Jali Film Weekender
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Jali Film Weekender 2026
Jali Film Weekender returns 28 October – 1 November 2026 for its second edition, presenting a five-day celebration of Black, African and diaspora film, extended realities and more.
This year’s programme theme is Rebellion, which manifests across both cinematic forms and narratives told, as well as who audiences will be introduced to both on and off screen. The programme probes what it can mean to do things differently; to create work that is unexpected, to journey through lives that do not fit into long established cinematic gazes, and to carefully hold the multiplicities of Black, African and diaspora experiences.
Rebellion runs through our expansive screen programme, spanning narrative, documentary, animation, experimental and short film, and continues through filmmaker Q&As, panel discussions, gatherings and workshops, as well as our Extended Realities (XR) Exhibition of virtual and expanded reality works.
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Jali Film Weekender 2026 is supported by the Screen Scotland National Lottery Film Festival & Screening Programme Fund and by Film Hub Scotland (part of the BFI’s Film Audience Network, awarding funding on behalf of Screen Scotland and the BFI National Lottery), and other partners.
Spotlight: Geração 80 is made possible through the support of Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation UK Branch’and their Gulbenkian Exhibitions Fund.
All copy provided by Jali Collective.
Showtimes
Showtimes Wallace & Gromit: The Wrong Trousers + A Matter of Loaf and Death | 11:00AM The Uprising | 12:15PM, 5:45PM The Social Reckoning | 12:30PM, 3:00PM, 6:00PM, 8:30PM Digger | 1:00PM, 8:25PM How Deep Is Your Love + Q&A | 2:00PM Manhunter: The Final Cut (40th Anniversary) (4K Restoration) | 3:15PM Heat | 4:45PM Another League (Pioneras) (ESFF) | 5:00PM La Bola Negra + Q&A (ESFF) | 7:30PM Frenzy | 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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