Cotton Queen
Ciné Lumière
17 Queensberry Place, London · and other venues
Fri 2 Oct · 18:10 · £14
About this event
In a cotton-farming village in Sudan, teenage Nafisa is raised on heroic tales of battling British colonisers told by her grandmother, the village matriarch Al-Sit. But when a young businessman arrives from abroad with a new development plan and genetically engineered cotton, Nafisa becomes the center of a power play to determine the future of the village. Awakening her own strength, Nafisa sets out to save the cotton fields – and herself. Neither she nor her community will ever be the same again. Selected at the 2025 Venice Critics Week, this debut feature by Sudanese filmmaker Suzahhah Mirghani won Best Film at the Thessaloniki Film Festival.
Dates & venues
17 Queensberry Place, London
18:10Fri 2 Oct· £14
18:50Sat 3 Oct· £14
18:45Sun 4 Oct· £14
17:30Tue 6 Oct· £14
20:30Wed 7 Oct· £14
18:00Thu 8 Oct· £14
73 Brudenell Road, Leeds
18:00Fri 9 Oct
15:30Sat 10 Oct
20:45Mon 12 Oct
20:45Tue 13 Oct
88 Lothian Road
18:00Fri 23 Oct
Drama
15:30Sat 24 Oct
Drama
20:15Sun 25 Oct
Drama
15:40Mon 26 Oct
Drama
20:30Tue 27 Oct
Drama
17:45Wed 28 Oct
Drama
15:15Thu 29 Oct
Drama
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