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Alankrita Shrivastava: A Director’s Masterclass N/A

Fri 12 May, 7pm | Tickets £5 (+60p admin fee for non-members)

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We are delighted to welcome award-winning filmmaker, writer, director and showrunner Alankrita Shrivastava to Phoenix, to discuss her craft and her stellar career.


Regarded as one of India’s leading contemporary visionaries, Alankrita has a penchant for telling women’s stories, exploring the interior world of women through her films.


She has made critically acclaimed feature films like Lipstick Under My Burkha, Dolly Kitty Aur Woh Chamakte Sitare, Turning 30, and the incredibly popular series Made in Heaven and Bombay Begums.


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Sanaa 18

Thu 11 May, 7pm | Tickets £7 (+60p admin fee for non-members)

The new film from Sudhanshu Saria, the award-winning director of 2015’s LOEV, follows a 28-year-old financial advisor in Mumbai who finds out she is pregnant and decides on a termination.

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Lipstick Under My Burkha 18

Fri 12 May, 8.30pm | Tickets £7 (+60p admin fee for non-members)

Alankrita Shrivastava’s drama explores the secret lives of four women who live in the same neighbourhood in Bhopal and are all in search of freedom.

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I’m Jit & I’m an Alcoholic + Q&A 18

Sat 13 May, 4pm | Tickets £5 (+60p admin fee for non-members)

Recovering alcoholic Jit Chauhan from Oadby in Leicestershire, documents his struggle with his addiction in this moving short documentary.

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Kamli + Q&A 18

Sat 13 May, 6pm | Tickets £9 (+60p admin fee for non-members)

A woman and her sister-in-law live together in stifling claustrophobia. When a young man comes into their life, love and desire take centre stage. Followed by a Q&A with actor Nimra Bucha (Polite Society, Miss Marvel).

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Kutch Express 18

Sat 13 May, 8pm | Tickets £9 (+60p admin fee for non-members)

Married for over 20 years, life in a Gujarati extended family seems idyllic for housewife Monghi and her husband Dharmesh. But then she discovers he's having an affair with someone from his office.