North East International Film Festival presents
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Sun 1 October 2023 // 10:30
/ Cinema
Tickets: £5
Seven magnificent short films in one block
WIDER THAN THE SKY - Jenny's father has been diagnosed with Cancer. To cope, this deeply creative child makes scenes inside shoeboxes into which she escapes. One day a chance encounter with a seemingly ordinary cafe owner provides the catalyst for a truly magical happening.
FATHER'S DAY - Father’s Day is a short film about Alakhe a 12-year-old boy who is raised by a single mother. Being the nerd of the class, Alakhe is selected to give a speech for a Father’s Day school event. He decides to go against his mother’s word and sets out to find the father he’s never met which opens a can of worms. Eventually he discovers who his real father is.
FORT TOM - Spiteful of his neglectful, self-centred parents, 10 year old Tom stages his own kidnapping and hides in the attic. Here he embraces his independence and imagines their reaction to his disappearance.
HELLO, MUSCLES - A young girl develops muscles, but finds a different kind of strength.
BOY IN THE BACK SEAT - 1986. A young boy is left unattended in the car while his volatile dad takes care of some 'business' in a dodgy local pub. What could possibly go wrong?
A bold, edgy and urgent film about toxic masculinity and the damage we pass on to the next generation.
THE INFECTIOUS IMAGINATION OF HENRY BRAMBLE - When a stuffy retired Judge is forced to spend time with his ten-year-old Nephew, he learns the significance of losing his imagination, but it is never too late to get it back!
AERO ORANGE - Captain H’Orange leads a reconnaissance mission over hostile coordinates with his fruit aeronauts when suddenly he and his team come under fire and their newest member; Airman Apple is taken hostage by the evil General Onion.