Reel Futures - Women's Voices
Schedule
Thu Mar 19 2026 at 05:00 pm to 08:00 pm
UTC+00:00Location
Create Theatre | Mansfield, EN
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Join us for the first event in Reel Futures, a brand-new screening season exploring bold, boundary-pushing short films from across the UK and beyond.Reel Futures is a season of short films curated by Mansfield Town Film Festival, designed to bring festival-quality cinema into the heart of the community while creating a direct pathway for students and members of the public alike into MTFF26 this September.
For our opening edition, we’re celebrating Women in Film - stories by and about women that challenge expectations, celebrate resilience, and explore identity, power and perspective.
Here’s what you’ll experience:
🥋 Karateka
Dir. Florence Fauquet
A regional karate final becomes unexpectedly complicated when Gabrielle gets her period mid-competition - turning a sporting fight into something far more unequal.
🏋️♀️ A Strong Woman
Dir. Theo Gee, Will Atherton
Three record-breaking female athletes challenge what society thinks female strength looks like - in sport and in life.
💷 Exchange Rate
Dir. Emma Stansfield
A mother struggling to make ends meet, details the incremental sacrifices she will make to give her daughter a brighter future.
🎸 Girlband! – Not Like The Rest
Dir. Rachael Halaburda
An energetic Nottingham-shot music video for ‘Girlband!’ featuring Bella Ramsey (The Last Of Us, Game of Thrones).
🎭 She’s Asking For It
Dir. Natalia Zajączkowska
A powerful critique of how cinema romanticises abuse - forcing audiences to confront their own complicity.
⚽ Spare Part
Dir. Ada Player, Bron Waugh
A playful comedy about a shy loner desperate for attention from her football-obsessed boyfriend.
🕊 A Bird Hit My Window And Now I’m A Lesbian
Dir. Carmela Marie Murphy, AJ Dubler
A darkly funny and heartfelt story of identity sparked by a bird’s funeral on a rooftop.
🛍 Grlhood
Dir. Lauren McPoland
Experimental, tongue-in-cheek and visually inventive - a “simple” trip to the corner shop becomes something else entirely.
🎤followed by a filmmaker Q&A!
🎟 Tickets are live now at the link below
https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/create/t-mjjoogn
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Where is it happening?
Create Theatre, Derby Road,Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, United KingdomEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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