THE FINAL FILM FESTIVAL at THE NICKEL

THE FINAL FILM FESTIVAL at THE NICKEL

8 films in this collection

The Final Film Festival is a multi-venue event comprising new independent releases from across the world, exciting and unusual repertory presentations and emerging artists from the UK and beyond. TFFF was created by independent film programmers Jack Hewitt and Kit Ramsay, for more information including the entire programme, please see tfffestival.co.uk or @Tff_Festival on Instagram.
TFFF: NATIONAL SPORT + Q&A

TFFF: NATIONAL SPORT + Q&A

120 mins18
Professional queuer lan is content to spend his life waiting. As his girlfriend, Anna, prepares to move to Australia, he avoids making decisions that might change their future together, finding greater comfort in queues and conversations with strangers than in confronting the end of their relationship. Moving through chance encounters and unfinished ambitions, lan reflects on time, commitment and his dormant dream of
becoming a writer.

This World Premiere will be followed by a Q&A with the director William North.

Upcoming Screenings

TFFF: HARD TIME LOVER

TFFF: HARD TIME LOVER

87 mins18
Rio de Janeiro, the night time: Miguel runs into his ex-girlfriend outside his apartment, and she speaks in riddles before her new boyfriend takes her away. Still processing, Miguel meets a masked enigma in the hallway, who may put something inside his head. Driven by forces beyond his understanding, Miguel follows an occult pattern through the city streets that will take him to a dark underworld haunted by past and future violence, as well as harsh noise music.

UK Premiere.

Upcoming Screenings

TFFF: ERAMUS + Q&A

TFFF: ERAMUS + Q&A

80 mins18
When a romantic interest vanishes without explanation, a woman becomes convinced he is dead and that the truth has been deliberately obscured. Her search for answers leads through psychic mediums, social media archives, and conversations with LLMs, becoming a contemporary katabasis into digital culture's emerging spiritual infrastructures.

This World Premiere will be followed by a Q&A with the director Oliver James Hunt.

Upcoming Screenings

TFFF: SOFTSHELL + Q&A

TFFF: SOFTSHELL + Q&A

87 mins18
Following the death of their mother, a Thai-American brother and sister navigate living in the New York City and beyond. Mourning in their own subdued ways, Jamie starts her new job at a Zoo while Narin continues his work at a neighborhood Ji-Jitsu gym. When Jamie has an awkward interaction with a guy she's seeing, she decides to plan an impromptu trip for her and her brother to get out of the city. Along the way, and upon their return to New York, the two siblings face a series of unexpected revelations.

This UK Premiere will be followed by a video Q&A with the director Jinho Myung.

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TFFF: PLANE FILM + Q&A

TFFF: PLANE FILM + Q&A

61 mins18
In an effort to continue using filmmaking as exposure therapy (after conquering her fear of the Tube in Tube Film), filmmaker Orla Smith tackles an even bigger fear: planes. On a trip to Porto, the camera is wielded as a shield against panic attacks. But this time, things don't go
exactly to plan.

This World Premiere will be followed by a Q&A with the director Orla Smith.

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TFFF: AFFECTION AFFECTION + Q&A

TFFF: AFFECTION AFFECTION + Q&A

101 mins18
In the winter on the French Riviera, a teenage girl goes missing on her birthday. Géraldine, an employee in the mayor's office, takes on the role of a detective. Versions of the truth rapidly multiply and she struggles not to be overwhelmed by all the gossip and theories. The unexpected return of her mother will not facilitate her task. Small villages, it is well known, are full of small crimes...

This UK Premiere will be followed by a video Q&A with the directors Alexia Walther & Maxime Matray.

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TFFF: SITTING IDLE + Q&A

TFFF: SITTING IDLE + Q&A

86 mins18
A meandering, meditative visual poem that follows the life of a nameless character over the course of a year - as he traverses across the country, meeting and living with friends along the way. Sitting Idle presents an unconventional plot-free narrative that acts as a visual longitudinal study and diary - exploring feelings of loneliness, alienation, and jadedness amid the death throes of a decaying urban landscape and changing social climate. A major global event looms. 

This UK Premiere will be followed by a Q&A with the director Luke Olutunmogun.

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TFFF: BELIEF IS NOT WITHOUT PATHOS + Q&A

TFFF: BELIEF IS NOT WITHOUT PATHOS + Q&A

92 mins18
The chance discovery of a cache of photographs sets off a spiralling journey into the distant past; aided by a medley of re-enactors, paintings, murals and statues that are trying desperately to make sense of it. A documentary.

This UK Premiere will be followed by a Q&A with the director Owen Vince.

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