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New on our screens this week, Funny Cow, starring Maxine Peake, charts the rise to stardom of a stand-up comedienne in an all-male world. Also new this week, two French language films, Let The Sunshine In, capturing the complex nature of desire, and Custody, an explosive, gripping family drama with echoes of last years box office smash, Loveless. One-off screenings this week include a director Q&A following the Sunday screening of next Friday’s new release Beast.

After an exciting, busy opening week, we continue ¡Viva! Festival 2018 with a whole host of UK premieres from Spain, Latin America and beyond. Highlights this week include La Novia del desierto and Los Nadie. You can view the full ¡Viva! film programme here.

Ghost Stories, Isle of Dogs, The Square and Western all continue.

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¡Viva! Spanish & Latin American Festival 2018

Thu 12 Apr 2018 – Sat 5 May 2018

For its 24th edition, ¡Viva! returns with a venue-wide celebration of Spanish and Latin American culture. We’ll be...

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Beast (15)

Today 12.50, 15.10, 18.05, 20.25; Tomorrow 12.50, 15.45, 18.05, 20.25; Sun 12.50, 15.30, 17.45, 20.25 + more times

There is darkness inside all of us. How it emerges is the central theme explored in this riveting...

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Fri 27 Apr - Thu 3 May

Funny Cow (15)

Today 13.00, 15.20, 18.10, 20.35; Tomorrow 13.20, 15.50, 18.10, 20.30; Sun 13.20, 15.50, 18.10, 20.30 + more times

Set against the backdrop of working men’s clubs and the stand-up comedy circuit in the North of England,...

The Wound (15)

Today 13.15, 18.15; Tomorrow 13.15, 18.15; Sun 16.00, 20.20; Mon 13.15, 18.10; Tue 16.20, 20.40 + more times

The Wound is an exploration of tradition and sexuality set amid South Africa’s Xhosa culture.

Custody (15)

Today 13.30; Tomorrow 15.40; Sun 20.15; Mon 18.00; Tue 15.40, 20.15; Wed 13.30; Thu 18.05

French director Xavier Legrand's debut feature is an explosive family drama that is as gripping as it is...

Isle of Dogs (PG)

Today 13.35, 15.50, 20.20; Tomorrow 13.30, 20.20; Sun 15.20, 18.05, 20.35; Mon 15.20, 17.35, 20.35 + more times

Isle of Dogs tells the story of Atari Kobayashi, the 12-year-old ward to corrupt Mayor Kobayashi. When, by...

Never Steady Never Still (15)

Today 15.30; Mon 13.10; Tue 13.10; Wed 15.30; Thu 15.30

The feature film debut of writer/director Kathleen Hepburn, Never Steady, Never Still is a tender and heart-breaking story...

Let The Sunshine In (15)

Today 15.40, 20.15; Tomorrow 13.25, 20.15; Sun 13.25, 17.55; Mon 15.40, 20.15; Tue 13.25, 18.00 + more times

Adapted from Roland Barthes’ A Lover’s Discourse, the latest film from Claire Denis (Beau Travail, 35 Shots of...

Casi leyendas Q&A

Today 17.50

We are pleased to welcome Gabriel Nesci for a Q&A following the screening on Fri 27 Apr.

UK Premiere/ Casi leyendas (15)

Today 17.50; Sun 18.00

A feel-good buddy movie, about three men in mid-life crisis who rekindle their youthful rock-and-roll dreams in an...

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The Old Dark House (PG)

Today 18.00; Tomorrow 17.55; Sun 16.10; Mon 16.10; Tue 18.15; Wed 20.15; Thu 16.10

Frankenstein director Whale turned J.B. Priestley’s novel Benighted into a nerve-jangling tale that became the template for all...

UK Premiere/ Mala junta (15)

Today 20.40

A reflection of the on-going Mapuche conflict portrayed through the friendship and solidarity of two misunderstood teens, railing...

Relaxed screening: Coco (PG)

Tomorrow 11.00

Coco follows the adventures of a 12-year-old boy named Miguel, who finds himself in the Land of the...

The HOME Film Podcast #33: April 2018

It's spring and Jason and Andy are back to discuss a selection of April film releases including 120...

A Gentle Creature (18)

Tomorrow 15.15; Sun 13.00; Mon 19.50

Inspired by Dostoyevsky’s short story, director Sergei Loznitsa leads us into the land of crime without punishment. Featuring...

Preview/ Estiu 1993 (PG)

Tomorrow 15.30

Six-year-old Frida must move to the village where her uncle, aunt, and three-year-old cousin, Anna, live. Before the...

UK Premiere/ Tempo (U)

Tomorrow 18.00

340 million years ago, in the O Courel mountain range, two continental plates collided, and Galicia was born....

Tempo Q&A

Sat 28 Apr 2018

We are pleased to welcome Manuel Valcárcel for a Q&A following the screening on Sat 28 Apr.

Los Perros (12A)

Tomorrow 20.35

When Mariana grows closer to her enigmatic riding instructor, The Colonel, she's directly confronted with the outrages of...

Coco (PG)

Sun 11.00

Coco follows the adventures of a 12-year-old boy named Miguel, who finds himself in the Land of the...

Los Adioses (12A)

Sun 13.30

Poet and author Rosario Castellanos (1925-1974), part of the Generation of 1950, is one of Mexico’s most important...

¡Viva! 2018 Café Cervantes

Sun 16.00

An informal gathering of Spanish-speaking film lovers. Come and practise your language skills while sharing your opinions on...

Beast Q&A

Sun 20.25

We will be joined by director Michael Pearce for a Q&A following the screening on Sun 29 Apr...

The Wound Q&A

Mon 18.10

We will be joined by director John Trengove for a Q&A following the screening on Mon 30 Apr...

The Old Dark House Intro

Tue 18.15

The 18:15 screening on Tue 1 May will be introduced by Dr Xavier Aldana Reyes, author of Horror...

Le Fort de Fous (15)

Tue 20.00

A community of young nomads and wanderers form an imagined utopian society in response to imperialist rule.

70 Years of Nakba: A Collection of Palestinian Shorts (12A)

Wed 18.15

This programme of nine shorts includes the work of young and established Palestinian filmmakers, exploring themes of history,...

70 Years of Nakba Post-screening discussion

Wed 18.15

The shorts programme will be followed by a post-screening discussion. Organised in collaboration with Cinema Palestino Manchester and...

PLTVS3 Opening Night: Westworld Season 2 (18)

Thu 20.00

For this year’s Opening Night, Pilot Light TV Fest have teamed up with Sky Atlantic to present the...

Tully (15)

From Fri 4 May

A funny, moving, and insightful look at motherhood that features captivating performances by its two female leads.

Mary and the Witch’s Flower (CTBA)

From Fri 4 May

Award-winning director Hiromasa Yonebayashi - whose work for Studio Ghibli included the beloved Arriety and When Marnie Was...

Lean on Pete (15)

From Fri 4 May

Andrew Haigh directs a modern-day western about a 15-year-old lost soul who hooks up with a pair of...

The Young Karl Marx (CTBA)

From Fri 4 May

Fresh from the success of his James Baldwin documentary, I Am Not Your Negro, Haitian-born director Raoul Peck...

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Workshop: Digital Creators UK Writers Room

Fri 4 May 10.30

This event is designed to improve your web series script before you enter production. Actors will be reading...

Class in Diversity in British Television

Fri 4 May 13.00

Class in Diversity asks whether TV executives and commissioners are failing to acknowledge the impact of class representation...

Sarah and Duck: Behind the Scenes

Fri 4 May 14.00

This BAFTA-winning CBeebies hit show follows Sarah, a young British girl and her best friend, a mallard named...

Pitching Digital Series: Beyond a YouTube Existence

Fri 4 May 15.00

Join us as we examine the development, distribution and commissioning options available for Web Series and short form...

New Voices in TV and Film: Distinct Voices, Diverse Stories

Fri 4 May 16.00

This discussion looks at the steps being taken to improve on screen representation, in particular shortFLIX, a short...

Arrow TV Presents: Gomorrah (18)

Starts Fri 4 May 2018 at 18.00

A new exciting partnership with Arrow TV allows Pilot Light to present the first two episodes of Gomorrah,...

Sex and the City: The World According to Woke Charlotte

Fri 4 May 20.20

Pilot Light are teaming up with London’s Reel Good Film Club to examine the impact the show had...

Web Series Block 1 (12A)

Starts Sat 5 May 2018 at 10.00

Pilot Light TV Festival champion the discovery of the next generation of talent in episodic storytelling. They aim...

Web Series Block 2 (15)

Starts Sat 5 May 2018 at 11.00

Pilot Light TV Festival champion the discovery of the next generation of talent in episodic storytelling. They aim...

Costume Design and Fashion on TV: Behind the Seams

Sat 5 May 12.00

TV Critic and Entertainment Reporter Emma Bullimore (TV Times, BBC 5Live) guides us through a discussion on Costume...

Panel/ Women in SVoD: Equity on Demand

Sat 5 May 13.00

Over the past decade, women accounted for fewer than 30% of fictional series television writers in the US...

I Told my Mum I Was Going on an R.E. Trip (12A)

Starts Sat 5 May 2018 at 13.30

This warm and honest drama explores young women’s experiences of abortion. Told through the voices of four actors,...

TV Pilot Block 1 (18)

Starts Sat 5 May 2018 at 14.00

Pilot Light TV Festival champion the discovery of the next generation of talent in episodic storytelling. They aim...

The Royle Family at 20

Sat 5 May 14.00

To commemorate its 20th anniversary we are delighted to be joined by Sue Johnston (Barbara Royle), Peter Martin...

#Reality2.0 (12A)

Starts Sat 5 May 2018 at 15.30

Join us for a screening of all eight parts of this award-winning social commentary anthology web-series about being...

Walter Presents: Tabula Rasa (15)

Starts Sat 5 May 2018 at 16.00

An intense thriller that follows a young woman with amnesia locked up in a secure psychiatric hospital. She...

The Excellence in Television Award: Julie Hesmondhalgh

Sat 5 May 20.00

We are honoured to present the inaugural Excellence in Television Award at Pilot Light TV Festival to a...

Web Series Block 3 (15)

Starts Sun 6 May 2018 at 11.00

Pilot Light TV Festival champion the discovery of the next generation of talent in episodic storytelling. They aim...

TV Pilot Block 2 (15)

Starts Sun 6 May 2018 at 12.00

Pilot Light TV Festival champion the discovery of the next generation of talent in episodic storytelling. They aim...

Big Train on a Big Screen: 20th Anniversary Screening (15)

Starts Sun 6 May 2018 at 13.00

What would Pilot Light TV Festival be without a big screen marathon of a beloved British TV comedy?...

The Girl Can’t Help It (U)

Starts Sun 6 May 2018 at 13.00

Often called the best rock ’n’ roll film ever made, this high-powered, high-voltage comedy features music by Fats Domino, Little...

Blue Peter’s The History of Everything

Sun 6 May 13.30

The Blue Peter team has searched across their archives and handpicked a selection of the most charming and...

Web Series Block 4 (15)

Starts Sun 6 May 2018 at 13.30

Pilot Light TV Festival champion the discovery of the next generation of talent in episodic storytelling. They aim...

Reel Good Film Club Present: Cakes & Candles + Zine Workshop

Sun 6 May 15.00

Following a screening of the first 11-minute episode of Cake & Candles, RGFC lead a discussion about the...

TV in Memoriam: Utopia (18)

Starts Sun 6 May 2018 at 16.00

TV in Memoriam is a new feature of Pilot Light TV Festival dedicated to screening, celebrating and mourning...

In Conversation: Christopher Eccleston

Sun 6 May 16.30

We are delighted to welcome actor Christopher Eccleston to Pilot Light TV Festival for this exclusive in-person event,...

Pilot Light TV Festival Awards 2018

Sun 6 May 17.30

Join Pilot Light TV Festival for an informal session of networking, meeting future collaborators, TV chat and finding...

Michael Cumming: Director’s Commentary

Sun 6 May 18.30

In a professional career spanning 30 years, Michael Cumming has directed some of the most original, groundbreaking and...

The Fool (CTBA)

Starts Tue 8 May 2018 at 18.00

A plumber's assistant with bigger dreams finds himself at the center of municipal corruption when he realises 800...

NT Live/ Macbeth (12A)

Starts Thu 10 May 2018 at 18.45

The ruined aftermath of a bloody civil war. Ruthlessly fighting to survive, the Macbeths are propelled towards the...

Triple Bill/ Wutharr, Saltwater Dreams + Night Time Go + Mermaids, Mirror Worlds (CTBA)

Starts Sat 12 May 2018 at 13.00

The Karrabing Film Collective is a grassroots Indigenous based media group. Filmmaking provides a means of self-organization and...

Ethel & Ernest (PG)

Starts Sun 13 May 2018 at 15.30

Based on the award-winning book by acclaimed British author and illustrator Raymond Briggs, this hand-drawn animated feature film...

Unrest (12A)

Starts Tue 15 May 2018 at 18.00

Jennifer Brea is working on her PhD and months away from marrying the love  of her life when...

Live (recorded) Broadcast: An American in Paris – The Musical (Captured Live)

Starts Wed 16 May 2018 at 19.50

This breathtakingly beautiful Tony Award-winning Broadway musical, inspired by the Oscar winning MGM film, tells the impassioned story of discovering love...

Almost Heaven (12A)

Starts Thu 17 May 2018 at 18.20

Almost Heaven tells the story of Ying Ling, an ambitious 17 year-old girl far from home, struggling to...

Tout Va Bien (15)

Starts Fri 18 May 2018 at 18.20

Featuring a newly radicalised Jane Fonda, Godard’s assault on consumer capitalism and the establishment Left offers a critique...

The Cremator (15)

Starts Sat 19 May 2018 at 13.00

The Cremator has been described in many ways - as surrealist-inspired horror, as expressionist fantasy, as a dark...

Redoubtable (CTBA)

From Fri 11 May

Paris 1967. Jean-Luc Godard, the leading filmmaker of his generation, is shooting La Chinoise with the woman he...

A Fistful of Dollars (15)

Starts Sun 20 May 2018 at 13.00

Vent D’est & British Sounds Double Bill (15)

Starts Sun 20 May 2018 at 15.20

Two of Godard and Gorin’s most expressly political works.

Revenge (18)

Starts Sun 20 May 2018 at 18.00

Writer-director Coralie Fargeat's compelling feature debut reframes the revenge genre's typical proclivities with a gaze that scrutinises male...

Moonlight (15)

Starts Mon 21 May 2018 at 17.50

It’s a bold claim but it’s hard to envision a more potent film in 2017 than Moonlight, the...

Moonlight Panel Discussion

Mon 21 May 17.50

This screening will be followed by a panel discussion, including speakers Campbell X and Andrew Moor, Manchester Metropolitan...

A Film Like Any Other (CTBA)

Starts Mon 21 May 2018 at 20.40

An analysis of the social upheaval of May 1968 made in the immediate aftermath of the workers’ and students’...

If (15)

Starts Tue 22 May 2018 at 18.10

Lindsay Anderson’s daringly anarchic vision of British society set in an English boarding school in the late 1960s...

Parent & Baby/ Wonderstruck (PG)

Starts Thu 24 May 2018 at 11.00

Based on Brian Selznick’s acclaimed novel, Wonderstruck is the tale of two children, Ben and Rose whose desire...

L7: Pretend We’re Dead (CTBA)

Starts Thu 24 May 2018 at 18.30

Fierce pioneers of American grunge punk, this film is an engrossing time capsule told from the perspective of...

Play Your Gender (CTBA)

Starts Fri 25 May 2018 at 18.15

Juno Award-winning producer Kinnie Starr is on a quest to find out why this disparity exists by speaking...

Relaxed screening: Mary and the Witch’s Flower (CTBA)

Starts Sat 26 May 2018 at 11.00

Based on the 1971 novel The Little Broomstick by British author Mary Stewart, this is a sublime animated...

About A Badly Drawn Boy (CTBA)

Starts Sat 26 May 2018 at 15.30

An in-depth feature film all about the boy himself Damon Gough and the legacy of his Mercury Prize...

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I Told my Mum I Was Going on an R.E. Trip Q&A

Sat 5 May 13.30

We are pleased to welcome Julia Samuels (Writer/Producer), Roxanne Moores (Producer) and Lindy Heymann (Director) for a Q&A...

#Reality2.0 Q&A

Sat 5 May 15.30

Following the screening actor/creator Nathan Bryon (Benidorm, Some Girls) and director Theresa Varga will be in attendance for...

Walter Presents: Tabula Rasa Intro

Sat 5 May 16.00

Before this screening Walter Iuzzolino will chair a Q&A with lead actress/co-writer Veerle Baetens (The Broken Circle Breakdown)...

The Girl Can’t Help It Post-screening Discussion

Sun 6 May 13.00

The screening on Sun 06 May will be accompanied by a free, informal post-screening discussion led by Kirsty...

TV in Memoriam: Utopia Q&A

Sun 6 May 16.00

Creator Dennis Kelly (Pulling), Producer Rebekah Wray Rogers (This is England ‘86) and Actor Oliver Woollford (Ghost Stories)...

Mansfield 66/67 (CTBA)

From Fri 11 May

2017 marked the 50th anniversary of the death of Jayne Mansfield in a bizarre car accident. If Mansfield...

That Good Night (12A)

From Fri 11 May

This enthralling film is a wonderful tribute to the late John Hurt, who  gives a characteristically riveting performance...

Ethel & Ernest Extended Introduction

Sun 13 May 15.30

We will be joined by Dr Steve Henderson, Senior Lecturer in Animation at Manchester Metropolitan University and Director...

Unrest Post-screening discussion

Tue 15 May 18.00

This screening will be followed by a post-screening discussion with Dr Charles Shepherd of the ME Association and...

Allure (CTBA)

From Fri 18 May

Laura (Evan Rachel Wood) works as a house cleaner for her father's company but her personal life is...

On Chesil Beach (CTBA)

From Fri 18 May

England, 1962: two young newlyweds from very different backgrounds begin their honeymoon on the Dorset coast. A beautifully...

Filmworker (CTBA)

From Fri 18 Ap

It’s a rare person who would give up fame and fortune to toil in obscurity for someone else’s...

Jeune Femme (15)

From Fri 18 May

Broke, with nothing but her cat to her name and doors closing in her face, Paula is back...

Sun 20 May 13.00

Join us for a post-screening discussion led by Maggie Hoffgen, Freelance Film Educator, following the screening on Sun...

Revenge Post-screening discussion

Sun 20 May 18.00

Join Birds Eye View’s Mia Bays, an Oscar-winning producer (Six Shooter by Martin McDonagh, BAFTA-nominated Scott Walker –...

The Wild Boys (18)

From Fri 25 May

At the beginning of the 20th century five teenagers obsessed with the occult, commit a savage crime. A...

Edie (CTBA)

From Fri 25 May

Featuring breath-taking scenery, the star of Edie is of course Hancock, giving a tour de force performance that...

Zama (15)

From Fri 25 May

A perfect coupling of literary source material and a unique cinematic sensibility, Zama weaves a magical spell.

The Breadwinner (12A)

From Fri 25 May

The Breadwinner tells the story of Parvana, an 11-year-old girl growing up under the Taliban in Afghanistan in...

Play Your Gender Panel discussion

Fri 25 May 18.15

This screening will be followed by a panel discussion.

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