May 28th 2026 - June 2nd 2026
Location: SODA Cinema
Event Type: In-person
Price: FREE
Beyond Babel Multilingual Film Festival returns on 28 May 2026 celebrating its 10th anniversary. There will be two screenings taking place at SODA Cinema with a short introduction to the film and a Q&A session after the screening.
Each film will be accompanied by a study guide and other resources, co-created with colleagues from the School of English and Manchester Met students, in collaboration with the Film in Language Teaching Association.
The screenings will take place at the SODA Building (Cinema room – GF.12) Higher Chatham St, Manchester M15 6ED.
The screenings have been sponsored by our cultural partners, the Instituto Cervantes Manchester and the Alliance Française in Manchester.
All events are FREE. To book your place, simply click on the links.
EMBRACE OF THE SERPENT(El abrazo de la serpiente)- Thursday 28 May at 17:00
Ciro Guerra | Argentina, Colombia, Venezuela | 125 min | 2015
Embrace of the Serpent is a visually stunning ethnographic journey into the heart of the Colombian Amazon. Spoken in nine languages, the film offers a hypnotic reflection on the beauty of the natural world and the enduring impact of colonialism.
This screening is sponsored by the Instituto Cervantes Manchester and it will be introduced by Carmen Herrero.
TOMORROW (Demain)- Tuesday 2 June at 17:00.
Mélanie Laurent and Cyril Dion| France | 118min | 2015
Tomorrow is an uplifting French documentary that shifts the focus from climate crisis to possibility. The directors travel across ten countries to showcase bold, real‑world solutions in agriculture, energy, education, economics, and democratic innovation. Hopeful, practical, and inspiring, Tomorrow offers a compelling vision of how change is already happening. This screening is sponsored by the Alliance Française in Manchester and it will be introduced by Isabelle Vanderschelden (Visiting Research Fellow of the University of Chester and co-director of the Film in Language Teaching Association).
