Year: 2026

15+

BEL

World Premiere

BEL

A raw tribute celebrating the late Scottish-Kenyan singer and songwriter Beldina Odenyo. Revealing the fierce talent and struggles that shaped Bel’s short yet defiant life. Bel may be gone, but her story and her music survives. And for audiences discovering...
World Premiere
Louise Lockwood
2026
92 mins
18+

Bad Day at the Office

World Premiere

Bad Day at the Office

Waking up in a strange hotel room with a dead body in the bathtub, police knocking at the door and no memory of the night before, Karl (John Hannah) is about to have a very bad day indeed. Enlisting the...
World Premiere
Chee Keong Cheung
2026
106 mins
15+

Mission

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Mission

Dylan (George MacKay) has reached the end of his tether with his dead-end job and lonely, unfulfilling existence. Over the course of a week he blows his life up, pushing boundaries and seeking meaning in the wake of extreme chaos...
World Premiere
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2026
87 mins

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