be an interval)