WATCH THE FILM ONLINE NOW! Possessor is a sci-fi thriller about a corporate agent named Vos who uses brain-implant technology to inhabit other people’s bodies, driving them to commit assassinations...

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• Tue 1 Dec to Thu 10 Dec
• 104 minutes

David Fincher’s new film, Mank, is about the tortured making of Citizen Kane. But it has plenty to say about the entertainment industry—and America—of 2020. "David Fincher swooningly revisits myth ...

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• Thu 3 Dec to Thu 10 Dec
• 131 minutes

This film will now be available online. Please visit the Rio Cinema Online Player to watch. An unsung talent in her lifetime, director, professor and Fulbright scholar Nietzchka Keene’s stark, s...

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• Fri 4 Dec
• 79 minutes

Chicago, 1927. A recording session. Tensions rise between Ma Rainey (Viola Davis), her ambitious horn player (Chadwick Boseman), and the white management determined to control the legendary “Mother of...

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• Fri 4 Dec to Thu 10 Dec
• 94 minutes

AVAILABLE NOW TO WATCH ON THE RIO PLAYER CLICK HERE TO WATCH Jayne Mansfield. Goddess? Genius? Satanist? The blonde bombshell created by the fading Hollywood studio system of the 1950s to r...

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• Fri 4 Dec
• 85 minutes

Joint Us For Our Vitrual Cinema AVAILABLE NOW TO WATCH ON THE RIO PLAYER CLICK HERE TO WATCH Renowned photographer Richard Billingham makes his feature-film debut with this intricate family...

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• Fri 4 Dec
• 108 minutes

UK Premiere - ONLINE only This film is only available online on the Rio Player between 28 November - 5 December 2020. Please visit The Rio Online Player . Panay Mulu, who can possess gods, ha...

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• Sat 5 Dec
• 71 minutes

European Premiere. With pre-recorded introduction with Dir. Liao Jian-Hua & Prod. Jewel Lai Democratic Transformation, Social-political Movement, Civil Resistance The director LIAO, a confused ...

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• Sat 5 Dec
• 91 minutes

Ocean UK Premiere │KE Chin-Yuan │2016│Taiwan│59 min Pre-Recorded intro from Ke Chin-Yuan Ocean is an important observation and record of nearly 20 years of changes in the marine environment. This f...

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• Sat 5 Dec
• 100 minutes

UK Premiere. With pre-recorded introduction with Dir. Ke Chin-yuan and post screen talk with environmental activists in the UK. This film re-examines major environmental movements and events in Ta...

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• Sun 6 Dec
• 109 minutes

AVAILABLE NOW TO WATCH ON THE RIO PLAYER CLICK HERE TO WATCH The Watermelon Woman: The Enduring Cool of a Black Lesbian Classic In 1996, Cheryl Dunye—the writer, actor, and filmmaker—re...

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• Wed 9 Dec
• 90 minutes

AVAILABLE NOW TO WATCH ON THE RIO PLAYER CLICK HERE TO WATCH Directed by Eva Mulvad (A Cherry Tale, A Modern Man) Love Child received its World Premiere at the Toronto Film Festival last ...

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• Thu 10 Dec
• 111 minutes

AVAILABLE NOW TO WATCH ON THE RIO PLAYER CLICK HERE TO WATCH Normal is boring in writer-director Craig Roberts’ warm and winning salute to an irrepressible spirit. And there is another brilliant...

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• Thu 10 Dec
• 94 minutes

AVAILABLE NOW TO WATCH ON THE RIO PLAYER CLICK HERE TO WATCH When British aid worker Hana (Andrea Riseborough) returns to the ancient city of Luxor, she comes across Sultan (Karim Saleh), a tale...

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• Thu 10 Dec
• 120 minutes

AVAILABLE NOW TO WATCH ON THE RIO PLAYER CLICK HERE TO WATCH A personal journey with universal resonance, MONSOON is a rich and poignant look at the struggle for identity in a place where the ...

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• Thu 10 Dec
• 85 minutes

AVAILABLE NOW TO WATCH ON THE RIO PLAYER CLICK HERE TO WATCH A fiercely intelligent, radical activist who became a fabulously wealthy recluse in her later years, Marion Stokes was dedicated to f...

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• Thu 10 Dec
• 87 minutes

UK Premiere. With pre-recorded introduction with the filmmakers. Decades of over development in the mountains, illegal hunting and frequent human activities, which caused the Taiwan Black Bear’s n...

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• Sat 12 Dec
• 120 minutes

UK Premiere. Pre-recorded introduction with director Adiong LU. Post screening Q&A with Lama, Ngawang Yungney. A small village, Xiongtuo, situated in the Tibetan remote region. By word of mouth...

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• Sat 12 Dec
• 80 minutes

We have a exciting new way for you to support The Rio and watch great films from our program, it's THE RIO PLAYER. Similar to a physical cinema ticket, the virtual ticket allows you to watch newly ...

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• Fri 25 Dec
• 120 minutes

In a special extended performance cut - exclusive to cinemas - Nick Cave plays over 20 of his songs in a rarely seen stripped back form. Filmed at London’s Alexandra Palace in June, the solo performa...

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• Thu 14 Jan
• 118 minutes

With lockdown denying us the tradition of late night horror, we’ve moved back ten hours for this LSFF’s offering of gore and nefariousness. From developing late night photos at the lab to anxiously...

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• Sat 23 Jan
• 100 minutes

We've all had to adapt to working from home this year gone, including LSFF’s beloved low budget filmmakers. Ever-resourceful on a shoestring budget, and enlivened with a little lockdown-induced cab...

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• Sun 24 Jan
• 0 minutes

Doc'n Roll Film Festival London 7th edition Punk the Capital: Building a Sound Movement + Director Q&A (tbc) London Premiere When punk rock exploded in Washington D.C., it was a mighty converge...

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• Sat 30 Jan
• 88 minutes

Doc'n Roll Film Festival London 7th edition Other, Like Me - the oral history of COUM Transmissions and Throbbing Gristle + Director Q&A (tbc) World Premiere The British industri...

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• Sun 7 Feb
• 82 minutes

Join us for an evening celebrating adventure in the wildest places on earth. Let us guide you through stories from across the globe, told by a unique collection of travellers, athletes, activists, ...

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• Thu 11 Mar
• 120 minutes