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Film Screening & Workshop: Unleash your inner superhero with Simi Akande
Saturday 24th October 2026 , 1:30pm to 3:00pm
Get inspired by a short screening of films followed by a chance to get hands-on and creative with a professional artist making your own masks and honing your photography skills.
See young imaginations come to life on screen as artist and filmmaker Simi Akande introduces a screening of films created by students in Barking & Dagenham as part of the 2026 Consortium Celebration.
The screening will be accompanied by a workshop led by Simi, inviting participants unleash their inner superhero in a hands-on creative mask-making and photography workshop. Then join a creative workshop on superhero mask-making inspired by one of the films and take photos of your family with your masks on!
This event is part of the Barking & Dagenham Consortium Celebration exhibition. Explore the rest of the celebration activities here.
This screening takes place at Make It Barking, Roycraft House, 15 Linton Road, Barking IG11 8HE
Timings | 1:30pm – 3:00pm
Ages 5+
Getting Here
Make It Barking
Roycraft House, 15 Linton Road, Barking IG11 8HE
Telephone: 020 3745 1565
Transport Information
Underground: Barking Station (District and Hammersmith & City lines) approximately 0.3 miles away
London Overground: Suffragette line
Buses: 5 / 62 / 169 / 238 / 287 / 366 / 368
Santander Cycle: Stainsby Road docking station
Parking
Street parking is available to Tower Hamlets Resident Permit holders, between the hours of 5.30pm and 8.30am, Monday to Friday.
Access Information
Make It Barking has step-free access and lift access throughout the building.
