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W are delighted to welcome you to the NINTH edition of the festival, taking place at the Odeon Great Northern. The festival keeps on growing, this year we have 6 feature film world premieres and 17 feature film UK Premieres and all films are screening in Manchester for the first time. Over 140 short films will screen at the festival including 32 world premieres and local talent will be on show with three sessions of North West Shorts, the most we have ever screened at the festival. The line-up is bursting with talent with films starring Nicolas Cage, Timothy Spall, Minnie Driver and Juliet Rylance to name a few. We are also excited to share in Manchester for the first time films fresh from Sundance, Cannes, and Toronto. As always we’d like to thank all our amazing partners, listed below, without whom we wouldn’t be able to make this festival the huge and successful event it is.
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Opening Night Gala Premiere
Friday 10th March at 19:00
Rye Lane
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN
Raine Allen-Miller UK, 82 minutes
Starring: Vivian Oparah, David Jonsson, George Taylor
Two twenty-somethings, both reeling from bad break-ups, connect over the course of an eventful day in South London - helping each other deal with their nightmare exes, and potentially restoring their faith in romance.
Closing Night Feature
Sunday 19th March at 18:00
Breaking
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN
Abi Damaris Corbin USA, 103 minutes
Starring: John Boyega, Michael Kenneth Williams, Nicole Beharie
Desperate for money and running out of options, Marine veteran Brian Brown-Easley holds several people hostage inside a bank, setting the stage for a tense confrontation with police.
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White Berry
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN
Saturday 11th March at 12:45
Sia Hermanides
Netherlands, 89 minutes, Subtitled
Starring: Destiny Adopai, Emmanuel Ohene Boafo, Latifa Mwazi
Grace, a Dutch-African girl with albinism, feels like an outsider with her white skin and poor eyesight. When she meets Kia, her African identity becomes more important. How far will she go, to fit in the group?
Something You Said Last Night
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN
Saturday 11th March at 15:00
Luis De Filippis
USA, 96 minutes, Subtitled
Starring: Carmen Madonia, Ramona Milano, Paige Evans
An aspiring twenty-something writer hesitantly accompanies her equally reluctant younger sister on vacation with their deliriously happy parents, in Luis De Filippis’ resonant, cliché-free debut feature.
Wait For Me
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN
Saturday 11th March at 17:45
Keith Farrell
UK, 90 minutes
Starring: Karen Hassan, Aaron Cobham, Sean McGinley, Rebecca Atkinson, Theo Ogundipe ALISON is no girl-next-door. Dragged into a life of crime after arriving in England from Ireland. She works for small time gangster MAX, whose fixation with Alison is the only reason she isn’t in prison… or dead. When she meets SAM, a damaged man with a troubled past, he opens her eyes that life can be a beautiful thing if you meet it half way.
Blazing Neon
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN
Saturday 11th March at 20:15
FGKO
France, 98 minutes, Subtitled
Starring: Emmanuel Priou, Yves Darondeau, Frédéric Fiore, Clément Renouvin
Two desperate characters search for freedom in action-packed road movie noir from FGKO, adapted from the thriller by Rémy Lasource.
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Shut Eye
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN
Sunday 12th March at 12:45
Tom Levesque
New Zealand, 91 minutes
Starring: Millie Van Kol, Sarah May, Amber Liberté
To cure their insomnia, a social outcast befriends an ASMR streamer where the lines between friendship and obsession become blurred.
Chevalier
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN
Sunday 12th March at 15:15
Stephen Williams
USA, France, 107 minutes
Starring: Kelvin Harrison Jr., Samara Weaving, Lucy Boynton
The illegitimate son of an African slave and a French plantation owner, Bologne rises to improbable heights in French society as a celebrated violinist-composer and fencer, complete with an ill-fated love affair and a falling out with Marie Antoinette. Inspired by the incredible true story composer Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges.
Love Without Walls
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN
Sunday 12th March at 17:45
Jane Gull
UK, 112 minutes
Starring: Shana Swash, Niall McNamee, Sheila Reid, Adam Deacon, Paul Barber
Sophie and Paul are struggling financially. Over the course of a summer, things go from bad to worse: They lose everything and find themselves lost in the underbelly of life on the streets. Though frustrated, their good humour and positivity hold them together..
A story of love, hope, and survival in the darkest of times.
Medusa Deluxe
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN
Sunday 8th March at 20:30
Thomas Hardiman
UK, 101 minutes
Starring: Clare Perkins, Anita-Joy Uwajeh, Kae
Alexander
A murder mystery set in a competitive hairdressing competition. Extravagance and excess collide, as the death of one of their own sows seeds of division in a community whose passion for hair verges on obsession.
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New Normal
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN
Monday 13th March at 18:00
Bum-shik Jung
Republic of Korea, 112 minutes, Subtitled
Starring: Ji-woo Choi, Dong-won Jeoung, Yu-mi Lee, Min-ho Choi, Ji-hoon Pyo, Da-in Ha Seoul 2022, where ‘eating alone’ has become the norm. The TV features news reports about serial killers that target women living alone. 6 people’s lives intersect in unexpected and disturbing ways over the course of 4 days.
The 9th Step
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN
Monday 13th March at 20:15
Irma Pužauskaitė
Lithuania 90 minutes, Subtitled
Starring: Valentin Novopolskij, Gerda Ciuraite, Kristupas Birzietis
9th Step is a drama about reconciliation and forgiveness. A father, who unexpectedly gets custody of his teenage daughter, has a second chance to gain back her trust and rebuild their relationship.
To The North
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN
Monday 13th March at 20:00
Mihai Mincan
Romania, 122 minutes, Subtitled
Starring: Soliman Cruz, Niko Becker, Bart
Guingona
Based on a true story. 1996, open sea. During his shift on a transatlantic ship’s deck, Joel, a religious Filipino sailor, discovers Dumitru, a Romanian stowaway hidden between some containers. When his crew, his own friends, even God itself start to turn their backs on him, Joel learns that he has to face his cruel destiny alone.
Cairo Conspiracy
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN
Tuesday 14th March at 18:00
Tarik Saleh
Sweden, 125 minutes, Subtitled
Starring: Tawfeek Barhom, Fares Fares, Mohammad Bakri
A fisherman’s son is offered the ultimate privilege to study at the Al-Azhar University in Cairo, the epicenter of power of Sunni Islam. Shortly after his arrival, the university’s highest ranking religious leader, the Grand Imam, dies and the young student ecomes a pawn in a ruthless power struggle between Egypt’s religious and political elite.
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Godland
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN
Tuesday 14th March at 19:30
Hlynur Pálmason
Denmark, Iceland, 143 minutes, Subtitled
Starring: Elliott Crosset Hove, Vic Carmen
Sonne, Ingvar Sigurdsson
In the late 19th century, a young Danish priest travels to a remote part of Iceland to build a church and photograph its people. But the deeper he goes into the unforgiving landscape, the more he strays from his purpose, the mission and morality.
November
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN
Tuesday 14th March at 20:15
Cédric Jimenez
France, 105 minutes, Subtitled
Starring: Jean Dujardin, Sandrine Kiberlain, Jérémie Renier
In November 2015, a series of deadly attacks hit Paris. The anti-terrorist police led by Heloise and her chief commander Fredface a race against the clock, they must find the perpetrators of the attacks as quickly as possible before they can strike again, travelling across Europe and beyond in one of the biggest manhunts in history.
Hello Dankness
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN
Wednesday 15th March at 18:00
Soda_Jerk
Australia, 70 minutes
Assembling hundreds of film clips and media images, artist duo Soda Jerk creates a startling narrative about the changes undergone by American society since Trump, while relishing in reflecting on contemporary cultural values.
Every Day in Kaimukī
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN
Wednesday 15th March at 19:30
Alika Tengan
USA, 80 minutes
Starring: Naz Kawakami, Rina White, Holden Mandrial-Santos
Naz has spent his entire life in tranquil O’ahu, Hawai’i, skateboarding with his friends. When his girlfriend Sloane nabs the chance to move to New York, Naz begins preparing for their big move. Naz wonders whether uprooting his world is the right decision, and if anywhere will ever really feel like home when he’s always been an eternal outsider.
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Rodeo
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN
Thursday 16th March at 18:00
Lola Quivoron
France, 105 minutes, Subtitled
Starring: Julie Ledru, Yannis Lafki, Antonia Buresi
Julia, a young misfit who is passionate about riding, meets a crew of dirt riders who fly along at full speed and perform stunts. She sets about infiltrating their male-dominated world, but an accident jeopardizes her ability to fit in.
Snorkeling
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN
Friday 17th March at 18:00
Emil Nava
USA, 74 minutes
Starring: Kristine Froseth, Daniel Zolghadri, Tim Johnson
As, Michael and Jameson’s romance blossoms they try a new hallucinogenic street drug called Snorkeling. Through his trippy, colorful recreation of the euphoria and tragedy of drug dependency, director Emil Nava takes us on a unique journey of adolescent self-discovery.
Mascot
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN
Thursday 16th March at 20:30
Remy van Heugten
Netherlands, 100 minutes, Subtitled
Starring: Liam Jeans, Maartje Remmers, van Rampelberg Geert, Leopold Witte
Teenager Jerry grows up in a small seaside town with his loving mother and sister. When the weekend comes, he joins hooligans to take part in organised battles. The entire family’s stability ends up shaken, with each member finding their own way to react to Jerry’s drift towards extremism.
Buthcher’s Crossing
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN
Friday 17th March at 20:30
Gabe Polsky
USA, 105 minutes
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Rachel Keller, Xander Berkeley
In the 1870s, a young Harvard dropout seeks his destiny out West by tying his fate to a team of buffalo hunters led by a man named Miller. Together, they embark on a harrowing journey risking life and sanity.
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Flowing
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN
Friday 17th March at 21:00
Paolo Strippoli
Italy, 96 minutes, Subtitled
Starring: Fabrizio Rongione, Cristiana Dell’Anna, Francesco Gheghi
In recent days, Rome has been the scene of an unusual event: when it rains, the manholes exhale a dense steam of unknown origin and composition. No one knows that those who breathe in the mysterious substance will have to deal with what they repress, their darkest instincts, their anger.
Anacoreta
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN
Saturday 18th March at 12:30
Jeremy Schuetze
Canada, 85 minutes
Starring: Antonia Thomas, Jeremy Schuetze, Matt Visser
An actress heads on a mountain trip with her boyfriend to meet his friends for the first time. As they head out it becomes clear that he is filming his latest project, and he has more planned than they realize.
There’s Always Hope
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN
Saturday 18th March at 15:00
Tim Lewiston
UK, 94 minutes
Starring: Colm Meaney, Kate Ashfield, Hannah Chinn, John Light
THERE’S ALWAYS HOPE is a comedy drama in which a woman travels to Portugal in an attempt to orchestrate a reconciliation between her parents.
Cerebrum
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN
Saturday 18th March at 15:30
Sebastien Blanc
UK, 96 minutes
Starring: Tobi King Bakare, Steve Oram, Ramona Von Pusch
After waking up from a year-long coma, William must fight his controlling father in order to discover what really happened to his seemingly absent mother, as the true consequences of his past actions unravel before him.
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A Kind of Kidnapping
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN
Saturday 18th March at 17:30
D.G. Clark
UK, 82 minutes
Starring: Patrick Baladi, Kelly Wenham, Jack Parry-Jones
A young, broke couple kidnap a sleazy politician who decides he can spin the story to his own advantage.
Sick of Myself
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN
Saturday 18th March at 20:15
Kristoffer Borgli
Norway, 97 minutes, Subtitled
Starring: Kristine Kujath Thorp, Eirik Sæther, Anders Danielsen Lie
Signe and Thomas are in an unhealthy, competitive relationship that takes a vicious turn when Thomas suddenly breaks through as a contemporary artist. In response, Signe makes a desperate attempt to regain her status by creating a new persona hell-bent on attracting attention and sympathy.
Bolan’s Shoes
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN
Saturday 18th March at 20:00
Ian Puleston-Davies
UK, 95 minutes
Starring: Timothy Spall, Leanne Best, Mark Lewis Jones
A tumultuous journey from the height of T. Rex mania to the present-day poignancy of what would have been Marc Bolan’s 75th birthday. Capturing the heady exhilaration of glam rock mania through the experiences of over-excited kids from a children’s home before a devastating road accident changes their lives forever.
We Might As Well Be Dead
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN
Sunday 19th March at 13:00
Natalia Sinelnikova
Germany, 93 minutes, Subtitled
Starring: Ioana Iacob, Pola Geiger, Knut Berger
The high-rise building block near the forest is famous for its carefully curated community. As a dog disappears and her daughter refuses to leave the bathroom, security officer Anna faces an absurd battle against the fear, that slowly spreads among the residents and shakes the utopia with a view.
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Jill - Life Will Find You
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN
Sunday 19th March at 12:40
Steven Michael Hayes
Switzerland, 101 minutes
Starring: Tom Perlphrey, Juliet Rylance, Zackary
Arthur, Dree Hemmingway, Garrett Wearing
A letter from her oldest brother reveals why Jill’s idealistic hippie childhood slowly drifted into an ideological nightmare. On a journey among lost images and long-forgotten voices, Jill approaches the secrets about who her father was, how he divided her family, and why her mother never could talk about what happened.
Lakelands
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN
Sunday 19th March at 15:20
obert Higgins and Patrick McGivney
France, 105 minutes, Subtitled
Starring: Éanna Hardwicke, Danielle Galligan, Lorcan Cranitch, Gary Lydon
Lakelands takes place in a small town in the midlands of Ireland, the sort of place where Gaelic football is a religion, where identity is defined by what one can do on the pitch. The film tells the story of Cian Reilly, a young Gaelic footballer who struggles to come to terms with a career-ending injury after a violent attack on a night out.
Everything I Ever Wanted To Tell My Daughter About Men
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN
Sunday 19th March at 15:30
Lorien Haynes, Barbara van Schaik, Maryam d’Abo, Susannah Harker, Jodhi May, Erin Richards, Katie Flynn, Laura Merians, Amy Gardner, Gia Carides, Kate Sumner, Tara Fitzgerald, Kate Danson, Sienna Guillory, Saffron Burrows, Lucy
Brown
UK, minutes
Lorien Haynes, Alan Cumming, Clara McGregor
A woman tells her daughter about every man she’s ever been with – in the hope her daughter won’t make the same mistakes.
Dreams Live in Trees
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN
Sunday 19th March at 17:45
Marco Della Fonte
UK, 112 minutes, Subtitles
Starring: Kiera Morgan, Pietro Ragusa, Evita Ciri, Rinat Khismautoline, Giusi Merli, Fausto Inspired by true events from 1978 when Italy became the first country in the world to abolish mental asylums. Upon a closure of an asylum Anja returns home into the care of her brother Ettore and his wife. With the help and a great sensitivity from her newly appointed psychiatrist Anja slowly starts to adapt to her new life beyond the asylum.
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Hunting in Packs
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN
Sunday 12th March at 17:30
Chloe Sosa-Sims
Canada, 80 minutes
Featuring: Jess Phillips, Pramila Jayapal, Michelle Rempel Garner
Who runs the world? With the recent surge of women in politics, director Chloe SosaSims’s timely feature debut focuses on three political stars in three countries.
Sirens
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN
Monday 13th March at 17:45
Rita Baghdadi
Lebanon, 79 minutes, Subtitled Lilas and Shery, co-founders and guitarists of the Middle East’s first all-female metal band, wrestle with friendship, sexuality and destruction in their pursuit of becoming thrash metal rock stars.
A Life on the Farm
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN
Tuesday 14th March at 17:45
Oscar Harding
UK,75 minutes
Featuring: Karen Kilgariff, Derrick Beckles, Davy Rothbart
A strange story from Somerset, England about a filmmaking farmer and the inspiring legacy of his long-lost home movies.
If The Streets Were On Fire
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN
Wednesday 15th March at 17:45
Alice Russell
UK, 71 minutes
In a country where years of austerity have pushed people to their limits, violence incubates; where racism and prejudice are ingrained in the systems of authority, inequality persists. Through Bike Stormz, social activist Mac has created a movement for kids across London that creates a safe space to be free and express themselves beyond any threats.
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The Road of Excess
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN
Friday 17th March at 18:30
Jamie Jones
UK, 96 minutes
Featuring: Mathew Pritchard
‘The Road of Excess’ is a film that talks about toxic masculinity, mental health, addiction, fame and what happens when it’s gone. The film explores these pitfalls of fame and celebrity culture through the eyes of exDirty Sanchez star Matt Pritchard.
Sam Now
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN
Saturday 18th March at 18:00
Reed Harkness
USA, 86 minutes
What do two film-obsessed brothers do to solve a family mystery? They make a movie as they travel thousands of miles looking for their missing mum. Stitching together 25 years of home videos and filling the gaps in the archive with play, SAM NOW is a mosaic of love, longing and loss, as well as an attempt to overcome intergenerational trauma.
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SHORT FILMS
Short Session 1
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN | Saturday 11th March at 12:30
I am Here - Niklas Hugo Schwärzler / Austria / 12 Minutes
The Blue Drum - Angelita Mendoza / USA / 16 minutes
They Will Know - Alex Thomson / Australia / 10 minutes
Highs - Andree Ljutica / UK / 10 minutes
The Rev - Karel van Bellingen / UK / 15 minutes
The Cunning - Alexandra Maher/ UK / 13 minutes
Poles - Kieran Bourne/ UK / 7 minutes
My Father’s Son - Charles Whiteley / UK / 8 minutes
Short Session 2
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN | Saturday 11th March at 17:30
Daisy - Torbjörn Edwall / Sweden / 14 minutes
Blue - Sophie Rose Worger / UK / 10 minutes
I’ll Be Frank - Carleton Rodgers / UK / 16 minutes
Kiran - Bhulla Beghal / UK / 8 minutes
Crosshairs - Coral Amiga / UK / 9 minutes
Maggie - James Kennedy / UK / 16 minutes
Short Session 3
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN | Saturday 11th March at 20:00
Chine in a Box - Jane Gull / UK / 4 minutes
Hauskeeper - Matthias Freier / Germany / 17 minutes
That’s Our Time - Alex Backes / USA / 9 minutes
Invisible - Gilbert Kyem Jnr / UK / 9 minutes
The Track - Louisa Connolly-Burnham / UK / 13 minutes
Voices - Abbie Lucas / UK / 11 minutes
Misnomer - Aella Jordan-Edge / UK / 12 minutes
Short Session 4
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN | Sunday 12th March at 12:30
Terminus - Jamie Weston / UK / 7 minutes
Adjustments - Harry Mackrill / UK / 13 minutes
Can’t Let You Go - Walid Said / UK / 16 minutes
Something for Nothing - Chester Carr / UK / 10 minutes
Headspace - Aisling Byrne / Ireland / 16 minutes
The Inside Joke - Daniel Muller / UK / 14 minutes
Short Session 5 - Student Films
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN | Sunday 12th March at 15:00
Finsta - Lucia Debernardini / UK / 9 minutes
The Call - Shireen Ayache / UK / 12 minutes
Raja’s Had Enough - Ekaterina Saiapina / UK / 11 minutes
Sharing - Mykea Perry / UK / 10 minutes
Subs - Joe Warner / UK / 17 minutes
The Heiresses - Avril Lehmann / Switzerland / 15 minutes
Woods - Luther Ford / UK / 14 minutes
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Short Session 6
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN | Sunday 12th March at 20:10
What’s Done is Done - Michael Parks Randa / USA / 4 minutes
Steeplechase - Andrey Kezzyn / Germany / 6 minutes
How to Make a Shepherd’s Pie - Christen R. Carter / USA / 15 minutes
Hackney Downs - Carl Earl-Ocran / UK / 13 minutes
Vigilant - Sarah Day / UK / 7 minutes
Reasons - Charlotte Peters / UK / 11 minutes
My Protector - Diana Mills Smith / South Africa / 17 minutes
Short Session 7
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN | Thursday 16th March at 17:45
Don’t Give Me Your Heart - S.E. King / USA / 4 minutes
Victim - Robin Rhys St George Summons / Australia / 14 minutes
Fat Girl - Makez Rikweda / UK / 15 minutes
Monico Perseus - Alfie Stewart / UK / 7 minutes
Sugar Babies - Harry Shaw / UK / 10 minutes
Requiem - Emma Gilbertson / UK / 25 minutes
Short Session 8
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN | Thursday 16th March at 19:50
Little Fantasies - Alissa Autschbach / UK / 23 minutes
Snake - Chedly Bouzouaia / Canada / 4 minutes
Rapture - Em Smith / UK / 11 minutes
Mothers and Daughters - Derkan Dogan / UK / 17 minutes
Headache - Johnny Russell / UK / 6 minutes
Dream Big - Pip Swallow / UK / 12 minutes
Short Session 9
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN | Friday 17th March at 17:45
Liam Fender “Love Will Conquer” - Sam Gannie / UK / 4 minutes
Tidal - Chloe Van Landschoot & Niamh Wilson / Canada / 10 minutes
Bando - Zahra Alipour & Mathias Gilay / UK / 26 minutes
Margin - Daniel Rands / UK / 12 minutes
Sin Eater - Oliver Gabe / UK / 6 minutes
Céline on a Cloudy Day - Can Köroğlu / UK / 19 minutes
Short Session 10
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN | Friday 17th March at 19:50
Bod - Isabel Garrett / UK / 6 minutes
Lamb - Sinéad O’Loughlin / Irelend / 15 minutes
Blood Rites - Helena Coan / UK / 19 minutes
Scrutiny - James Quinn / UK / 9 minutes
Weekend Dad - Dorothy Allen-Pickard / UK / 10 minutes
Fifty-Four Days - Cat White & Phoebe Torrance / UK / 17 minutes
The Red Suitcase - Cyrus Neshvad / Luxembourg / 17 minutes
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Short Session 11
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN | Saturday 18th March at 15:20
Elo Kay Kevin’s Gold - David Bramslev / Denmark / 4 minutes
Subhuman - Arjen Schotel / Netherlands / 23 minutes
Breathe - Harm van der Sanden / Netherlands / 5 minutes
Julia - Jack Donnelly / UK / 8 minutes
Pet Name - Dan Boaden / UK / 18 minutes
Motherhood - Maria Reventlow Gonzalez-Aguilar / Germany / 14 minutes
Dead Cat Film - Josie Charles & Nathan Miller / UK / 17 minutes
Short Session 12
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN | Saturday 18th March at 17:50
Tänk om - Anton Clements Stål, Nora Rios / Sweden / 8 minutes
The Chromakey Man - William Samaha / Belgium / 14 minutes
First Day - Haider Zafar / UK / 16 minutes
Firebird - Karen Anstee / UK / 9 minutes
Rhyme or Die - Max Lincoln / UK / 11 minutes
Waving - Rolfin Nyhus & Steven Brumwell / UK / 16 minutes
Short Session 13
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN | Saturday 18th March at 20:10
Circle - Phillip Kaminiak / USA / 6 minutes
Mercy - Andrew Fuchs / USA / 22 minutes
The Tears You Left With Me - Thibaut Buccellato / France / 12 minutes
BabyDolls - Calvin Demba / UK / 10 minutes
Being Black - Michael Junior Onafowkoan / UK / 12 minutes
Hello, Muscles - Marnie Baxter / UK / 14 minutes
Short Session 14
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN | Sunday 19th March at 15:10
The Internal Void of a Damaged Mind - Christian Søgaard / Norway / 9 minutes
Bitter Taste - Ethan Tomás Race / UK / 18 minutes
Burn it All - Jack Hickey / Ireland / 20 minutes
Stealing Kind - Moe Najati / UK / 16 minutes
Sliced Bread - Gulliver Moore / UK / 3 minutes
Hunger - Gillian Berrie / UK / 9 minutes
Animated Shorts
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN | Saturday 18th March at 12:50
Birthday- Will Akbar / UK / 4 minutes
Blue - Robert Petrie / USA / 7 minutes
Existence - Wenjia Shou / China / 5 minutes
Miss Rabbit - Yen-Wei Lu / Taiwan / 21 minutes
Only A Child - Simone Giampaolo / Switzerland / 7 minutes
Tehura - Wei Li / Canada / 12 minutes
The Last Cloudweaver - Anna-Ester Volozh / UK / 4 minutes
Curiosa - Tessa Moult-Milewska / UK / 10 minutes
Laika & Nemo - Jan Gadermann / Germnay / 15 minutes
Suburb - Miles Jezuita / UK / 4 minutes
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SHORT FILMS
Short Session 15
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN | Sunday 19th March at 17:20
Kickstart my Heart - Kelsey Bollig / USA / 14 minutes
Bibimbap for One - Ella Greenwood / UK / 16 minutes
Puck - Rebecca Ozer / UK / 11 minutes
A Moral Man - Paul and Simon Wade / UK / 19minutes
Sticks of Fury - Yuan Hu / UK / 7 minutes
Awkward Intimacy - Emma Jude Harris and Emily Steck / UK / 8 minutes
North West Shorts 1
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN | Saturday 11th March at 15:15
M Huncho - Doomsday - KC Locke / UK / 4 minutes
Cath - Caroline Smith / UK / 10 minutes
File Not Found - Lindsay Bennett-Thompson / UK / 17 minutes
For Heidi - Lucy Campbell / UK / 10 minutes
Refuge - Jack Hartley / UK / 12 minutes
Short Stay, Long Stay - Danny Carter / UK / 20 minutes
I Fall - Dan Thorburn / UK / 11 minutes
North West Shorts 2
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN | Wednesday 15th March at 20:15
A Day In The Life - James Oates / UK / 15 minutes
A Killer Outside - Joe Zalias / UK / 8 minutes
Circuit - Keith Farrell / UK / 10 minutes
Double Yellows - Joe Macaulay / UK / 13 minutes
Glass Houses - Lewis Fernandez / UK / 13 minutes
Mug - Jo Lane / UK / 11 minutes
Squeak - Kenneth James / UK / 6 minutes
North West Shorts 3
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN | Sunday 19th March at 12:50
Home Safe - Aymeric Nicolet & Ellie Hodgetts / UK / 7 minutes
It Got Me In November - Sophie Broadgate / UK / 13 minutes
A Safe Place/The Walk Home - Riley Bramley-Dymond / UK / 6 minutes
Smoking Dolphins - Sean Lyons / UK / 7 minutes
Tow Truck - Kieran Stringfellow / UK / 14 minutes
While Time is Away - Anthony Hett / UK / 13 minutes
The Bulls - James Cawood / UK / 26 minutes
Documentary Shorts
ODEON GREAT NORTHERN | Saturday 18th March at 13:00
A Perfect Balance of Absolute Chaos - Carl Woods / UK / 10 minutes
Brotherness - David Power / Romania / 8 minutes
Diomysus - Emily Elizabeth Morus-Jones / UK / 5 minutes
Hope You Fail - Alison Grasso / UK / 20 minutes
Pampas - Jessica Bishopp / UK / 5 minutes
Speedboat - Tobias James / UK / 4 minutes
The Boxing Bishop - Kateryna Pavlyuk / UK / 25 minutes
The Ghost Rainforest - John Davies / UK / 10 minutes
The Sea and Me- Atop - Dominic Joyce / UK / 5 minutes
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