The Farewell - Film Night for the Soroptimists 2025

Name: The Farewell - Film Night for the Soroptimists 2025
Start: 2025-12-03T18:45:00+00:00
End: 2025-12-03T21:30:00+00:00
Location: St John's Place

Schedule

Wed Dec 03 2025 at 06:45 pm to 09:30 pm

UTC+00:00

Location

St John's Place | Salisbury, EN

Join us for a special film night in aid of Salisbury Women’s Refuge.
About this Event

Bemerton Film Society and Salisbury Soroptimists invite you to a special screening of ‘The Farewell’ on Wednesday 3rd December 2025 at St John’s Place, Lower Bemerton, Salisbury, SP2 9NP.

Mulled wine (or a soft drink) and mince pies are included in the ticket price of £12.

A licenced cash bar is also available.

Doors open at 6.45 pm.

‘The Farewell’ is a heartfelt film about the human emotions that connect us all, regardless of cultural differences.

This funny, engaging and relatable film depicts generations of women supporting one another despite their generational differences. Chinese American Billi (Awkwafina) struggles with the contrasts between her western upbringing and her family’s eastern-based values when her Chinese grandmother receives a terminal diagnosis that the family keeps from her.

The film is being shown as part of the Salisbury Soroptimists’ ‘Orange the World’ programme and any profits from the screening will be donated to Salisbury Women’s Refuge.

What is Orange the World?

The United Nation notes that violence against women and girls is one of the most widespread, persistent and devasting human rights violations in our world today and is a threat to millions of girls and women online and offline. It affects women regardless of their age, background, or level of education. This violence takes many forms, including physical, sexual, or psychological violence, as well as economic abuse and exploitation.

The 25th November is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and it marks the beginning of the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence Campaign. This is an organising strategy by individuals and organisations around the world to call for the prevention and elimination of violence against women and girls. It concludes on 10th December, Human Rights Day. During the 16 days the United Nations encourages everyone to proactively raise awareness of the need to eliminate violence against women.

This campaign is also known as ‘Orange the World’ as the colour orange is used as the unifying colour throughout all activities. Orange is used as it symbolises a brighter future, free of violence against women and girls.