Q&As

Join us for an Encounters shorts showcase screening and masterclass for 16-24 year olds.

Oscar®-nominated director Kaouther Ben Hania’s latest triumph, an innovative hybrid of drama and documentary, transforms the last recorded words of a six-year-old girl in Gaza into a vital act of remembrance.

Claire Foy stars alongside Brendan Gleeson in Philippa Lowthorpe’s beautifully realised and emotionally charged adaptation of Helen MacDonald’s award-winning memoir.

Ben Wheatley’s Bulk is a mind-bending sci-fi thriller in the tradition of Quatermass, Alphaville and Primer, but also a love letter to film writing and making.

In this screening and discussion, film historian Pam Hutchinson and comedian, actor Lucy Porter celebrate some of these overlooked acts inspired by Laurel & Hardy.

Slapstick 2026 concludes with a big-screen return for one of the sharpest and most prescient political comedies ever made.

Developed with Andrew Kötting, this programme of shorts celebrates the collaborations and inspirations between the award-winning filmmaker/artist and his neurodivergent daughter Eden, who together create multimedia artworks exploring themes of disability, imagination and family.

Working again with his daughter Eden, the artist and filmmaker Andrew Kötting explores notions of memory and recall as interpreted through the precarious lens of neurodiversity.

Toby Jones, Andrew Kötting (as a straw bear) and their merry men revive the wanderings and wonderings of  Northamptonshire peasant poet John Clare.