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Journeys Film Programme

Fri 10 – Sun 12 Oct | Pay What You Can

Phoenix is delighted to partner with Art Reach on the Journeys Film Programme for Journeys Festival International 2025.

This October, Journeys Festival International will fill Leicester’s city centre with interactive art installations, stand-up comedy, creative workshops, films – and so much more. Discover stories of migration, explore fresh perspectives, and celebrate the rich diversity that makes our city, and our world, feel like home.

All screenings are Pay What You Can, more information below.

Films screening in this festival

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Name Me Lawand PG

Fri 10 Oct, 7.30pm

From the filmmaker behind the critically acclaimed The Possibilities Are Endless, this deeply moving film documents the story of Lawand, a profoundly deaf boy born in Iraq. Screening as part of Journeys Festival International.

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Flow U

Sat 11 Oct, 3pm

★★★★★ – Eye for Film. A bold adventure that pushes both humans and dialogue out of the frame, Flow is the tale of an intrepid cat who finds friendship and peril as she heads out on a sea-faring odyssey.

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Fire at Sea 12A

Sat 11 Oct, 7.30pm

★★★★★ – Guardian. Oscar-nominated documentary takes a powerful look at the migrant crisis through the eyes of a young boy from a fishing family and a local doctor.

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Persepolis 12A

Sun 12 Oct, 3pm

Based on Marjane Satrapi's autobiographical graphic novel, and Oscar nominated for Best Animated Film, Persepolis is a coming-of-age story of a young Iranian girl set during the Islamic Revolution.

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Gagarine 12A

Sun 12 Oct, 6.15pm

Fanny Liatard's gorgeous, moving feature debut concocts an urban fantasy around the real-life demolition of a Parisien housing project.