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North East International Film Festival presents

NEIFF: It Takes Two- Short Film Block with live Q&A's

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Fri 29 September 2023 // 13:00 / Cinema

Tickets: £5

Seven magnificent short films in one block including:

TWOFOLD - As New Year's Eve festivities are underway on the floor above, in a single-take snapshot, Allie and Erin have a chance encounter down below. But when Allie recognises Erin from over a decade ago, the past breaks the surface, and fireworks ensue.

BLUE - A father daughter relationship is tested as Dad drives Lucy to have her abortion and the two dance around what her future might hold. As they reach the clinic, Lucy looks to her Dad for answers - but it’s not his decision to make. A simple car ride becomes a journey to adulthood for Lucy as she faces hard choices, that ultimately she must make alone.

GIRL AT PARTY - An otherworldly teenage girl confronts the limits of her power when she meets a boy at a house party.

REQUIEM - Requiem is set in 1605, against the backdrop of the witch trials. It's a coming of age story, following Evelyn as she engages in a game of cat and mouse against her father, Minister Gilbert, in order to be with Mary, the woman she loves.

BROKEN HEARTS - Chloe, a regular at the Broken Hearts hospital and a desperate romantic, is back again after yet another romantic mishap. This time, Dr. Love agrees to prescribe her a rebound - the love-cynical Charlie, who's here on his first visit. They must undergo the treatment together, regardless of their clashing beliefs.

THE OTHER WOMAN - Maisie narrates the pleasures of youth as sisters, Alice and Lily arrive from memory to confront a life of lust.

IN MY DAY - In this black and white drama, a young white British woman, Michelle, is deeply in love with her boyfriend Asif. But, the local far-right skinheads in the city and her parents in the countryside aren’t accepting of him and their relationship. The true reason for their hostility is only revealed at the end.