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Purbeck Film Festival comes to Dorchester

Dorchester Film Society is delighted to be partnering with Purbeck Film Festival for the first time this year. On Wednesday 23rd October we will be showing Radical, a Mexican film based on a true story and winner of the 'Festival Favourite' award at the Sundance Film Festival, and on Wednesday 30th October we will be screening the Japanese thriller Monster, which won best screenplay at Cannes in 2023. Both films will be screened at 7:30pm at the Corn Exchange, Dorchester.

Full details for both films can be found in the Purbeck Film Festival brochure on their website For Radical and for Monster

Special offer - A limited number of discounted tickets are available for Dorchester Film Society members and are available here  

Our Next Film


Perfect Days

Nov 6, 2024 - 19:30 - Corn Exchange


The German director Wim Wenders is best known for the classics Paris, Texas and Wings of Desire, both shown by the Society in the 1980s. The latest film in his 50-year career is a charming, engaging portrait of a simple life, initially following the daily routines of Hirayama, a middle-aged cleaner of public toilets in Tokyo. A series of encounters with his young disruptive assistant and Aya, h...


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