Purbeck film Festival 2026
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Oct 21, 2026
From the director of Mr Burton, comes a raw, no-nonsense blast of social realism set in the picturesque valleys of north Wales. The working-class heroine, played by Leisa Gwenllian, is a force of nature facing a gruelling ordeal within a failing health care system. It ends on a note of hard-won resilience carried along by a lead performance as rugged and elemental as the Welsh landscape itself. Marc Evans’ big-screen version of Gary Owen’s one-woman play had the biggest opening weekend of any Welsh-language film.
Oct 28, 2026
A tense and emotionally gripping character drama set inside a makeshift hospital in a war-zone, this independent British film delivers suspense alongside profound human drama. The film follows three interconnected stories: a father and child willing to escape the war at any cost, a young nurse confronting impossible moral choices, and a veteran doctor forced to make life-or-death decisions under relentless pressure.
Special guest: director Rory Wilson
The screening will be followed by a Q&A with the writer and director of this impressive drama by Festival Patron, Alan Paterson. Rory Wilson is a British/Bermudian award-winning writer, director and actor. His screen credits include Peaky Blinders: Immortal Man, Riot Women and Shakespeare & Hathaway. Selected for the BFI Emerging Filmmakers, his short films have earned BFI recognition and directing awards.