BUFF 2024 Programme at a glance

Below is an A-Z of all the films and other events that will be taking place at this year’s British Urban Film Festival along with their corresponding strands, date, time, venue and booking link.

Programmes are all subject to change and all films are rated 18. Ticketholders are advised to arrive 15 minutes before the advertised start time to avoid late attendance. 

FILM

STRAND

DATE & TIME

STRAND

TICKETS

Abike ​

Crossing Thresholds To Finding Ourselve

Sunday 20 October, 5.30-8.10pm​

Rich Mix London (Shoreditch)

Academy Boy

Family Ties And The Bonds That Shape Us

Thursday 17 October, 8.20-10.50pm

Square Chapel Halifax

Acid

BUFF Live Script Readings

Friday 18 October, 2.00-4.00pm

Phoenix Radio 96.7fm (Halifax)

African Beauty

Crossing Thresholds To Finding Ourselves

Sunday 20 October, 5.30-8.10pm

Rich Mix London (Shoreditch)

All Rise

Stories Of Earth, Justice & Community

Saturday 19 October, 8.20-10.50pm

Square Chapel Halifax

American Cancer Story

Crossing Thresholds: Coming of Age in a Changing World

Friday 18 October, 8.20-10.50pm

Square Chapel Halifax

Ayat

Block 3

Thursday 24 October, 5.30-7.50pm

Genesis Cinema London (Mile End)

A Father's Love

Family, Loss, Beneath The Surface

Sunday 20 October, 8.00-10.25pm

Rich Mix London (Shoreditch)

A London Boy In Ukraine

Stories Of Earth, Justice & Community

Saturday 19 October, 8.20-10.50pm

Square Chapel Halifax

A Man Called Hurt: The Life And Music Of Mississippi John Hurt

UK PREMIERE | Echoes of Emotion: Narratives Set To Music

Friday 18 October, 5.30-8.05pm

Rich Mix London (Shoreditch)

A Plus

Family Ties And The Bonds That Shape Us

Thursday 17 October, 8.20-10.50pm

Square Chapel Halifax

Baby Brother

UK PREMIERE

Saturday 19 October, 5.00-7.50pm

Square Chapel Halifax

Being

Crossing Thresholds To Finding Ourselves

Sunday 20 October, 5.30-8.10pm

Rich Mix London (Shoreditch)

Bird Man

Echoes of Emotion: Narratives Set To Music

Friday 18 October, 5.30-8.05pm

Rich Mix London (Shoreditch)

Blue And White

Block 3

Thursday 24 October, 5.30-7.50pm

Genesis Cinema London (Mile End)

Bonding

City Streets Paved In Grit And Survival

Rich Mix London (Shoreditch)

Brotherhood

Stories Of Earth, City Streets, Hearts Of Truth

Sunday 20 October, 8.30-11.30pm

Rich Mix London (Shoreditch)

Brown Brit

Varied Horizons: A Pattern Of Migration And Identity

Saturday 19 October, 2.00-4.30pm

Square Chapel Halifax

BUFF Awards 2024

Red Carpet, Live Ceremony and Afterparty

Friday 25 October, 8.50pm - 01.00am

Genesis Cinema London (Mile End)

Chicken

Stories Of Earth, Justice & Community

Saturday 19 October, 8.20-10.50pm

Square Chapel Halifax

Coming-of-Age Ceremony

Block 2

Wednesday 23 October, 8.30-10.50pm

Genesis Cinema London (Mile End)

Cut

Block 3

Thursday 24 October, 5.30-7.50pm

Genesis Cinema London (Mile End)

Deserters

City Streets Paved In Grit And Survival

Saturday 19 October, 5.00-7.50pm

Square Chapel Halifax

Divvy: A Voodooville Short Film

Animate The Imagination And Love Hearts In Motion

Saturday 19 October, 8.30-11.15pm

Rich Mix London (Shoreditch)

Dog Run

Stories Of Earth, Justice & Community

Saturday 19 October, 8.20-10.50pm

Square Chapel Halifax

Dynamite

UK PREMIERE | Echoes of Emotion: Narratives Set To Music

Friday 18 October, 5.30-8.05pm

Rich Mix London (Shoreditch)

Endswell

Block 2

Wednesday 23 October, 8.30-10.50pm

Genesis Cinema London (Mile End)

Essex Girls

Love Hearts In Motion

Saturday 19 October, 8.30-11.15pm

Rich Mix London (Shoreditch)

Fearless

Beneath The Surface: Stories Of Healing And Resilience

Thursday 17 October, 5.30-7.50pm

Square Chapel Halifax

Fine Dining

Love Hearts In Motion

Saturday 19 October, 8.30-11.15pm

Rich Mix London (Shoreditch)

Flightpaths

Block 2

Wednesday 23 October, 8.30-10.50pm

Genesis Cinema London (Mile End)

Forgotten Shores

Family Ties And Stories Of Earth

Sunday 20 October, 2.00-5.15pm

Rich Mix London (Shoreditch)

For You

Animate The Imagination And Love Hearts In Motion

Saturday 19 October, 8.30-11.15pm

Rich Mix London (Shoreditch)

Free Bird

Block 3

Thursday 24 October, 5.30-7.50pm

Genesis Cinema London (Mile End)

George

Block 3

Thursday 24 October, 5.30-7.50pm

Genesis Cinema London (Mile End)

Goodbye Train

Love Hearts In Motion

Saturday 19 October, 8.30-11.15pm

Rich Mix London (Shoreditch)

God is Grey

Family, Loss, Beneath The Surface

Sunday 20 October, 8.00-10.35pm

Rich Mix London (Shoreditch)

Hangnail

Stories Of Earth, City Streets, Hearts Of Truth

Sunday 20 October, 8.30-11.30pm

Rich Mix London (Shoreditch)

Harlem Fragments

Block 1

Wednesday 23 October, 5.30-7.50pm

Genesis Cinema London (Mile End

Hear My Song

BUFF Live Script Readings

Friday 18 October, 2.00-4.00pm

Phoenix Radio 96.7fm (Halifax)

Help I Think My Teacher Is A Racist

City Streets Paved In Grit And Survival

Friday 18 October, 8.30-11.30pm

Rich Mix London (Shoreditch)

Here We Are Now

WORLD PREMIERE Varied Horizons: A Pattern Of Migration And Identity

Saturday 19 October, 2.00-4.30pm

Square Chapel Halifax

Here We Are Now

WORLD PREMIERE BLOCK 1

Wednesday 23 October, 5.30-7.50pm

Genesis Cinema London (Mile End)

2023 Hong Kong Neon - Jimmy Lai In Chains

Family Ties And Stories Of Earth

Sunday 20 October, 2.00-5.15pm

Rich Mix London (Shoreditch)

House Party

Block 1

Wednesday 23 October, 5.30-7.50pm

Genesis Cinema London (Mile End)

Home Office

Animate The Imagination

Saturday 19 October, 8.30-11.15pm

Rich Mix London (Shoreditch)

Hungry Like The Wolf

Family, Loss, Beneath The Surface

Sunday 20 October, 8.00-10.25pm

Rich Mix London (Shoreditch)

If You're Happy

Family Ties And The Bonds That Shape Us

Thursday 17 October, 8.20-10.50pm

Square Chapel Halifax

Images of a Train Man

Creative Minds: Crossing Thresholds

Friday 18 October, 5.20-7.50pm

Square Chapel Halifax

In That Top

Stories Of Earth, Justice & Community

Saturday 19 October, 8.20-10.50pm

Square Chapel Halifax

It Could Be You

City Streets Paved In Grit And Survival

Saturday 19 October, 5.00-7.50pm

Square Chapel Halifax

I Am Poem

Finding Ourselves: Journeys Of Identity And Tradition

Saturday 19 October, 8.15-11.05pm

Square Chapel Halifax

Konan: Trapped in Trauma

Block 2

Wednesday 23 October, 8.30-10.50pm

Genesis Cinema London (Mile End)

Mamina

Family Ties And The Bonds That Shape Us

Thursday 17 October, 8.20-10.50pm

Square Chapel Halifax

Match On Fire

Finding Ourselves: Journeys Of Identity And Tradition

Saturday 19 October, 8.15-11.05pm

Rich Mix London (Shoreditch)

Min

City Streets Paved In Grit And Survival

Saturday 19 October, 5.00-7.50pm

Square Chapel Halifax

Meet The Multi-Hyphenates

BUFF 2024 Industry Programme

Monday 21 October, 6.00-9.00pm

Film and TV Charity HQ London (Soho)

Mother Daughter

Family Ties And The Bonds That Shape Us

Thursday 17 October, 8.20-10.50pm

Square Chapel Halifax

Mouse!

Family Ties And Stories Of Earth

Sunday 20 October, 2.00-5.15pm

Rich Mix London (Shoreditch)

My Place Ozerna

UK PREMIERE | Varied Horizons: A Pattern Of Migration And Identity

Saturday 19 October, 2.00-4.30pm

Square Chapel Halifax

My Toy

Family Ties And The Bonds That Shape Us

Thursday 17 October, 8.20-10.50pm

Square Chapel Halifax

Not Heard

Love Hearts In Motion

Saturday 19 October, 8.30-11.15pm

Rich Mix London (Shoreditch)

Not Surgery Hours

Block 1

Wednesday 23 October, 5.30-7.50pm

Genesis Cinema London (Mile End)

Now And Then

Love Hearts In Motion

Saturday 19 October, 8.30-11.15pm

Rich Mix London (Shoreditch)

One More

Stories Of Earth, City Streets, Hearts Of Truth

Sunday 20 October, 8.30-11.30pm

Rich Mix London (Shoreditch)

Opening Up

Block 2

Wednesday 23 October, 8.30-10.50pm

Genesis Cinema London (Mile End)

Our Males And Females

Crossing Thresholds To Finding Ourselves

Sunday 20 October, 5.30-8.10pm

Rich Mix London (Shoreditch)

Pacifier

Animate The Imagination

Saturday 19 October, 8.30-11.15pm

Rich Mix London (Shoreditch)

Perfection

Crossing Thresholds To Finding Ourselves

Sunday 20 October, 5.30-8.10pm

Rich Mix London (Shoreditch)

Pocket Princess

Animate The Imagination And Love Hearts In Motion

Saturday 19 October, 8.30-11.15pm

Rich Mix London (Shoreditch)

Quack

Block 4

Thursday 24 October, 8.30-10.50pm

Genesis Cinema London (Mile End)

Recursive Dreams

Block 3

Thursday 24 October, 5.30-7.50pm

Genesis Cinema London (Mile End)

Redemption Road

UK PREMIERE City Streets Paved In Grit And Survival

Friday 18 October, 8.30-11.30pm

Rich Mix London (Shoreditch)

Rock Paper Scissors

Family, Loss, Beneath The Surface

Sunday 20 October, 8.00-10.35pm

Rich Mix London (Shoreditch)

Rugby Town

Crossing Thresholds: Coming of Age in a Changing World

Friday 18 October, 8.20-10.50pm

Square Chapel Halifax

Safe

City Streets Paved In Grit And Survival

Saturday 19 October, 5.00-7.50pm

Square Chapel Halifax

Saving Art

Block 3

Thursday 24 October, 5.30-7.50pm

Genesis Cinema London (Mile End)

Seven Sisters

Block 1

Wednesday 23 October, 5.30-7.50pm

Genesis Cinema London (Mile End)

Shaking Hands With The Devil

Beneath The Surface: Stories Of Healing And Resilience

Thursday 17 October, 5.30-7.50pm

Square Chapel Halifax

Shaping Us

CLOSING NIGHT GALA under UK PREMIERE | Block 4

Thursday 24 October, 8.30-10.50pm

Genesis Cinema London (Mile End)​

Single Light

Family, Loss, Beneath The Surface

Sunday 20 October, 8.00-10.35pm

Rich Mix London (Shoreditch)

Smriti

Beneath The Surface: Stories Of Healing And Resilience

Thursday 17 October, 5.30-7.50pm

Square Chapel Halifax

Sprinkle Brownies

Family Ties And The Bonds That Shape Us

Thursday 17 October, 8.20-10.50pm

Square Chapel Halifax

Still Waters

Family, Loss, Beneath The Surface

Sunday 20 October, 8.00-10.35pm

Rich Mix London (Shoreditch)

Straight Out Of Compton

City Streets Paved In Grit And Survival

Saturday 19 October, 5.00-7.50pm

Square Chapel Halifax

Syncope

Family, Loss, Beneath The Surface

Sunday 20 October, 8.00-10.35pm

Rich Mix London (Shoreditch)

Teeth

City Streets Paved In Grit And Survival

Saturday 19 October, 5.00-7.50pm

Square Chapel Halifax

That Great British Documentary

Shades of Truth: Stories of Race and Resilience

Saturday 19 October, 5.30-6.55pm

Rich Mix London (Shoreditch)

The Boy

Family Ties And The Bonds That Shape Us

Thursday 17 October, 8.20-10.50pm

Square Chapel Halifax

The Deal

City Streets Paved In Grit And Survival

Friday 18 October, 8.30-11.30pm

Rich Mix London (Shoreditch)

The Deer

Animate The Imagination And Love Hearts In Motion

Saturday 19 October, 8.30-11.15pm

Rich Mix London (Shoreditch)

The Die Is Cast

BUFF Live Script Readings

Friday 18 October, 2.00-4.00pm

Phoenix Radio 96.7fm (Halifax)

The Friendship Of Fish

Stories Of Earth, Justice & Community

Saturday 19 October, 8.20-10.50pm

Square Chapel Halifax

The Golden Boy

Block 3

Thursday 24 October, 5.30-7.50pm

Genesis Cinema London (Mile End)

The Hoodtrophy Bino Story: Breaking The Generational Curse

City Streets Paved In Grit And Survival

Friday 18 October, 8.30-11.30pm

Rich Mix London (Shoreditch)

The Intruders

Block 2

Wednesday 23 October, 8.30-10.50pm

Genesis Cinema London (Mile End)

The Long Quiet

Finding Ourselves: Journeys Of Identity And Tradition

Saturday 19 October, 8.15-11.05pm

Rich Mix London (Shoreditch)

The Old Young Crow

Animate The Imagination

Saturday 19 October, 8.30-11.15pm

Rich Mix London (Shoreditch)

The People of The Sun

Finding Ourselves: Journeys Of Identity And Tradition

Saturday 19 October, 8.15-11.05pm

Rich Mix London (Shoreditch)

The Skids Revolution

Crossing Thresholds: Coming of Age in a Changing World

Friday 18 October, 8.20-10.50pm

Square Chapel Halifax

The Steak

Family, Loss, Beneath The Surface

Sunday 20 October, 8.00-10.35pm

Rich Mix London (Shoreditch)

The Thing About Knocking Doors

Stories Of Earth, City Streets, Hearts Of Truth

Sunday 20 October, 8.30-11.30pm

Rich Mix London (Shoreditch)

The Tipping Point

Stories Of Earth, City Streets, Hearts Of Truth

Abike Sunday 20 October, 8.30-11.30pm

Rich Mix London (Shoreditch)

This Is Not A Love Song

Stories Of Earth, City Streets, Hearts Of Truth

Sunday 20 October, 8.30-11.30pm

Rich Mix London (Shoreditch)

Tossou

Block 1

Wednesday 23 October, 5.30-7.50pm

Genesis Cinema London (Mile End)

Two Tickets

Block 4

Thursday 24 October, 8.30-10.50pm

Genesis Cinema London (Mile End)

Vaha'a/The Distance Between

Family Ties And The Bonds That Shape Us

Thursday 17 October, 8.20-10.50pm

Square Chapel Halifax

Walk With Me

Crossing Thresholds: Coming of Age in a Changing World

Friday 18 October, 8.20-10.50pm

Square Chapel Halifax

We Will Be Brave

UK PREMIERE | Creative Minds: Crossing Thresholds

Friday 18 October, 5.20-7.50pm

Square Chapel Halifax

What I'm Hiding From You

Animate The Imagination

Saturday 19 October, 8.30-11.15pm

Rich Mix London (Shoreditch)

What Remains

Creative Minds: Crossing Thresholds

Friday 18 October, 5.20-7.50pm

Square Chapel Halifax​

White Guilt

UK PREMIERE | Stories Of Earth, City Streets, Hearts Of Truth

Sunday 20 October, 8.30-11.30pm

Rich Mix London (Shoreditch)

Wicked & Bad

Stories Of Earth, Justice & Community

Saturday 19 October, 8.20-10.50pm

Square Chapel Halifax​

Wof Zerash Coffee

UK PREMIERE | Family Ties And Stories Of Earth

Sunday 20 October, 2.00-5.15pm

Rich Mix London (Shoreditch)