Dream Palaces - Where are they now? 'Dream Palaces - Where are they now?' is a short film presentation by local art enthusiast and cartoonist Al Welch which compares historic Southampton picture houses with what they, or their locations, look like today. In 1996, to help celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of the […]
Join us for the SFW: Shorts Screening and Awards Ceremony, one of the jewels of Southampton Film Week programme. Since its launch in 2012 the competition has attracted the work of filmmakers and artists from every corner of the planet resulting each year in an inspiring and eclectic collection of films for our judging panel […]
We are grateful to BFI FAN and The National Lottery for funding to support this event. Please complete this survey so that we can feed back to them. 'knit the walls' In 2018 SFW: Shorts, Southampton Film Week's own short film competition, received a submission from it's youngest ever filmmaker, 13 year old Imogen […]
Maisie (2021) Sunday 13 November 2022 at 7:00pm Dir. Lee Cooper | UK | 1h 16m | 15 | Documentary | Subtitles ‘Old Age can be a Drag.’ An intimate portrait of ageing and friendship as Maisie Trollette, Britain’s oldest drag act, prepares for his 85th birthday and meets 87 year old Darcelle XV, Guinness […]
A Bunch of Amateurs (2022) Monday 14 November 2022 at 7:00pm Dir. Kim Hopkins | UK | 1hr 35m | 12A | Documentary Only a miracle can save Britain’s oldest amateur film club from its final demise. Sometimes miracles come from unexpected places. Members of Bradford Movie Makers, the most quintessentially British working-class filmmaking club, […]
Right of Way (2022) Thursday 17 November 2022 at 3:00pm Dir. Various | UK | 1hr 30m | 12A | Archive footage & New Artist Film | Captioned for the hard of hearing We’re told we all have a right to roam in the countryside – but does that apply to everyone equally? Right of […]
My Mexican Bretzel (2019) Friday 18 November at 3:00pm Dir. Nuria Giménez | Spain| 1hr 13m | PG | Docu-Fiction | English Subtitles Exquisite archive footage combines with the mid 20th century diary of a socialite, as she and her husband travel the world. As the film draws us into their jet-set world, Vivian Barrett’s […]
All That Breathes (2021) Saturday 19 November 2022 at 3:00pm Dir. Shaunak Sen | India | 1hr 31m |12A | Documentary | English subtitles Against the darkening backdrop of Delhi's apocalyptic air and escalating violence, two brothers devote their lives to protect a casualty of the turbulent times: the bird known as the Black Kite. […]
What on Earth Now? A Climate Change film by Paul Maple Come and be part of the journey of making this film about climate change. This special preview is for anyone who is interested in climate change and how science and storytelling come together to inform and persuade. We are inviting people to join […]
Gateway to the Archive with Zoë Viney Join Zoë Viney, Film Curator Wessex Film and Sound Archive for a selection of footage from this regional film and sound collection based at Hampshire Record Office in Winchester. With an introduction to the vast and fascinating holdings of the archive Zoë will share footage from 1960s Southampton […]