Mon 16th - Wed 18th December, 8pm, £5/4/3 TTT
Destin Cretton, 2013, USA, 97 minutes, Certificate 15

This breakout hit the SXSW Festival, came from nowhere to sweep both the Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award for Best Feature. Short Term 12 depicts the struggles of a compassionate foster care worker who has to contend with some unexpected life developments. Grace (Brie Larson) has dedicated her life to helping kids who have slipped through the cracks of the system. Committed to her job and in love with kind hearted co-worker Mason (John Gallagher Jr.), she's still struggling to make sense of her own troubled past when she learns that her life is about to change forever.

Expanded from his short film of the same title, Destin Cretton's honest, and uplifting drama scrupulously avoids sentimentality.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tqit6CurS3U

"Short Term 12 is a miracle of a movie. Beautifully written and perfectly played, all of human life is here: the good, the bad, the messy and the uplifting." ★★★★★ EMPIRE

"The lead character’s called Grace, but don’t be put off: Cretton’s tough-love snapshot of shattered youth is achingly moving rather than manipulative or mawkish." ★★★★ TOTAL FILM