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On Falling + ScreenTalk with dir Laura Carreira and prod Jack Thomas O’Brien hosted by Sophie Monks Kaufman (15)

ScreenTalk

,Cinema 2
Joana Santos stands in a crowd, covered in blue light

Writer/director Laura Carreira joins us after the film to discuss her feature debut, a moving character study of a Portuguese migrant working as a picker in a Scottish warehouse.

Aurora (Joana Santos) is a lonely Portuguese migrant working as a warehouse picker, who struggles to forge connections in this immersive character study that also shines light on the precarity of modern employment. Aurora’s workdays are dictated by the bleep of a machine and her evenings are strained by loneliness in shared accommodation as she dreams of securing a better job.

Winner of the London Film Festival’s Sutherland Award for debut feature films, On Falling is an empathetic social realist snapshot that offers a window into the financial precariousness of the gig economy, delivered with a lightness of touch that stresses the importance of everyday connection.

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Please note that this film contains flashing lights and may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.

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Film information
  • Release year   2025
  • Country   UK/Portugal
  • Director   Laura Carriera
  • Runtime   1hr 44mins

Cinema 2

Location
Barbican Cinema 1 is located within the main Barbican building on Level -2. Head to Level G and walk towards the Lakeside Terrace where you’ll find stairs and lifts to take you down to the venue floor.   

Address
Barbican Centre
Silk Street, London
EC2Y 8DS

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