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North East International Film Festival presents

NEIFF: Forgive Me - Shorts Film Block with live Q&A's

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Sun 1 October 2023 // 16:00 / Cinema

Tickets: £5

Eight magnificent short films in one block

ROSE OF ARMAGH - Set in County Armagh, Northern Ireland, 1983. Rose of Armagh is the story of a Father & Daughter, on their way home in the depths of mid-winter. How a Daughter mistakingly seals her Father’s fate with a rose after a stop & search at a checkpoint on the border of County Armagh leads to a witch hunt within Sinn Féin.

TELL ME YOU LOVE ME - Based on a true story - A rooftop party for two, a brother & sister celebrate their love. She has escaped from a violent husband but her scars run deep. She makes the ultimate choice.

CAGES - With Maggie's pet shop days away from foreclosure, desperation drives her down a path of unlawful activity to save her beloved animals.

MAKING UP - Making Up is set in the late 1980s, framed within the gritty drag scene of London's east end. The short film stars BIFA award-winning Dave Johns, Jessica Ellerby and Carey Thring and follows Ted who is diagnosed with a hereditary illness. Ted must therefore reconcile with estranged daughter, Cassandra. However, being a celebrated drag queen, paired with the bitter feelings Cassandra harbours over their past, presents a larger obstacle for Ted to overcome.

DOSH - When her son’s life is put at risk at their family’s pre-wedding ritual, a hard-of-hearing mother must decide how to seek help for her husband in order to keep her family safe.

WHAT WE SHARE - When Brian returns to home after being released from prison he's confronted by his daughter Deborah. Their terse exchange reveals what lies beneath their heartache and anger caused by the death of the missing matriarch.

TRIGGER - rigger is a short about a soldier called Fletcher who returns home to the UK with PTSD whilst serving in Afghanistan. The film follows Fletcher as he struggles with his ever growing mental illness and his struggles to adapt back into civilian and family life. Until a tragic life-changing​ event happens that will change his and his family’s lives forever.

LADY AND THE TRAMP - A young woman invites a homeless man into her flat to take a shower...