AGOG - A Feast of Foreign Films 2026

AGOG - A Feast of Foreign Films - tickets available online and at the door

🎬 Opening Film — Calle Málaga (Friday night)

🇪🇸🇲🇦 Spanish and Arabic with English subtitles

Genre: Comedy / Drama

It’s never too late to begin again. Calle Málaga is a vibrant, heartfelt, and quietly uplifting Spanish drama led by a radiant performance from Carmen Maura. Set in Tangier, it follows 79-year-old María Ángeles as her life is disrupted when her daughter arrives with plans to sell her home. What begins as a family conflict becomes a journey of resistance, reinvention, and rediscovery. Warm, life-affirming, and rich with humour and humanity, it is a celebration of independence, identity, and the joy of living life entirely on your own terms.

🌅 Morning Feature — I Swear (Saturday morning)

🇬🇧 English

Genre: Drama

Bold, poignant, and infused with humour, I Swear tells the extraordinary true story of John Davidson, a young man in 1980s Scotland whose life changes with the onset of Tourette syndrome. Once misunderstood, his voice becomes a catalyst for awareness and change. Robert Aramayo delivers a powerful, BAFTA-winning performance in this uplifting story about identity, resilience, and being heard.

🌿 Midday Feature — Silent Friend (Saturday midday)

🇩🇪 German and English with English subtitles

Genre: Drama

Set around a German university botanical garden, Silent Friend follows three human lives across 1908, 1972, and 2020, all connected by a centuries-old ginkgo tree. Through science, observation, and quiet attention to nature, the film explores connection, consciousness, and the passage of time.

🌇 Afternoon Feature — Sentimental Value (Saturday afternoon)

🇳🇴 Norwegian and English with English subtitles

Genre: Drama

From Joachim Trier (The Worst Person in the World), Sentimental Value is an intimate family drama about two sisters reconnecting with their estranged father, a filmmaker whose return forces them to confront old wounds, memory, and the emotional legacy of their family.

🌙 Closing Film — Colours of Time (Saturday night)

🇫🇷 French with English subtitles

Genre: Drama / Comedy

In Colours of Time, four cousins inherit an abandoned house in Normandy and uncover a family history stretching back to 19th-century France. Their discovery connects them to an ancestor’s journey to Paris during the rise of Impressionism, blending past and present in a warm, visually rich story about identity, memory, and legacy.