Conference Programme Announcement
We’re excited to announce the programme for the Community Cinema Conference.
Blue Jean (Dir. Georgia Oakley)
Winner of four British Independent Film Awards after an acclaimed international festival run, Blue Jean follows Jean, a PE teacher who is forced to live a double life. When a new student arrives and threatens to expose her, Jean is pushed to extreme lengths to keep her job and her integrity.
"This brave British debut is surely a slam dunk masterpiece" 
- The Telegraph
A Bunch of Amateurs (Dir. Kim Hopkins)
Winner of prestigious the Audience Award at Sheffield Doc/Fest, A Bunch of Amateurs documents one of the oldest amateur filmmaking clubs in the world, the Bradford Movie Makers. Once a thriving community, these days the membership is dwindling and the group struggle to keep the wolf from the door.
"Joyous and heartbreaking celebration of film-making passion" - The Guardian
Maangamizi: The Ancient One (Dir. Ron Mulvihill, Marton Mhando)
Dr. Asira travels to Tanzania to a psychiatric hospital where meets Samehe, a patient whose complete silence troubles everyone she encounters. Through Asira’s healing methods, the women forges a connection that breaches the confines of time, history, and faith.
"An essential work of Tanzanian cinema" - Watershed
Winners (Dir. Hassan Nazer)
In a small provincial Iranian town, the children work hard to support their families. One day nine-year-old Yahya and his friend Leyla find a precious statue. Sharing a passion for cinema, Yahya’s boss Naser Khan decides to help them find the owner.
"A passionate, meta tribute to the cinema of Iran" - Screen International
Utama (Dir. Alejandro Loayza Grisi)
In the Bolivian altiplano, Virginio and Sisa, an elderly Quechua couple who have lived a quiet life for years, face an impossible dilemma during an unusually long drought: resist or be defeated by the hostile environment and the relentless passage of time.
"A spellbinding experience... poignant and transporting drama" - Time Out
We'll also be hosting seminars and workshops across the weekend, tackling subjects at the heart of the contemporary community cinema movement. Subjects include:
- The Telegraph
A Bunch of Amateurs (Dir. Kim Hopkins)
Winner of prestigious the Audience Award at Sheffield Doc/Fest, A Bunch of Amateurs documents one of the oldest amateur filmmaking clubs in the world, the Bradford Movie Makers. Once a thriving community, these days the membership is dwindling and the group struggle to keep the wolf from the door.
"Joyous and heartbreaking celebration of film-making passion" - The Guardian
Maangamizi: The Ancient One (Dir. Ron Mulvihill, Marton Mhando)
Dr. Asira travels to Tanzania to a psychiatric hospital where meets Samehe, a patient whose complete silence troubles everyone she encounters. Through Asira’s healing methods, the women forges a connection that breaches the confines of time, history, and faith.
"An essential work of Tanzanian cinema" - Watershed
Winners (Dir. Hassan Nazer)
In a small provincial Iranian town, the children work hard to support their families. One day nine-year-old Yahya and his friend Leyla find a precious statue. Sharing a passion for cinema, Yahya’s boss Naser Khan decides to help them find the owner.
"A passionate, meta tribute to the cinema of Iran" - Screen International
Utama (Dir. Alejandro Loayza Grisi)
In the Bolivian altiplano, Virginio and Sisa, an elderly Quechua couple who have lived a quiet life for years, face an impossible dilemma during an unusually long drought: resist or be defeated by the hostile environment and the relentless passage of time.
"A spellbinding experience... poignant and transporting drama" - Time Out
We'll also be hosting seminars and workshops across the weekend, tackling subjects at the heart of the contemporary community cinema movement. Subjects include:
- Climate Action for Community Cinemas
- The Future of Film Programing
- Technology of Community Cinema
- Building Future Communities Through Film