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Running time:1hr 23 mins

Seating: Reserved

For the past year, the Tees Valley International Film Festival has been inviting independent filmmakers from all over the world to submit their short films for inclusion in the festival. From the hundreds of entries we received, the following films have been nominated for the Best Drama Award.

Pay Back

A wealthy property developer goes to the top floor of an art gallery to pay the ransom for his kidnapped son. But when the lift mysteriously stops halfway up the building, he must quickly work out if the young man he is trapped with is just an innocent tourist…or the kidnapper.

Dir: Steve Ramsden

Burnt Toast and Cigarettes

Kicked out of school, Abi has two paths ahead. One leads nowhere but trouble. The other, a glimmer of hope but can she accept her past?

Dir: Paul Stainthorpe

I Just Wanted to See You

A grieving mother kidnaps a group of teenagers to find out who killed her son.

Dir: Yordan Harasimov

Pricks

Misnderstood since her childhood diagnosis, Jade must embark on a journey of self-discovery to confront her past and accept what it truly means to live with Type 1 Diabetes.

Dir: Toby kearton

Waving

An unflinchingly honest portrayal of the devastating reality behind the misunderstood anxiety disorder of OCD. His worst fears seemingly realised; a distraught father takes one last walk through his ruined world. Waving explores the anguish of a father in self-imposed exile to shield his family from his obsessive-compulsive disorder and the emotionally destructive thoughts he cannot escape.

Dir: Rolfin Nyhus, Steven Brumwell

You can see all these films back-to-back in this block showing of the Tees Valley International Film Festival Best Drama Award-nominated short films.

Total running time: 1hr 23 mins

You can see the other films nominated for this year’s Best Drama Award in Screening of TVIFF Short Film Selections – Drama (Block 2)

  • Seating accessibility information

    Seat size

    Seats in the Cinema are 45cm (172/3“) wide and 46cm (18“) deep, are 40cm (152/3“) from the floor, and have 12cm (42/3“) between seats.

    Armrests

    Seats in the Cinema have armrests that do not fold away, and cannot be completely removed.

    Legroom

    Seats in the cinema have 30cm (112/3”) of legroom in front of seats, with additional legroom on row A and seats B1-B4 and B11-B14.

    Further information

    If you have any questions about accessibility our Box Office team are always happy to help and can be contacted on 01642 525199 or by emailing [email protected] - you can also tell us about your access requirements when prompted to do so during the online booking process.

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    ARC’s theatre and dance performances are priced on a Pay What You Decide basis, which means you don’t have to pay until after you have seen a show!

    We want to encourage more people to come and see shows at ARC, more often. Pay What You Decide not only allows you to pay what you can afford, rather than a fixed ticket price, but also removes the financial risk of buying a ticket for a show in advance without knowing whether you are going to enjoy it or not.

    Tickets are available to book in advance as usual, but there is no obligation for you to pay until after you have seen the show. You can then decide on a price which you think is suitable based on your experience, which means if you haven’t enjoyed it at all, you don’t have to pay anything.

    All money collected will help ARC pay the artists who have performed, and we therefore hope you will give generously.

    Please ensure you have arrived and collected your tickets 15 minutes before the show starts in order to secure your seats. At the end of the show, you can decide what to pay, either by cash on the door or by card at the Box Office.