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Happy International Women's Day! We're proud to spotlight female talent on screen and behind the camera all-year-round by highlighting the 'F-Rated' films on the Showroom programme. In last year's top 250 films, women made up just: 11% of all directors, 19% of all writers and 31% of all producers. Here's some upcoming titles, for you to enjoy, from women in film! Sound of Falling (18) | From Fri 6 Mar The lives of four women on one farm are separated by decades but united by trauma, their experiences folding across time in this exquisitely textured folk drama. Cannes Jury Prize winner 2025, directed by Mascha Schilinski. Showroom Classics: Mermaids (15) | Sun 15 Mar @ 17.30 The chemistry sparkles between Winona Ryder and Cher, in this superbly eccentric coming-of-ager. All the better on Mother's Day. Based on Patty Dann's 1986 novel. Midwinter Break (CTBA) | From Fri 20 Mar Lesley Manville and Ciarán Hinds bring tremendous depth to a couple who are aging together yet growing apart. Come for the brilliant adult drama, stay for the lovely shots of Amsterdam. Directed by Polly Findlay. Love Doesn't Matter to Me [愛されなくても別に] (18*) | Thu 26 Mar @ 18.00 A delicate new melodrama, screening as part of The Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme. The lives of three college students with toxic parents entwine in Modern-day Japan. Directed by IGASHI Aya. and don't miss... The Bride! (15) | Out Now There's loads of fun to be had with the romantic crime-musical. Director Maggie Gyllenhaal sets the Frankenstein mythos in 1930s Chicago, with Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale as our macabre twosome. Check out all the F-Rated film on the Showroom programme: https://bit.ly/3X6tgIz