Film Hub North - BIFA x Chapeltown Short Film Screenings 2022
Tuesday 5th July 2022 06:30 PM to 10:00 PM
Chapeltown Picture House, M4
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Film Hub North are partnering with BIFA to bring some of the UK’s best short films to the big screen again - this time we will be at Chapeltown Picture House in Manchester!
Join Film Hub North's BFI NETWORK team and filmmakers from across the North for this special screening of the five BIFA 2021 nominated short films, networking and more.
6.30pm on Tuesday, 5 July
Tickets cost £3 and include a free drink.
If you have any questions about the event, do get in touch with our team.
Full programme details are below and more information and booking here.
Shorts Line Up
EGÚNGÚN (MASQUERADE), UK 2021 (15 min)
Director/Writer: Olive Nwosu | Producer: Alex Polunin
Cast: Sheila Chukwulozie, Teniola Aladese
In search of healing, a young woman returns home to Nigeria, the country of her birth.
FEMME (WINNER) UK 2021, (18 min)
Director/Writer: Sam H. Freeman, Ng Choon Ping | Producers: Sam Ritzenberg, Hayley Williams, Rienjke Attoh
Cast: Paapa Essiedu, Harris Dickinson
Jordan is a femme gay man - a label he wears proudly. But every time he steps out of the house with his lipstick on he remembers his dad’s stark warning: the world will always be a dangerous place for a boy like him….
NIGHT OF THE LIVING DREAD, UK 2021 (11 min)
Director: Ida Melum, Writers: Laura Jayne Tunbridge, Hannah Kelso | Producer: Danielle Goff
Cast: Jessica Dennis, Stephen Fry
When a power cut ruins Ruby's bedtime routine, she finds herself haunted by some unwanted guests. The only way for Ruby to get a peaceful night of sleep is to confront her visitors.
PLAY IT SAFE, UK 2020 (13 min)
Director/Writer: Mitch Kalisa | Producer: Chris Toumazou
Cast: Jonathan Ajayi, Heather Heather, Kate Ovenden, Charlie O’Connor, Louis Richards, Grace Daly, Lauren Raisbeck, Emily Seale Jones
Out of place in his middle-class drama school and pigeonholed for a role as a Black hoodlum, Jonathan decides to demonstrate to his peers that their unconscious racism is just as impactful as those who wear their intolerance proudly.
PRECIOUS HAIR & BEAUTY, UK 2021 (11 min)
Director/Writer: John Ogunmuyiwa | Producers: Sophia Gibber, Tony Longe, Lene Bausager
Cast: Tomi Ogunjobi
An ode to the mundanity and madness of the high street, told through the window of an African hair salon
Programme runtime: 68 mins
Image credit: From Egúngún (Masquerade) short film.
