Hastings Rocks Film Festival: Stories of Sanctuary

Hastings Rocks Film Festival brings Stories of Sanctuary to The Printworks on Saturday 31 October. It's a screening of true stories of survival and resilience, so the films are based on real lives rather than scripts. The title Stories of Sanctuary sets the tone: these are accounts of people finding safety, holding on, and coming through, told in their own words.

What makes this more than just a screening is the Q&A that follows. The filmmakers will be there in person to talk through the films, so you can ask them about how they worked with the people in the stories and how the films came together. It's the kind of thing that's better in a room than on a screen at home—the chance to hear the context behind the images and get a proper look at the people who made them.

The session starts at 15:30, which puts it in the afternoon rather than the evening, so it's an easy one to fit in without ruining your Saturday night. Tickets are £12.00, and the whole thing runs at The Printworks in Hastings.