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Saturday 7 November in Belfast
Belfast times. Last refreshed Fri 21:33.
Showing Film only.
Saturday 7 November 10 listings
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BFF: The People Under the Stairs & Walking Tour
Wes Craven’s People Under the Stairs (1991) is a razor‐sharp horror satire on gentrification. More resonant now than upon its release in 1991, it follows a young boy who breaks into the home of two slum landlords, only to explore the horror hidden within their walls. This screening is paired with a cinematic walking tour in collaboration with CATU Belfast . The tour highlights the destructive impact Airbnbs have on communities, and the ongoing housing crisis. Just as importantly, it opens a conversation about what we can do to challenge these pressures. Community Action Tenants Union (CATU) is an Ireland-wide, members-owned-and-run tenants union, dedicated to tackling housing issues, protecting renters’ rights and grassroots community organising. Together, the walking tour and the film create a two‐part reflection on the increasing harm caused by landlordism. Audiences can join us for the combined tour and screening, or attend the screening on its own. Event timings: The walking tour leaves from Writer’s Square at 4pm . The screening of The People Under the Stairs (1991) begins at 6pm . This is a Relaxed Screening (RS)
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Mouse
A beautifully-acted story of teenaged girl Minnie finding solace in her best friend’s mother as they both grieve, with the huge talent of Sophie Okonedo, and newcomer Katherine Mallen Kupferer in an impressively well-rounded role. The film affectionately presents a range of fully fleshed-out female characters, including overlydramatic teenaged girls navigating rocky emotional terrain, and middle-aged mothers with a lot on their minds. There is a sweetness to both schoolgirl Minnie’s romantic efforts and blundering errors, all the while revealing a broader astute take on the class system and life’s expectations.
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Movement and Translation
We are very excited to be collaborating with The Masonic Screen (formerly The Shankill Screen) on this screening of three new, exciting experimental works in Vault’s newest location in East Belfast. The Glass Booth by Jenny Brady considers the role of interpretation in society. What must we consider when translating from one language to another? How do you paraphrase an emotion? How does rally car driving fit into all of this? Bodyverses — Alastair MacLennan : Nalam Nalam by Juana Robles is part of an ongoing series collaborating with performance artists across Ireland. This piece focuses on MacLennan, whose bodybased “actuations” explore personal, cultural, and social experience through performance, drawing, installation, and found materials Go Ye Afar by Frank Sweeney follows an Irish Nigerian taxi driver as he embarks on a magical realist odyssey from Dublin to Calabar. Through back-seat confessionals and a miraculous continent hopping car, we learn about Ireland’s dark past in the country and the corporate interests driving it all.
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The Act Of Killing documentary screening
Join us at the Sunflower Public House for a documentary screening raising funds for Palestinian aid. Every contribution makes a difference.
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The People Under the Stairs & catu Walking Tour
Wes Craven’s The People Under the Stairs (1991) is a razor-sharp horror satire on gentrification. More resonant now than upon its release in 1991, it follows a young boy who breaks into the home of two slum landlords, only to explore the horror hidden within their walls. This screening is paired with a cinematic walking tour in collaboration with CATU Belfast. Community Action Tenants Union (CATU) is an Ireland-wide, members-owned-and-run tenants union, dedicated to tackling housing issues, protecting renters’ rights and grassroots community organising. The tour highlights the destructive impact Airbnbs have on communities and the ongoing housing crisis. Just as importantly, it opens a conversation about what we can do to challenge these pressures. Together, the walking tour and the film create a two-part reflection on the increasing harm caused by landlordism. Audiences can join us for the combined walking tour and screening, or attend the screening on its own. Event timings: This screening is Relaxed (RS) and has subtitles for d/Deaf or hard of hearing. There will be BSL signing for the introduction of the film.
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I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning
With an incredible ensemble cast including Belfast actors, Lola Petticrew and Anthony Boyle, alongside Joe Cole, Jay Lycurgo and Daryl McCormack, comes the latest film from acclaimed British director, Clio Barnard. Written by Enda Walsh and adapted from the novel by Keiron Goddard, it centres five childhood friends in Birmingham, entering their thirties in the midst of the UK housing crisis. Tackling themes of gentrification, class and family, the friendships are tested by the increasing demands and responsibilities of adulthood. The use of actors lip-synching in her first film, The Arbor, about playwright Andrea Dunbar, marked Barnard as a bold new visionary in British cinema. Most recently, the tender drama Ali & Ava, was another Yorkshire-set story. I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning is Barnard’s fifth feature film in a remarkable career and Belfast Film Festival is delighted to present its Irish Premiere.
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BFF: Rose
There’s another incredible performance from one of the greatest actors of our time in this film. Sandra Huller ( Anatomy of a Fall ), plays the central character, Rose, who decides to live her life as a man. In the 17th Century, after fighting as a soldier in the 30 Years War in central Europe, Rose arrives in a rural village and lays claim to a rambling, disused farmhouse and its surrounding land. As a landowner of standing in the small community, Rose must appease her neighbours by abiding by traditional customs and upholding the usual duties expected of a man with property. The film is a clever and thought-provoking exploration of gender roles and social conventions, and is the third feature from a filmmaker whose previous work has daringly explored challenging subjects from paedophilia (Michael) to race and privilege in an 18th Century Viennese court (Angelo). Screening as part of Belfast Film Festival . Find out more about the festival programme here . Seating for Belfast Film Festival screenings is unallocated. If you have access requirements, please contact us on qftmanager@qub.ac.uk.
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Rose
There’s another incredible performance from one of the greatest actors of our time in this film. Sandra Huller (Anatomy of a Fall, Fatherland, The Zone of Interest, Toni Erdmann), plays the central character, Rose, who decides to live her life as a man. In the 17th Century, after fighting as a soldier in the 30 Years War in central Europe, Rose arrives in a rural village and lays claim to a rambling, disused farmhouse and its surrounding land. As a landowner of standing in the small community, Rose must appease her neighbours by abiding by traditional customs and upholding the usual duties expected of a man with property. The film is a clever and thought-provoking exploration of gender roles and social conventions, and is the third feature from a filmmaker whose previous work has daringly explored challenging subjects from paedophilia (Michael) to race and privilege in an 18th Century Viennese court (Angelo).
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