Film Programme
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​10am 11.30am 1pm 2.45pm 11.30
Screening 1 Screening 2 Screening 3 - BFI Screening 4 0ut of Festival
Why We Pride Cherry B Growing Pains Henry & Me The Cafe
Let it Flow Toad in the Hole This Litlle Girl Dust My Dad, Gyana
The Crit Scatter Odd one out Glad you Came & Me
Carols Halloween Special. The Ballad of a The Sikh Soldier The Traces We Wake
Squeaky Clean Mo Left Behind Loyalty
No Adams Allowed Comfort Playground Blossoming Breathe
Reasons I'm Unlovable Olympus Lost Ghost Story
The Way I see You Huck and Jim Speaker
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Beauty Sleep
In the Beauty Sleep world, cosmetic enhancement is more extreme than our own. New boobs, butts and faces can be purchased, sewn on and bedazzled to your choosing.
And the latest trend? A living embalment, where teenage girls, for their Sweet 16, emerge from a sparkling coffin instead of a giant cake.
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Carol's Halloween Special
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Carol hears a noise late at night, and her and the family intrepidly investigate. What is keeping them all awake on this dark and stormy night?
Blossoming
World’s first original Chinese queer musical, Blossoming (You Undo Me), in London. As the first documentary makers to cover this unique cultural event, we focus on musical director Xun Huang’s journey from being born illegally in a remote rural village to shining on London’s West End stage—a profound exploration of identity and self-expression.
Cherry B
It’s 1969, a housewives soiree, drinking cocktails, whilst summoning up an old dead friend. When a spiritual message prompts adolescent Lilith to respond, it alerts us to the demon that lies within.
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Comfort
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Evangeline Dobbs, played here by two Amsterdammers and my mum, traverses night shifts, workplace reviews, environmental change, national borders, the Wash and physical discomfort in her quest to make an honest* living. Her son, training for a war that never arrives, takes advantage of the time afforded to him by her developed routines.
The Crit
A disillusioned student questions the value of her art education, while she struggles to find the meaning and motivation in making.
Dust
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During a one-night stand, the discovery of an urn leads two strangers on a darkly comedic journey, navigating grief, intimacy, and the vulnerability of human connection.
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A Ghost Story
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A bereaved husband attempts to connect with his partner on the other side, when something sinister begins to listen.
Glad You Came
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Two girls, bound by a shared dream, are trying to make a better life for themselves when a mysterious stranger appears.
Henry & Me
A bold, absurdist observation of a man living on the fringes of society, who teeters on the edge of sanity after something precious is taken from him.
Huck & Jim
An unhoused teenager and an undocumented migrant drift down the Mississippi River together on a makeshift raft in pursuit of freedom in this contemporary retelling of Mark Twain's "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn."
Let It Flow
While on a romantic holiday in the remote countryside with Anwar, Kat wakes up to her worst nightmare - her monster period is coming. Amidst the creeping dread and escalating tension, the couple's bond is tested.
No Adams Allowed
In this dark comedy, queer couple Gina and Fay, are tested when they kidnap Adam, Gina’s former client, to reclaim unpaid sex work fees, only to find him dead in the boot. Panicking, they spiral between the absurd and macabre, from jump-starting him with leads to having an idea of feeding him to pigs.
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Olympus Lost
Now a mortal, the wrathful Greek God Zeus faces his greatest challenge to date: assembling a piece of flat-pack furniture.
Reasons I'm Unlovable
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A young woman hosts a dinner with her exes. Their relationships went down in flames. Now it's time to reheat the leftovers.
Scatter
Fulfilling her late father’s dying wish to have his ashes scattered at a famous monument in the North of England, a non-hiking pragmatist confronts the grief she’s long kept buried as she tackles the arduous – and strikingly beautiful – route there.
Speaker
A disabled grocer goes to work as usual. On the way, he sees several men taking a girl to kill her. The grocer tries to save her life.
The Way I See You
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At 26, Ava lives in her childhood home, drifting through life disconnected and withdrawn, with only her phone for company. Living with her vibrant teenage sister, Sadhbh, and their mother, Sharon, Ava’s isolation deepens as obsessive routines around food and body image take hold.
The Ballad Of Squeaky Clean Mo
Rivkah, a Jewish cafe owner, tells the story of 'Squeaky Clean Mo', a down on his luck dishwasher who has been hiding his Jewish identity for years. When he starts working at her cafe, a romance begins to bubble...
Toad in the Hole
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Stuck in a stagnant moment of her marriage, Kay (Juliet Cowan) orchestrates an evening away from family responsibilities to pursue a surprising liaison...
The Traces We Left Behind
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The story weaves together the urban routine of an office worker and a family’s trip, visually portraying how the small pieces of plastic we carelessly discard find their way back into nature and our own lives.
Why We Pride
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A brief history of and testament to the continuing power of pride in the UK.