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Curated for Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture by filmmaker Dominic Leclerc, this season showcases bold, rebellious stories of northern youth—from teenage rebellion to contemporary explorations of identity, diversity, and coming of age.

What's On:

Friday 30 May 2025 | How to Have Sex (15) 
Molly Manning Walker's award-winning depiction of the agonies and ecstasies of young adulthood kickstarts the season.  

Saturday 31 May 2025 | This is England (18)
A story about a troubled boy growing up in England in 1983, based on real-life experiences of director Shane Meadows.  

Sunday 1 June 2025 | The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (12A)
Tom Courtney delivers a star-making performance in this perfect piece of kitchen sink drama.  

Friday 6 June 2025 | My Summer of Love (15) 
Yorkshire-based drama charting the unlikely friendship that develops over a summer between working-class Mona and well-to-do Tamsin.  

Saturday 7 June 2025 | BIFA presents: East is East (15) 
This BAFTA-winning comedy-drama takes a wry look at a Pakistani chip shop owner's efforts to raise his kids amid cultural tensions in 1970s Salford.  

Sunday 8 June 2025 | The Long Day Closes (PG)
A moving, poetic coming-of-age tale from British auteur Terence Davies, set in mid-1950s Liverpool.  

Friday 13 June 2025 | Control (15) 
Sam Riley stars in this stylish profile of Ian Curtis, the enigmatic singer of Joy Division.  

This season is part of Bradford: A City of Film, a programme of independent film across the Bradford District. Co-Produced by Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture and National Science and Media Museum with the support of the BFI, awarding funds from the National Lottery. 

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Image: East is East