Description

PORTRAIT - From family tensions and peer group pressures to questions around identity and community survival; Portrait presents a collection of hard-hitting, compelling, and moving short films about growing up in the world today.

Audience Award! Vote for your favourite short film at the end of the screening.

1. Portrait
Dir: Grace Louey ? UK ? 2023 ? 12 mins
Siah?s life is turned upside down when her boyfriend shares a private photo.

2. Blueberry Bruise
Dir: Edita Rudak ? Lithuania ? 2024 ? 15 mins
As the tension between her parents increases, Gyt? starts seeking comfort elsewhere.

3. Porcelain
Dir: Annika Birgel ? Germany ? 2024 ? 16 mins
Two sisters realise they must support each other to cope with the challenges of growing up.

4. Yarê
Dir: Sallar Othman ? Austria ? 2024 ? 19 mins
Yarê must travel a heroic journey to a neighbouring village to obtain fresh water.

5. Liv
Dir: Hillevi Gustafson ? Sweden ? 2024 ? 10 mins
Will a young girl be able to craft herself into the person she thinks she wants to be?

6. Muna
Dir: Warda Mohamed ? UK ? 2023 ? 19 mins
Muna is desperate to go on the school trip - but her parents aren't so sure.

7. Squeegee Boy
Dir: Chung-Wei Huang ? USA ? 2023 ? 14 mins
Eugene yearns to become part of a tight-knit group of squeegee boys.

Ages: 15+ / Event Duration: 105 mins.

Start Time: 3.00pm (Exit Time: 4.45pm).

Concessions: (Under 18, Over 65 & Students).

Refunds: Please check your ticket (or email confirmation) as soon as you receive it. Tickets/e-tickets cannot be exchanged or refunded, unless an event is cancelled, rescheduled or if they have been issued in error.

Description

Events cover visual arts, music, comedy, cabaret, theatre and all points in between!

Unfortunately no children permitted on the premises after 8pm.

With a large main room and the green room, The Black Box is housed in a Grade II listed building on Hill Street in the Historical Cathedral Quarter of Belfast, originally constructed c. 1850 and converted into its current usage as an arts venue in 2006.

18-22 Hill Street,

Belfast,

Antrim,

Northern Ireland,

BT1 2LA.

028 9024 4400