BTB Film Festival
For the second time, British Textile Biennial 2025 have partnered with Pendle Social Cinema for a miniature film festival. See a number of films inspired by this years programme. This year we have screenings across venues all showcasing work for 2025.
We operate a pay what you can model and recommend a donation of £5 per film you plan to attend. ​
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Pendle Social Cinema 2025 BTB Film Festival Schedule:
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Friday 10th October
7:00 PM (Doors 6:30pm) - 9:00 PM
A collection of Sci-Fi shorts curated by Artist Alexis Maxwell
IN-SITU, The Garage.
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Thursday 16th October
7:30 PM (Doors 7 PM) 21:30 PM River Blue
The Whitakar Museum & Art Gallery.
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Saturday 18th October
2 PM (Doors 1:30 PM) - 4 PM
Man in the White Suit
Howarth Art Gallery.
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Sunday 26th October - 2 PM (Doors 1:30 PM) - 4 PM
Everest
Townley Hall Museum & Art Gallery.
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Sci-Fi Shorts with Alexis Maxwell (u) (60 mins)
Alexis Maxwell is an artist who has created a co-comission with In-Situ for BTB 2025, installed at 3B Technology centre, Nelson. This is a curated collection of sci-fi shorts Alexis loves and includes two made by Alexis. Some are really experimental, some story driven.
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River Blue U (85 mins)
RiverBlue is a 2017 documentary film that chronicles a three-year, around-the-world river journey by paddler and conservationist Mark Angelo during which he uncovered and documented the pollution impacts of the global fashion industry. The explores the fashion sector, from denim to leather to fast fashion, as one of the world's most polluting industries.
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The Man in the White Suit U (85mins)
An altruistic chemist invents a fabric which resists wear and stain as a boon to humanity, but big business and labour realise it must be suppressed for economic reasons.
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Everest 12A (121mins)
On May 10, 1996, mountain guides Rob Hall and Scott Fischer combine their expedition teams for a final ascent to the summit of Mount Everest. With little warning, a storm strikes the mountain and the climbers must now battle to survive.
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