[FULLY BOOKED] Event Opportunity in Leeds: Brides: Preview Screening + Q&A

Teenage best friends Doe and Muna are going on the trip of a lifetime. Doe, a quiet and watchful Somali refugee, hasn’t travelled since arriving in the UK as a child. Muna, bold and defiant, leads her through airport security with the promise of a new beginning. But this is no holiday. The girls are heading to Istanbul to be taken across the Syrian border to start a new life. When their contact fails to appear, their journey becomes a perilous improvisation across unfamiliar territories. Tested by hardship and fatigue, their bond deepens as we glimpse the fraught histories they carry - and the stark reality of their destination.

Brides is the debut feature from acclaimed theatre director Nadia Fall, written by Suhayla El-Bushra (Ackley Bridge, Becoming Elizabeth), and produced by Oscar-nominated Nicky Bentham (The Duke, Moon). A gripping, emotionally charged road movie about friendship, belonging, and the radical choices…