Jali Film Weekender
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Jali Film Weekender 2025
Running between 30 October - 2 November, the inaugural Jali Film Weekender is a brand new film festival celebrating Black, African and diaspora stories, launched by Jali Collective.
The theme of the 2025 Weekender is Dreams and Apparitions, carefully woven through a programme of films, events and extended realities. We invite you to join us on this evocative journey exploring grief, memory, imagination, new and alternate futures, and the seen and unseen in the African and diasporic experience.
Across four days, we will share a vibrant programme of narrative, documentary, animation, experimental and short film, each offering a distinct vision from the African continent and diaspora. Our programme begins on the screen, and continues through filmmaker Q&As, panel discussions, gatherings and workshops. The Extended Realities (XR) Exhibition brings two immersive works by Kenyan artists to Filmhouse – Enkang’ Ang and ARGO – both exploring nature and heritage through virtual and augmented reality.
We hope these moments shared together will spark dialogues that resonate long thereafter.
XR Exhibition opening times:
Enkang’ Ang’: 31 October, 1 November, 2 November, 12pm - 6pm daily
ARGO: 1 November, 12pm - 6pm and 2 November, 10am - 4pm
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Jali Film Weekender 2025 is supported by Screen Scotland and Film Hub Scotland (part of the BFI’s Film Audience Network, awarding funding on behalf of Screen Scotland and the BFI National Lottery), as well as British Council, the Africa Centre and other partners.
All copy provided by Jali Collective.
Showtimes
Showtimes Steve | 12:30PM, 8:40PM Irvine Welsh: Reality Is Not Enough | 12:45PM, 6:15PM One Battle After Another | 1:05PM, 4:25PM, 7:50PM The Lost Bus | 2:00PM, 8:30PM The Golden Spurtle | 3:00PM From Ground Zero | 3:30PM Yi Yi (4K Restoration) | 5:00PM Un-settled/Un-rest: The Flats | 5:45PM Happyend | 8:20PM
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We open 30 minutes before the first showtime of the day.
We open 30 minutes before the first showtime of the day.
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All theaters are ADA accessible with wheelchair seating.
All theaters are ADA accessible with wheelchair seating.
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Closed captioning and assistive listening devices are available at the box office.
Closed captioning and assistive listening devices are available at the box office.
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