This showcase of films highlights films that dare to imagine working class stories beyond the kitchen sink. From black and white horror to queer sci-fi, utopias and dystopias set in the past, present and future presents an eclectic program from the working class imagination. This segment of the Working Class Film Festival presents a series of short films produced by workers from the UK, Malta, Ukraine, Canada, Poland, Switzerland and the USA.
BOOKED (2025)
Dir. Tyson Green (UK)
LGC Productions
In a dystopian world where books are banned and reading is a crime, an undercover journalist infiltrates the underground world of illicit book clubs and blackmarket literature dealers.
https://www.instagram.com/letsgetcreativeproductions
Before the Dawn (2025)
Dir. Alexander Denysenko (Ukraine, Poland, Canada, Switzerland)
Wartime Ukraine. A film about love and hope is being made under air raid sirens. A documentary-essay about creativity as resistance — where sorrow becomes action, humor keeps the crew together, and culture carries what weapons cannot: a nation's voice, heard around the world.
Decode Me (2026)
Dir. Sharon Sibyl Gatt (UK/Malta)
An autistic programmer decodes her self worth in a conversation with her dragon friend.
https://linktr.ee/decodeme_film
Nosfera-3 (2026)
The Burton Street Foundation's Film Crew (UK)
A young solicitor’s descent into Transylvanian horror unfolds on screen, while something just as powerful happens beyond it. Before an unfamiliar audience, outsider voices take centre stage—not as subjects, but as creators—claiming space through something they’ve made and shared.
https://www.youtube.com/@burtonstreetfoundation
From Our Streets To Our Seas (2025)
Sheryl Jenkins (UK)
Pinwheel & Tyneside Cinema
From Our Streets to Our Seas produced by Tyneside Cinema in partnership with Pinwheel. Animated by Sheryl Jenkins, with a soundtrack by Staithe, and poetry by Olly Armstrong and the North Shields Fish Quay Community. The film celebrates the voices, histories, and creative expressions of local communities along the Tyne.
https://www.instagram.com/animatorsheryl/
We Regret to Inform You (2025)
Dir. Michelle Bossy
Lead Creator. Zina Wilde (USA)
Set in a dystopian near-future wherein everyone receives a 24-hour government warning prior to their death, Mariam receives a call from Bob, a real-life operator starting his first day on the job, informing her of her final day.
www.instagram.com/weregrettoinformyoufilm
The Working Class Film Festival
Friday 8 - Sunday 10 May 2026 sees the inaugural Working Class Film Festival take place at Showroom Cinema. The festival aims to highlight the talent of a wide and underrepresented demographic within the film industry; with only 8% of people working within the creative sector being born into a working class family.
Explore The Working Class Film Festival
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