Smoke Sauna Sisterhood and The Gullspång Miracle
Donyale Luna: Supermodel
(Country: US, UK; Year: 2023; Director: Nailah Jefferson)
Profile of the Black pioneer.
International premiere
Great Photo, Lovely Life
(Country: US; Year: 2023; Director: Amanda Mustard, Rachel Beth Anderson; Writer: Amanda Mustard, Rachel Beth Anderson, Tyler H Walk, Josef Beeby; Stars: Amanda Mustard)
A photojournalist returns home to Pennsylvania to investigate the sexual abuse crimes committed by her grandfather. Her family’s archive unravels a world of secrets through interviews, photographs and home movies.
UK premiere
The Gullspång Miracle
(Country: Sweden, Norway, Denmark; Year: 2023; Director: Maria Fredriksson)
A pair of sisters' encounter with a woman who looks like their dead sibling proves to be just the start of a whale of a tale.
European premiere
Milisuthando
(Country: South Africa; Year: 2023; Director: Milisuthando Bongela)
Set in past, present, and future South Africa — an invitation into a poetic, memory-driven exploration of love, intimacy, race, and belonging by the filmmaker, who grew up during apartheid but didn't know it was happening until it was over.
UK premiere
Money, Freedom, A Story Of CFA Franc (L'argent, la liberté, une histoire du Franc CFA)
(Country: France, Senegal, Belgium, Germany; Year: 2022; Director: Katy Lena Ndiaye)
An account of a contentious currency, inherited from the French colonial system, which exposes the complex realities of economic imperialism in Africa.
UK premiere
Right To Fight
(Country: UK; Year: 2023; Director: Georgina Cammalleri)
The story of three pioneering US sportswomen who, in the 1970s, attempted to break into competitive boxing.
World premiere
Smoke Sauna Sisterhood
(Country: Estonia, France, Iceland; Year: 2023; Director: Anna Hints)
In the darkness of a smoke sauna, women share their innermost secrets and intimate experiences, washing off the shame trapped in their bodies and regaining their strength through a sense of communion.
UK premiere
Time Bomb Y2K
(Country: US; Year: 2023; Director: Marley McDonald, Brian Becker)
Archive dive into the ‘millennium bug’ panic in the run up to the millennium.
European premiere
