Film
British Urban Film Festival: Oct 17th – 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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    17 Oct

    2024
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    Copper Auditorium

    Square Chapel
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    8:00PM

    Doors open

A Plus

Director: Michael P. Spencer

Two dedicated young parents who want only the best for their ten year old daughter, take matters into their own hands and have to consider what they are willing to do to ensure her success.

Vaha’a/The Distance Between

Director: Pingi Moli

A boxer preparing for a fight struggles to deal with the recent loss of his mother and his rough relationship with his father who is also his coach.

Sprinkle Brownies

Director: Brittany Delgaty

Brooke is forced to confront her fears about becoming a mom when spending the day with her ten year old nephew.

Academy Boy

Director: Luke Jin

Suburban England, 2003. Chinese immigrant JIAN, drives his talented footballer son THEO, to a trial at a professional club’s youth academy. But Jian’s desperate attempts to galvanise his son threatens their relationship and raises the eyebrows of the coaches for the wrong reasons – jeopardising his opportunity.

Mamina

Director: Massimo Riggi

Rosa is a mother of 5 children and married to a cantankerous Sicilian. She governs her home in a frenetic daily life. So, to meet the needs of her family, she secretly takes out loans…but the weight of the debt ends up plunging her into denial and loneliness.

Mother Daughter

Director: Sophie Wu

A daughter who will stop at nothing to keep a hold on her mother and destroy any chance of her mother having an intimate relationship with anyone other than herself.

If You’re Happy

Director: Phoebe Arnstein

A woman struggles with the pressures of motherhood and uses a childish game at a local baby group to vent her fury, sparking an unexpected chain reaction.

The Boy

Director: Yahav Winner

Avinoam and Barak, father and son from Kibbutz near Gaza strip, are each facing another round of combat in their own way. While Avinoam insists on continuing his routine and his work in the field, Barak finds it difficult to close his eyes and continue as usual. One night, Barak reaches a boiling point and Avinoam is forced to absorb the flames.

My Toy

Director: Mazen Haj Kassem

Sarah and Salem are arguing about the toy, but at the end, there is another purpose behind while meeting their parents.

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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