Events at: Genesis Cinema

Shorts: Girls to the Front

Wednesday 30 November Genesis Cinema 18:30 Running time: 87mins   Strong female characters are not enough. We want weird ones, insecure ones, transgressive and angry ones. Rule-breakers, creators, pioneers. Old, young, black, white, straight, gay. In this glorious collection of films, Woman breaks out of the boxes, tears off the labels, and is celebrated in […]

The Levelling + Q&A with writer/director Hope Dickson Leach and producer Rachel Robey

Director/Screenwriter Hope Dickson Leach Producer Rachel Robey, Co Producer Anna Griffin With Ellie Kendrick, David Troughton, Jack Holden UK 2016 83min Courtesy of Peccadillo Pictures   Clover (Ellie Kendrick), a veterinary student, is called back to her family’s farm after her beloved brother dies. There she must confront her fractured relationship with her father (David […]

Shorts: Women in Motion

Saturday 3 December Genesis Cinema 11:30 Running time: 76mins BOOK TICKETS BUY SATURDAY SHORTS PASS From biological travels to energetic dance-pieces, these innovative shorts feature women in action. Finding inspiration in the corporeal, as well as in the decisions women are compelled to take, many of them engage with historical fears of active women and […]

Shorts: Mommie Dearest

Saturday 3 December Genesis Cinema 14:00 Running time: 83mins BOOK TICKETS BOOK SATURDAY SHORTS PASS   Exploring the biggest female honestly and untethered, these films interrogate women’s relationship to what’s considered our raison d’être. Earnest, brilliant shorts that explore the notion of motherhood, commitment and responsibility, as well as the effects of mothers on their […]

Shorts: Mean Girls

Saturday 3 December Genesis Cinema 16:00 Running time: 96mins BOOK TICKETS BUY SATURDAY SHORTS PASS Passion and excitement seen in the turbulent time of girlhood, when bold curiosity takes charge. Those early encounters can define us. The power of girl gangs, the pressures of becoming a grown up and the thrill of the early peeks […]

Shorts: Lonely Two-Legged Creatures

Saturday 3 December Genesis Cinema 18:00 Running time: 88mins BOOK TICKETS BOOK SATURDAY SHORTS PASS   Film’s visual power means it can convey emotions that defy words. Transforming the invisible feelings ordinarily locked inside us into images and characters, these films poetically depict the torrent of experiences evoked by isolation. Moving and inspiring this […]

Debuts + discussion

Sunday 4 December Genesis Cinema 16:00 BOOK TICKETS   A director’s “vision” is a much lauded and hard to define attribute – constantly referred to in reviews and interviews without specifying exactly what it is! Every iconic filmmaker takes a sprawling journey to realise each story, and as we enter their film worlds, they invite […]

Red Road 10th Anniversary Screening on 35mm

    Director/Screenwriter Andrea Arnold Producer Carrie Comferford With Kate Dickie, Tony Curran, Martin Compston UK 2006 113min Courtesy of Verve Pictures   Ten years ago Andrea Arnold made her feature length debut with a film that’s still considered to be one of the finest examples of British cinema. Red Road follows CCTV operator Jackie […]