This film tells the story of actor and performer Matthew Cavan, aka Belfast’s most-loved drag artist, Cherrie Ontop. Watch now on QFT Player.
With their regular nights in the Crescent Arts Centre on hold, the Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen’s are taking the show online for a special virtual get-together, with special guests Joe Holtaway and Robyn Hitchcock. Watch here.
All the raw energy and excitement of the 1970s punk scene in Northern Ireland is on display in John T. Davis' legendary 1979 documentary. Watch now for free on QFT Player.
QFT Player presents Tailwind (2009) by documentary filmmaker John T. Davis, screening to mark the 75th anniversary of VE Day.
After our worldwide digital premiere on Saturday 9 May, the ground-breaking Belfast Ensemble's first lockdown broadcast, Ten Plagues, is available to rent on QFT Player.
QFT Player presents Hobo (1991) by John T. Davis, Northern Ireland’s most distinctive documentary filmmaker and cinematographer. Available to rent now.
Witness The Outcasts at their incendiary best in this thrilling concert film from John T. Davis. Watch now for free on QFT Player.
A dog accompanies his owner through the highs and lows of quarantine.
Available to watch for free on QFT Player, The Uncle Jack is at once a portrait of John T. Davis’ maternal uncle John McBride Neill, the cinema architect who from the 1930s to the 1960s designed 18 of Northern Ireland's most cherished cinemas, and a self-portrait of Davis himself.
The Curzon Film Centre was not just a cinema, it was many different things to different people. A family heirloom, a place for inspiration, relaxation and above all a safe space in a divided community where there were few.
Available to rent on QFT Player, Grace and Goliath is a positive, family feel-good movie, produced by Cinemagic, and shot in Northern Ireland with the help of 48 aspiring young filmmakers.
A short animation directed by Lucy Baxter that vividly represents the internal experience of mental abuse. Available to watch for free on QFT Player.
In late 2019 to early 2020, poetry students from the Seamus Heaney Centre were invited to make new works in response to the Changing Views exhibition at the Ulster Museum.
Showing as part of Film Feels Connected, This Land is a short film about Ireland's relationship with race, identity and immigration, directed by Zithelo Bobby Mthombeni. Available to watch for free on QFT Player.
One of the highlights of the Seamus Heaney Centre calendar, the annual Seamus Heaney First Collection Poetry Prize. Available to watch for free on QFT Player.
Available to watch for free on QFT Player, Dust on the Bible (1989) is John T. Davis' remarkable time capsule film of Belfast's street preachers.
Available to watch for free on QFT Player, Power in the Blood documents country gospel singer and preacher Vernon Oxford’s journey from his home in Franklin, Tennessee to Belfast on a mission to bring the healing power of Jesus back to Northern Ireland.
Available now on QFT Player, Down With Jazz is a short documentary about the state of jazz music in Ireland, created by students from the Institute of Technology, Blanchardstown, in 2017.
Up Next is a short documentary produced and directed by Zithelo Bobby Mthombeni about the current growth of rap culture in Ireland. Available to watch for free on QFT Player.
The Lifeboat Press, in partnership with the Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen's, presents a film in two parts to coincide with the publication of two pamphlets of new work by Leontia Flynn and Kevin Breathnach. Available to watch on QFT Player.
Available to watch for free on QFT Player, John T. Davis' 1990 documentary offers a rare insight into the lyrics, lives and attitudes of Nashville’s songwriters, the largely unknown men and women whose art is the lifeblood of the country music industry.
A documentary produced and directed by Cahal McLaughlin and Siobhán Wills exploring the UN’s deadly legacy in Haiti. Available to watch for free on QFT Player.
Following the Iron Compass is a documentary about filmmaker John T. Davis and his passion for flying model aircraft, and the connection between the creative and the spiritual. Available to watch for free on QFT Player.
Ulster Gaeilge: It's Yours Too! is a series of short animations that aims to show the many and different ways in which people in East Belfast and beyond are engaging with the Irish Language. The first two films are available to watch now on QFT Player.
It wasn’t until she lost her faith in God that Rosaline started seeing miracles… A Sign (Un Signe, Un Geste) is an enigmatic and compelling short film by Don Duncan, which explores hope, despair and signs. Available to watch for free on QFT Player.
Safe in a Dream is a new song and video by Lean Logic, a collaboration between Queen's University alumnus Nick Carlisle (Peepholes/Bamboo/Katy and Nick) and Rose Keeler-Schäffeler (Keel Her). Available to watch for free on QFT Player.
Queen's Alumni and the Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen's are delighted to present Susannah Dickey in The Book Club, a new series of online author events. Available to watch for free on QFT Player.
From the team behind Weiner comes The Fight, an inside look at the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and how their team of scrappy lawyers have battled President Donald Trump's historic assault on civil liberties. Available to rent on QFT Player.
Ten-year-old Lise Leplat Prudhomme commands the centre of Bruno Dumont’s inventive reimagining of the story of Joan of Arc, a sequel to Dumont’s musical Jeannette: The Childhood of Joan of Arc that’s singular and entrancing enough to stand on its own. Available to rent on QFT Player.
A true, stranger-than-fiction adventure, Spaceship Earth follows eight visionaries who in 1991 spent two years quarantined inside of a self-engineered replica of Earth’s ecosystem called BIOSPHERE 2. Available to rent on QFT Player.
French director Bruno Dumont's sequel to 2014’s Li’l Quinquin is another absurd and macabre adventure featuring aliens, refugees and madcap cops, centred around an investigation into some seriously whiffy business. Presented in two parts, both of which will be available to rent on QFT Player.
From filmmaker Alex Holmes, Maiden is the incredible, against-all-odds story of sailor Tracy Edwards, who skippered the first all-female international crew in the 1989 Whitbread Round the World Yacht Race. Available to rent on QFT Player.
Four Sudanese filmmakers (retired, but not through their own choice) embark on a heroic adventure to revive a cinema in a country under an oppressive regime in this powerful documentary by director Suhaib Gasmelbari. Available to rent on QFT Player.
Alice Guy-Blaché was a prolific filmmaker and a cinematic pioneer, yet she has largely been erased from the history books. Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché is available to rent on QFT Player.
Behind a Performance: Tufo da Mafalala is an experimental documentary exploring the rituals of Tufo, a traditional Mozambican dance. The film is a collaboration between the Grupo de Tufo da Mafalala, the Associação IVERCA, and researchers in the field of sonic arts and ethnography from Queen’s University Belfast. Free to watch on QFT Player.
Italian maestro Marco Bellocchio’s bravura gangster odyssey dramatises the extraordinary real life story of the first major Mafia boss to turn state’s informant. Available to rent on QFT Player.
The debut feature from Peaky Blinders director Tim Mielants, Patrick is a poignant dark comedy about the secrets one man exposes when he searches for his neglected tool at a nudist campsite. Available to rent on QFT Player.
Iceland’s finest actor Ingvar Sigurðsson gives a heart-breaking and Cannes award-winning performance as a widowed cop who becomes increasingly obsessed with his wife’s death. Available to rent on QFT Player.
The Seamus Heaney Centre's Professor Nick Laird, joins US poet Sharon Olds, in conversation with students from Queen's University. Their conversation took place in November 2020, and is the first in a series of online events with Nick and other internationally renowned poets. Available to watch for free on QFT Player.
An Iranian couple are forced to flee for their lives from Tehran in Eva Mulvad's (A Cherry Tale, A Modern Man) documentary about a family desperate to start a new life. Available to rent on QFT Player.
An Argentinian policeman begins an eerie murder investigation after the discovery of a headless torso in the atmospheric fantasy-thriller and Un Certain Regard contender Murder Me Monster. Available to rent on QFT Player.
A German teenager experiences a summer awakening in the coming-out drama Cocoon. Available to rent on QFT Player.
Neuralism is a collection of short animations by Belfast-based computer artist Glenn Marshall. Available to watch for free on QFT Player.
Two young women become embroiled in their families' blood feud in the Polish drama Eastern. Available to rent on QFT Player.
A vital portrait of writer and social critic James Baldwin, this Oscar-nominated documentary is a searing exploration of the history of racism in the United States. Available to rent on QFT Player.
The Seamus Heaney Centre's Professor Nick Laird joins US poet Terrance Hayes, in conversation with students from Queen's University Belfast. Their conversation took place in December 2020, and it is the second in a series of online events with Nick and other internationally renowned poets. Available to watch for free on QFT Player.
The Man Who Wanted to Fly tells the irresistible story of 80-something bachelor farmer Bobby Coote from Cavan, who has had a lifelong dream to fly a plane. Available to rent on QFT Player.
A boy travels across an island on a motorcycle, trying to escape a dark spirit and get back home in the award-winning animation Away. Available to rent now on QFT Player.
The Seamus Heaney Centre's Michael West joins director and filmmaker Lenny Abrahamson, in conversation with students from Queen's University Belfast. Their conversation took place in January 2021, and it is one of the Seamus Heaney Centre’s regular masterclasses with renowned writers. Available to watch for free on QFT Player.
Highlights from last year's 'Virtual' Cinemagic Mark Kermode Film Night, where the UK’s leading film critic (and double bassist/harmonica enthusiast) shared his thoughts on the year’s new film releases before introducing his 2020 film pick. Free to watch on QFT Player.
Using newly discovered tapes, animation, and on-camera interviews with people who knew him, The Capote Tapes explores the impact of author Truman Capote's explosive unfinished novel Answered Prayers. Available to rent on QFT Player.
A London based photographer must leave his carefree, hedonistic lifestyle behind when a message from Senegal calls for him to return 'home'. Available to rent for £3.49 on QFT Player.
Part Lord of the Flies, part Animal Farm, part rave, Replay Theatre Company's Dancing at the Disco... propels audiences into a post-virus future where the survivors are young, but the rules are old: Don’t Question, Don’t Challenge, Don’t Dare.
Cherrie Ontop returns to Belfast Children’s Festival for a bedtime treat with a difference. Available to watch for free on QFT Player from Fri 5 Mar.
With his eyesight failing, one of Britain’s greatest landscape painters attempts one final masterpiece. Available to rent now on QFT Player.
Poly Styrene: I Am A Cliché is the story of the frontwoman of X-Ray Spex, the Anglo-Somali punk musician who was a key inspiration for the riot grrrl and Afropunk movements and became the first woman of colour in the UK to front a successful rock band.
Poly Styrene: I Am Cliché is streaming on modernfilms.com from Fri 5 Mar. Pre-order now for £9.99.
The creator of the extremely popular Pigeon and Plum’s Family Vaudeville Cabaret and the Family Comedy Club returns to the Belfast Children’s Festival with his pioneering comedy.
8,352 children in Northern Ireland have the role of providing significant care for a family member. 16 March 2021 is National Young Carers Day.
Baby Rave returns for BCF21 - with a difference! Get your groove on from the comfort of your own home with a selection of old-school rave anthems delivered by Belfast Children’s Festival DJ in-residence, Kwame Daniels.
Explore the world beneath your feet. Look down. What are you standing on?
In association with the MAC, MY PLACE is the story of the magic of the everyday told through a child's perspective.
Strings brings together young people with complex needs, such as autism, with dance artists from Barrowland Ballet. Available for free on QFT Player as part of the Belfast Children's Festival 2021.
Turnabout is a new Maiden Voyage dance and music performance commissioned from choreographer Jennifer Rooney and composer Elaine Agnew.
Whiteout, from Barrowland Ballet, gives resonance to the complexities of bi-racial relationships. Available for free on QFT Player from 6pm on Sat 6 Mar as part of the Belfast Children's Festival 2021.
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