Thanks to our friends at Transmission Films we’re very excited to have five in-season passes to give away to Living – which is in cinemas from March 16. 

Starring  Bill Nighy, in a career best performance, the film is from the creative team behind Their Finest, Carol, Colette and Mothering Sunday. The film is an exceptional story of an ordinary man, reduced by years of oppressive office routine to a shadow existence, who at the eleventh hour makes a supreme effort to turn his dull life into something wonderful. Directed by Oliver Hermanus, Living is a reimagining of Akira Kurosawa’s 1952 Japanese drama, Ikiru

Here’s a brief synopsis:

1953. A London shattered by WWII is still recovering. Williams (Nighy), a veteran civil servant, is an important cog within the city’s bureaucracy as it struggles to rebuild. Buried under paperwork at the office, lonely at home, his life has long felt empty and meaningless. Then a shattering medical diagnosis forces him to take stock – and to try and grasp fulfilment before it goes beyond reach. At a seaside resort, chaperoned by a local decadent (Tom Burke), he flirts with hedonism before rejecting it as his solution. Back in London he finds himself drawn to the natural vitality of Margaret (Aimee Lou Wood), a young woman who once worked under his supervision and is now determined to spread her wings. Then one evening he is struck by a revelation – one as simple as it is profound –and with a new energy, and the help of Peter (Alex Sharp), an idealistic new recruit to his department, he sets about creating a legacy for the next generation.

To be in the running to win one of the five in-season double passes – first – follow ‘timeoffmedia’ on instagram at “timeoffmedia” then send an email to with “Living” in the subject line. Winners will be notified by return email. QLD addresses only. One entry per person. No entries via third party sites. Please include your best postal address. QLD addresses only.