Festival guide
FestIval CaleNdaR
ODEON SCREEN 9
Welcome to the 11th Manchester Film Festival!
We’re back for another incredible year of films, stories, and unforgettable moments — and this time, we’re making it bigger than ever!
Kicking things off in style, we’re beyond excited to host our Opening Night at Aviva Studios with The Penguin Lessons. — a fantastic setting for what promises to be a memorable start.
Over the next 10 days, we’ll be bringing an incredible mix of films to screens across the city, with screenings at HOME alongside our usual home at the Odeon Great Northern. Whether you’re a festival regular or joining us for the first time, there’s plenty to discover. So grab your tickets, settle in, and enjoy what promises to be an unforgettable festival.
NEIL JERAM-CROFT - FESTIVAL DIRECTOR
Opening Night Gala Premiere
Friday 15th March at 19:00
t H e P e N gu IN less ON s
AVIVA STUDIOS, HOME OF FACTORY INTERNATIONAL
Peter Cattaneo
United Kingdom, 110 minutes
Starring: Steve Coogan, Jonathan Pryce
Starring Oscar nominee Steve Coogan, this poignant dramedy from director Peter Cattaneo, follows an Englishman’s personal and political awakening after he adopts a penguin during a cataclysmic period in Argentine history.
NaRRatIve FeatuRes
y2k
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN
Saturday 15th March at 13:00
Kyle Mooney
USA, 91 minutes
Starring: Jaeden Martell, Rachel Zegler, Julian Dennison, Fred Durst
On the last night of 1999, two high school juniors crash a New Year’s Eve party, only to find themselves fighting for their lives when the terror of Y2K becomes a reality and all machines rise up against humanity.
dePaRtuRes
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN
Saturday 15th March at 17:40
United Kingdom, 82 minutes
Starring: Lloyd Eyre-Morgan, David Tag, Liam Boyle, Tyler Conti, Kerry Howard, Lorraine Stanley, Jacob Partali
A Manchester Toxic Fairytale – Shirley Valentine meets LGBTQ Trainspotting After being dumped, Benji can’t move on. Stuck in a toxic spiral of addiction and fleeting hook-ups, he’s haunted by the person he can’t forget. This darkly comic and emotionally raw journey explores love, loss, and the struggle to rebuild when everything feels broken.
MOtel destiNO
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN
Saturday 15th March at 15:20
Karim Aïnouz
France, Brazil, Germany, 112 minutes, Subtitled
Starring: Iago Xavier, Nataly Rocha, Fabio Assunção
Under the burning sky on a roadside on the coast of Ceará, Motel Destino is the scene of dangerous games of desire, power and violence. One night, the arrival of young Heraldo definitively transforms the daily life of the place.
tHe liNe
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN
Saturday 15th March at 20:20
Ethan Berger
USA, 100 minutes
Starring: Alex Wolff, Bo Mitchell, Halle Bailey Tom, a passionate ‘brother’ of his fraternity, is charmed by the promises of high social status and alumni connections that open doors. But as Annabelle, a classmate outside his social circle, enters his life, his devotion begins to falter. Once the scheduled hazing of new fraternity members comes to a disturbing head, Tom faces the decision of a lifetime.
NaRRatIve FeatuRes
last swiM
Saturday 15th March at 17:50
Sasha Nathwani
UK, 95 minutes
Starring: Deba Hekmat, Solly McLeod, Jay Lycurgo, Narges Rashidi, Lydia Flemming
It’s summer in London. On her final day of freedom, Ziba, a promising British-Iranian teen, leads her friends on an eventful journey, while secretly grappling with a life-changing decision.
My dead FRieNd zOe
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN
Sunday 16th March at 13:00
Kyle Hausmann-Stokes, USA, 101 minutes,
Starring: Sonequa Martin-Green, Natalie Morales, Ed Harris, Morgan Freeman, Gloria Reuben, Utkarsh Ambudkar
Merit is a U.S. veteran who keeps seeing the presence of Zoe, her best friend who is deceased. When her estranged grandfather is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, she decides to become his caretaker while also trying to heal herself.
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN
Sunday 16th March at 13:10
Matthew Rankin
Canada, 89 minutes, Subtitled
Starring: Rojina Esmaeili, Saba Vahedyousefi, Sobhan Javadi, Pirouz Nemati, Mani Soleymanlou
In a mysterious and surreal interzone somewhere between Tehran and Winnipeg, the lives of multiple characters interweave with each other in surprising and mysterious ways. uNiveRsal
aïCHa
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN
Sunday 16th March at 15:10
Mehdi M. Barsaoui
France, Tunisia, Italy, 123 minutes, Subitled
Starring: Fatma Sfar, Yasmine Dimassi, Nidhal Saadi
Aya leads an everyday life in Tozeur, a region in southern Tunisia. After a tragic accident in which she is the sole survivor, Aya leaves her previous life behind and embarks on a journey in which she reinvents herself in Tunis. However, her new life is threatened when she becomes a crucial witness to a police accident.
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FeatuRes
gOOd ONe
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN
Sunday 16th March at 17:45
India Donaldson
USA, 90 minutes
Starring: Lily Collias, James Le Gros, Danny McCarthy
On a weekend backpacking trip in the Catskills, 17-year-old Sam contends with the competing egos of her father and his oldest friend.
saNtOsH
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN
Sunday 16th March at 19:45
Sandhya Suri
India, France, United Kingdom, Germany, 128 minutes, Subtitled
Starring: Shahanna Goswami, Sunita RajwarIn
Newly widowed Santosh inherits her husband’s job as a police constable in the rural badlands of Northern India. When a girl’s body is found, she’s pulled into the investigation under the wing of charismatic feminist inspector Sharma.
MCveigH
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN
Sunday 16th March at 17:20
Mike Ott
USA, 90 minutes
Starring: Alfie Allen, Brett Gelman, Ashley Benson, Anthony Carrigan, Tracy Letts
After the Waco siege, an unthinkable plan brews in the mind of army veteran Timothy McVeigh. A psychological thriller based on the harrowing real life events of the deadliest act of domestic terrorism in U.S. history.
iN OuR blOOd
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN
Sunday 16th March at 20:20
Pedro Kos
USA, 89 minutes
Starring: Brittany O’Grady, Alanna Ubach, E. J. Bonilla
Filmmaker Emily Wyland reunites with estranged mother for documentary. When mother disappears, Emily and cinematographer Danny pursue clues to her whereabouts amidst traces of her past addictions.
NaRRatIve FeatuRes
Quiet liFe
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN
Monday 17th March at 18:00
Alexandros Avranas
France, Estonia, Sweden, Greece, Germany, 99 minutes, Subtitled
Starring: Chulpan Khamatova, Grigory Dobrygin, Naomi Lamp, Miroslava Pashutina, Eleni Roussinou
Refugee family in Sweden faces trauma after youngest daughter falls into unexplained coma when asylum denied. Parents struggle to find cure, resilience tested amid difficult circumstances.
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN
Monday 17th March at 18:10
Prasanth Mambully
India, 79 minutes, No Dialogue
Starring: Pranita Waghchoure
A world ‘s first faceless, languageless, wordless single character survival film. Crafted for audiences across the globe.META is world ‘s first of its kind non-dialogue survival film and a unique experience that transcends boundaries.
Pet sHOP days
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN
Monday 17th March at 20:10
Olmo Schnabel
USA, United Kingdom, Italy, Mexico, 100 minutes,
Starring: Dario Yazbek Bernal, Jack Irv, Gerry Bednob
Follows the affair between the impulsive Alejandro and the college-age pet store employee Jack, exploring the underbelly of New York and a romance that sends them down a rabbit hole of vice.
tRaNsaMazONia
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN
Tuesday 18th March at 18:00
Pia Marais
France, Germany, Switzerland, Taiwan, Brazil, 112 minutes, Subitled
Starring: Helena Zengel, Jeremy Xido, Joao Vitor Xavante
Rebecca is a girl healer whose fame attracts flocks to her father Lawrence Byrne’s mission deep in the Amazon jungle. Rebecca and Byrne are dragged into an escalating conflict.
NaRRatIve FeatuRes
tHe dRaw
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN
Tuesday 18th March at 20:20
Tom Ruddock
United Kingdom, 99 minutes
Starring: Ryan Gage, Lara Lemon
In an oppressive world, where free will is becoming a thing of the past, all analogue imagery is restricted and replaced by a new technology called ‘The EyeLight’. Alec and Jade must try to fight the system and the ever present show ‘The Draw’ which soon infiltrates their lives.
baNg baNg
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN
Wednesday 19th March at 18:10
Vincent Grashaw
USA, 104 minutes
Starring: Tim Blake Nelson, Glenn Plummer, Kevin Corrigan, Andrew Liner, Nina Arianda, Daniella Pineda
Tim Blake Nelson stars as ‘Bang Bang’ Rozyski, an eccentric retired pugilist obsessed with rectifying the sins of his past.
kid
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN
Wednesday 19th March at 20:30
Ryan J. Smith
UK, 80 minutes
Starring: Harry Mclafferty, Rhiann Millington, Neizan Fernandez, Latasha Arnone, Kyle Passmore, Charlotte Dalton, Jake Waring, Nicole Evans, Ryan Davies
An ambitious music producer races to finish his debut album under a make-or-break record deal, all whilst navigating a tumultuous family life.
Red PatH
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN
Wednesday 19th March at 20:30
Lotfi Achour
Tunisia, France, Belgium, Poland, Saudi
Arabia, Qatar, 97 minutes
Starring: Ali Helali, Yassine Samouni
A group of men attack two young shepherds. Achraf, 13, is obliged to bring the head of his cousin Nizar to the family as a macabre message
NaRRatIve FeatuRes
HOstages
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN
Thursday 20th March at 18:00
Jim Owen
UK, 86 minutes
Starring: Charlotte Ritchie, Tanya Moodie, Nicholas Asbury, Raj Ghatak, Luke McQueen
After a terrifying explosion in a hotel in London, three strangers escape together and hide out in a room. Hostages is a comedy about the 24hr news cycle, “experts” and whether or not social media is more important than people’s lives.
tHe seveRed suN
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN
Thursday 20th March at 20:40
Dean Puckett
United Kingdom, 80 minutes
Starring: Emma Appleton, Toby Stephens, Jodhi May, Lewis Gribben, Barney Harris, James Swanton, Oliver Maltman
Magpie lives in an isolated church community ruled over by her father, The Pastor. When a man is murdered, paranoia sets in and people start to whisper about a strange ‘Beast’ that lives in the forest.
sileNt NOtes
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN
Thursday 20th March at 20:20
Antonio Comas Torres
USA, 80 minutes,
Starring: Daniel Durant
Bruce is rapidly losing his hearing, but surgery to restore it is out of financial reach. Racing against the clock he becomes desperate and is forced to do whatever it takes to raise the $120K fast. Working for the mob is lucrative and dangerous, but falling in love with a gangster is Bruce’s biggest risk.
tReadiNg wateR
HOME
Friday 21st March at 18:00
Gino Evans
United Kingdom, 121 minutes
Starring: Joe Gill, Becky Bowe, Darryl Clark
Set amidst the backdrop of the iconic Manchester skyline. Treading water tells the story of Danny as he is released from prison into the tough reality of supported housing whilst dealing with the mental health issues that have shaped him and a chance encounter that leads to tragic consequences.
NaRRatIve FeatuRes
PHase
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN
Friday 21st March at 20:20
Jessica Vogt
United Kingdom, 80 minutes
Starring: Rhiannon Bell, Nick Cornwall, Ellen Williams, Blake Harrison
The story follows Ursula, a young pregnant woman whose life is upended when she is abruptly ejected from Alexandria, a pioneering scientific space station that once served as a beacon of hope for humanity’s survival after the mass evacuation of Earth.
NigHt Call
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN
Friday 21st March at 18:10
Michiel Blanchart
Belgium, France, 97 minutes
Starring: Jonathan Feltre, Romain Duris, Jonas Bloquet, Natacha Krief
This night is like all the others for Mady, student by day, locksmith by night. But Claire, the enigmatic young girl he helps out that night, is not who she claims to be. Mady has only one night to prove his innocence in a city in turmoil.
NeaR Miss
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN
Friday 21st March at 18:10
Jamie Rafn
United Kingdom, 95 minutes
Starring: David Fynn, Tahirah Sharif, Timothy Renouf, Remy Beasley
Jim married the first and only woman he ever dated. When she leaves him eighteen year later, Jim reluctantly gets back into the dating game, only to fall in love the with second woman he’s ever dated.
Restless
HOME
Saturday 22nd March at 18:00
Jed Hart
United Kingdom, 88 minutes
Starring: Lyndsey Marshal, Aston McAuley, Barry Ward, Kate Robbins, Denzel Baidoo
A middle-aged empty nester’s mundane life is upended when raucous new neighbors move in next door, unleashing potential danger and disruption.
NaRRatIve FeatuRes
sOlO
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN
Saturday 22nd March at 13:20
Sophie Dupuis
Canada, 101 minutes, Subtitles
Starring: Felix Maritaud, Théodore Pellerin
SOLO follows Simon, who must deal with the disappointment of two impossible loves: a passionate but destructive crush on Oliver and a distant and cold relationship with his mother Claire, who has just moved back in after a 15year absence.
tRaNsPlaNt
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN
Saturday 22nd March at 15:30
Jason park
United States, 92 minutes
Starring: Bill Camp, Eric Nam, Michelle Lee, April Grace, Adam Arkin
A motivated surgical resident pushes himself to extreme lengths while training under a legendary heart transplant surgeon obsessed with protecting his perfect reputation.
twO big Feet
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN
Saturday 22nd March at 20:20
Noah Stratton-Twine
United Kingdom, 82 minutes,
Starring: Luke Rollason, Oliver Woolf, Honor Koe, Jack Redmayne, Kenichiro Thomson, Samiah Khan, Heidi Parsons
After a conspiracy theorist is unambiguously dumped, his loyal to a fault childhood best friend schemes to fake a Sasquatch sighting to lift his dwindling spirits.
aONtas
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN
Saturday 22nd March at 17:40
Damian McCann
United Kingdom, Ireland, 91 minutes
Starring: Carrie Crowley, Bríd Brennan, Eva-Jane Gaffney
Three unlikely women rob a rural Irish Credit Union. A backwards chronology unravels what went wrong.
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FeatuRes
FOul evil deeds
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN
Saturday 22nd March at 20:00
Richard Hunter
United Kingdom, 109 minutes
Starring: James Benson, Alexander Perkins, Tracy Bargate, Neil Summerville, Song-Hung Chang
A dark comedy showcasing the wide variety of bad behaviour human beings are capable of.
stealiNg PulP FiCtiON
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN
Sunday 23rd March at 18:10
Danny Turkiewicz
United States, 78 minutes
Matt Adams , Jason Alexander , Cazzie David , Karan Soni
We follow Jonathan, Elizabeth and Steve as they try to steal Quentin Tarantino’s personal print of Pulp Fiction.
ClOud
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN
Sunday 23rd March at 15:10
Kiyoshi KUROSAWA
Japan, 123 minutes
Starring: Masaki SUDA, Kotone FURUKAWA, Daiken OKUDAIRA, Amane OKAYAMA
A young man who resells goods online finds himself at the center of a series of mysterious events that put his life at risk.
sebastieN
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN
Sunday 23rd March at 17:50
Mikko Mäkelä
United Kingdom, 111 minutes
Starring: Ruaridh Mollica, Hiftu Quasem, Ingvar Sigurdsson, Jonathan Hyde, Leanne Best, Lara Rossi
Max, a 25-year-old aspiring writer living in London, begins a double life as a sex worker in order to research his debut novel.
NaRRatIve FeatuRes
Heads OR Fails
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN
Sunday 23rd March at 13:10
Lenny Guit, Harpo Guit
Belgium, 90 minutes, Subtitles
Starring: Maria Cavalier-Bazan, Axel Perin, Claire Bodson, Melvil Poupaud, Catherine Ringer
Armande Pigeon is the queen of the shenanigans. In Brussels, she struggles to make ends meet because she can’t stop gambling on everything. When she teams up with Ronnie one night, everything changes – they win it all. And when you hit a winning streak, you have to know when to stop.
i lOve yOu
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN
Sunday 23rd March at 15:40
Cazzie David, Elisa Kalani
United States, 89 minutes
Starring: Sofia Black-D’Elia, Ray Nicholson, Oliver Cooper, Cazzie David
A subversive romantic comedy gone wrong that follows a young woman into and out of an emotionally abusive relationship.
la COCiNa
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN
Sunday 23rd March at 13:00
Alonso Ruizpalacios
United States, 140 minutes,
Starring: Rooney Mara, Raúl Briones, Oded Fehr Life in a NYC restaurant kitchen during the lunchtime rush showcases a blend of cultures from around the world.
tHe eNd
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN
Sunday 23rd March at 18:10
Joshua Oppenheimer
Denmark, Germany, Ireland 148 minutes
Starring: George Mackay, Michael Shannon, Moses Ingram, Tilda Swinton, Lennie James
A post-apocalyptic story about a rich family living in a salt mine converted into a luxurious home. The earth around them has apparently been destroyed, but their son has never seen the outside world. As a young girl appears at the entrance of the bunker, the balance of the family is threatened.
bReakiNg baRRieRs: tHe Paula duNN stORy
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN
Saturday 15th March at 15:30
Kane Dunn
United Kingdom, 53 minutes
“Breaking Barriers: The Paula Dunn Story” is a powerful 53-minute documentary that chronicles the journey of Paula Dunn, the first female head coach of UK Athletics. This film not only highlights her groundbreaking achievements but also serves as a personal exploration for her son, Kane Dunn, who embarks on a quest to understand the true scope of his mother’s impact on British athletics.
a New kiNd OF wildeRNess
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN
Monday 17th March at 20:00
Silje Evensmo Jacobsen
Norway, 83 minutes, Subtitles
A family pursues a wild, free life in Norway’s wilderness. A tragic event disrupts their isolation, forcing them to adapt to modern society’s demands.
POt OF gOld
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN
Sunday 16th March 15:20
Olivier Richomme, Billy Offland
United Kingdom, Pakistan, 63 minutes,
In the valleys of Kashmir beekeeper Shakeel Ahmed Khan has committed his life to learning about the nature of bees and their delicate work. However, his story takes a dramatic turn following the impact of the most destructive earthquake the region has ever seen. From the rubble, a charitable project reignites this lost art, until on the eve of their biggest exhibition to date, another, more unnatural disaster threatens to undermine all their progress.
MistRess disPelleR
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN
Tuesday 18th March at 18:10
Elizabeth Lo
United States, China 94 minutes
In China, a new industry has emerged devoted to helping couples stay married in the face of infidelity. Wang Zhenxi is part of this growing profession, a “mistress dispeller” who is hired to maintain the bonds of marriage — and break up affairs — by any means necessary. Offering strikingly intimate access to private dramas usually hidden behind closed doors, Mistress Dispeller follows a real, unfolding case of infidelity as Teacher Wang attempts to bring a couple back from the edge of crisis.
tHe aCCideNtal sPy
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN
Tuesday 18th March at 20:30
Anthony Wonke
United Kingdom, United States, 97 minutes
Days after 9/11, Blerim Skoro was recruited from a Manhattan prison by the CIA and FBI. For over a decade, he was America’s infidel mole, roaming the Middle East as a spy deep inside al-Qaeda. The Accidental Spy is the story of how one man became tangled in a complex geopolitical web, risked everything to protect his family, and was cruelly betrayed by the country he strived to defend.
PaveMeNts
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN
Sunday 23rd March at 15:30
Alex Ross Perry
United States, 127 minutes
PAVEMENTS is a kaleidoscopic journey blending reality and fiction, chronicling the rise of Pavement, one of the most iconic bands of the 90s. Filmmaker Alex Ross Perry intertwines BTS footage from a Hollywood biopic, rehearsals of an off-Broadway musical, and a pop-up museum exhibit, capturing the band’s ironic slacker attitude akin to Sonic Youth and R.E.M. With inventive storytelling, the film celebrates Pavement’s influence and offbeat charm, promising a satisfying experience for fans and newcomers alike.
Hill
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN
Wednesday 19th March at 18:00
Alex Holmes
United Kingdom, 100 minutes
One Name. Two World Champions. In 1996, Damon Hill claimed the Formula 1 World Championship. In doing so he cemented his place in motorsport history, following in the footsteps of his legendary father, Graham Hill. This is a unique family story set against the backdrop of the fastest sport in the world. How Damon Hill defied the odds and overcame tragedy to step out of his father’s shadow and become a racing legend in his own right.
NORtH west sHORts 1
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN | Saturday 15th March at 20:00
Meekz - KC Locke / UK / 5 Minutes
Nettle Day - Jack Nicholls / UK / 13 minutes
Reservoir - Nicholas Cole / UK/ 14 minutes
Filter - James Oates / UK / 9 minutes
The Test - Meng Han Hsieh / UK / 11 minutes
Legends - Tomas Manchester / UK / 8 minutes
The Penitential Act - Ben Lyons / UK / 23 minutes
End Calling - Beth Rowland / UK / 15 minutes
NORtHeRN exPOuRe sHORts
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN | Saturday 15th March at 13:00
2K5 - Nicole Pott / UK / 15 minutes
Lay-By - Stuart Armstrong / UK / 5 minutes
Audition - Megan Harding / UK / 2 minutes
A Couple See if They Can Make it Through This - Anna Davis / UK / 6 minutes
ADHD Potpouri - Tom Shennen / UK / 5 minutes
One Like Him - Caitlin McLeod / UK / 16 minutes
Sam’s Interview - Funke Alafiatayo/ UK / 4 minutes
NORtH west sHORts 2
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN | Wednesday 19th March at 18:00
The Patriot - Jamie Swaby / UK / 14 minutes
Mush - Olivier Richomme / UK / 14 minutes
Evential - Nicholas Connor / UK / 4 minutes
Softy - Joshua Reeves / UK / 13 minutes
Upholstergeist - Michael Patrick Clarkson / UK / 14 minutes
Humble Pie- Jack Hartley / UK / 12 minutes
Before I Do - Gitika Buttoo/ UK / 9 minutes
Biology - Oz Arshad / UK / 10 minutes
sHORt sessiON 1
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN | Thursday 20th March at 18:10
Teenage Love Forever - Imogen Harrison / UK / 5 minutes
By By Side - Erik M. Weglehner / Austria / 24 minutes
Mother Story - Jamie Fraser / UK / 11 minutes
Bluff - Naomi Wright and Georgie Morrell / UK / 9 minutes
Delivery - Ben Lankester / UK / 25 minutes
Do You See What I See - Alexandra Neary / UK / 10 minutes
sHORts sessiON 2
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN | Thursday 20th March at 20:30
Stuck - Giselle Bonilla / United States / 3 minutes
Loud and Cleo! - Tallulah Jeanne Alice Farquhar / Belgium / 17 minutes
First Timer - Hannah Kathryn Kelso / UK / 15 minutes
Wheeling Impaired - Guillaume Levil / France / 22 minutes
Playground - Tayla Halfacre / UK / 10 minutes
Whenever You’re Ready - Chimaobim Nathan / UK / 17 minutes
studeNt FilMs
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN | Thursday 20th March at 17:50
Superbolt - Anne-Sofie Lindgaard / UK / 6 Minutes
Hands On - Ernest Forson / UK / 3 minutes
MENstruation - Detroya Angele / UK/ 5 minutes
Lux Carne - Gabriel Grosclaude / Switzerland / 18 minutes
Rock Paper Scissors - Franz Bohm / UK / 19 minutes
Leave The Hive - Pol Barrelet / Switzerland / 15 minutes
The Sister Club - Kaja Hoffmann-Derlacka / UK / 15 minutes
Out Like a Lamb - Fern Jessop / UK / 18 minutes
sHORts sessiON 3
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN | Friday 21st March at 18:20
My Grandma Says We Have No Future - Rupert Holler / Austria / 3 minutes
Pillow Chocolate - Charlie Tidmas / UK / 9 minutes
Chloe - Matthias Salzburger / Italy / 22 minutes
Where We Came From - Nick Virk / UK / 14 minutes
A Long Walk - Sonia Sanjari / Iran / 5 minutes
Daddy Issues - Misha Vertkin / UK / 18 minutes
sHORts sessiON 4
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN | Friday 21st March at 20:40
Teddy - Mini Bull Robsahm / Norway / 20 minutes
Shell - Sam Brian / UK / 16 minutes
Cherry B - Ornella Hawthorn Gardez / UK / 12 minutes
The Weight - Vanessa Rose / UK / 5 minutes
Role Play - Kyle Jon Shephard / UK / 16 minutes
Farmers!? - Freddie Leyden / Ireland / 15 minutes
NATURALLY! ENJOY
NORtH west sHORts 3
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN | Saturday 22nd March at 15:40
Caterpillar - Dorny Sunday / UK / 16 minutes
Hide - Ian Curtis / UK / 19 minutes
Housewarming - Liam White / UK / 18 minutes
Historyland - Sam O’Leary / UK / 4 minutes
Stag! - Elliot Taylor and Lucy Hilton-Jones / UK / 12 minutes
Cul-de-sac - Colin O’Toole / UK / 14 minutes
sHORts sessiON 5
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN | Saturday 22nd March at 13:10
Boys Like You - Paul Holbrook/ UK / 16 minutes
How to Get Rid of Hiccups - Rob Daglish / UK / 1 minutes
Good Morning Mom - Oben Yilmaz / Turkey / 16 minutes
Plop - Daruis Shu / UK / 7 minutes
Grave Error - Andrew Jonathan Smith / UK and USA / 12 minutes
Dusty - Jeremy Lindsay Taylor / Australia / 16 minutes
Weave - Martyn Lee / UK / 12 minutes
sHORts sessiON 6
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN | Saturday 22nd March at 17:50
Tayal Forest Club - Laha Mebow / Taiwan / 18 Minutes
One Punch - Huse Monfaradi / UK / 10 minutes
Remote Strutting - Lorna Fitzsimons / Ireland / 12 minutes
Sunny Life Farms - Ben Lian Jones / UK / 10 minutes
Saint Martyn - Patrick Silla / UK / 6 minutes
Two Places at Once - Freddie Bonfanti / UK / 17 minutes
Seeds - Darnell Depradine / UK / 7 minutes
sHORts sessiON 7
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN | Saturday 22nd March at 20:10
Achievement - Owain Hopkins / UK / 13 minutes
Happy Snaps - Tyro Heath / UK / 12 minutes
In the Clouds - Alexandra Bahíyyih Wain / UK / 13 minutes
The Irrepressibiles - Ecstasy Homosexuality / UK, Germany / 6 minutes
Something Blue - Samantha Nisenboim / United States / 9 minutes
Kisses and Bullets - Faranak Sahafian / Iran / 12 minutes
The Yellow Sponge is the Dish Sponge - Michele Noble / United States / 16 Minutes
aNiMated sHORts
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN | Saturday 22nd March at 13:00
Little Shrew (Snowflake) - Kate Bush / UK / 4 minutes
Fairground Fever - Linda Highes / UK / 6 minutes
Baby on Board. The Dark Web Catbot - Dog & Rabbit, Will Anderson / UK / 6 minutes
Tiger’s Pen - Bowen Tan / UK / 1 minutes
Loneliness & Laundry - Jonny Eveson / UK / 10 minutes
Vibrantea - Emerson Tenney / United States, Spain / 11 minutes
Mindscapes - Charlotte Mader / Germany / 6 minutes
Solstice - Luke Angus / UK / 11 minutes
Singularity - Conor Mullin / UK / 4 minutes
Passenger - Nia Alavezos / UK / 9 minutes
Pepper Tongue - Alex Benbow-Carter / UK / 2 minutes
Tennis, Oranges - Sean Pecknold / United States / 10 minutes
dOCuMeNtaRy sHORts
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN | Saturday 22nd March at 15:15
LEAD PARTNERS
VENUE PARTNERS
The Uke of Wallington - Harry Lewis / UK / 5 minutes
This is Endometriosis - Matt Houghton, Georgie Wileman / UK / 19 minutes
Life Beyond Labels - A Story of Drag & HIV - Morgan Rhianna / UK / 4 minutes
Beer - Milda Baginskaite / UK, Lithuania / 24 minutes
Alchemist - Carlo Mole / UK / 3 minutes
The Hold - JD Donnelly / UK / 9 minutes
Opal of the West - Charlie Watts / UK / 7 minutes
We Did Not Consent - Dorothy Allen-Pickard / UK / 18 minutes
SUPPORTING PARTNERS
