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Welcome to 2024 Manchester Film Festival, it seems unbeleiveable that we are now celebrating our 10th edition! The festival just keeps on growing and this year’s line up is our best yet. From the opening night film The Convert through to the closing film Love Lies Bleeding we have over 100 films from around the world, showcasing the best of emerging and established talent in fiction, documentary, animation, and experimental genres.
Whether you are a film lover, a filmmaker, or a industry professional, you will find something to inspire, challenge, and entertain you. There will also be the opportunity to meet the filmmakers, attend Q&As, workshops, and panels, and network with other film enthusiasts..
The Manchester Film Festival is more than just a film festival. It is a celebration of the power of storytelling, the art of filmmaking, and the diversity of voices and perspectives that enrich our culture and society.
Enjoy the festval!
NEIL JERAM-CROFT - FESTIVAL DIRECTOR
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festIval PartNers
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Opening Night Gala Premiere
Friday 15th March at 19:00
t he Co N vert
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN
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Lee Tamahori
New Zealand, 119 minutes
Starring: Guy Pearce, Tioreore
Ngatai-Melbourne, Antonio Te
Maioha, Jacqueline McKenzie
A lay preacher who arrives at a British settlement in 1830s. His violent past is soon drawn into question and his faith put to the test, as he finds himself caught in the middle of a bloody war between Maori tribes.
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Closing Night Gala
suNday 24th MarCh at 18:00
love l ies Bleedi N g
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN
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Rose Glass
UK, USA, 104 minutes
Starring: Kristen Stewart, Katy
O’Brian, Jena Malone, Anna
Baryshnikov, Dave Franco, Ed Harris
Lou is a reclusive gym manager who falls hard for Jackie, an ambitious bodybuilder who’s heading to Las Vegas to pursue her dream. Their love soon leads to violence as they get pulled deep into the web of Lou’s criminal family.
NarratIve features
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evil does Not exist
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN
Saturday 16th March at 13:00
Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
Japan, 106 minutes, Subtitled
Starring: Hitoshi Omika, Ryô Nishikawa, Ryûji Kosaka
Takumi and his daughter Hana live in Mizubiki Village, close to Tokyo. One day, the village inhabitants become aware of a plan to build a camping site near Takumi’s house offering city residents a comfortable “escape” to nature.
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disCo Boy
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Saturday 16th March at 15:20
Giacomo Abbruzzese
France, Belgium, Poland, Italy, 91 minutes
Subtitled
Starring: Franz Rogowski, Morr Ndiaye, Laetitia Ky, Leon Lučev, Matteo Olivetti,
After a painful journey through Europe, Aleksei arrives in Paris to join the Foreign Legion. Meanwhile, in the Niger Delta, Jomo struggles against the oil companies threatening his village and the lives of his family.
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sorCery
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Saturday 16th March at 13:10
Luis De Filippis
USA, 96 minutes, Subtitled
Starring: Carmen Madonia, Ramona Milano, Paige Evans
On the remote island of Chiloé in the late 19th century, an Indigenous girl named Rosa lives and works with her father on a farm. When the foreman brutally turns on Rosa’s father, she sets out for justice, seeking help from the king of a powerful organization of sorcerers.
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Mother, CouCh
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Saturday 16th March at 15:30
Niclas Larsson
USA, Denmark, Sweden, 96 minutes
Starring: Ewan McGregor, Rhys Ifans, Taylor Russell, Ellen Burstyn, Lara Flynn Boyle, F. Murray Abraham, Lake Bell
Three children are brought together when their mother refuses to move from a couch in a furniture store.
NarratIve features
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the traP
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Saturday 16th March at 17:30
Lena Headey
UK, 84 minutes
Starring: Michelle Fairley, James Nelson-Joyce, Steven Waddington, Ian Hart
Michelle is a broken woman, shut off to the world. Then Joe, a damaged young man, arrives at Michelle’s fortress of solitude and brings her back to life. However, their tender romance is shattered when Joe reveals that he is the son Michelle gave up more than twenty years earlier.
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forever-forever
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Saturday 16th March at 17:40
Anna Buryachkova
Ukraine, 107 minutes, Subtitled
Starring: Zachary Shadrin, Arthur Aliiev, Alina Cheban
Set in Kyiv in the late 1990s, “Forever-Forever” is an unsettling portrait of the young and rebellious as they navigate love, explore their sexuality, and play cruel games, which never have a winner.
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daughter of the suN
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Saturday 16th March at 20:00
Rachel Lambert USA, 91 minutes
Starring: Daisy Ridley, Dave Merheje, Parveesh Cheena
Fran, who likes to think about dying, makes the new guy at work laugh, which leads to dating and more. Now the only thing standing in their way is Fran herself.
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN
Saturday 16th March at 20:10
Ryan Ward USA, 110 minutes
Starring: Nyah Perkin, Ryan Ward
A 12-year-old girl struggles with life on the run as she travels across the Midwest with her father who has Tourette Syndrome. Wanting nothing more than a normal family life, she befriends a community of outcasts in the remote countryside who want to harness a volatile supernatural power her father is hiding.
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oiNk!
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN
Sunday17th March at 12:00
Mascha Halberstad
Netherlands, 70 minutes, Subtitled
Starring: Kees Prins, Hiba Ghafry, Jelka van Houten, Henry van Loon, Matsen Montsma, Loes Luca
A nine-year-old girl gets a pig named Oink as a gift from her grandfather.
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dovBush
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN
Sunday 17th March at 15:00
Oles Sanin
Ukraine, 120 minutes, Subtitled
Starring: Serhiy Strelnikov, Oleksiy Hnatkovsky, Daria Plakhtiy
In the early 18th century, foreign rule means dark times for the Hutsuls of the Carpathians. Oleksa Dovbush becomes a mountain outlaw, fighting for his people and leading an uprising. The Polish aristocracy tries to kill Dovbush and destroy his legacy, using his love for his childhood sweetheart.
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aBout dry grasses
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN
Sunday 17th March at 13:40
Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Turkey, France, Germany, 197 minutes, Subtitled
Starring: Deniz Celiloğlu, Merve Dizdar, Musab Ekici
A young teacher hopes to be transferred to Istanbul after four years of mandatory service in a remote village, but is accused of inappropriate contact by two students.
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radiCal
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN
Sunday 17th March at 17:20
Christopher Zalla
Mexico, 125 minutes, Subtitled
Starring: Eugenio Derbez, Daniel Haddad, Jennifer Trejo
Sixth grade students at Jose Urbina Lopez
Elementary are among the worst performing students in Mexico, with their world one of violence and hardship, not possibility. It might seem like a dead end, but it’s the perfect place for new teacher Sergio Juarez to try something different.
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housekeePiNg for BegiNNers
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN
Sunday 17th March at 17:30
Goran Stolevski
Poland, Serbia, Australia, Croatia, Kosovo, North Macedonia, USA, 107 minutes
Starring: Anamaria Marinca, Alina Serban, Samson Selim
Dita never wanted to be a mother, but circumstances force her to raise her girlfriend’s two daughters, tiny troublemaker Mia and rebellious teen Vanesa. A battle of wills ensues as the three continue to butt heads and become an unlikely family that must fight to stay together.
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five aNd a half love stories iN aN aPartMeNt iN vilNius, lithuaNia
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN
Sunday 17th March at 19:50
Tomas Vengris
Lithuania, 112 minutes, Subtitled
Starring: Velta Zygure, Vidas Petkevicius, Valene Kane, Alison Oliver, Marijus Mazunas, Yiftach Klein
Five guests experience a crisis of love in an AirBnB in Vilnius; unaware of the stories that have transpired within the same walls and under the same bedsheets.
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la ChiMera
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN
Sunday 17th March at 19:30
Alice Rohrwacher
Italy, France, Switzerland, 130 minutes,
Subtitled
Starring: Josh O’Connor, Carol Duarte, Vincenzo Nemolato
A group of archaeologists and the black market of historical artifacts.
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the uNiversal theory
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN
Monday 18th March at 17:45
Timm Kröger
Germany, Austria, Switzerland, 118 minutes, Subtitled
Starring: Jan Bülow, Olivia Ross, Hanns Zischler
The year of 1962. A physics congress in the Alps. An Iranian guest. A mysterious pianist. A bizarre cloud formation in the sky and a booming mystery under the mountain. A quantum mechanical thriller in black and white.
NarratIve features
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oNly the river flows
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN
Monday 18th March at 18:00
Shujun Wei
China, 101 minutes, Subtitled
Starring: Zhu Yilong, Chloe Maayan, Hou Tianlai, Tong Linkai
Chief police investigates a series of murders in a riverside town in rural China in the 1990s. An arrest is made quickly, clues push the policeman to dive deeper into the hidden behaviour of the locals.
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do you love Me?
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN
Monday 18th March at 20:00
Tonya Noyabrova
Ukraine, Sweden, 90 minutes Subtitled
Starring: Karyna Khymchuk, Maksim Mikhaylichenko, Natalia Lazebnikova, Oleksandr Zhyla
Kira is living her life with the teenage confidence that the world revolves around her. Born and raised in the late Soviet Ukraine, she sees her life predictable and clear. But it doesn’t last long.
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slow
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN
Monday 18th March at 20:00
Marija Kavtaradze
Lithuania, Spain, Sweden, 108 minutes
Subtitled
Starring: Greta Grineviciute, Kestutis Cicenas, Pijus Ganusauskas
Dancer Elena and sign language interpreter
Dovydas meet and form a beautiful bond. As they dive into a new relationship, they must navigate how to build their own kind of intimacy.
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io CaPitaNo
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN
Tuesday 19th March at 18:00
Matteo Garrone
Italy, Belgium, France, 121 minutes,
Subtitled
Starring: Seydou Sarr, Moustapha Fall, Issaka Sawadogo
A Homeric fairy tale that tells the adventurous journey of two young boys, Seydou and Moussa, who leave Dakar to reach Europe.
NarratIve features
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Birthday girl
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN
Tuesday 19th March at 20:30
Michael Noer
Denmark, 95 minutes, Subtitled
Starring: Trine Dyrholm, Flora Ofelia Hofmann Lindahl, Herman Tømmeraas, Maja Ida Thiele
42-year-old Nanna has invited her daughter Cille and her best friend on a cruise to celebrate Cille’s 18th birthday. The expectations are high, and they have big plans set for the days on board the cruise. But on the first evening, the dream vacation turns into a nightmare, and Nanna realizes that in order to get justice, she must take matters into her own hands.
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sleeP
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN
Wednesday 20th March at 18:20
Jason Yu
South Korea, 95 minutes, Subtitled
Starring: Kim Gook Hee, Yoon Kyung-ho, Lee Sun-kyun, Jung Yu-mi
A young, expectant wife must figure out how to stop her husband’s nightmarish sleepwalking habits before he harms himself or his family.
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the Moor
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN
Wednesday 20th March at 18:00
Chris Cronin
UK, 120 minutes
Starring: Sophia La Porta, David EdwardRobertson, Bernard Hill, Elizabeth DormerPhillips
Claire is approached by the father of her murdered childhood friend to help investigate the haunted moor he believes to be his son’s final resting place. They find more than just the ghosts of dead children - something dark and evil stirs beneath their feet.
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the 39 stePs (1978)
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN
Thursday 21st March at 18:00
Don Sharp
UK, 102 minutes
Starring: Robert Powell, David Warner, Eric Porter
ITV Presents a restoration of the 1978 version of The 39 Steps.
In March 1914, a mining engineer named Richard Hannay tries to prevent Prussian Agents from executing a political assassination designed to trigger World War I.
NarratIve features
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giaNt’s kettle
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN
Thursday 21st March at 18:20
Markku Hakala, Mari Käki
Finland, 71 minutes, Silent Film
Starring: Henri Malkki, Kirsi Paananen, Atte Vuori
Somewhere up north at the age of peak modern there is a man longing for connection but unable to break loose, and a woman feeling alien to the world which has everything figured out for her, without her.
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straight through Crew
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN
Thursday 21st March at 20:15
David Campion
UK, 80 minutes
Starring:Charles Craddock, Jessica Pearce, Conchita Mbuyambo, Jason Rosato
It’s Christmas Eve and a group of friends prepare to attend a village rave. However, dynamics are challenged when substances and feelings collide.
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the wait
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN
Thursday 21st March at 20:00
F. Javier Gutierrez
Spain, 100 minutes, Subtitled
Starring: Victor Clavijo, Ruth Diaz, Pedro Casablanc
Eladio, a hunting estate keeper, takes a bribe from a veteran hunter. What looked like the opportunity of a lifetime turns into a macabre descent to hell.
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dito
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Friday 22nd March at 20:00
Takashi Yuki
Japan, 117 minutes, Subtitled
Starring: Takashi Yuki, Momoko Tanabe, Mon Confiado, Machiko Ono, Manny Pacquiao
Eiji Kamiyama is an aging Japanese boxer who left his wife and daughter behind to make a comeback in the Philippines. One day, just as a new opportunity arises his daughter suddenly appears, with the news that her mother, his wife, has passed. After many years apart, the father - and boxer - she meets is not the person she imagined him to be.
NarratIve features
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the CaN
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Friday 22nd March at 20:20
Mitchell Kendall Smith UK, 92 minutes
Starring: Louis Cruzat, Steven Berkoff, David Schaal, Amanda Abbington and Shaun Dooley
The Can, a steel shipping container housing a site office, stands alone in an isolated scrapyard. Shut inside is Joe, an unstable, disillusioned security guard. What should have been another quiet night at work descends into a gruelling test as he must untangle a web of lies in a race against the clock to save a life.
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Pratfall
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Saturday 23rd March at 13:10
Alex Andre USA, 106 minutes
Starring: Joshua Burge, Chloé Groussard Eli (Joshua Burge), a troubled insomniac encounters Joelle (Chloé Groussard), an enigmatic French tourist in Central Park. The two set off on a sleepless New York adventure as the city casts a shadow over them.
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of god’s MeN
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Saturday 23rd March at 13:00
Waheed Iqbal UK, 108 minutes
Starring: Ali Arshad, Hamza Medley
After a suicide attempt, a Muslim man draws closer to God, but when he is forced to live with his disruptive brother, his new-found belief is tested.
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uNiCorNs
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Saturday 23rd March at 15:30
Sally El Hosaini, James Krishna Floyd UK, USA, Sweden, 119 minutes
Starring: Ben Hardy, Jason Patel, Hannah Onslow, Madelyn Smedley, Sagar Radia, Michael Karim
It follows a queer South Asian nightclub performer living a double life, and a young, single father who works as a mechanic. When they meet, a search for identity is sparked.
NarratIve features
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four little adults
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Saturday 23rd March at 15:30
Selma Vilhunen
Finland, 122 minutes, Subtitled
Starring: Alma Pöysti, Vilhelm Blomgren, Eero Milonoff, Oona Airola
A middle-aged couple who, in the middle of an infidelity crisis, decide to open their marriage and venture into polyamory.
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i thiNk I’M siCk
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Saturday 23rd March at 18:10
Danny Gevirtz
USA, 106 minutes
Starring:Charles Connor Russell, TIa Tardy, Wes Brooks, Paul Arthaud, Richard Alexander, Drew Moore
The excitement of senior year doesn’t appeal much to Will, a teenager quietly dealing with his deteriorating mental health. For Will, there’s only one thing he can do to end his agony, but when his suicide plan fails, he finds himself back in the crowded hallways of his high school to redo his final year.
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queeN of BoNes
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Saturday 23rd March at 18:00
Robert Budreau USA, 90 minutes
Starring: Julia Butters, Jacob Tremblay, Martin Freeman, Taylor Schilling, Gavin Rodger, Christopher Heyerdahl, Clare Coulter
A folktale about twin siblings who suspect their father is hiding secrets to their deceased mother’s connection with the supernatural.
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die Before you die
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Saturday 23rd March at 20:15
Dan Pringle
UK, 80 minutes
Starring: Ziad Abaza, Mim Shaikh, Harry Reid, Ghazwan Safadi, Priya Blackburn, Falah Hashim
A hot-headed influencer finds himself trapped six feet underground after an internet challenge goes dramatically wrong.
NarratIve features
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rosalie
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Saturday 23rd March at 20:30
Stéphanie Di Giusto
France, Belgium, 115 minutes Subtitled
Starring: Nadia Tereszkiewicz, Benoît Magimel
In 1870s France, Rosalie is a young woman unlike any other, she hides a secret. She was born with a face and body covered in hair.
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dagr
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Sunday 24th March at 13:00
Matthew Butler-Hart UK, 77 minutes
Starring: Riz Moritz, Ellie Duckles, Tori ButlerHart, Matt Barber Fame seeking YouTubers find themselves in a paranormal nightmare when the advert team they are stealing from awakens a murderous druid from the past.
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the Boy iN the woods
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Sunday 24th March at 14:30
Rebecca Snow
Canada, 98 minutes
Starring: Jett Klyne, Richard Armitage
A Holocaust survival story told through the eyes of Max, a young Jewish artist hiding and being hunted in the mythical, haunting forests of Nazi-occupied Eastern Europe. Based on the best-selling memoir by Canadian Holocaust survivor Maxwell Smart and inspired by the award-winning documentary Cheating Hitler: Surviving The Holocaust.
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of liviNg without illusioN
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Sunday 24th March at 15:00
Katharina Lüdin Germany, 109 minutes
Starring: Anna Bolk, Jenny Schily, Lorenz
Hochhuth, Pauline Frierson
Merit, Eva, Lion, Rose and David cautiously wind around their conflicted relationships. Actress Merit is rehearsing a theatre play with her exhusband David. At home, the relationship between Merit and her partner Eva is in a state between smouldering crisis and idleness.
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kiM’s video
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Tuesday 19th March at 20:30
Ashley Sabin, David Redmon USA, 84 minutes
Playing with the forms and tropes of various cinema genres, the filmmaker sets off on a quest to find a legendary lost video collection of 55,000 movies in Sicily.
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the risiNg suN
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Friday 22nd March at 17:50
Alyona Kaporina
UK, 70 minutes
We had a wonderful life, a perfect life in general. We had dreams, goals, prospects, and we were working towards them. I had a full-fledged family, we had great relationships with everyone, friends. Everything was perfect! And now...” No family, no home, no language... A happy life that was destroyed by Russia is behind. Darkness, uncertainty and fear are ahead. This is the heartbreaking story of a young woman who, with her young son and a great tragedy of her own, found herself in the UK because of the war in Ukraine.
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CitizeN sleuth
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Wednesday 20th March at 20:30
Chris Kasick USA, 85 minutes
A true crime podcaster from Appalachia blurs the line between fact and entertainment as she investigates the mysterious death of a local girl.
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we dare to dreaM
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Friday 22nd March at 18:00
Waad al-Kateab UK, 98 minutes
We Dare to Dream is the story of refugee athletes from Iran, Syria, South Sudan and Cameroon who swim, run and fight their way to opportunity and safety in host nations across the world. Spanning a breadth of backgrounds, personal stories and Olympic sports, the film reveals their lives and hopes as they train to compete on the world stage, showing the fire and the drive of young people forced to leave their families, homes and countries of birth to build new lives out of nothing.
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short fIlMs
North west shorts 1
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN | Sunday 17th March at 12:30
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By My Side - Jake Metcalf / UK / 12 Minutes
Crushed - Charlene Jones / UK / 2 minutes
Firefly - Anne-Marie Scragg / UK/ 16 minutes
The Liver - Daniel Brereton / UK / 11 minutes
The Sun is Up Forever - Charlene Jones / UK / 11 minutes
Red Sky at Night - Kieran Stringfellow / UK / 19 minutes
Chicken Girl - Em Humble / UK / 9 minutes
Gobstopper - Jo Lane / UK / 11 minutes
North west shorts 2
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN | Wednesday 20th March at 20:10
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Kiss - Katja Roberts / UK / 15 minutes
St.Nowhere - Morgan Bailey / UK / 9 minutes
The Girl with Flaxen Hair - Christian Holtappel / UK / 20 minutes
Grim - Grace Alwyn Ashworth / UK / 16 minutes
Midnight Whispers - Baldwin Li / UK / 10 minutes
Dead Ed - Paul Mortlock / UK / 5 minutes
Bin Day - Elliot Taylor/ UK / 5 minutes
short sessioN 1
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN | Thursday 21st March at 18:10
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Egg and Chips - Helen Iley / UK / 15 minutes
Opening Up - Oz Arshad / UK / 11 minutes
Bittersweet - Phil Choi / Germany / 10 minutes
Sub Focus: Vibration - Benn Veasey / UK / 4 minutes
As It Concerns Kyiv - Kate Ryan Brewer / USA / 3 minutes
Matterhorn - Anne Madeleine Mancosu / UK / 17 minutes
Monitor - Margo Roe / UK / 16 minutes
short sessioN 2
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN | Thursday 21st March at 20:10
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Essex Girls - Yero Timi-Biu / UK / 15 minutes
MAN>CODE - Adrian Gardner / UK / 14 minutes
The Deal - Edward Palmer / UK / 11 minutes
Reflections - Zak Harney / UK / 14 minutes
El Vapo - Daniel Liakh / UK / 6 minutes
Whale’s Song - Neels Castillon / France / 16 minutes
Wait in the Car - Damien Hyde / UK / 5 minutes
shorts sessioN 3
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN | Friday 22nd March at 18:10
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Stella - Yvonne Lawlor / UK / 13 minutes
Someone - I Guess I’m Changing - David Spearing / UK / 4 minutes
Clodagh - Portia A. Buckley / Ireland / 17 minutes
Bakari - Rodrigue Wembi Ghenda / UK / 11 minutes
Hello? - Mac Montero / UK / 3 minutes
Pushing Daisy - Leah Revivo / UK / 16 minutes
Thirstygirl - Alexandra Qin / USA / 10 minutes
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NATURALLY! ENJOY
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short fIlMs
aNiMated shorts
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN | Sunday 24th March at 12:00
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A Boat in the Rain - Yoana Atanasova Atanasova / Bulgaria / 10 Minutes
Fireworks - Sijun Li / Hong Kong / 18 minutes
Innermost - Maing Caochong / China/ 15 minutes
Nana Dee - Marta Sniezek / Ireland / 3 minutes
Spectre of the Bear - Josh Hicks / UK / 11 minutes
The Curse of Dracular - Jack Paterson/ UK / 7 minutes
The Secret Diary of a High-Rise - Stephen James Ong/ UK / 3 minutes
Weirdos - Paul Hollingsworth / USA / 6 minutes
Worry World - Jessica Patterson / Ireland / 9 minutes
Static Focus - Jai Lawson / UK / 3 minutes
Ego Death - Jasmine Hewitt, Mar Suarez Lopez / UK / 4 minutes
Huntress - Harry Law / UK / 4 minutes
North west shorts 3
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN | Sunday 24th March at 12:00
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Imagine If Black Boys Just Smiled At Each Other - Kenton Jordan Thomas/ UK / 5 minutes
Lia IRL - Milda Baginskaite / UK / 14 minutes
My First Pet - Harry Green / UK / 12 minutes
120 - Ai Narapol / UK / 12 minutes
Piece Of Cake - Jack Hartley / UK / 11 minutes
Promising Signs - Isaac Maddock-James / UK / 11 minutes
The Mummy - Nicki McCubbing/ UK / 5 minutes
Sanctuary - Dennis Mabry / UK / 9 minutes
On Rest & Movement - Riley Bramley-Dymond / 14 minutes
short sessioN 7
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN | Sunday 24th March at 14:10
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Mother - Salomon Ligthelm / Ukraine / 20 minutes
Sparks - The Girl Is Crying In Her Latte - Ron Mael, Russell Mael, Richie Starzec/ USA / 3 minutes
Proof of Concept - Max Cohn, Ellie Sachs / USA / 6 minutes
Black Sunflowers - Jonny Powell / UK /16 minutes
Measure - Helen Simmons, Julia Cranney / UK / 13 minutes
Such A Lovely Day - Simon Woods / UK / 17 minutes
short sessioN 8
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN | Sunday 24th March at 16:10
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No Drinks on the Dancefloor - Laura Weston / UK / 6 minutes
La Snob - Kristina Lauren Anderson / USA / 20 minutes
Blood - Vathana Suganya Suppiah / Australia / 10 minutes
Sven - Chris Parton / UK / 9 minutes
Rose of Armagh - Ryan Kevin Doyle / Ireland / 12 minutes
Fall Better - George Magner / UK / 9 minutes
Trespassers - Isla Elizabeth Jackson-Ritchie / UK / 10 minutes
Getting you from A to Bee
Get to Manchester Film Festival by tram, bus or bike.
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*£1.40 is the minimum price of an adult single fare on Metrolink in any one zone (1, 2, 3 or 4).
**50p unlock fee with Pay As You Ride. Pay no unlock fee with minute bundles. Pedal bikes cost 5p per minute to ride. E-bikes 10p per minute.