Experience the Horizons Short Film Showcase in a special pop-up event at Didsbury’s Cove Bar on Monday, 29 June, between 6.30pm and 9pm.
Booking is essential.
Tickets cost £5 + booking fee. Book here.
Drinks and Caribbean flavours on sale all night before, during and after the event. Cove Bar shuts at 11pm.
The Horizons Festival 2026 film programme was produced and facilitated by Nuala Shaar, Horizons’ Film Festival Producer, and selected by Ana Lucía Cuevas, Linnae Yllane, Maryam Nazari and Tina Ramos Ekongo, whose lives have been impacted by migration.
Read about the curatorial process here.
Stay for a relaxed Q&A with the filmmakers, and join a conversation about resilience, identity, and the powerful creative voices building connections across our city.
This curated selection of short films, made by international artists based in Greater Manchester, explores asylum, exile, and home, and celebrates global cultures through a local lens. Films include –
A Light Is Always On – directed by Vicky Best
A window into the rituals, perspective and history of Gujarati Hindus in Bolton.
Nowhere in Hong Kong – directed by Shiu Yu Law
Quiet murmurs confess a lost home and ask: if home is gone, where can it exist?
SAY IT AGAIN? – directed by Bianca Di Lella
Experimental film exploring the disorientating vulnerability of confronting a new language.
Blood and Rope – directed by Twamsen Dana’an
A young Igbo apprentice relocates to Kano to pursue the ancient Hausa art of Dambe combat.
Light Tales (from London to Iceland) – directed by Sky Fong
Traces a journey from loneliness in London to a family trip chasing the Northern Lights in Iceland.
A love letter for the remaining softness left in brown boys, for when the rest is taken from them – directed by Nasima Bee
A sequence documenting the existence of brown boys and men, in light and love.
A Sudanese Dinner – directed by Mohammed Aljeally and Alejandro Small
The Sudanese tradition of sharing a weekly meal with family and friends reshapes itself on the other side of the world.
Station – directed by James Emmanuel Kalu
A man waits for a train to his destination.
This film night brings together stories of migration and belonging and celebrates the power of art to unite.
Some films contain flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
The Horizons Festival is an annual celebration taking place during Refugee Week, delivered in a partnership between CAN and HOME in collaboration with the Arts & Migration Group, of the creativity of Manchester’s communities and artists and our connections with global stories.
