01
Simultané
Director Thomas Grascoeur
On the sun-drenched shores of the Côte d’Azur, a married woman escapes her family for an afternoon to rediscover forgotten dreams and the person she might have become.
Close-Up Cinema ProgrammeFriday 25 September · 5:30–7:00pm← Full programme
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Close-Up Cinema · Includes Q&A
The Pull of Another Life
Friday 25 September 2026 · 5:30–7:00pm
Through grief, desire, memory, folklore and time travel, these films follow women drawn towards lives beyond their own. Each confronts the possibility of escape or reinvention—and the emotional cost of becoming someone else.
Total film runtime1:14:09
02
POPPY
Director Julia Schönstädt
After a devastating loss, a grieving mother rekindles a dangerous, obsessive relationship with a seductive figure from her past.
03
El Mazaròl
Director Juri Ferri
In early 1900s Trentino, an abused young woman’s tale of abduction by a folkloric creature awakens disturbing echoes in Agnese’s own past.
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Festival Closing Film
Marilyn’s Dark Paradise
Director Remi Gangarossa
An adventurous time traveller befriends Marilyn Monroe on a journey to discover what it means to be “enough”, but struggles against the rigid rules of time travel.
Close-Up Cinema · Shoreditch
Four films.
Four lives drawn beyond their boundaries.
Friday 25 September 2026
5:30–7:00pm · Includes filmmaker Q&A
Close-Up Cinema
97 Sclater Street
London E1 6HR
Doors open before the advertised start time. Please arrive early to take your seat.
Block H · The Pull of Another LifeFriday 25 September · 5:30pm
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