What’s on

Sat 23 Nov 2024, 18:10

For this year’s ‘Figures in Focus’ programme, we are going on an adventure. The selected films examine the urge to explore the world, to travel, to feel the delight to roam. 

Sun 24 Nov 2024, 14:00

These 9 films from 7 different countries have been chosen especially for children aged 8 and upwards and include themes such as friendship, resilience, and self-discovery.

Sun 24 Nov 2024, 15:00

Thought your flat was small during lockdown? How about waiting out a Canadian winter in a primitive wooden cabin with just your husband, and a murderer, for company.  

Mon 25 Nov 2024, 11:00

Years after leaving her Palestinian village to pursue an acting career, Hiam Abbass returns home in this intimate documentary about four generations of women and their shared legacy of separation.

Mon 25 Nov 2024, 18:10

Taking viewers on unexpected journeys across London, Libya, South Africa and beyond into personal histories and deep into emotional landscapes of the heart.

Mon 25 Nov 2024, 18:30

A British Sign Language tour of the exhibition, exclusively for D/deaf and hard of hearing visitors, highlighting key artworks. 

Tue 26 Nov 2024, 18:30

Coinciding with the reissue of Edward Said’s The Question of Palestine (Fitzcarraldo Editions), we present Mike Dibb’s celebrated extended conversation with the ground breaking literary scholar.

Wed 27 Nov 2024, 18:20

In a remote village in Azerbaijan's Talysh Mountains, Samid, a television repairman, is trying to fix his old Soviet projector and revive the local cinema.

Thu 28 Nov 2024, 18:15

This film and conversation explores the Cultural Revolution's impact on China, by looking at how cinema has been used as a tool of both resistance and propaganda.

Fri 29 Nov 2024, 12:00

A carefree woman gets pregnant from a one night stand in this Bridesmaids-esque comedy starring Ilana Glazer.

Sat 30 Nov 2024, 11:00

This carefully chosen programme for our littlest and most special audience contains 11 of the best, most recent short animated films.

Sat 30 Nov 2024, 18:00

The story of the tempestuous opera singer Floria Tosca and her fight to save her lover from the twisted chief of police.

Sun 1 Dec 2024, 15:45

Embedded in the socio-political contexts of Kerala in the 1980s, this road movie-come-political chronicle explores themes of grief, solidarity, and the cost of political revolution.  

Sun 1 Dec 2024, 17:20

It all comes down to this …The Best Of The Fest! The judges have deliberated, the audience votes have been added up and we’ve pulled together a final programme that celebrates the highlights. 

Sun 1 Dec 2024, 20:15

It all comes down to this …The Best Of The Fest!