Film
British Urban Film Festival: Oct 19th – 8:20pm

The British Urban Film Festival (BUFF) was formed in July 2005 to showcase urban independent cinema in the absence of any such state-sponsored activity in the UK. BUFF is the longest standing black-owned film festival in the United Kingdom.

Select a performance

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    19 Oct

    2024
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    Copper Auditorium

    Square Chapel
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    8:00PM

    Doors open

The Friendship of Fish

Director: Sherice Griffiths

Animal lover Warren finds himself transporting a goldfish through a city park in a plastic bag.

Dog Run

Director: Lorna Nickson Brown

A silent man is lifted out of a life of exploitation through an unexpected bond with guard dog, Sabre, and the healing power of nature.

Wicked & Bad

Director: Toni Lotta Groner

Tyler is one of the 28 charged protestors after attending the ‘Kill the Bill’ demonstration and being in confrontation with the police outside the New Bridewell Police Station in Bristol. ‘Wicked and Bad’ is the story of Tyler Overall’s journey to prison. We focus on his final week of freedom before prison, whilst also covering the events of the March 2021 Kill the Bill protest.

All Rise

Director: Nefeli Dimakea

In Athens 2023, 18-year-old Petros is fatally beaten by the police on his way home. His parents, Eleni and Konstantinos, grapple with doubt as they sit in the courtroom, anxiously awaiting the judge’s verdict, seeking justice for their son’s untimely death.

Chicken

Director: Lucy McNulty, Emma Pollard

When Sam splits up with her partner, she is forced to move back into her childhood home with her mother and neurodivergent brother. When depression sinks in, her brother Emmett gets in her face trying to cheer her up and in doing so makes everything worse. But when Emmett is confronted with a situation at a baseball game where he is called a chicken, Sam rises to the challenge to come to his aid and is reminded of what is truly important.

In That Top

Director: Rupesh Tillu

A woman is leaving home to go to the office and her dad does not like the top she’s wearing. In that Top is about dads, daughters and democracy.

A London Boy In Ukraine

Director: Oliver Freeston-Wilkes

Last year, myself and my presenter took a week out of University to travel to the frontline of the Ukraine/Russia war. Our aim was to produce a documentary which could act as a bridge between our peer groups (who we felt had very limited understanding of the war) and the Ukrainian people being most affected by the conflict. However, once out there we realised how underprepared and naive we had been.

Followed by Q&A

18+

Doors open at 8:00pm

 

  • You can access this space from our main entrance at the front of the building, the doors to this space are on the same level.
  • The space is usually used as our cinema and studio theatre performances.
  • This is a seated and standing space, depending on the performance.
  • There are two access seats in our Copper space.
  • To access the toilets you need to use the lift from the foyer to the ground floor where you will find our access toilet, baby changing facility and a Changing Places facility. There is also a private lift towards the back of the space where a member of staff would need to accompany you.
  • We have two parking spaces at the front of our building (just outside the Southgate entrance of The Piece Hall) and two spaces down the side of our building just off Square Road. These spaces are available for Square Chapel customers and you must book spaces in advance of your visit, and display a blue badge.
  • Booking the access parking spaces means you will enter the building from our stage door area and will need to use the lift to take you to the foyer, kitchen, bar and Copper space.
  • Blue badge holders can reserve a parking space by emailing details of the car reg, make, model, colour, name of the owner, and date of time of performance attending. Email accessibility@squarechapel.co.uk
Copper Auditorium
  • Performance Time: 8:20PM

  • Age Suitability & Warning: 18+

  • Accessibility: Find out more >

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