Join us for the 21st Annual Reel Religion Film Festival. Reservations Required.

Presenting films with diverse topics from various nations offered to appeal to adults and youth.

Discussion leaders will facilitate brief conversations following the films.

Drinks and Popcorn:

Throughout the film showings, Free bottled water, popcorn and coffee will be provided at University Christian Church. Enjoy snacks as you watch films.

Lunch:

A box lunch will be available on Saturday, February 1, starting at noon. Cost is $15 per person. Lunch choices are: Turkey and Havarti cheese, Roast Beef and Cheddar cheese, and Vegetarian. Lunches include fruit and a cookie. Paid reservations for the box lunch must be made by Wednesday, January 29.

Schedule of Events:

Friday Night Movies:

7:00 PM - 9:00 PM: Atonement (2007)

2 hrs 3 minutes
Director: Joe Wright
Stars: Keira Knightley, James McAvoy, Saoirse Ronan
Rated R for disturbing war images, language and some sexuality
Drama, Mystery, Romance, War

This acclaimed film tells a story of the power of a tragic lie. When 12-year-old Briony Tallis misinterprets an incident she encounters in the garden of her family's estate, she sets into motion a series of misunderstandings that will have lifelong repercussions for her entire family, and haunt her own life forever. 2008 Golden Globe winner for Best Motion Picture - Drama

Discussion Leader: David Grebel, Celebration Community Church

7:00 PM - 9:00 PM: Lady Bird (2017)

1 hr 34 minutes
Director: Greta Gerwig
Stars: Saoirse Ronan, Laurie Mecalf, Lucas Hedges, Timothée Chalamet
Rated R for language, sexual content, brief graphic nudity and teen partying
Drama - Comedy

A bittersweet coming-of-age comedy with an honest portrayal of teenage life. Christine McPherson, who calls herself "Lady Bird", is a high-school senior who longs for adventure, sophistication, and opportunity, but finds little of those things in her Sacramento Catholic high school. The film captures the point between childhood and adulthood, where a teenage girl needs her mother, but really needs a taste of independence just as much. 2018 Golden Globe for both Best Picture, Comedy or Musical, and Best Actress

Discussion Leader: Emily Maples, Broadway Baptist Church

7:00 PM - 9:00 PM: The Birdcage (1996)

1 hr 57 minutes
Director: Mike Nichols
Stars: Robin Williams, Nathan Lane, Gene Hackman
Rated R for language
Comedy

Armand Goldman owns a popular drag nightclub in South Miami Beach. His long-time companion, Albert, stars there as Starina. "Their" son, Val (actually Armand's by his one fling 20 years before) comes home to announce his engagement to Barbara Keeley, daughter of Kevin Keeley, U.S. Senator and co-founder of the Committee for Moral Order. The Senator and family visit South Beach to meet Val, his father and "mother." What ensues is comic chaos.

Discussion Leader: Carol West, Celebration Community Church

7:00 PM - 9:00 PM: The Holdovers (2023)

2 hrs 13 minutes
Director: Alexander Payne
Stars: Paul Giamatti, Da’Vine Joy Randolf, Dominic Sessa
Rated R for language, some drug use and brief sexual material
Drama - Comedy

Over the Christmas holiday in 1970, unpopular teacher Paul Hunham (Giamatti) remains at a New England boarding school to supervise students unable to journey home. After a few days, only one student remains. Angus, a good student prone to bad behavior, Mary, the head cook and Paul form an unexpected Christmas family, and share a string of misadventures during two very snowy weeks in New England. 2024 Oscar winner for Best Supporting Actress.

Discussion Leader: William Butler, University Christian Church

7:00 PM - 9:00 PM: Whistle Down the Wind (1961)

1 hr 39 minutes
Director: Brian Forbes
Stars: Haley Mills (age 12), Bernard Lee, Alan Bates
Unrated
Family Drama

In this heart-warming family film, set in far northern England, three farm children come to believe that a fugitive criminal hiding in their barn is the second coming of Jesus Christ. It becomes their job to try to hide him from interfering grown-ups. While the local Vicar is preoccupied with some missing guttering from the church, he is entirely unaware that real spirituality exists in the barn down the road - in the hearts of children.

Discussion Leader: Shannon Moore, University Christian Church

7:00 PM - 9:00 PM: Zone of Interest (2023)

1hr 45 minutes
Director: Jonathan Glazer
Stars: Christian Friedel, Sandra Hüller, Johann Karthaus
Rated PG-13 for difficult thematic material
Drama, Foreign Language (German) with Subtitles

In German-occupied Poland during the summer of 1943, SS officer and Auschwitz Commandant Rudolf Hoss and his wife Hedwig create a peaceful and idyllic lifestyle in their family home just outside the walls of the death camp. The Commandant's wife and children live in cloudless bliss, oblivious to the noxious fumes and muffled, blood-curdling noises emanating from the camp just over the garden wall.  2023 Oscar winner for Best Foreign Film and Best Sound.  

Discussion Leader: Judy Stempel, University Christian Church

Fee: $5 reservation fee covers all three screening times.

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