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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…