Film Club: Hamnet

Name: Film Club: Hamnet
Start: 2026-09-23T17:00:00+03:00
End: 2026-09-23T19:30:00+03:00
Location: Kannelmäen kirjasto

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Hamnet

125 min · full info →

took place · 23 Sep 2026

Kannelmäen kirjasto, Helsinki

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Hamnet (2025) is a historical drama directed by Chloé Zhao about William Shakespeare and his wife Agnes Hathaway as they confront the grief of their son's death. Based on Maggie O'Farrell's novel of the same name, the film received eight Oscar nominations and won the award for best supporting actress. Starring Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal.

Free admission, age limit 12+, runtime 2 hours 5 minutes.

About: David Wilmot

David Wilmot is an award-winning Irish stage, screen, and television actor. Wilmot's theatre credits include Six Characters in Search of an Author at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin, As You Like It with the Druid Theatre Company in Galway, and Juno and the Paycock in London's West End. He originated the role of Padraic in The Lieutenant of Inishmore at The Other Place in Stratford-upon-Avon in 2001, played it at the Barbican Center in 2002, then joined the 2006 off-Broadway Atlantic Theater Company production, which later transferred to Broadway. He was nominated for the 2006 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play, the Drama League Award for Distinguished Performance, and the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play and won the Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Lead Actor and the Theatre World Award for his performance.

About: Jessie Buckley

Jessie Buckley is an Irish actress and singer who came to wide attention with the musical drama Wild Rose (2018). She received an Oscar nomination for The Lost Daughter (2021) and has appeared in films such as Women Talking (2022). She works across film, television and theatre.

Recent shows

Jun 30, 2019 Worthy Farm, Pilton (GB)
Jun 26, 2019 Saint Luke's, Glasgow (GB)

About: Emily Watson

Emily Margaret Watson (born 14 January 1967) is an English actress. She began her career on stage and joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1992. In 2002, she starred in productions of Twelfth Night and Uncle Vanya at the Donmar Warehouse. She was nominated for the Olivier Award for Best Actress for the latter. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her debut film role as a newlywed in Lars von Trier's Breaking the Waves (1996) and for her portrayal of Jacqueline du Pré in Anand Tucker's Hilary and Jackie (1998).

Recent shows

Jul 20, 1998 Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, New York (US)

About: Jacobi Jupe

Jacobi Jupe (born July 2013) is a British actor, best known for portraying Hamnet Shakespeare in Hamnet (2025) for which he won the Astra Film Award for Best Young Performer, and received nominations for the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Young Performer, and the Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Breakthrough Performance. He is also the younger brother of actor Noah Jupe.

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