23 Feb 2026
#CULTURE + LIFESTYLE
Welcome to Monday Movie Club! Through your Timaru District Library card, you will get access to Beamafilm. Beamafilm is just like another service through the library called Kanopy. Beamafilm is an on-demand streaming video platform which people can access for free through their library cards. You can watch films, TV shows, educational videos and documentaries.
This week's Monday Movie is Mr Pip by Andrew Adamson
You can stream it for free with your library card here: Watch "Mr Pip" full movie for free - Beamafilm

Movie released: 2012
Run time: 1hr 55min
Adapted by Andrew Adamson from the best-selling novel by Lloyd Jones, Mr Pip is the story of how Mr Watts, a teacher on the war-torn island of Bougainville, helps a young girl survive the violence of her daily life through the power of imagination. Mr Watts reads from his favourite book, "Great Expectations", and 14-year-old Matilda is transported into the Victorian world, finding inspiration, friendship and hope when her real life is filled with harsh uncertainty and danger.
Closed Captions available: yes