Baltic Cinema: Baltic x BFI NETWORK present Uncommon Voices

We’ve all got an image that pops into our head when we think about what a ‘working class film’ might look like, and for most of us, it’s a vision firmly drawn from the past. This selection of recent short films starts a conversation about how working-class filmmakers are capturing class experience in the Britain of today, spanning documentaries, flights of fancy and realism.

What these films uncover are working-class experiences that are rich in creativity, complications, uncertainties and contradictions: the very things that make a film worth watching. This programme of shorts, selected by filmmaker and curator Nia Childs, is for anyone who wants to explore working class Britain as it is and imagines itself to be, in the hope of discovering something new.

BFI NETWORK Mixers bring together local creatives and provide opportunities for growing your network, finding collaborators, and connecting with the filmmaking community.

This event includes a Q&A between Paul Chambers, director of Three Bull-Mastiffs in a Corner Kitchen and BFI NETWORK Talent Executive Jen Bradfield.

Paul Chambers is a writer/director originally from North Yorkshire now based in Manchester. His short films and documentaries have won multiple awards, including a nomination for a BIFA. His films have been screened in prisons, rehab centres and in spaces where real change can take place. Chambers is interested in the space between fact and fiction and strives to tell Northern British stories about his own lived experience and those around him.

Doors open 18:30; Film starts 18:45. Baltic Kitchen is open until 18:30 for drinks, which you are welcome to take up to the cinema.

Please note we cannot offer refunds on this event.

Baltic Cinema is a new year-round cinema programme at Baltic, lighting up our Level 1 Cinema with the best new and archive films. Bringing otherwise rarely-screened work to the North East, Baltic Cinema also expands our exhibitions, offering a chance to explore further some of the themes they raise.

Baltic Cinema has five strands:

Currents presents new work from across the world

Sources expands on our exhibitions

Selected shows films selected by our artists and partners

Quayside Kino is a monthly screening for families and children

News From Home offers films on and from the North East, for the people who live here

All regular screenings take place in our Level 1 Cinema. In addition, you can catch free drop-in films in Front Room every week. See full programme of screenings here.

Baltic Cinema is supported by Film Hub North with National Lottery funding on behalf of the BFI Film Audience Network.

We want our events to be inclusive and accessible. If you have any accessibility requests or questions, please email [email protected]. Ahead of your visit, you can find out about Baltic's facilities and accessibility here.

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BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, South Shore Road, Gateshead, United Kingdom

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