Shorts: Men by Women

01 December 2016 7:00 pm

Venue: Barbican Cinema
Categories: Festival, Screening, Shorts

Thursday 1 December Barbican 19:00 Running time: 81 mins Masculinity is laid bare in this selection of films by women filmmakers. Athletes, bullies, idols, has-beens, sons, fathers, brothers, widowers… A different take on the female gaze that aims to unpack men onscreen. BOOK TICKETS FAN GIRL (Director) Dir. Kate Herron Emily and Kim spent their […]

Light Years + Q&A with director Esther May Campbell

03 December 2016 2:15 pm

Venue: Barbican Cinema
Categories: Features, Festival, Screening

Director/Screenwriter Esther May Campbell Producer Samm Haillay, Wendy Bevan-Mogg, Duane Hopkins With Sophie Burton, James Stuckey, Zamira Fuller, Beth Orton, Muhammet Uzuner UK 2015 89min A portrait of a family slowly falling apart marked by the absence of the mother (Beth Orton) who is plagued by a mysterious illness that is ravishing her mentally […]

The Incident + Q&A with writer/director Jane Linfoot

04 December 2016 2:15 pm

Venue: Barbican Cinema
Categories: Features, Festival, Screening

Director/Screenwriter Jane Linfoot Producer Caroline Cooper, Sarada McDermott With Ruta Gedmintas, Tom Hughes, Tasha Connor UK 2015 94min A successful young couple, Annabel (Ruta Gedmintas) and Joe (Tom Hughes), see their sheltered, affluent lifestyle and comfortable relationship unravel when they ignore the plight of a troubled teenage girl (Tasha Connor, in a breakout role). […]