Marta Dyczkowska

A touring program of recent short films, commissioned by Film Hub Wales and delivered by the Independent Cinema Office, that showcases how contemporary working-class filmmakers depict working-class experiences in modern Britain. The program features films spanning various genres, from documentaries to flights of fancy, and aims to offer a richer, more complex, and creative perspective on working-class life beyond outdated stereotypes.

Never Mind Walnut Street is Polish artist Marta Dyczkowka’s homage to her adopted city of Belfast. Set to the loud and wild soundtrack of Belfast’s own Runnin' Riot, we meet lead singer Colin McQuillan in his kitchen turned make shift bar, where he and Marta become fast friends. After helping her make the move to Belfast, Marta experience the full extent of punk life in Belfast and Walnut Street becomes the home away from home that she had been searching for. Never Mind Walnut Street pays tribute to the punks and city that once shaped Marta’s life, with the very fabric of her landscape changing around her, mirroring her own emotional journey of loss and change.