Film Showings Sheffield Global Cinema Festival
Schedule
Sat, 18 Nov, 2023 at 09:00 am to Sun, 19 Nov, 2023 at 05:00 pm
Location
Site Gallery | Sheffield City Centre, EN
Mostly short films representing a wide range of countries around the world, but we have not forgotten the North of England or the UK.About this Event
THE SITE GALLERY NEAR THE TRAIN STATION - SCHEDULE OF FILM SHOWINGS NOVEMBER 2023
[Separate Schedule for Screenwriting Workshops]
Ticket types
DAY PASS. SATURDAY 18TH NOVEMBER
DAY PASS. SUNDAY 19TH NOVEMBER
TICKETS BLOCK BY BLOCK
SATURDAY, 18 NOVEMBER
09.00 - 09.25 Registration Coffee/tea and Networking - Site Gallery
09.25 - 11.00 Block 1. The Life of the Emotions.
1) Lyubima. This is the story, steeped in fantastic imagery, of a woman who becomes subject to feelings of worthlessness when she breaks up with the man she loves. Eventually, she finds a way forward. Bulgaria [27 min]2) Cornelia. The face of a female Dutch resistance fighter betrays her quiet heroism as she considers her fate after being captured by the Nazis. Netherlands [12 min] 3) Unanswered Phone Call. A Uyghur family is devastated when they can no longer communicate across continents. They find solace in chance encounters with sympathetic strangers in London. UK [25 min] 4) Reclaiming the Night. Efforts to help the children of war zones overcome nightmares. UK [19 min]
Q and A with filmmakers [10 min]
11.10 - 12.40 Block 2. Arts and Culture
1) On/Off. Animated bio of artists. Argentina [7 min]2) Preserving Taste. Iranian diaspora cooking. Canada [21 min] 3) Incognito Mode. Sex education and media. Canada [5 min]4) Dert Boom. Women in Morocco create jewellery and fight to market themselves without male intermediaries. Morocco [25 min]5) Orpheus. Artist trapped in his studio. UK [15 min]
Q and A with filmmakers [15 min]
12.50 - 14.20 Block 3. Health and Disability
1) Adaptive Adventure. Living with lupus. UK [14 min]2) Remembering Nearfield. Electromagnetic hypersensitivity. UK [9 min]3) Hidden. A mother with dementia and a child carer. UK [14 min] 4) Put Away. A woman detained in a mental hospital. UK [10 min] 5) By Any Other Name. Sex trafficking and deafness. UK [24 min]
Q and A with filmmakers [10 min]
14.30 - 17.00 Block 4. Women in Focus
1) Widowed. A young woman copes strangely with the death of her spouse. UK [29 min]2) Eva. Hero Girl. Eva competes in Kokpar, a male-only equestrian sport. Kazakhstan [30 min] 3) Last Girl’s Trip. Three women confront cancer in one of them. USA [36 min]
Q and A with filmmakers, Patricia Hetherington moderator [10 min]
SUNDAY, 19 NOVEMBER
09.00 - 09.30 Registration Coffee/tea and Networking - Site Gallery
09.30 - 11.00 Block 5 Interpersonal Tensions
1) Communion. A priest and a grieving wife. Ireland [28 min]2) The Old Cowboy. A mother’s death, a father, a son. China [12 min]3) Caring for Mom. The Don Quixotical dementia joyride of a Chinese American mother and her daughters. USA [25 min]4) Black Pudding. Power dynamics between an older man and a younger woman UK [15 min]
Q and A with filmmakers [10]
11.10 - 12.40 Block 6. Drama, Comedy, Experimental
1) Arrivederci Paris. Comic tale of M**der. France [20 min] 2) Call Me Back. Profound grief from the death of a spouse. UK [14 min] 3) The Button Lady. Supernatural comedy. Canada [14] 4) Rebirth. Animated film on death and rebirth. Student film. USA [1 min] 5) Time Spent. Financial desperation, race, and a medical nightmare. UK [12 min] 6) Porfyri Limonia. Women discuss how to respond to brutal husbands. Greece [12 min]
Q and A with filmmakers [10 min]
12.50 - 14.20 Block 7. Human Problems, Social Justice
1) Youthless. Children left on their own in the North of England. UK [21 min] 2) Trees. An Afghan widow’s personal growth. UK [14 min] 3) No Place Like Home. Afghan refugees settling in New Zealand. NZ [12 min] 4) Jeanne’s Audition. The unfairness of families. Belgium [15 min] 5) Lapavooni. Anguish in the workplace. Finland [12 min]6) Ghosted. When a lesbian girl thinks she has found love but is unexplainably ghosted. UK (8 min)
Q and A with filmmakers [10 min]
14.30 - 17.00 Block 8. Horror, Thriller, Mystery
1) Perfectly Good Moment. Psychosexual thriller. USA [112 min]
Q and A with filmmakers [10 min]
19.00 - 20.30 AWARDS CEREMONY - PLACE TO BE ANNOUNCED
A FEW POSTERS - FILMS AND SCREENPLAYS
Where is it happening?
Site Gallery, 1Brown Street, Sheffield City Centre, United KingdomGBP 7.00 to GBP 21.00
