Events at: Hackney Picturehouse Screen 4

The Violators: Feature Screening

This searing drama from novelist Helen Walsh marks her startling debut as a filmmaker. Set in the urban wastelands of Cheshire, not far from where Walsh grew up, the film follows teenager Shelly, a survivor determined to overcome her background of deprivation and abuse. Electrifyingly portrayed by Lauren McQueen, Shelly is drawn into manipulative relationships […]

Addicted to Sheep: Feature Screening

Having caused the Chair of Sheffield Doc/Fest to remark “the kind of film which just makes me glad Sheffield Doc/Fest exists” Addicted to Sheep is an endearing and remarkable film. Director Magali Pettier spent a year with tenant farmers the Hutchinson family, and documents their lives with a compassion and warmth that emanates from the […]

Sense and Sensibility: Feature Screening

Emma Thompson’s first feature screenplay charmed the world twenty years ago. After writing seventeen drafts, most of those completed by hand, she created one of the most beloved adaptations of one of the most beloved novels, and won international awards for doing so.   Sunday 22 November, 8:30pm. Running time 131 minutes. There will be […]