30th Anniversary Film Festival: East is East (15) + Q&A

11th August 2025 8:00pm (Doors open at 7:00 pm)

Kirkgate Centre

1999 East is East (15)

George Khan, proud Pakistani and chip shop owner — Ghengis to his kids — rules his family with a rod of iron. He thinks he's raising his seven children to be respectable Pakistanis. But this is Salford in 1971.Much as George's English wife, Ella, loves and tries to honor her husband, she also wants her kids to be happy. The children simply want to be part of the modern world.

Starring: Linda Bassett; Om Puri; Emma Rydal; Chris Bisson; Leslie Nichol; Archie Panjabi; Jordan Rouledge; Ruth Jones

Directed by Damien O’Donnell

Running Time: 97 minutes

Plus post show Q&A with Emma Rydal about how she got her role, working on low budget films and behind the scenes photos.

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Emma Rydal was born in Cumbria and still lives in West Cumbria she now writes as well as performs. Her play Soaked is enjoying a revival this summer which included two dates at the Kirkgate Centre.