UK Premiere: Screwdriver (15*) + ScreenTalk
Human Rights Watch Film Festival 2019
On sale to Members and Members Plus: Wed 6 Feb, 10am
On general sale: Thu 12 Feb, 10am
Writer-director Bassam Jarbawi's ambitious first feature follows a Palestinian man as he returns home from 15 years in prison.
Young Ziad is the star of the Al-Amari Refugee Camp basketball team in the Ramallah outskirts of Palestine. When his best friend is shot and killed in crossfire, his teammates seek revenge, with results that will impact young Ziad’s life forever.
Shot entirely on location in the West Bank with a largely Palestinian crew, award-winning director Bassam Jarbawi’s debut feature follows Ziad as he returns home after 15 years in an Israeli jail. Hailed as a hero, with high expectations to settle back quickly into work and love, he is lost in a world he barely recognises.
Effectively capturing this unsettling inability to distinguish reality from hallucination and the haunting of memory, Screwdriver immerses us in a distinctly Palestinian story while addressing the universal trauma of reintegration after incarceration.
Palestine/US/Qatar 2018 Dir Bassam Jarbawi 108 min
* = locally classified by the City of London Corporation
In recognition of Disabled Access Day on Sat 16 Mar, the Barbican and Human Rights Watch Film Festival have made this screening and its ScreenTalk accessible for the D/deaf and hard of hearing by providing BSL-interpretation and captioning for the ScreenTalk.
Fedeora Award for Best Film Nominee, Venice Film Festival, 2018
Official Selection, Toronto International Film Festival, 2018
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Barbican Cinema 2
Location
Barbican Cinema 2 & 3 are located on Beech Street, a short walk from the Barbican’s Silk Street entrance. From Silk Street, you’ll see a zebra crossing that will take you across the road to the venue.
Address
Beech Street
London
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Public transport
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We’ve plenty of places for you to relax and replenish, from coffee and cake to wood-fired pizzas and full pre-theatre menus
Access
Cinemas 2 & 3 are located at Beech Street, a short walk from the Barbican Centre’s main Silk Street entrance. There are a couple of steep, dropped kerbs and an incline to negotiate between the two sites. Level access from Beech Street.
Mobility
Each auditorium has three permanent wheelchair spaces (two in the third row and one in the front row) and 153 fixed seats with capacity for a further three spaces in the front row. Access to each auditorium is up a ramp. There are also a number of seats with step-free access.
Assistance dogs
Assistance dogs may be taken into the cinema – please tell us when booking to ensure your seat has enough space. If you prefer, you may leave your dog with a member of the foyer staff during the performance.
Hearing facility
An infrared system for hard of hearing customers is provided in each auditorium; headsets or neck loops can be collected from foyer staff. The ticket desk counter is fitted with an induction loop.
For more access information, please visit our Accessibility section.
