All This Victory + live music + Q&A (18)

To celebrate our new season of New Lebanese Cinema, on Monday 30 June we're hosting a special evening for members featuring Lebanese wine & nibbles, as well as a live violin performance.

Join us in the Atrium Bar for drinks from 18:30 onwards. Your ticket will include a complimentary glass of Lebanese St Thomas white wine or Wardy red wine, courtesy of Lebanese Fine Wines, and a packet of iconic Al Rifai mixed nuts.

At 19:00 we'll head into the screen to enjoy a live performance by violinist Leyth Elmani, who is a Lebanese-Palestinian violinist currently studying at the Royal College of Music. The performance will be followed by a screening of the critically acclaimed All This Victory, after which we'll be digitally joined by the film's director Ahmad Ghossein for a Q&A.

Tickets for the event are £18.50 each, and members can purchase up to 2, meaning you're welcome to bring a friend along, even if they're not a member of the cinema. Tickets include a seat for the music performance and screening, as well as a complimentary glass of wine (or soft drink equivalent) and a packet of mixed nuts. Unfortunately, we are unable to offer any substitutes for these.

About All This Victory:

The film is set in Southern Lebanon, July 2006, during what is known as Israel’s 'Second Lebanon War'. This month of fighting was characterised mostly by Israeli aerial bombardment of Lebanon, and rocket attacks from the Shia militia Hizballah on northern Israel in response.

During a 24-hour ceasefire, Marwan heads out in search of his father, who refused to leave his Southern village, and leaves his wife Rana preparing alone for their immigration to Canada. Marwan finds no traces of his father and the ceasefire is quickly broken, forcing him to take shelter in his father's friend Najib’s house. Marwan finds himself trapped under the rain of bombs with Najib and a group of elders. With tension rising inside and outside of the house, a group of Israeli soldiers suddenly enter the first floor...

Ghossein worked around his tight budget by having all the action take place over three days, in one location, employing creative and imaginative sound design. The Arabic title of the film is 'The Wall of Sound'. We never see the Israeli soldiers, we only hear snippets of conversation and creaking floorboards. A tense and well-crafted thriller, the film paints an engaging and humanising portrait of the people of Southern Lebanon, especially in light of the current situation.

The film won three awards (Audience, Jury and Technical prize) at the Venice Film Festival International Critics' Week.

Please note that the Atrium Bar and Screen 3 may not yet have step-free access whilst we wait for our platform lift to be installed.