

Film programme

A Home For My Heart (12A)
A sensitive portrait of a transgender woman’s journey as she breaks free of gender limitations and dedicates herself to protecting the rights of India’s trans communities...

Fashion Reimagined (12A)
Riverfront Newport, Thursday 16th March 7.00pm
Aberystwyth Arts, Monday 27th March 7.45pm
Trailblazing fashion designer Amy Powney is on a mission to create a sustainable collection from field to finished garment and transform the way we engage with fashion...

Land : Language : Life
Aberystwyth Arts, Tuesday 28th March 4.00pm
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Native Spirit Festival present a programme of nine short films highlighting eight native nations and indigenous languages from four
different countries...

Opal (PG)
Graced with a rich Afro-Caribbean sensibility and profound psychological undercurrents, this sumptuous animated fairy tale handles childhood trauma and adult themes in strange and optimistic ways...

The Invisible Girl (15)
Kinokulture, Wednesday 8th March 7.30pm
Aberystwyth Arts, Thursday 30 March 7.45pm
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Tense, colourful and with a great sense of place, this is a finely paced, tightly scripted, and tremendously shot thriller. A real WOW discovery...

Under Milk Wood In Paint (U)
Taliesin, Wednesday 29th March 8.00pm:
Richard Burton rich melodic voice accompanies Alex Williams’ vibrant paintings bringing to life Dylan Thomas’s most beloved poem...

We Are Still Here (15)
Kinokulture, Friday 3rd March, 7.30pm
Taliesin, Monday 27th March, 6.00pm
Aberystwyth Arts, Tuesday 28th March, 5.30pm
The collective work of ten Indigenous filmmakers, this subtly interweaves eight stunning tales of Indigenous struggle to tell a sweeping story of hope and survival...

Bangladesh/Cymru Climate Stories
We’re really excited to present two films made by young Welsh women directors who will be there to discuss their films...

Finite: The Climate Of Change (12A)
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This is an insider's view of the world of direct action; a raw, authentic and emotional insight into the David and Goliath battle between frontline communities, activists and fossil fuel corporations...

Memory Box (15)
Aberystwyth Arts, Saturday 25th March 7.45pm
Taliesin, Tuesday 28th March, 8.00pm:
Vibrantly filmed and truly cinematic, this engaging, compassionate depiction of one woman's reckoning with her past blurs the line between documentary and fiction…

Penguin Highway (PG)
Aberystwyth Arts, Saturday 25th March 2.30pm
Why are penguins invading his town, even though it’s far from the sea? 10-year-old Aoyama tries to solve the mystery in this imaginative sci-fi anime celebrating the joy of discovery...

The Salt In Our Waters (15)
Aberystwyth Arts, Wednesday 29th March 7.45pm
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In a remote fishing village a sculptor finds himself in the midst of a primal, elemental conflict between land and sea, man and nature, past and future...

Women Against The Bomb (PG)
Kinokulture, Sunday 5th March 2.00pm
Aberystwyth Arts, Sunday 26th March 5.00pm
Taliesin,Tuesday 28th March 6.00pm
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The inspirational story of the first all-female peace camp at Greenham Common told from the inside by the women who were there, their children and grandchildren...

Cholitas (PG)
Aberystwyth Arts, Friday 24th March 5.30pm
Taliesin, Wednesday 29th March 6.00pm
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In this hugely enjoyable tale five Bolivian indigenous women break out of their traditional roles to follow their passion for the mountains where they feel free, happy and alive...

Harvest (15)
Kinokulture, Thursday 9th March 7.30pm
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Aberystwyth Arts, Tuesday 28th March 7.45pm
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This gently contemplative documentary follows the natural rhythms of a year in the life of a Hmong family from the northern highlands of Vietnam. Gorgeous cinematography and exquisite sound design immerse you in a completely different world...

Nayola (15)
Theatr Mwldan, Sunday 26th March 6.30pm
Aberystwyth Arts, Wednesday 29th March 7.45pm
With its vivid hallucinogenic use of colour, stunning flights of imagination, cracking soundtrack and muscular storytelling this is a deeply engaging account of how three generations of women survived Angola’s civil war…

The Bronze Men of Cameroon (PG)
Kinokulture, Saturday 4th March 7.30pm
Riverfront, Newport March 10th 7.00pm
Theatr Gwaun, Thursday 16th March 7.30pm
Taliesin, Monday 27th March, 8.00pm
Aberystwyth Arts, Thursday 30 March 5.30pm
A beautifully shot, intimate portrait of a community of bronze artisans in Foumban, the ‘City of Arts’ that explores cultural heritage, continuity, and change...

The Visitors (PG)
Aberystwyth Arts, Saturday 25th March 5.30pm
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In the snow-covered landscape of the world‘s northernmost town, a young anthropologist researches a host of global issues such as migration, nationalism, sustainability and climate breakdown that impact her directly...

Vera Dreams of The Sea (15)
An intimate probing character study of a supportive mother and caring grandmother forced to face the raw reality of her status as a woman in Kosovo...

World Cinema Shorts