Worldwide Burdens
Saturday 20th September 20:30pm (80m)
International stories that reveal shared struggles and strength regardless of where we are
Content Guidance: references to violence, gore and torture, racism
AT NIGHT YOU BECOME A MOTHER
A poetic journey through the night. Young single mothers share their stories and sorrows and show us how to get through and welcome the morning light after a tough night.
Director: Julia Roeselers
Writer: Julia Roeselers
Producer: Albert Klein Haneveld
HYSTERIA
Houda suffers from unexplained pain in her stomach and lower abdomen. She has consulted countless doctors over the past 10 years and been met with scepticism, dismissal and a misdiagnosis of menstrual pain. When Houda is found unconscious on the bathroom floor, will she finally be taken seriously?
Director: Miriam Carlsen
Writer: Ibbi El Hani
Producer: Sara Fathollah
THE BLISTERS
A 30-year-old girl who takes care of her elderly mother gets help from a strange man to move her mother around. The stranger helps him, but in the meantime, the man’s wallet is lost. This lost causes tension between the girl and the young man.
Director: Mina Hoseini Moghaddam
Writer: Mina Hoseini Moghaddam
Producer: Mina Hoseini Moghaddam
CLEANING
Cleaning follows a woman navigating a typical day filled with subtle yet impactful incidents. As she maintains her family’s façade of normalcy amidst her husband’s infidelity and her son’s identity, she struggles with societal expectations from both external pressures and women’s inner selves.
Director: Qimei Wang
Writer: Qimei Wang
Producer: Shiyi Qi
THE HUE OF RED (LAAL)
LAAL is more than a colour. It’s the pulse of life itself. It’s the colour of youth’s fire, love’s bond, the soul’s search, and the stillness of death... It burns in both life’s triumphs and its farewells, only to return with rebirth. Laal describes the eternal cycle of life and its journey through the colour RED.
Director: Maanavi Bedi
Writer: Maanavi Bedi
Producer: Maanavi Bedi, Karan Mally
NO. 302
In 1970s Finland, it is illegal to be homosexual. Elsie, who is confined in an institution because of her sexuality, decides to escape to Sweden. On a dark winter night, her best friend Majken helps her flee to the Swedish border against all odds.
Director: Cornelia Berg
Writer: Cornelia Berg
Producer: Sofia Palmén
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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