Unthinkable film festival

08/01/2025

REALITY COLLAPSE // AARON ROSS

Aaron F. Ross is a video producer, author, and educator. His abstract video and computer animation has screened at festivals and venues such as SIGGRAPH, ISEA, and the Exploratorium. Aaron has worked as a director, editor, videographer, 3D computer graphic artist, sound designer, and university faculty member. He holds an MFA from CalArts and a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Premiere of Reality Collapse coming this Friday.

06/12/2024

POLAR BEAR // LOCAL SCREENING // FESTIVAL END

Just two months ago we concluded our festival week with a packed screening of local Hull + East Yorkshire films at everyone’s favourite Polar Bear • such a sense of community that night and a stunnin bunch of films 💥

Thanks to everyone who came + submitted a film // and a massive well done to our winners Andrew Hulme + Andy Clarke 👏

Hope you all enjoyed our surprise performance from Hull Ukulele Group too 😉

Love u 💛

02/12/2024

Quick review of our festival by that we definitely didn’t pay Tim and Charlie to do 👀

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27/11/2024

FIRST TIME FILMMAKERS // SCREEN ACTING EAST YORKSHIRE // TICK TOCK

Our collab this year with led to a bunch of strangers learning, writing, creating, and editing a film together that was then screened at our Local Screening at - all in FOUR DAYS!!

Couldn’t have done it without these amazing industry talents: Michael Kinsey, Callum Ahmed, Paul Stephenson, George Brignall-McDougall, Jordan Dean, Jessica Duffield, and Jacob Butler.

MASSIVE congratulations to all our filmmakers for their immense achievement - we’re glad UNTHINKABLE has led to creative connections being made and the smashin’ film TICK TOCK created + screened in such a short time.

More intensive workshops like this will be available next year 👏 thank you also to Screen Acting East
Yorkshire & Humber Street Gallery 🫡

22/11/2024

UNTHINKABLE AWARD SCREENING

Been over a month since the award screening and we’re still raving about the films we saw!

Thank you to those winners and directors that attended, and we hope you all enjoyed the little surprise performance by the Pavillion Pierrots that rounded off the evening (I’m sure we haven’t seen the last of them).

Big thanks to our lovely judges and for managing to choose winners from such a strong pool of creativity.

And last but not least, thanks to Hull Truck for providing a great space for us 👍

If you attended the award screening let us know your favourite film in the comments!

20/11/2024

KIALY TIHNGANG // OUTWITH

Two films that reimagine history and speculate on alternate futures. Themes of colonial European misrepresentation, extraction, and demonisation of West African cultural practices.

If you missed this stunning exhibition opening during our festival week then there’s still time to go experience it.

• ‘til 20.12 //

15/11/2024

RICHIE CULVER // solo exhibition

Unthinkable patron, judge, supporter, friend - Richie has been an asset to our festival. His exhibition at was incredible to experience.

Check out his website for some more info on this exhibition and an accompanying essay by + the link in our bio to Radio 6 show featuring Richie’s ICONS music mix.

14/11/2024

EXHIBITION BRAVO

Thank you to everyone involved in this exhibition - the artists and filmmakers for their hardwork and creativity, Fruit Market for the gallery space, Wold Top Brewery for sponsoring us and keeping us all happy with drinks, and a big big big thank you to the people of Hull who showed up to the exhibition.

This event was bigger and better than last year, and it's proven just how strong we are as a city. Big up 'ull !!!

Check out our instagram page for links to the artists' pages.

12/11/2024

INDUSTRIAL COAST • Unthinkable film festival

Extraordinary music night ft.

Pale World
Soft Issues
Bride
Mouth Wound
Travis Eldbrough
Stone Circle Sampler

08/11/2024

When someone has a northern accent🤤🤤🤤🤤

Clip from LITTLE VOICE (dir. Mark Herman) screened during our festival.

24/10/2024

Tune in tomorrow at 10:30am on Radio 6 to catch Mary Anne Hobbs' soft focus on Hull and the UNTHINKABLE film festival, alongside Richie Culver's ICONS mix.

15/09/2024

Check this out!

NEW SHOW // ON SALE NOW! 🎞️
Unthinkable film festival Presents
LOCAL SCREENING here at Polar Bear Music Club on Sunday 6th October 2024!

➳ 4:30PM DOORS // 16+
➳ £5.00 TICKETS >> bit.ly/4d2hB30

Celebrating new film from the North East and local area!

UNTHINKABLE is a Hull based film festival in it's second year. Set up as a charity with the aim of creating unique viewing opportunities for a local audience. In partnership with Hull Truck Theatre and HIC (Hull Independent Cinema). They aim to encourage local filmmaking talent in the Hull region, whilst providing a platform for 'Unthinkable' films from around the world!

LOCAL SCREENING
"Get yourself down to Polar Bear for our first edition of local screening! A great opportunity to admire the abundance of local talent, and meet the filmmakers first hand.

Dip in and out from screening to screaming conversation at the bar!"