Past Screenings
Screening No.1
FIRST LOVE: A LITTER ON THE BREEZE (1997) Dir: Eric Kot
| Where: The Raven, SE1 2UP | When: 5th September 2025 |
| Chosen for its unconventional style of film making, First Love: A Litter on the Breeze is the perfect example of a film that doesn’t take itself too seriously. Coming away from super formal film making, Kot’s messy ode to love felt like the perfect kickstarter to set the tone for Slump. Rather than feeling like a film that demands to be analysed, it leaves us space to just experience it, to enjoy its messiness, and maybe to see something of ourselves within it. This felt particularly fitting for Slump, which is less about telling audiences what to think about cinema and more about creating an environment where films can make us look within ourselves. |
Screening No.2
SULTANAS DREAM (2023) Dir. Isabel Hurguera
| Where: Mother Canteen, NW3 2HP | When: 18th October 2025 |
| Chosen by our collaborator Ami for Mother Canteen’s Diwali celebrations, this film takes inspiration from Bengali feminist and social reformer Begum Rokeya, whose writing imagined an ethereal role reversed world where women could exist without the expectations usually placed on them. |
Screening No.3
BABYMOTHER (1998) Dir. Julian Henriques
| Where: The Raven, SE1 2UP | When: 27th March 2026 |
| A beautiful portrait of the life of a young mother, Anita who’s dream is to become a dancehall star. As she navigates family issues, single parenthood and the realities of chasing her dreams she never loses her ambition. She is beautiful, strong, impeccably dressed and her presence is like a magnet. The drama/musical form the film takes is so engrossing and the only issue with it is that its not longer! |
Screening No.4
DRYLONGSO (1998) Dir. Cauleen Smith
| Where: CULTPLEX, M4 4HF | When: 10th July 2026 |
| A very special screening, as it was our first one on home soil in Manchester, at the best cinema in the city, CULTPLEX. It was made even more special by being introduced to our audience by Rhian Parker, a Black radical poet from the American South who can cook beautiful food and write even more beautiful words. Drylongso is made special by so many things: its mash up of genres, the way it was made, its main protagonist Pika, and most importantly, the way it makes you feel after watching it. But the real magic of the film is the community and love it created while it was being made, and the continuation of that years later. |
Screening No.5
THE HEROIC TRIO (1993) Dir. Johnnie To
| Where: CULTPLEX, M4 4HF | When: 16th September 2026 |
| A silly, goofy superhero treat starring the holy mothers of Asian Cinema, Michelle Yeoh, Anita Mui and Maggie Cheung. A gloriously chaotic piece of 90s Hong Kong cinema. Having three of the most successful actresses in Asia come together to make a film like this feels monumental. It makes me feel proud to have a face like mine, and to be from where I’m from, and I’m sure that feeling is shared with so many others. In a world saturated with, and obsessed with, superhero characters like Wonder Woman, Catwoman (though I love you, Halle Berry) and Harley Quinn, there is something so comforting and refreshing about seeing women like this trio take up that space. This screening was also kindly introduced by my lovely cousin, Shu-Ling Li who is a British Born Chinese Illustrator working across print design and live illustration! She also drew a wonderful version of the above image which is available as a print via her Instagram: @shudledoodle. |