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Oska Bright Film Festival: Wild Women (15)

Relaxed Screening

,Cinema 3
A woman sits at her kitchen table, playing scrabble, looking at her fluffy cat

This programme of shorts will take you on a wild ride; incredible, joyful and unexpected. 

Oska Bright proudly uses the F-rating, which is designed to support and promote women and redress the imbalance in the film industry. 

With less than 5% of disabled people working in the UK film industry, Oska Bright Film Festival is driven to make change happen. Working internationally with industry partners and funded by the BFI, our team produces the BAFTA-and-BIFA-qualifying Oska Bright Film Festival, promotes accessible screenings, runs training for venues and develops skills for aspiring filmmakers.

Tagged with: Cinema Relaxed Screenings

Full Programme

Dead Cat Film

A young woman becomes increasingly attached to the taxidermied corpse of her housemate’s cat. A dark comedy starring Will Gao (Heartstopper/Netflix), Josie Charles and featuring the voice of Hugh Bonneville (Downton Abbey, Notting Hill). The short was produced by Rasp Films who were BAFTA-nominated in 2021 for their short Lucky Break.

Josie Charles, Nathan Miller, UK, 2022, 5 min

Ice Cream on Mondays

Presenting F.witch's new music video for Ice Cream on Mondays.
F.witch is Flo Gordon, a classically-trained singer from Brighton. Her music is described as psychedelic indie folk, and Flo describes it as being ‘a bit like a modern day Kate Bush.’

Flo Gordon, Reggie London, UK, 2023, 3 mins

Out of Water

A female alien returns to earth with a charismatic scientist, however her security lies in the balance when she suspects that he is hiding something from her.

Georgia Kumari Bradburn, US, 2022, 15 mins


Black Chalk

A film about the intimacy of a woman with Down’s Syndrome who writes with black chalk a list of daily activities to organise her life. 

Julieta Tetelbaum, Argentina, 2022, 8 mins
 

Pripyat Horse

‘A sparrow flies swiftly in through one door of the hall, and out through another…. Even so, man appears on earth for a little while; but of what went before this life or of what follows, we know nothing.’ Bede A moment for mourning, for a friend, for the earth.

Sally Patricia Pearce, UK, 2023, 2 mins

The Cunning

A teenager with Down's syndrome helps herself, and others, to escape from accusations of witchcraft.
1724 - Dolly is locked up in a cell with her mother, sentenced to be tarred, feathered and burned. Elizabeth, though, has a plan for escape...

Alexandra Maher, UK, 2022, 13 mins

Mariee Siou: Circle of Signs

Directed by the visionary multi-disciplinary artist Samantha Shay and created with a talented group of collaborators and artists brought together by Samantha in Iceland. “This song is a prayer that begs us to heed these warnings from the earth body and reflect on indigenous prophecies from different nations around the world, which speak of the time of The Great Shift" - Mariee Siou

Samatha Shay, Iceland, 2022, 6 mins

Bean Grenade

Alex can’t stop thinking about Laura. She’s even dreaming about her. She’s even dreaming about throwing beans at her. So when Laura has her poetry
themed birthday party, Alex decides to do just that. But when Alex gate crashes the party, armed with a multipack of tinned goods, she comes across Laura,
lone. Alex decides the only way she can possibly tell Laura how she feels is through a poem - a poem about a bean grenade.

Sophie Sparkes, Simon Glass, UK, 2024, 16 mins

 

Cinema 3

Location
Barbican Cinema 2 & 3 are located on Beech Street, a short walk from the Barbican’s Silk Street entrance. From Silk Street, you’ll see a zebra crossing that will take you across the road to the venue. 

Address
Beech Street
London
EC2Y 8DS

Public transport
The Barbican is widely accessible by bus, tube, train and by foot or bicycle. Plan your journey and find more route information in ‘Your Visit’ or book your car parking space in advance.