STORYTRAILS VIRTUAL REALITYTOWN HALL
Sunday 26 March 10.30 AM until 5.30 PM Book your half-hour session at the Festival Desk FREE (no ticket or pass needed) Come and engage with a digitally created world. Just by putting on a headset, you can see what 50 years into the future might look like, dive into the world of punk music in the 1980s or see Blackpool through the creations of a local artist. |
TOWN HALL
Sunday 26 March Doors 10:55 AM | Session 11:15 AM | End 1:50 PM An incendiary, Oscar-nominated portrait of art and activism, documenting artist Nan Goldin’s extraordinary struggle to hold the Sackler family accountable for the opioid addiction crisis.
Director: Laura Poitras | 2022 | USA | 122 mins | 18 | Documentary Q&A with gallerist and curator John Marchant |
DESTINYPICTURE HOUSE
Sunday 26 March Doors 11:00 AM | Session 11:30 AM | End 1:15 PM Teenage Sahar, recently motherless, cares for her beloved and
intellectually disabled father. Desperate for an education, she has to choose between staying with her father and going after a better future. Director: Yaser Talebi | 2022 | Iran | 79 mins | 12A | Documentary | Persian with subtitles | Q&A with Elaheh Nobakht (producer) and Saeed Zeydabadi-Nejad (SOAS)
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MASTER CLASS - EMPOWERING COMMUNITIES WITH FILMTOWN HALL
Sunday 26 March Doors 1:25 PM | Session 1:30 PM | End 3:00 PM Masterclass with Anne Marie Carty
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Ria Khan practises martial arts and plans to become a stunt woman – but when her sister drops out of art school to marry, Ria must use all her skils to pull off the ultimate wedding heist.
Director: Nida Manzoor | 2023 | UK | 103 mins | 12A
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SHORT FILM COMPETITIONTOWN HALL
Sunday 26 March Doors 5:15 PM | Session 5:35 PM | End 8:05 PM Ten short films including one world premiere, followed by Q&A with filmmakers
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THE BLUE CAFTAN![]() PICTURE HOUSE
Sunday 26 March Doors 5:45 PM | Session 6:15 | End 8:55 PM Q&A with special guests This beautiful, convention-defying love story explores the relationship between a couple who run a traditional Moroccan caftan store and their new apprentice.
Director: Maryam Touzani | 2022 | Morocco | 118 mins | 15 | Arabic with subtitles
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