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Friday 6th November, 8pm
Rebuilding
UK 2026, 96 minutes, PG certificate
Directed by Max Walker-Silverman, Starring Josh O’Connor, Megan Fahy, Amy Madigan, Kali Reis, Lily LaTour
In yet another intriguing addition to an increasingly impressive body of work, Josh O’Connor stars as Dusty, a Colorado rancher. Dusty has a daugher, Callie Rose, who lives with his ex Ruby (Fahy) and his ex mother in law (Madigan). Dusty is a taciturn, quiet loner, a man of few words. He is restless, a bit of a dreamer, someone often on the move with ideas and vague plans that never quite come off, not a terribly reliable parent. And then his one certainty, the one part of his identity that he could rely on, is taken from him. The house and land he grew up on, cared for and cultivated by his family for generations, is devastated by wild fire so vicious it decimates any potential for life and renders the land worthless. Dusty, along with a handful of other similarly displaced people, is temporarilty rehoused in a trailer. His fellow travellers are making the best of things, establishing a community of mutual support and creativity, but Dusty is a reluctant neighbour, resistant to socialising with other people, resentful of having to accept welfare and refusing to accept this new reality. It is his daugher, Callie Rose, enjoying having her dad around a bit more these days, who helps him to find his feet again and rethink who he is and how his life might have meaning. Walker-Silverman’s beautiful film is about the human consequences of increasingly common climate breakdown-driven catastrophes, what it means for communities to be unmoored from the places and landscapes we love, and what it is like when those places seem devastated beyond comprehension. It is not about the disaster itself but about the strange, heartbroken, empty times that ensue as people regroup and find a way forward: a quiet, thoughtful, tentatively hopeful film about resilience that leaves the landscape – broad and enduring and magestic – to do a lot of the talking. Watch the trailer here
