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UK PREMIERE Fly So Far + Q&A
Wed, 18 June
Celina Escher’s documentary follows Teodora and The Seventeen – a group of women accused of murder because of having a miscarriage in El Salvador - in their struggle to regain their freedom from prison.
Off-Circuit
UK PREMIERE
The Triptych of Mondongo
19 – 29 June 2025
Commissioned to create a documentary about Argentine art collective Mondongo, filmmaker
Mariano Llinás crafts an experimental portrait of friendship, failure and self-destruction.
Red Path
20 – 26 June 2025
Inspired by true events, Lotfi Achour's powerful debut feature is a poetic and unflinching descent into the fractured psyche of a child grappling with unspeakable violence—and the quiet, resilient strength it takes to survive.
S/he is Still Her/e: Genesis P-Orridge
20 – 26 June 2025
Genesis P-Orridge lived their art to the extreme. A pioneering musician, avant-garde artist, spiritual explorer and gender revolutionary, Genesis has been featured in films and videos, but never the full story… never this intimate... until now.
SAFAR Film Festival 2025
Rooted Resistance + Q&A
Sat, 21 June
From Lebanon’s mountain forests to its arid plains, Rooted Resistance brings together four powerful short films that bear witness to the deep ties between nature, memory, and survival across the Arab region. 
Martin Creed: Work in Progress + Q&A
Sat, 21 June
Martin Creed presents the first rough cut of a new film. There will be the chance to engage with Martin during the discussion following the screening.
SAFAR Film Festival 2025
Watch Out for Zouzou
Tue, 24 June
SAFAR Film Festival is proud to be presenting the newly restored Watch Out for Zouzou (1972), by Hassan Al-Imam, a beloved 1970s Egyptian musical brimming with wit, romance, and cultural tension
From Hilde, with Love
27 June – 3 July 2025
Inspired by an incredible true story set against the backdrop of a country torn by conflict, From Hilde, with Love is a powerful tale of love and resistance.
UK PREMIERE
Perfumed with Mint + Q&A
Fri, 27 June
In a ghost-haunted Cairo, a grieving doctor and his friend—cursed with mint sprouting from his scalp—wander through decaying ruins in search of refuge from the memories that refuse to die.
SAFAR Film Festival 2025
Sudan, Remember Us + Q&A
Sat, 28 June
Spanning the years from the Sudanese revolution of 2019, to the outbreak of the grievous civil war in 2023, this immensely moving documentary captures a collective portrait of Sudanese youth, dreaming of a new, democratic Sudan.
Perfumed with Mint
28 June – 3 July 2025
Sudan, Remember Us
29 June – 3 July 2025
Spanning the years from the Sudanese revolution of 2019, to the outbreak of the grievous civil war in 2023, this immensely moving documentary captures a collective portrait of Sudanese youth, dreaming of a new, democratic Sudan.
Pratibha Parmar: Memory Pictures, Flesh & Paper, Khush + Q&A
Wed, 2 July
This evening brings together three films by Pratibha Parmar that explore South Asian queer diasporic life.
Our Eyes as Commonly Tender:
Visual Justice in the Filmmaking of Pratibha Parmar
2 July – 3 September 2025
This film season celebrates the work of Pratibha Parmar, whose films have shaped the politics of feminist, queer, and diasporic visual cultures for over four decades.
The Shrouds
4 – 10 July 2025
In this intensely personal work, David Cronenberg crafts a genre-bending tale that slips between mystery and romance, all the while echoing his signature themes: the body as mutable flesh, technology as both saviour and parasite, and the uncanny union of sex and death.
Sutapa Biswas: Kali & Lumen + Q&A
Wed, 9 July
A special double-bill screening of Sutapa Biswas’s films Lumen (2021) and Kali (1983 – 85) followed by a Q&A with the artist. 
Off-Circuit
UK PREMIERE
The Tree of Authenticity + Q&A
10 – 17 July 2025
An essayistic exploration into the lasting ecological consequences of Belgium’s colonial rule in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Celluloid Sunday Festival
11 – 20 July 2025
A nine-day festival of archival gems to celebrate the conclusion of our Celluloid Sunday series including rare prints of films by Hou-Hsiao Hsien, Edward Yang, Jim Jarmusch, David Cronenberg and many more.
To Learn To Dance With Fireflies, First Accept The Dark: 5 films by Helen Cammock 
16 July – 30 August 2025
This series presents three moving image works by Helen Cammock that trace and reimagine histories of Black life across time and geography.
Helen Cammock: There’s a Hole in the Sky Parts I & II + Performance
Wed, 16 July
Helen Cammock’s two-part video work explores the entangled legacies of colonialism, migration, and appropriation. Accompanied by a live performance. 
UK PREMIERE Gold Songs + Q&A
18 – 25 July 2025
Domingos and Neusia are a young couple from a small city in Mozambique. She goes to school, he has an underpaid job at a car wash. Yearning for a better life, Domingos sets on a journey through Mozambique, heading to the gold mines in the north of the country.
Pratibha Parmar: Alice Walker – Beauty in Truth + Q&A
Wed, 6 August
This richly layered portrait of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker traces her journey from the segregated American South to international literary and activist acclaim. 
Helen Cammock: Changing Room, They Call It Idlewild + Q&A
Wed, 13 August
This screening presents two deeply personal and politically resonant works by Helen Cammock: They Call It Idlewild (2020) and Changing Room (2014), followed by a conversation with curator Nydia A. Swaby. 
My Grandmother Trelototó
16 – 22 August 2025
In this deeply personal and poetic non-fiction work, Portuguese filmmaker Catarina Ruivo embarks on a journey to resurrect the memory of her beloved grandmother, Júlia.
Amber Akaunu: Dear Othermother + Q&A
Wed, 20 August
This newly commissioned film by Liverpool Biennial 2025, celebrates a deeply personal tale of friendship, single motherhood and alternative, matriarchal community networks in Liverpool 8, one of the oldest Black communities in the UK. 
Helen Cammock: Che si può fare
Sat, 30 August
This deeply moving and formally inventive work explores lament as both an emotional expression and a political gesture. Interweaving women’s stories of loss and resilience with Baroque music by female composers, the film reflects on how grief, resistance, and memory travel across histories and geographies. 
Pratibha Parmar: Emergence, Sari Red, A Place of Rage + Panel Discussion
Wed, 3 September
This evening brings together three landmark films directed by Pratibha Parmar that chart a bold feminist politics of resistance, kinship, and solidarity across transnational feminist imaginaries. The screening will be followed by a panel discussion and the launch of a new publication on Parmar’s work.