Hot Brew

Welcome to Hot Brew - a collection of films for connoisseurs of cinema. Expect distinct narratives, surprising protagonists & alternative perspectives. If you like your brew different, bold & complex, that’s what you will find here.

Return to Dust

Return To Dust is the new film from Li Ruijun. In competition at this year’s Berlinale & long listed for a BIFA this is a surprising love story set in rural China.

When Ma & Cao are forced into an arranged marriage. Against the odds, an unexpected bond forms & soon love blossoms under the towering sand dunes.

Thanks to our friends at Modern Films you can win tickets to see Return to Dust & a hot-off-the-press spangly new calendar. Tickets can be redeemed at sites in London, Manchester, Glasgow, Liverpool, Brighton & Bristol.

To win, email hello@milkteafilms.com before 12pm 8 November 2022.

Paris, 13th District

Adapted from Adrian Tomine’s award-winning 2015 collection of graphic short stories Killing & Dying, the film is set in the French capital’s 13th arrondissement & charts the interwoven relationships between four twenty-somethings, played by Lucie Zhang, Makita Samba, Savages lead singer Jehnny Beth & Noémie Merlant.

To celebrate its release we have tickets to giveaway. Thanks to our friends at Curzon, 5 winners will be able to screen this remarkable movie either online at home or at a Curzon cinema.

To be in with a chance of winning, tag us on Twitter or Instagram and share your best dating stories before 10am on 25 March 2022.

Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman

An award winning animated film from Pierre Földes previously shown in competition at Annecy International Film Festival & Toronto International Film Festival.

Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman is based on a collection of short stories by Haruki Murakami, this animation follows the lives of multiple characters as they navigate post-Tsunami existence & the existential repercussions of urban life, including a bank employee without ambition, his disheartened wife, a delusional accountant, a lost cat & a giant talkative frog.

Thanks to our friends at Modern Films you can join us at the UK Premiere on 6 February at the BFI Southbank - to win just email us at hello@milkteafilms.com before 12pm 30 January 2023.

The Whale

From Darren Aronofsky comes The Whale, the story of a reclusive English teacher who attempts to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter. Starring Brendan Fraser, Sadie Sink, Hong Chau, Ty Simpkins, & Samantha Morton & based on the acclaimed play by Samuel D. Hunter.

The Whale features an incredible BAFTA nominated performance by ESEA actress, Hong Chau who plays Liz - a complicated woman; sharp & scolding one minute, generous and protective the next, she is haunted by a past trauma that bonds her to Charlie.

Thanks to our friends at A24 you can join us at the UK preview on 26 January at central London cinema - to win just email us at hello@milkteafilms.com before 12pm 25 January 2023.