London: SNAPSHOT SHORTS + Q&A
Explore Black girls coming of age on their own terms with this shorts programme and filmmaker Q&A.
Glasgow: The Panther Women (Las mujeres panteras) + introduction
Screening as part of She Packs a Punch, a mini season presented by Invisible Women & TAPE Collective within Art of Action – a major UK-wide celebration of big screen action done for real, focusing on the actors and stunt performers risking life and limb to create some of the most memorable on-screen action, supported by National Lottery and BFI Film Audience Network.
Glasgow: SNAPSHOT SHORTS + WORKSHOP
Explore Black girls coming of age on their own terms with this shorts programme and filmmaker Q&A.
Glasgow: The Bat Woman (La mujer murciélago) + introduction
Screening as part of She Packs a Punch, a mini season presented by Invisible Women & TAPE Collective within Art of Action – a major UK-wide celebration of big screen action done for real, focusing on the actors and stunt performers risking life and limb to create some of the most memorable on-screen action, supported by National Lottery and BFI Film Audience Network.
London Film Festival What it Feels Like for a Girl: Depictions of Girlhood in Film
Free event hosted as part of BFI London Film Festival. Tickets on sale from 3rd October.
Belfast: The Panther Women (Las mujeres panteras)
Screening as part of She Packs a Punch, a mini season presented by Invisible Women & TAPE Collective within Art of Action – a major UK-wide celebration of big screen action done for real, focusing on the actors and stunt performers risking life and limb to create some of the most memorable on-screen action, supported by National Lottery and BFI Film Audience Network.
Sheffield: Milisuthando + Q&A
Artist-turned-filmmaker Milisuthando Bongela grew up in South Africa during apartheid but didn’t know it was happening until it was over.
Set in past and present South Africa, Milisuthando is a poetic coming-of-age personal essay documentary about what it means to become human in the context of race. Told through the memories of its writer-director, a millennial Black woman who only began reckoning with apartheid after its end, Bongela takes us on a searching journey, interrogating her youth spent variously in the all-Black Xhosa homeland of Transkei, London and the new South Africa, her adult life in Johannesburg, and her slivered sense of identity, driven by her thoughtful narrative voice and a cast of her family, friends, foes and historical figures.
Spanning 30 years in a non-linear style and utilising some extraordinary archive footage, this inventive film is a meditation on the sociological concept of race, a poetic reflection on a nation born from the violence and inhumanity of apartheid, and a deeply affecting look at its lingering effects on South Africa’s national psyche.
Part of SNAPSHOT, T A P E Collective’s programme capturing and celebrating the multi-faceted experiences of Black girlhood. Read more about SNAPSHOT.
Edinburgh: She Packs A Punch - DOUBLE BILL
She Packs a Punch celebrates the action-laden, camp and curious world of 1960s Mexican pulp cinema with two recently restored films from director René Cardona. Showcasing his flair for action, spectacle and lucha libre, they highlight some of the most captivating female action stars of the era.
The Panther Women (Las mujeres panteras) and The Bat Woman (La mujer murciélago) both feature powerful women in high-octane adventures. In The Panther Women, wrestlers Loreta Venus and The Golden Rubí face off against a glamorous, satanic cult of werepanthers in a thrilling blend of gothic horror and lucha libre. Meanwhile, The Bat Woman delivers a rollicking ride where lucha libre meets superheroines and a splash of The Creature from the Black Lagoon. Both films offer a captivating blend of suspense, camp, and action, celebrating the fearless heroines who dominate the screen.
Presented by feminist film collective Invisible Women and T A P E collective, She Packs a Punch highlights the important contribution of female action stars to Mexican cinema. While these titles do lean into the exploitation genre, they also serve a crucial role in bringing luchadoras—who were not allowed to compete in the ring at the time—onto the screen and into the spotlight that they deserved. These films offer a chance to rediscover and appreciate the powerful women who, as Batwomen, as werepanthers, or as wrestlers, were at the heart of the action in films that will find their place in the pulp cult canon.
In partnership with CinemaAttic. There will also be food available at the event, courtesy of Sabor al Toque, a family business offering the best of traditional Colombian food.
London: Milisuthando + Intro
Set in past and present South Africa, MILISUTHANDO is a poetic coming-of-age personal essay documentary on love and what it means to become human in the context of race, explored through the memories of Milisuthando herself – who grew up during apartheid but didn't know it was happening until it was over.
Follow by intro by Rōgan Graham
Rōgan Graham is a writer and programmer from South London. Working broadly in film exhibition, her areas of interest are works by Women and Black filmmakers. When she isn’t writing or hosting events, she can be found on a soapbox talking about Mariah Carey.
Part of SNAPSHOT, T A P E Collective’s programme capturing and celebrating the multi-faceted experiences of Black girlhood. Read more about SNAPSHOT.
Belfast: The Bat Woman (La mujer murciélago)
Screening as part of She Packs a Punch, a mini season presented by Invisible Women & TAPE Collective within Art of Action – a major UK-wide celebration of big screen action done for real, focusing on the actors and stunt performers risking life and limb to create some of the most memorable on-screen action, supported by National Lottery and BFI Film Audience Network.
Alma’s Rainbow 4K Restoration + Intro
SNAPSHOT is a 12 month long season launching in April 2024 which explores the SNAPSHOTS of Black Girlhood found in cinema. The season will include re-releases, archive work and new releases.
Alma’s Rainbow 4K Restoration + Intro
SNAPSHOT is a 12 month long season launching in April 2024 which explores the SNAPSHOTS of Black Girlhood found in cinema. The season will include re-releases, archive work and new releases.
Sheffield Film Festival: Alma’s Rainbow + Intro
Special introduction as part of Sheffield Film Festival of the brand new restoration of Alma’s Rainbow
UK PREMIERE: Alma's Rainbow 4K Restoration
Premiering at Cinema Rediscovered Alma’s Rainbow is a A coming-of-age comedy-drama about three African American women living in Brooklyn, Alma's Rainbow explores the life of teenager Rainbow Gold (Victoria Gabrielle Platt) as she enters womanhood and navigates standards of beauty, self-image, and the rights women have over their bodies.
Ayoka "Ayo" Chenzira is an independent African-American director producer. She is the first African American woman animator and one of a handful of Black experimental filmmakers working since the late 1970s.
A new 4K restoration from Academy Film Archive, Film Foundation, and Milestone Films presented by T A P E Collective as part of SNAPSHOTS of Black Girlhood found in cinema, made possible with the support of the BFI, awarding funds from the National Lottery.
Screening with short film Home Away From Home (Dir: Maureen Blackwood, 1993, 11 mins) Sankofa Film Collective's Maureen Blackwood renders the often unspoken experience of loneliness and sacrifice within migration stories. Her short was an official selection for Critics’ Week, Cannes Film Festival (1994) and Winner of Best European Short Film, Films des Femmes, France (1995).
Fhamtini? Bye Bye Tiberias + Discussion
Presented by Fhamtini & followed by post-film panel discussion with special guests:
- Sarah Agha: broadcaster, writer, actress and founder of The Arab Film Club
- Aser El Saqqa: founder and director of Arts Canteen, AWAN Festival and Arabs Are Not Funny
- Soudade Kaadan: award-winning film director and screenwriter
In her early twenties, Hiam Abbass left her native Palestinian village to follow her dream of becoming an actress in Europe, leaving behind her mother, grandmother, and seven sisters. Thirty years later, her filmmaker daughter Lina returns with her to the village and questions for the first time her mother’s bold choices, her chosen exile and the way the women in their family influenced both their lives.
Women Aren't Funny: Appropriate Behaviour + Q&A
Appropriate Behaviour by Desiree Akhavan (UK, 2014), which follows a flawed, messy central character, who grapples to make sense of her LGBTQI+ and Iranian-American identities.
Bye Bye Tiberias + Q&A
This screening of Bye Bye Tiberias on Friday 28 June 18:00 will be followed by a Q&A with co-writer Nadine Naous.
Cinema Palestino: Bye Bye Tiberias + Discussion
Sheffield's Cinema Palestino started in 2009 with screenings around the 29th November, The UN International Day of solidarity with the Palestinian people. Cinema Palestino is now an annual feature at Showroom Cinema. With the key purpose to ensure a showing in the North of England of a Palestinian film, with less than 3% of films in the UK coming from the global south.
This screening will be followed by a discussion with the Sheffield Palestine Solidarity Campaign, exploring questions raised by the film.
Bye Bye Tiberias + Q&A
Previewing Thu 27 June 18:00 with a Q&A with the film's co-writer Nadine Naous.
Brought to you in partnership with Bristol Palestine Film Festival.
Bye Bye Tiberias + Q&A
Bye Bye Tiberias is the second documentary of Lina Soualem, a French-Palestinian-Algerian filmmaker and actress, born and based in Paris. Her first feature Their Algeria (SAFAR, 2021) shone a spotlight on her paternal grandparents as they embarked on a divorce later in life. The film received over a dozen awards from festivals in Europe and the Arab world. Bye Bye Tiberias won the Grierson Award for Documentary Film at London Film Festival 2023 and was Palestine’s submission to the Academy Awards in 2024.
co-writer Nadine Naous will be in attendance for a post screening Q&A
Access info: Screenings and Q&As will be presented with closed captions and/or BSL interpretation. Audio description is also available for the film.
Bye Bye Tiberias + Q&A
Bye Bye Tiberias is the second documentary of Lina Soualem, a French-Palestinian-Algerian filmmaker and actress, born and based in Paris. Her first feature Their Algeria (SAFAR, 2021) shone a spotlight on her paternal grandparents as they embarked on a divorce later in life. The film received over a dozen awards from festivals in Europe and the Arab world. Bye Bye Tiberias won the Grierson Award for Documentary Film at London Film Festival 2023 and was Palestine’s submission to the Academy Awards in 2024.
Access info: Screenings and Q&As will be presented with closed captions and/or BSL interpretation. Audio description is also available for the film.
Bye Bye Tiberias + Q&A
Bye Bye Tiberias is the second documentary of Lina Soualem, a French-Palestinian-Algerian filmmaker and actress, born and based in Paris. Her first feature Their Algeria (SAFAR, 2021) shone a spotlight on her paternal grandparents as they embarked on a divorce later in life. The film received over a dozen awards from festivals in Europe and the Arab world. Bye Bye Tiberias won the Grierson Award for Documentary Film at London Film Festival 2023 and was Palestine’s submission to the Academy Awards in 2024.
Access info: Screenings and Q&As will be presented with closed captions and/or BSL interpretation. Audio description is also available for the film.
Bye Bye Tiberias + Q&A
Bye Bye Tiberias is the second documentary of Lina Soualem, a French-Palestinian-Algerian filmmaker and actress, born and based in Paris. Her first feature Their Algeria (SAFAR, 2021) shone a spotlight on her paternal grandparents as they embarked on a divorce later in life. The film received over a dozen awards from festivals in Europe and the Arab world. Bye Bye Tiberias won the Grierson Award for Documentary Film at London Film Festival 2023 and was Palestine’s submission to the Academy Awards in 2024.
Access info: Screenings and Q&As will be presented with closed captions and/or BSL interpretation. Audio description is also available for the film.
Bye Bye Tiberias + Q&A
Bye Bye Tiberias is the second documentary of Lina Soualem, a French-Palestinian-Algerian filmmaker and actress, born and based in Paris. Her first feature Their Algeria (SAFAR, 2021) shone a spotlight on her paternal grandparents as they embarked on a divorce later in life. The film received over a dozen awards from festivals in Europe and the Arab world. Bye Bye Tiberias won the Grierson Award for Documentary Film at London Film Festival 2023 and was Palestine’s submission to the Academy Awards in 2024.
Access info: Screenings and Q&As will be presented with closed captions and/or BSL interpretation. Audio description is also available for the film.
Safar Film Festival - Beyond Banat + Q&A
In order to overcome their delicate realities, Hasna, Muna, Nayla, Layal and Rim will have to navigate both private spaces and public places. But can they dare to dream of more fulfilling days ahead?
A British-Somali teen navigates a confusing mourning period for a family member she never met.
Drylongso 4K Restoration + Intro
SNAPSHOT is a 12 month long season launching in April 2024 which explores the SNAPSHOTS of Black Girlhood found in cinema. The season will include re-releases, archive work and new releases.
Sundance Film Festival London : UK SHORTS
Sundance London is back at Picturehouse Central this June and thrilled to see ESSEX GIRLS (after its Sundance Utah comp screenings in Jan) included in the U.K. shorts programme screening on the 7th & 9th June.
Sundance Film Festival London : UK SHORTS
Sundance London is back at Picturehouse Central this June and thrilled to see ESSEX GIRLS (after its Sundance Utah comp screenings in Jan) included in the U.K. shorts programme screening on the 7th & 9th June.
Drylongso 4K Restoration + Intro
SNAPSHOT is a 12 month long season launching in April 2024 which explores the SNAPSHOTS of Black Girlhood found in cinema. The season will include re-releases, archive work and new releases.
DRYLONGSO 4K restoration + INTRO
With an intro by Tomiwa Folorunso on the 31st May. A long lost classic - now restored.
Nezouh + Q&A
14-year-old Zeina and her family are the last to have stayed in their besieged hometown of Damascus in Syria. A missile rips a giant hole in their home, exposing them to the outside world. When a rope is mysteriously lowered into the hole, Zeina gets her first taste of freedom, and an unimaginable world of possibility opens up for her.
DRYLONGSO 4K restoration + INTRO
The screening on 11 May will be introduced by filmmaker, programmer, curator, and DJ Rabz Lansiquot who is one half of the artistic and curatorial duo Languid Hands.
Screening as part of SNAPSHOT - a season of films celebrating Black girls coming of age on their own terms. Presented by T A P E with the support of the BFI, awarding funds from the National Lottery.
Pica Sullivan is a young art student who lives with her mother and grandmother in Oakland. She works a nighttime job papering walls, which puts her safety at risk. As an outlet for her dysfunctional home life, she photographs young African American men with the belief they are an "endangered species" who may one day become extinct.
Her night job affects her attendance in photography class, which she is also struggling with because she uses a Polaroid for her photos and not the requisite 35 mm camera. One night, Pica meets Tobi, a young woman who is left beaten on a street curb by her abusive boyfriend.
Pica learns Tobi disguises herself as a man to protect herself from violence. Pica and Tobi bond over their shared fears for their safety. Pica also becomes enmeshed in news reports of the "Westside Slasher", a serial killer who is claiming victims in the neighborhood, with some of the young men she has photographed being amongst the victims.
Decolonising Filmic Experience: Workshop 1 on distribution and exhibition
Convening original research and experience on decolonising practices in film programming, curation, exhibition and distribution
Open City Doc: STORYBOARDING & MOOD BOARDING
Bring any material you’d like and complement it with T A P E curated material such as archive footage, symbols, imagery, maps and more.
There will also be facilities to print / scan / copy images from already filmed scenes or elsewhere. This is a collaborative session where you can live edit, discuss and explain parts of your project.
OPEN CITY DOC: Meet the exhibitors
Made a film? About to enter post-prod? Or interested in entering the world of programming and distribution? Learn how to connect your work with an audience and the journeys you could take with these one-to-one sessions where you can gain a better idea of how programmers and distributors source films, what they’re looking for and how to approach them.
The session will include opportunities with eight different industry professionals, with 15 minutes available to speak with each producer. Please book no more than three sessions.
OPEN CITY DOC: Meet the producers
A director/producer dream team can take years of searching and forced matchmaking, but it can also be love at first sight. In the name of transparency these one-on-one sessions are conceived to gain a better grasp of what it is you’re looking for and how to express it, the sessions will give you a taste of the forms the director-producer relationship can take and things to keep in mind.
The session will include opportunities with eight different producers, with 15 minutes available to speak with each producer. Please book no more than three sessions via our website.
OTV Table Read Club // London
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Presented by the Emmy-nominated intersectional streaming platform, Open Television (OTV), Table Read Club: London is a traveling series designed to identify and activate the boldest scripts through an interactive table read. Listen to the stories that amplify our humanity and celebrate cultural differences come alive through a rotating cast of actors, performance artists, directors and more.
Space is precious and intentional.
RSVP is required for entry.
WOMEN IN REVOLT!: RADICAL ACTS, CONTEMPORARY RESONANCES
Organised by CREAM (the Centre for Research and Education in Arts and Media at the University of Westminster) this two-day conference explores the live and performance-based arts, sound and moving image practices that were an integral part of feminist creative and campaigning activities of the 1970s and 1980s.
Part of the Through a Radical Lens events series accompanying the Women in Revolt! exhibition at Tate Britain, the conference brings together presentations from an international array of researchers and artists in response to an open call, alongside workshops and roundtable discussion.
Banel & Adama + Intro
Banel and Adama are fiercely in love. The young couple live in a remote village in northern Senegal and, for them, nothing else in the world exists.
However, their perfect everlasting love is on a collision course with their family’s traditions - as well as an oncoming drought that strikes their community.
Award-winning filmmaker Ramata-Toulaye Sy’s breathtaking debut follows the fated lovers' quest to carve a life for themselves beyond the expectations of others.
GFF: Love Jones + Essex Girls
The film will be accompanied by a screening of short film, Essex Girls.