Event Info
Date and time
| Sunday 01 March 2026 | 4:00pm |
Echoing the grit of British heavyweights Ken Loach and Mike Leigh, Urchin follows Mike (Frank Dillane), a man toughened by years on London’s streets yet achingly vulnerable beneath his survivalist exterior.
After a desperate, impulsive act lands him in prison, his release sees him clawing toward stability - work in a hotel kitchen, rest in a hostel bed, and solace in a self-help audiobook.
As Mike navigates work, sobriety, even romance, the film explores the fragility of redemption and the unseen weight of shame.
Funny, unsettling, and deeply humane, Urchin resists easy answers, offering a layered, magnetic character study that earned Dillane Cannes’ Best Actor in Un Certain Regard and confirmed Dickinson as a rare new voice.