Forbidden Worlds Film Festival returns to Bristol in May

Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock driving a bus in the 1994 movie Speed
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Genre fans, youā€™re in for a treat: Bristolā€™s largest repertory genre film festival returns to the city next month. More below:


The Forbidden Worlds Film Festival is back in Bristol for its third consecutive year, with a line up celebrating director Peter Hyams and cinemaā€™s deadliest women.

Running from 16th-19th May in the Bristol Aquarium Cinema, Forbidden Worlds screens repertory fantasy, action, science-fiction and horror films from around the world while celebrating the people that made them.

Check out the festival trailer below:

Should you find yourself Bristol-bound in the near future, the full schedule is available on the festivalā€™s website and includes (but is by no means limited to) screenings of Speed, Stargate and Timecop. If that doesnā€™t sound enticing, Iā€™m afraid you might have stumbled onto the wrong website.

Whatā€™s more, thereā€™s an extra female-focused theme to some of the selections this year, with screenings of Attack Of The 50 Foot Woman (1958), Blue Steel (1990), Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion (1972), The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996), Foxy Brown (1974), and a brand-new 4K restoration of Luc Besson’s Nikita (1990).

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ā€œPowerful female characters were few and far between in films made in the twentieth century,ā€ says lead programmer Tessa Williams.

ā€œI’m really excited for our audience to experience the high-octane journeys of these six iconic characters kicking ass on Bristol’s giant screen.ā€

Tickets for the 2024 Forbidden Worlds Film Festival are available now.

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