The film programme has been announced for the inaugural Ruthin International Arts Festival. Taking place in the historic North Wales town from 28 June - 28 July 2024, set to be screened at an incredible outdoor cinema constructed at the historic 13th century Ruthin Castle. Resonating with the overarching festival theme of Elsewhere, the programme
As The Holdovers comes to screens in India, a tip of the hat to teachers from recent films who battle the odds in unusual ways, but still find ways to lead.
‘The Monk and the Gun’ is a Bhutanese film exploring the tensions between tradition and democracy through the eyes of a monk, amid the country’s shift towards parliamentary governance
This gently satiric fable inspired by the 2007-08 elections in Bhutan from writer-director Pawo Choyning Dorji, skewers democracy, politics and Western modernism in humorous Buddhist fashion.