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Itu Ninu

An Indigenous Sci-Fi Film.
In a highly controlled smart city in the year 2084 two climate migrants, Ángel and Sofia, try to connect through old-fashioned letters.


In the not-so-distant future of 2084, Ángel finds himself trapped as a climate migrant in an undisclosed city, where surveillance reigns supreme. Amidst a bleak and oppressive existence, Ángel makes a living by cultivating plants, preserving the fading wisdom of seeds. Within this desolate landscape he crosses paths with Sofia, another climate migrant toiling away at a recycling facility. Fate intertwines their lives when a chance encounter reveals an unexpected connection: a shared language. Aware of the omnipresent digital monitoring, Ángel decides to communicate with her through the timeless medium of pen and paper, fostering an intimate, clandestine bond. 

Sunday 12 Oct 202519:00

Fires and Fascism

The wildfires in Europe are more than just climate change and mismanagement. Fires and Fascism links the increasing wildfires of Europe with past fascism, big business, organised crime, and the rise of the far right. It showcases how communities are engaging in direct action, protest, rewilding, and suppressing the rise of uncontrollable fires and the far right through direct actions.

This documentary recounts the experiences and actions of 25 people across Greece, Italy, Spain, and Portugal feature, ranging between scientists, teachers, artists, gardeners, engineers, winemakers, NGOs, and authors.
Saturday 18 Oct 202519:00

Ackroyd & Harvey: The Art of Activism (12A)

When does practice become protest? Or protest, poetry?
Ackroyd & Harvey: The Art of Activism is the latest film from award winning documentary maker Fiona Cunningham-Reid. An intimate portrait of internationally acclaimed artists, Heather Ackroyd and Dan Harvey, who work at the intersection of art, activism, biology and ecology, and their quest to shake humanity into action on climate catastrophe – whatever the personal cost.

Intrinsically bound up in protest, the film follows the pair collaborating with Extinction Rebellion, and co-founding the movement, Culture Declares Emergency. Their work is uncompromisingly preoccupied with the climate and ecological crisis, and has become a rallying point for the environmental movement. It’s won them international acclaim, but the film leaves us in no doubt – they’d be creating it whether the world was watching or not.

Friday 24 Oct 202519:00

Kingdom + Just Kids

This screening is taking place at The Carousel, 25 Hockley, NG1 1FH as part of Nottingham Film Festival 2025.

Just Kids
is a documentary that follows three families in states that have banned gender-affirming care as they navigate a heart-breaking decision. Should they stay in their home states, where their whole life is, and risk their child's health and safety? Or should they flee? Over the course of a year, these families endure impossible challenges and show unparalleled strength as they fight to save their children's lives.


Just Kids will be shown with Kingdom, a British short documentary about the underrepresentation of drag kings in drag culture, celebrating the collective Pecs.

Monday 3 Nov 202519:00

The Endless Tide + Wild Coast Warriors

This screening is taking place at Nottingham Central Library1 Carrington St, NG1 7FH as part of Nottingham Film Festival 2025.

Wild Coast Warriors
is the remarkable true story about how the little guy stood up to the big corporation. For centuries, indigenous people have lived sustainably while resisting invaders on South Africa’s Wild Coast. In a David and Goliath court case against Shell, these communities succeeded in halting oil and gas exploration, winning ongoing protection for their ocean and culture. 

Wild Coast Warriors will be shown with The Endless Tide, a short film about aboriginal rangers working to protect their shores from endless waves of plastic.
Wednesday 5 Nov 202519:00

Critters

Meet the critters who fill our world and the humans working tirelessly to protect them, from the wisdom of First Nations firefighters half the world away to the beekeepers right here in Nottingham.

Broken Flight
18 mins | USA 

Close Colonies 
10 mins | Nottingham 

Burnt Country
17mins | Australia 

Mail Order Queens 
25 mins | UK 

The Fiddler Crab 
7 mins | Taiwan
Thursday 6 Nov 202519:00

Green

This selection of films about the climate crisis shows both the devastation being dealt to the natural world and the hope for change happening right on our doorstep. 


A River Sings

20 mins | UK 


Coral City 

20 mins | Belgium 


The Creators 

5 mins | UK 


Red Wolf in Time Out 

4 mins | USA 


Hope For Our Rivers 

31 mins | Nottingham

Friday 7 Nov 202519:00

Space and Place

Celebrating the unique spaces which hold such emotional importance to an individual, demographic or society. Whether it’s the value of a tea room, a home, radioactive material storage or your friendly local cinema, each of these spaces are irreplaceable.

Caha
9 mins | Scotland

Requiem for a Mangrove Forest 
14 mins | India

The Little Cinema in Gloucester
18 mins | UK

Skate
18 mins | UK

Is This The Mansion I Will Live In?
6 mins | Belgium

Half Lives
15 mins | UK
Saturday 8 Nov 202514:00

Body

A series of short films as unique as each of our bodies. Whether you have a rash, a hearing aid, a hospital bed or you just can’t say the word “vagina”, you can find something to relate to in this eclectic and poignant showing.

C U Next Tuesday
6 mins | UK

While You Wait
13 mins | UK

Skin Deep
19 mins | UK

Detachable
28 mins | Nottingham

The Wonder Within
16 mins | Belgium

The Lump
2 mins | UK
Saturday 8 Nov 202517:00

Mind

A Tim Burton-esque musical about selling your soul, some claymation jazz on the Trump era, a high-tech visor controlling your emotions and a stop-motion exploration of ADHD. It all feels a little bit mad, but that’s how everyone’s mental health is at the moment!

Orange Blues 2024
5 mins | USA

Looking For Zeeshan
31 mins | UK

Moving Parts
3 mins | UK

The Jubilee
12 mins | UK

Tulips
16 mins | UK

Neon Masquerade
3 mins | UK

The Weight of a Post-It
8 mins | UK

Hot Mess
3 mins | UK

Saturday 8 Nov 202520:00

Emerging

At Nottingham Film Festival we love platforming emerging filmmakers, and we’re proud to host the earliest work of tomorrow’s filmmakers. We’re even more proud to have films from young artists based right here in Nottingham!

Eyes, Front
13 mins | UK

Pas de Deux
14 mins | UK

Dear Dorothy
14 mins | Nottingham

Holy Rollers
17 mins | USA

Best, Michael
13 mins | UK

Louis & Ray
10 mins | UK 

The Case of the Dirty Dishes 
5 mins | Nottingham
Sunday 9 Nov 202513:00

Queer

Queerness is an evocative word as much as it avoids all boundaries and classifications: this evening of queer shorts with and by queer people are set out to blur all lines. From the turns of events of an unexpected first hook-up to the horrors of a heteronormative cult. From the never-ending fight with one's IBS to the odyssey of a non binary person walking home at night. 

Blossoming Hearts
15 mins | Nottingham

Lay-by
6 mins | UK

Got Guts
6 mins | UK

Antibodies
10 mins | UK

Walk Me Home
10 mins | Canada

Gym Classes
15 mins | Italy

A Tight 5 Hours
15 mins | Scotland
Sunday 9 Nov 202516:00

Beautiful Weirdness

We all have our beautiful weirdness. Why not embrace it? Why not dress as a dinosaur for a train of children, or covet another man’s ant farm, or volunteer for ritual sea monster sacrifice? Here’s to your unique quirks, long may they make you more interesting.

Hermit
10 mins | UK

1 in 5 Sheep
5 mins | UK

Dinosaur Man
12 mins | Japan

A Hidden Legacy
mins | UK

Lazar
18 mins | Nottingham

Fumble
15 mins | USA

Nacre
8 mins | UK
Sunday 9 Nov 202520:00

Mammoth Mending Workshop (U)

In this workshop Mammoth becomes a pop-up clothing repair salon, a welcoming place to bring your missing buttons, holey socks, rips and tears. 

Everyone is welcome, whatever their level of experience. We can help you to think about what type of repair is needed for your items and, if needed, teach you the basics of hand stitching or the more specialist technique of darning. We’ll also have a sewing machine on hand.
 A range of materials and equipment will be supplied, but feel free to bring your own if preferred - as well as your items for repair. 

Mammoth Mending Workshops are supported by  the Sustainable Transitions Research Group at Nottingham School of Art & Design.
Sunday 23 Nov 202514:00