Chronic Youth Film Festival 2019

Sun 24 Mar 2019, 18:15

Taking you to small-town South Africa, Joshua Magor’s one-of-a-kind docu-drama tells the story of how the film's lead actor and director came to meet.

Sun 24 Mar 2019, 16:00

Korean New Wave director Yim Soon-rye’s Little Forest follows Hye-won (Kim Tae-ri, The Handmaiden) as she deals with the stagnation of millennial post-graduate life.

Sun 24 Mar 2019, 14:00

The UK premiere of Fabio Meira’s refreshing coming-of-age drama, centred on the inception of an odd friendship between two girls and complex family dynamics.

Sun 24 Mar 2019, 12:00

A series of short films that focus on unseen youth, with common ground in their experimental take on the medium through animation. Drop in and uncover the undiscovered.

Sat 23 Mar 2019, 20:00

Join the Barbican Young Programmers, Poets and Visual Artists to celebrate this year's Chronic Youth Film Festival with an evening of archive film, live poetry and music

Sat 23 Mar 2019, 18:00

An underappreciated masterpiece of black British cinema, this cult classic presents a sharp and syncopated snapshot of youth culture in 1970s London.

Sat 23 Mar 2019, 16:15

A bittersweet revenge tale that rebirths into new possibilities. Night Comes On is a touching story of sisterhood and the impact of childhood trauma.

 

Sat 23 Mar 2019, 14:15

Propulsive both in its soundtrack and storyline, Crystal Swan will inspire '90s nostalgia whether you’ve lived through the era or not.

Sat 23 Mar 2019, 14:00

A special opportunity to see three rare, archival films that tackle diversity through the decades in London.