Oska Bright Short Films12A

1h 5m

Oska Bright Film Festival presents Queer Freedom. An exploration of the intersection of queerness and disability with films about gender, friendships, and the importance of language. This strand was founded by learning disabled Head Programmer Matthew Hellett, who wanted to see better representation of queer learning disabled people on screen. This is a special FREE screening of short films, booking is essential.

Oska Bright Film Festival is the world’s leading festival for films made by or featuring people with learning disabilities or autism. With less than 5% of disabled people working in the UK film industry, Oska Bright Film Festival is driven to make change happen. Working internationally with industry partners and funded by the BFI, our team produces the BAFTA qualifying Oska Bright Film Festival, promotes accessible screenings, runs training for venues, and develops skills for aspiring filmmakers. Oska Bright Film Festival puts people with learning disabilities or autism where they should be, on the big screen. Oska Bright Film Festival will take place in March 2022.

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We showed Oska Bright Short Films between October 30, 2021 and October 31, 2021.

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What else is on?

Tomorrow (Tuesday 28th October)

18:00

Gargantua 15
24m + Q&A
Gargantua is a hand-drawn short film inspired by François Rabelais’ scandalous 16th-century novel. Each scene uses a unique visual style, reimagining the tale’s wild, intellectual chaos. Q&A screening with director Stephen Crowe. £5 tickets plus free drink.

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20:00

Scream 18
£6 for Members
1h 51m
Wes Craven’s modern classic mixes razor-sharp satire with genuine scares. A masked killer terrorises teens obsessed with horror movies. Clever, bloody, and subversive, it redefined the genre, with queer-coded survival themes sharpening its slasher edge.

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Wednesday 29th October

15:15

Urchin 15
1h 39m
Harris Dickinson’s directorial debut follows a homeless Londoner battling addiction. With humour and compassion, this raw portrait explores alienation, resilience, and the struggle to find belonging within unforgiving social structures.

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17:30

One Battle After Another 15
2h 41m
A paranoid ex-revolutionary and his daughter are forced into confrontation when an old nemesis returns. Leonardo DiCaprio stars in Paul Thomas Anderson’s (There Will Be Blood, The Master) sharp satirical adaptation of Thomas Pynchon’s ‘Vineland’.

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20:45

The Smashing Machine 15
2h 3m
In the early 2000s, MMA fighter Mark Kerr rises to fame while battling the punishing demands of his sport and personal life. Starring Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt, Benny Safdie’s acclaimed debut won Best Director at Venice.

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Plan your visit

Our beautiful art deco inspired auditorium can be found just off East Oxford's Cowley Road. We are open 7 days a week. We open the cinema and box office 30 minutes before the scheduled start time of each film, and the Box Office then closes 10 minutes after the film starts. We don’t show adverts, just a couple of trailers, so don't be late as the film itself starts very close to the advertised time!