Cup of Tea
Sunday 21st September 15:45pm (92m)
Unexpected gems that might not slot in elsewhere, but they’re our cup of tea
Content Guidance: abortion/miscarriage/loss of a child, sexual violence, abuse (mental/emotional)
9 DAYS IN AUGUST
A summer that she will remember for her whole life: Lea is 18 and pregnant. While she spends the summer holidays partying and handling her relationships, she has to deal with the secret bureaucracy of an abortion.
Director: Ella Knorz
Writer: Ella Knorz
Producer: Ella Knorz
I HATE HELEN
First love is hard. Emma isn’t going without a fight. She hates Helen, and she hates the way she is feeling.
Director: Katie Lambert
Writer: Katie Lambert
Producer: Martha McGuirk
MARE
A news-induced haze causes a girl to confront her worst fears.
Director: Shae Thomas
Writer: Shae Thomas
Producer: Alana McQuoid
MOLE
Following an arrest for drunk-driving at the finale of a messy night out, a woman in her tumultuous mid-twenties decides to end the party and… be better. How? Raiding her mum’s wardrobe, finding a “sensible” partner, seeking the friend who has everything “sorted” and taking the job she hates seriously.
Director: Shari Sharpe
Writer: Cara Mahoney
Producer: Molly Keogh, Cara Mahoney, Shari Sharpe, Thibault Magnin
SHOOBS
Lisa is taking advice on how to deal with her feelings for both Blazer and Jada but is it good advice?
Director: Lisle Turner
Writer: Janet Etuk
Producer: Claire Coaché, Janet Etuk, Lisle Turner
SKIN
A writer with a sex addiction checks herself into a prestigious single patient rehab to hide from the world, but when her high school flame reappears in her life she needs to confront her demons to imagine a future with her.
Director: Sarah Grant
Writer: Sarah Grant
Producer: Helen Sim Robertson
TRUCKLOAD
There are 12 steps to recovery following Lizzie’s traffic accident (and that’s not counting the 50 stairs up to her flat). Newly disabled, and having spent a year at her Mum Sarah’s house, Lizzie is finally moving back in with her best friends George and Courtney. Although Lizzie wants her independence back, easy tasks have become physical feats: every molehill is a mountain.
Director: Aella Jordan-Edge
Writer: Evie Jones
Producer: Arpita Ashok, Victoria Emslie
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Discounts for groups, families, students and those on low income support are available too.
Join us for a family screening of two Julia Donaldson favourites! A Room On The Broom and The Stick Man!
Room On The Broom
The story of a kind witch and her cat who invite three other animals (a dog, a bird and a frog) to join them travelling on her broomstick. Featuring the voices of Simon Pegg and Gillian Anderson.
The Stick Man
Stick Man lives in the family tree with his Stick Lady Love and their stick children three, and he's heading on an epic adventure across the seasons. Will he get back to his family in time for Christmas? Featuring the voices of Jennifer Saunders and Martin Freeman.
This will be a relaxed screening, ideal for families with neurodiverse children, where the lights will be dimmed, sound will be lowered and screening aids will be available for those that would like them such a fidget toys and ear defenders, all families are welcome.
Screening as part of Women X Film Festival at The Hullabaloo Theatre on Sunday 21st September at 10:30, there will be a family craft session available before and after the screening for you to enjoy as part of your cinema experience, or if you would like a break from the screening.
Please note: this screening is designed for families to attend together, no unaccompanied adults will be allowed entry to cinema and children must attend with an accompanying adult.