Best Friends For Now
Sunday 21st September 16:00pm (60m)
Celebrating friendship in all its messy, magical glory. Acknowledging that often, it’s not forever.
Content Guidance: none specified.
DOG HAIR STICKS TO EVERYTHING
They’ve both only known goodbye. When a woman adopts an abandoned dog, she unexpectedly finds the sense of community and belonging she's craved her whole life, in this poetic meditation on love, loneliness, and the quiet ways animals heal us.
Director: Megan Mcritchie
Writer: Charli Morachnick
Producer: Charli Morachnick
EIGHTY-SIX
A girl seeks to remind her friends that extraordinary things can happen when she chases after a once-in-a-lifetime phenomenon.
Director: Megan Channell
Writer: Sarah Grant
Producer: Nicola Docherty
THE HEAVY PENCIL
Two friends meet up for their weekly coffee catch up to discuss the 'actor's life'. However, this meeting could change the entire course of their friendship.
Director: Heather Elise Nelson
Writer: Heather Elise Nelson
Producer: Heather Elise Nelson, David Addison
I’LL TELL THEM ABOUT US ONE DAY
When Linnea’s best friend of eleven years suddenly wants a break, she’s thrown into a whirlwind of emotions, struggling to make sense of it all.
Director: Anna Adell
Writer: Anna Adell
Producer: Sofia Sörlin
KITTY PARTY
Director: Amit Kaur
Writer: Rousha Browning, Shakia Kadri
Producer: Aaliyah Yaqub, Dominique Unsworth, Lesley-Anne Macfarlane, Amanda Dorsett
TYPE OF RAIN
Following the untimely death of her closest friend, a young woman finally finds some comfort in the form of a new ally: cold water.
Director: Saskia Steinberg
Writer: Saskia Steinberg, Madison Hookway
Producer: Saskia Steinberg, Madison Hookway
UGLY INSTAGRAM
Lost in a world of hashtags, likes, and lies, Libby finds herself and her sister Tola in a sticky situation.
Director: Temi Yussuf
Writer: Testimony Ogunrin
Producer: Winnie Imara, Kathryn Roth
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Discounts for groups, families, students and those on low income support are available too.
Join us for a family screening of two Julia Donaldson favourites! A Room On The Broom and The Stick Man!
Room On The Broom
The story of a kind witch and her cat who invite three other animals (a dog, a bird and a frog) to join them travelling on her broomstick. Featuring the voices of Simon Pegg and Gillian Anderson.
The Stick Man
Stick Man lives in the family tree with his Stick Lady Love and their stick children three, and he's heading on an epic adventure across the seasons. Will he get back to his family in time for Christmas? Featuring the voices of Jennifer Saunders and Martin Freeman.
This will be a relaxed screening, ideal for families with neurodiverse children, where the lights will be dimmed, sound will be lowered and screening aids will be available for those that would like them such a fidget toys and ear defenders, all families are welcome.
Screening as part of Women X Film Festival at The Hullabaloo Theatre on Sunday 21st September at 10:30, there will be a family craft session available before and after the screening for you to enjoy as part of your cinema experience, or if you would like a break from the screening.
Please note: this screening is designed for families to attend together, no unaccompanied adults will be allowed entry to cinema and children must attend with an accompanying adult.