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The countdown is on - only 2 weeks to go till #MAF2025!
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Here we go!!!
Spoken Movement Family Honour
Daniel Gurton
In a British-Ghanaian household bound by tradition and religion, a young girl endures the oppressive control of her abusive father. Heated arguments expose the deep rift between them as they confront their shared scars.
#dance #film
Beyond Eden
Al Johnstone
In the 1970’s, lesbians across the United States moved out to wild, untamed landscapes to build a world without men. Some of them never left. 50 years on, Beyond Eden follows some of the ageing original Land Dykes.
#LGBTQ+ #documentary #film #bolton
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It's No Picnic
Justine Priestley
A single mother strives to connect with her teenage daughter while dreaming of what life could be with the perfect partner.
#comedy #boltonfilmfestival #bolton #manchester #filmfestival #justinepriestley
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Dédé (Ancestor)
Yasmine Djedje-Fisher-Azoume
By drawing upon the spiritual iconography of the Bété people and other tribal groups in the Ivory Coast, "Dédé" examines the divine female figure in West African sculpture.
#experimental #filmfestival #YasmineDjedje-Fisher-Azoume
Very Important Call
Emma Parkinson
A woman has back to back calls.
#womeninfilm #cinema #filmmaking #boltonfilmfest #bolton #veryimportantcall #emmaparkinson
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Cake
Christian Alexander Holm Glad
Cake touches upon topics such as female empowerment and power of definition and is meant as a conversation starter on feminism, equality, and the male gaze.
#filmfestival #boltonfilmfestival #manchester #cinema #filmmaking #event #cake
Favours
Agnes Skonare
In a bustling train station, Sonja struggles to get help to take care of a baby she claims has been abandoned. But is there another mother, or is this Sonja's baby?
#womeninfilm #cinema #filmmaking #film #boltonfilmfestival #agnesskonare #favours
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Hot Mess
Tortor Smith @animatortor
A voice message triggers all sorts of anxieties in Andro, but will they be pressured into trying to change their ways?
#animation #stopframe #mentalhealth #indiefilm #film #cinema #boltonfilmfest #filmfest
Backseat
Anne-Sofie Lindgaard
A 14-year old foster child goes from one home to the other, only to find true family in his social care worker and their drives in between every new home.
#cinema #boltonfilmfestival #event #manchester #filmmaking #womeninfilm #backseat
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Thanks to @moviemarker.bsky.social for this article on the upcoming Bolton Film Festival (Wed 1st - Sun 5th October)
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Synthesize Me
Bear Damen
Violeta, daughter of a widowed electrical maintenance worker, retreats to her mother's neglected music workshop to play music to remember her. When she causes a power cut, tensions rise between father and daughter, bringing their grief to boiling point.
Leaving Ikorodu in 1999
Rashida Seriki
In Ikorodu, 10-year-old Momo lives with her aunt Fade and uncle Mahmoud but she has been sent for by her mother who migrated to London ahead of her.
#blackcinema #filmmaking #womeninfilm #filmfest #leavingikoroduin1999 #rashidaseriki
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Deliverance
Bim Ajadi
Kemi, a mother torn between love, tradition and modernity, seeks a cure for her deaf daughter, risking family bonds in the process.
#blackcinema #filmmaking #event #cinema #boltonfilmfestival #filmfest #d/Deaf #womeninfilm #BimAjadi
Hard; Like Cleaning Blood
Amir Jalalzadeh
A young woman who fled her oppressive, patriarchal environment in search of freedom is forced to return...
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The Big Pygmy
Tom Chambers
After learning her manipulative ex Max will be at her photoshoot, foot-model Sally’s big toe disappears. She struggles to escape as she confronts the need to let go of a romanticized ideal and fully move on.
#cinema #thepigpygmy #tomchambers #filmfest
Socks
Todd Karehana
In small-town New Zealand, a young boy feels an unexpected bond with a Mormon missionary.
#filmmaking #cinema #boltonfilmfestival #bolton #international #socks #toddkarehana
Big boys don't Cry
Arnaud Delmarle
After a three-year absence, Lucas and his group of friends welcome back their best friend Hicham. This eagerly-awaited return quickly arouses conflicting emotions in the gang, but above all, new hopes in Lucas.
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