Eye Contact
Friday 19th September 20:45pm (70m)
Films pushing boundaries and playing with form.
Content Guidance: bloody violence/gore/torture, violence, abuse (mental/emotional)
AFTERS
Two strangers watch the sunrise after a late night rave.
Director: Martha Treves
Writer: Martha Treves
Producer: Zoe Dimoldenberg
THE DESCENT
An experimental feminist body-horror film that seeks to challenge the status quo of how the Monstrous Feminine is presented in the horror genre.
Director: Holly Lawrenson Evans
Writer: Holly Lawrenson Evans
Producer: Holly Lawrenson Evans
DREAMS AND A LOST LETTER TO LOVE
Visual poetry in two parts discovered by the Narrator through dance. Each movement becomes a visual expression of her inner voice. The Narrator is trapped in the abandoned house of her own mind.
Director: Nika Krykun
Writer: Nika Krykun
Producer: Nika Krykun
GRANDPA’S GARDEN
Based on a note Hayat wrote on her phone on the plane ride back to Cairo for her grandfather's funeral, Geneinet Gedo is an experimental documentary paying homage to him and the fruit garden he left behind and an exploration of her sense of home.
Director: Hayat Aljowaily
Writer: Hayat Aljowaily
HOMEMAKER
Filmed on Easdale Island in Scotland, Homemaker is a glimpse into a mother's matrescence journey. It's the ecological evolution of being thrown into motherhood, the isolating, maddening and guilt ridden parts shrouded in a beautiful baby bubble. That nobody seems to talk about.
Director: Megan Brown
Producer: Megan Brown
INTERRUPTION
In a world where identity is distorted by the gaze of others, a surreal tribe of beings begins a journey of unravelling transformation through movement.
Director: dk fash
Writer: dk fash
Producer: Emmanuel Sugo, Wofai JE
LISTEN.
At a glamorous dinner party, privileged guests casually ignore the blood-curdling screams of an unseen woman. But when the screaming stops, the true horror begins—a biting satire on privilege, denial, and the consequences of turning a blind eye to suffering.
Director: Umnia El-Neil
Writer: Umnia El-Neil
Producer: Umnia El-Neil, Anna Shakour
SEE AND DON’T SEE
The voices of single mothers are often neglected and left unheard, this film showcases their unique and multi-faceted experiences. Narrated through spoken word over dreamlike imagery, and an ethereal score featuring sounds of the body and placenta.
Director: Olive Jones
Producer: Ruth Aitken
TAINTED BY THE VISUAL
This short experimental documentary explores how the experience of sound changes throughout the process of vision loss, using visual and aural language to interpret the subjective experience of blind individuals.
Director: Laura Calzada
Producer: George Petrou
THIS WEREWOLF COMPLEX
Told through the voices of individuals who experience this phenomena, this film provides an intimate discussion on the different forms of aura experienced, the social stigma around these and the potential positive impact it can make on artistic expression.
Director: Heather E Andrews
Producer: Heather E Andrews, Anna Hunter, Fraser Morton
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Mia Thermopolis has just found out that she is the heir apparent to the throne of Genovia. With her friends Lilly and Michael Moscovitz in tow, she tries to navigate through the rest of her 15th year. Join us for a special anniversary screening of the much loved film for it’s 25th anniversary!
The Princess Diaries
Genre: Childrens/Family
Year: 2001
Running time: 115 minutes
Screening as part of Women X Film Festival at VUE Cinema Darlington on Saturday 19th September at 14:15pm. All attendees will receive a tiara to wear during the screening (if they want!)
Directed by Garry Marshall
Written by Meg Cabot and Gina Wendkos
Starring Julie Andrews, Anne Hathaway, Hector Elizondo.
Produced by Debra Martin Chase, Whitney Houston, Mario Iscovich and Ellen H.Schwatz