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
Buy your tickets.
You can purchase a ticket to just this screening, or grab a pass to watch lots more films and attend events happening across the festival weekend.
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.