Film preview and discussion
First Look: Nowhere To Go
Sunday 1 November 2026 · Friends' Meeting House, Manchester
Be amongst the first to see footage from Nowhere To Go, a documentary on Europe's broken asylum system and those caught up in it. Every ticket and donation goes directly towards finishing the film.
- When
- Sunday 1 November 2026
- Where
- Friends' Meeting House
- 6 Mount Street, Manchester M2 5NS
- Programme
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- 12:30 pm Doors open
- 12:30 – 1:30 pm Audio installation (drop in any time)
- 1:30 – 3:00 pm Film preview and panel discussion
- 3:00 – 4:00 pm Audio installation (drop in any time)
Can't attend but would still like to support the film? You can make a donation here.
The afternoon
A first look at Nowhere To Go in its final stages, ahead of its planned cinema release in Spring 2027.
1:30 – 3:00 pm
Film preview and panel discussion
Introduced by Kate Hughes of Manchester Quakers.
Clips from the film, shot over four years in Poland, France and the UK, lead into a live discussion of how Europe's asylum system works in practice, and who it affects.
We're honoured that the WAST Manchester choir will sing during the afternoon. WAST (Women Asylum Seekers Together) brings together women who have sought asylum in the UK to support one another.
The beach at Boulogne
The clips include footage from the last day of filming, shot at the end of August on the beach at Boulogne. It captures something extraordinary: a humanitarian crisis playing out in broad daylight on a tourist beach, the kind of scene you would never expect to witness in a place like France.
This will be one of the first times it has been seen. Liz wrote about that day in Living in a Parallel Universe.
On the panel
We're especially glad that Kamuzu, who features in the film, will be on the panel, joined by Liz Smith, the film's director, and Rhetta Moran, a trustee of RAPAR*.
*RAPAR (Refugee and Asylum Participatory Action Research) is a human rights organisation based in Manchester, working with displaced people and the issues they face.
12:30 – 1:30 pm and 3:00 – 4:00 pm · Drop in any time
Audio installation
A new audio installation by the filmmakers behind Nowhere To Go, shown here for the first time. It plays on a loop before and after the main event, so come and go whenever suits you.
Heard in quadrophonic sound, it follows a boy from a village in Afghanistan who leaves home at 14 and crosses Iran, Turkey, Greece, Macedonia, Serbia, Bosnia, Croatia, Italy, France and Belgium before eventually reaching the UK.
Your ticket
Tickets are £10, and the money goes directly towards finishing Nowhere To Go and preparing it for cinemas. Everyone who books is offered a credit as a supporter, both in the film's end credits and on our list of supporters on this website, though you're welcome to decline if you'd rather not be named. The long list of people who helped bring it to audiences carries a message of its own.
Tickets
£10 each. Your ticket goes directly towards finishing the film, and everyone who books is offered a credit in the film and on this website. If you'd like to give more, you can add a donation on top of your ticket at the payment step.
Get tickets · £10Can't attend but would still like to support the film? You can make a donation here.