The Into Film Festival is back and there’s still a huge amount on offer for Manchester educators and their pupils aged 5-19, including free film screenings, festival film guides, screen careers activity, and curriculum-linked special events.
The 2025 Into Film Festival will launch on 7 November with Premieres across the UK – including Vue Manchester Lowry – of Future Council, the latest feature from director, Damon Gameau (2040, That Sugar Film). It is the story of eight kids on a road trip across Europe to challenge powerful leaders and find solutions to our greatest ecological challenges.
Vue Manchester Lowry will also host a pupil premiere of British director, Gurinder Chadha’s (Bend it Like Beckham) latest film, Christmas Karma; a Bollywood-inspired musical drama based on the Charles Dickens novella, A Christmas Carol.
Acclaimed actor Letitia Wright (Black Panther, Small Axe, Top Boy) will be speaking at HOME Manchester, alongside a screening of her directorial debut, Highway to the Moon, which follows the experiences of young Black men whose lives have been tragically cut short.
Finally, two exciting interactive events will take place at Everyman Manchester: ‘Foley Nights’ hosted by Modus Arts, where young people will make live ‘foley’ in response to a selection of film clips; as well as a ‘Everyone Can’, making gaming accessible for all.
Just some of the additional free screenings in and around Manchester, available for young people of all ages, include:
Screenings for primary-aged pupils
- Kensuke’s Kingdom
- Deep Sky (Imax)
- Sonic the Hedgehog 3
- Flow
- Lilo & Stitch
- Paddington in Peru
- Smurfs
- How to Train Your Dragon
Screenings for secondary-aged pupils
- Clueless (30th anniversary 4k re-issue)
- Jurassic World: Rebirth
- Holy Cow
- Conclave
- Hard Truths
- Karate Kid: Legends
- Ocean with David Attenborough
- The Ballad of Wallis Island
The Into Film Festival Review Writing Competition adds an additional educational element, by supporting literacy through film. It asks young people to review the films they’ve seen at the festival, and each winning entry will receive a £200 voucher for their class to enjoy.
The Into Film Festival is supported by Cinema First and the UK film industry.
Visit the Into Film website for all bookings – tickets are on a first come first served basis but waiting lists are available: www.intofilm.org/festival
