‘Girl’ and Q&A with director Adura Onashile

When: March 4, 2026

Where: Glasgow, United Kingdom

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Join the National Library of Scotland at Kelvin Hall on International Women’s Day for this special screening of the film ‘Girl’.

Filmed in Glasgow by a Glasgow-based female director, ‘Girl’ (2023) is written and directed by Adura Onashile and marks her feature debut. Adura will join us for a post-screening discussion.

About the film:
In this coming of age drama, 11 year old Ama and her mother, Grace, take solace in the gentle but isolated world they obsessively create. As Ama grows up, she threatens the boundaries of their tenderness, and forces Grace to reckon with a past that she struggles to forget.

Watch the trailer for ‘Girl’: https://youtu.be/sObRQt7WL3E?si=Tgq2URYp0IKBMCUg
Film running time: 87 min

About the director
Adura Onashile is a Glasgow-based artist working across film and theatre. Her debut feature, ‘Girl’, premiered at Sundance in 2023 and won the Fiction Award at the BlackStar Film Festival. The film was BAFTA-nominated for Best Film and Best Director. Adura is currently developing her second feature with HomeTeam and BBC Films.

Her short film ‘Expensive Shit’, adapted from her award-winning play of the same name, premiered at the 2020 BFI London Film Festival and was nominated for a BAFTA in 2021. Her theatre work has been staged internationally, and she was named one of Screen Daily’s “Stars of Tomorrow.”

Adura’s work is known for its deeply visual and emotionally rich storytelling.

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Date/time: 4 March 2026, 6-8pm
Address: National Library of Scotland, Kelvin Hall, 1445 Argyle Street, Glasgow, G3 8AW

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