The Encampments is a brave and powerful new documentary following the Palestine solidarity protests that erupted across university campuses in 2024. With…
The Encampments is a brave and powerful new documentary following the Palestine solidarity protests that erupted across university campuses in 2024. With…
Luck Razanajaona’s feature debut is an illuminating drama about revolution, corruption, and a young man’s political awakening in Madagascar Madagascar, nowadays.…
In this trailblazing combination of animation and live-action, down-on-his-luck private eye Eddie Valiant gets hired to investigate a pattycake scandal involving…
The provocative Italian filmmaker Elio Petri’s most internationally acclaimed work is this remarkable, visceral, Oscar-winning thriller. Petri maintains a tricky balance…
Cécile is seventeen, spoiled, and spectacularly self-centred. Spending the summer on the French Riviera with her charming, womanising father, she lives…
The provocative Italian filmmaker Elio Petri’s most internationally acclaimed work is this remarkable, visceral, Oscar-winning thriller. Petri maintains a tricky balance…
The provocative Italian filmmaker Elio Petri’s most internationally acclaimed work is this remarkable, visceral, Oscar-winning thriller. Petri maintains a tricky balance…
Movies, Memories, Magic celebrates the hybrid cinematic and cultural heritage sculpted by London’s South Asian communities across time and space. Cinema has…
Paul Verhoeven's last film produced in the Netherlands before he created his Hollywood classics Robocop and Total Recall, invites us into the twisted psyche of Gerard Reve, a troubled writer whose life becomes entangled with mysterious women, murder, and the supernatural. As Reve spirals… Read More
The film is set in Southern Lebanon, July 2006, during what is known as Israel’s “Second Lebanon War", a month of fighting characterised mostly by Israeli aerial bombardment of Lebanon, and rocket attacks from the Shia militia Hizballah on northern Israel in… Read More
Wim Wenders pays loving homage to rough-and-tumble Hollywood film noir with The American Friend, a loose adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s novel Ripley’s Game. Dennis Hopper oozes quirky menace as an amoral American art dealer who entangles a terminally ill German everyman, played… Read More
This film was proposed by our member Simran Patel who writes: 'I'd love to see India's first queer film on the big screen. It was originally believed lost and only recently rediscovered in an archive.' This daring and progressive account of… Read More
Northern China, 1999. The grisly discovery of several corpses is made in a small town. A bloody incident during the attempt to capture the alleged murderer leaves two police officers dead and another badly injured. The surviving officer Zhang Zili is suspended… Read More
In 1960, a young Irish woman named Edna O’Brien wrote a sexually frank debut novel, The Country Girls. She became a literary sensation, writing for The New Yorker, delivering provocative interviews, and authoring screenplays. Her success enraged her writer husband and made… Read More
William Hurt and Kathleen Turner strike sparks in this taut, South Florida-set tale of lust, greed, and murder that echoes 1940s film noir but is charged with a steamy passion that could only flare in the 80s. When libidinous but none-too-bright attorney… Read More
The screening on 28 June will be introduced by filmmaker and critic Jasper Sharp. Seijun Suzuki's delirious 1967 hit-man film has drawn comparisons with contemporaries Le samouraï and Point Blank and influenced directors such as John Woo, Jim Jarmusch, and Quentin Tarantino among others. The… Read More
Alan Parker’s BAFTA-winning ganster musical Bugsy Malone might seem an unlikely idea for a film- a musical comedy set in the 1930s criminal underworld with a cast made up entirely of young teens - but it works brilliantly. 13-year-old Jodie Foster gives an… Read More
In the spirit of Francis Bacon and CHEERIO, we are proud to continue to support daring and provocative films for young filmmakers. With this in mind, we present this specially curated programme of CHEERIO supported short films. Triptych (Holly Blakey, 2022, 12 mins)… Read More
Due to popular demand, we're bringing back Caramel, as part of our Lebanese season. The film will be preceded by Dania Bdeir's short film Warsha. The screening on 25 June will be preceded by a short intro by Dr Albertine Fox, writer… Read More
This Cannes prize-winning documentary takes us on an intimate and emotional journey with the travelling cinemas of India, which yearly bring the wonder of the movies to faraway villages. Filmed over five years, it accompanies a shrewd exhibitor, a benevolent showman and… Read More
The screening on Monday June 23 will be introduced by Darling screenwritter Frederic Raphael. One of the coolest and most defining films of the 1960s, John Schlesinger's Darling is now lavishly restored. This London fashion scene-set classic features dazzling performances from Julie Christie,… Read More
Our screening on Thursday 26 June will be introduced by Jinhee Choi (KCL). An eerie, foreboding hospital is the setting for this tense psychological thriller from one of the most acclaimed genre filmmakers of the South Korea Golden Age. An ambitious doctor,… Read More
The Encampments is a brave and powerful new documentary following the Palestine solidarity protests that erupted across university campuses in 2024. With gripping footage of the protesters’ struggle, the film shows the peaceful nature of the movement and the momentous challenges it faces.… Read More
The Fisherman and the Banker is a modern-day David and Goliath tale, chronicling a fishing community in India’s Gulf of Kutch as they take on the World Bank’s private lending arm, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), for funding a coal-fired power plant… Read More
A rare cinema screening of 1980s cult family favourite Flight of the Navigator. 12-year-old David is accidentally knocked out in the forest near his home, but when he awakens eight years have passed. His family is overjoyed to have him back, but… Read More
Berlin, 1942. A shy Hilde falls in love with Hans and gradually finds her place in the resistance group that would come to be known as the 'Red Orchestra'. Together, they spend a beautiful summer where their relationship entwines with quiet acts… Read More
This film was proposed by our memberTakeshi Osada. Spring. Yorkshire. Young farmer Johnny Saxby numbs his daily frustrations with binge drinking and casual sex, until the arrival of a Romanian migrant worker for lambing season ignites an intense relationship that sets Johnny… Read More
Fax Bahr, George Hickenlooper, Eleanor Coppola, 1991, USA
In the late 1970s, as renegade filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola struggles to complete an epic allegory of the Vietnam War, Apocalypse Now, his wife, Eleanor, films his daily travails with a camera of her own. The documentary based on her footage details… Read More
The film will be preceded by Al Ittisal (The Call), a short film by Sabine Kahwaji, who will be introducing the screening. Serge and his girlfriend Leila arrive late at his parents’ big Easter lunch with the wider family. The electricity has… Read More
Bestowed with superhuman strength, a young mortal named Hercules sets out to prove himself a hero. Along with his friends and his true love, Hercules must outwit the hotheaded villain Hades, and learn a valuable lesson... that it's not the size of… Read More
Michael Haneke, 2005, France, Austria, Germany, Italy
Michael Haneke was awarded the Best Director prize at Cannes for his stunning exploration of a past that haunts the present. This compelling psychological thriller stars Daniel Auteuil as Georges, a TV presenter who begins to receive mysterious and alarming packages containing… Read More
Our screening on Tuesday 5 August will be introduced by Lucy Bolton (QMUL). A critical and commerical flop upon release in 2003, Jane Campion's giallo-infleced, erotic thriller is now considered a masterpiece of female desire and subjectivity. Frannie (Meg Ryan) is a… Read More
While trying to lead a quiet suburban life, a family of undercover superheroes are thrown back into the world of super-heroism when Mr Incredible receives a mysterious communication summoning him to a remote island for a top-secret mission. On Sunday mornings our… Read More
Two of Hong Kong cinema’s most iconic leading men, Tony Leung and Andy Lau, face off in the breathtaking thriller that revitalised the city's twenty-first-century film industry, launched a blockbuster franchise, and inspired Martin Scorsese’s The Departed. The setup is diabolical in… Read More
The provocative Italian filmmaker Elio Petri’s most internationally acclaimed work is this remarkable, visceral, Oscar-winning thriller. Petri maintains a tricky balance between absurdity and realism in telling the Kafkaesque tale of a Roman police inspector (a commanding Gian Maria Volontè) investigating a… Read More
Agathe, hopelessly clumsy yet charming and full of contradictions, finds herself in desperate singlehood. Her dream is to experience love akin to a Jane Austen novel and her ultimate aspiration is to become a writer. Instead, she spends her days selling books… Read More
An emotional and hilarious story with a life-affirming message, The Last Journey is a cinematic experience that explores a loving son’s attempts to coax his aging father into reengaging with life by embarking on a joyous, heartfelt road trip through the South of… Read More
In a career-defining performance, Alain Delon plays Jef Costello, a contract killer with samurai instincts. After carrying out a flawlessly planned hit, Jef finds himself caught between a persistent police investigator and a ruthless employer, and not even his armour of fedora… Read More
The film is part of the Beirut Film Society's first edition of Lebanon Cinema Days in the UK, which shines a spotlight on the powerful voices of Lebanese cinema, presenting a curated selection of films by a new generation of filmmakers. Cinema… Read More
Alfonso Cuarón (Gravity, Roma) beautifulyl adaptated this novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett (The Secret Garden). Sara Crewe is forced to leave her home in India as the outbreak of World War I draws her father into the military. She is sent to… Read More
The screening on Friday 20 June will be followed by a Q&A with Lollipop lead actress Posy Sterling. When young mum Molly (Sterling) is released from prison after serving four months, she assumes it will be a matter of hours before she can… Read More
Various Directors, Various Years, Various Countries
Like childhood, animation is full of wonder and simple pleasures. This carefully chosen programme for our littlest and most special audience contains 10 of the best, wonderful short animated films, full of joy, from all around the world. There’ll be talking animals,… Read More
Bi Gan followed the mesmerising Kaili Blues with this noir-tinged stunner about a lost soul (Jue Huang) on a quest to find a missing woman from his past (Wei Tang, Lust, Caution). Following leads across Guizhou province, he crosses paths with a series… Read More
This film was suggested by our member, Graham Hood: 'With the passing of Brian Wilson, I’m suggesting this little-known biopic of the making of Pet Sounds. A great cast, wonderful studio scenes and a summer feeling to smell the sunscreen (it is… Read More
Our screening of Sunday 3 August will be introduced by film journalist Darren Richman. Inspired by true events, this rain-drenched sophomore feature from the Oscar-winning filmmaker Bong Joon ho blends true-crime with social satire and comedy in typically masterful fashion. In 1986… Read More
Our screening on Wednesday 16 July will be introduced by John Wischmeyer (City Lit). The brilliant breakthrough film by writer-director Neil Jordan journeys into the dark heart of the London underworld to weave a gripping, noir-infused love story. Bob Hoskins received a… Read More
Directed by Dr. Lester James Peries, widely regarded as the father of Sri Lankan cinema, and based on a short story by the prominent Sinhalese author G.B Senanayake, Nidhanaya is a chilling portrait of a crumbling aristocracy in colonial Sri Lanka through the microcosm… Read More
Colin Butfield, Toby Nowlan, Keith Scholey, 2025, UK
Ocean with David Attenborough takes viewers on a breathtaking journey showing there is nowhere more vital for our survival, more full of life, wonder, or surprise, than the ocean. The celebrated broadcaster and filmmaker reveals how his lifetime has coincided with the great age… Read More
Our screening on 11 June will be introduced by freelance curator Yuriko Hamaguchi. In this cool, seductive jewel of the Japanese New Wave, a yakuza, fresh out of prison, becomes entangled with a beautiful and enigmatic gambling addict; what at first seems… Read More
In a bid to secure his family’s legacy, an international tycoon brings his nun-daughter into his most daring scheme yet in this tale of espionage and intrigue from legendary filmmaker Wes Anderson. The Garden Cinema View: With pastel colours, deadpan humour, and… Read More
Erika Kohut teaches piano at the Conservatory in Vienna. In her early forties, she lives at home, cooped up with her mother, whose influence Erika escapes only on her regular visits to porn cinemas and peepshows. Her sexuality is an affair of… Read More
One of the most important and influential film makers in cinematic history, Akira Kurosawa directed 30 films in a career spanning 57 years. His final masterpiece, Ran, is a reimagining of Shakespeare’s King Lear set in feudal Japan. Ran tells the story of Lord… Read More
This potent, political landmark of Indian independent filmmaking – famously funded by 500,000 farmers – explores the ugly truths of class and caste in rural Gujarat. Produced by 500,000 farmers who contributed 2 ruppes each towards the making of the film, Manthan … Read More
Lotfi Achour, 2024, Belgium, France, Poland, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia, Qatar
Mghila Mountain, Tunisia, November 2015. When a jihadist group attacks two very young shepherds, 14-year-old Ashraf is forced to take a macabre message back to his family. Traumatised and trying not to lose his mind, Ashraf finds himself confronted with the powerlessness… Read More
Made in 1973, two years after Bangladesh’s independence, A River Called Titas remains a deeply relevant cinematic gem from Ritwik Ghatak, a master filmmaker who was described by Satyajit Ray as, “one of the few truly original talents in Indian cinema.” Based on… Read More
The screening on Saturday 7 June will be followed by an online Q&A with the director Lou Ye, moderated by Tony Rayns. The screening on Saturday 21 June will be introduced by Filming East Festival programmer Tu Yao. These screenings are part of… Read More
This UK premiere of the director's cut of The Shadow Play is presented in a double bill with Ma Yingli’s Behind the Dream: A Documentary on The Shadow Play on Saturday 14 June. Due to popular demand, an extra screening of The Shadow Play is added on 13… Read More
The screening on 22 July will be introduced by Aagya Pradhan. The second feature from writer-director Min Bahadur Bham, following 2015’s The Black Hen – Nepal’s official Oscars entry and a Venice Critics Week winner. In the heart of the Nepalese Himalayas, the… Read More
The grumpy ogre Shrek finds his swap overrun with magical creatures exiled by a villanous lord. In exchange for his home back, Shrek agrees to go on a quest to rescue a princess. On Sunday mornings our Family Screenings are followed by… Read More
Karsh, a creative entrepreneur who lost his spouse, develops a machine designed to communicate with deceased individuals. The Garden Cinema View: You'll likely know within a few minutes whether The Shrouds is to your taste. That is to say whether you can tune into… Read More
The screening on 8 June will be introduced by Chris Berry (KCL). These screenings are part of 'Lou Ye: Chaotic Desires', a special presentation by the Chinese Cinema Project dedicated to one of China’s great contemporary auteurs, and featuring a collection of Lou's… Read More
A bad day gets worse for young detective Murakami when a pickpocket steals his gun on a hot, crowded bus. Desperate to right the wrong, he goes undercover, scavenging Tokyo’s sweltering streets for the stray dog whose desperation has led him to… Read More
In a Sudan torn apart by years of war, become immersed in the daily fight of young Sudanese activists, yearning for freedom and reform. Both harrowing and rousing, their fight reminds us of the human ability to find hope in the most… Read More
These screenings are part of 'Lou Ye: Chaotic Desires', a special presentation dedicated to one of China’s great contemporary auteurs, and featuring a collection of Lou's key works across two decades, alongside the release of his new title An Unfinished Film. China,… Read More
A treasure of Mexico’s cinematic golden age, this deliriously plotted blend of gritty crime film, heart-tugging maternal melodrama, and mambo musical is a dazzling showcase for iconic star Ninón Sevilla. She brings fierce charisma and fiery strength to her role as a… Read More
In this trailblazing combination of animation and live-action, down-on-his-luck private eye Eddie Valiant gets hired to investigate a pattycake scandal involving Jessica Rabbit, the sultry wife of Toontown superstar, Roger Rabbit.Virtually every major cartoon character shows up in this wonderful Oscar-winning classic.… Read More
This film was chosen as Films of Resistance's pick for the Lebanese season, to highlight the way Lebanese and Palestinian communities are interconnected. This screening will be introduced by Lebanese-Palestinian curator Taghrid Choucair. In this award-winning documentary, directors Masri and Chamoun focus… Read More
The Garden Cinema introduces the UK’s first full season of Lebanese cinema. In contrast to recent simplistic, sensationalist, and often misleading news headlines, this selection of films will showcase an authentic range of…
Following our in-depth season focusing on iconic American, British, and French crime thrillers in 2022, Noir International explores how the visual style, thematic concerns, and atmosphere of Film Noir spread throughout a variety of global cinemas, and how…
Throughout July and August, join us for an array of screenings and partnership events around South Asian Heritage Month 2025, which is themed ‘Roots to Routes.’ Including restored classics, contemporary cinema, short films,…
Events for members only, including free bi-weekly screenings for Garden Cinema Members with films chosen for members, by members. Selected films are added regularly, so keep an eye on this page for updates.…
Events for members only, including free bi-weekly screenings for Garden Cinema Members with films chosen for members, by members. Selected films are added regularly, so keep an eye on this page for updates.…
Join us every Saturday & Sunday morning and on weekdays during the school holidays for some of our favourite family classics. For cinema lovers of all ages. On Sundays the films are followed…
Select Japan is an initiative from The Garden Cinema to showcase the best of Japanese cinema, classic and contemporary, with a focus on titles and filmmakers which have been rarely screened in the…
The Garden Cinema’s new strand of nature and environment-focused screenings. We have curated a selection of international films that span many genres, themes and countries to tell stories of resilience and resistance…
The Chinese Cinema Project is an exhibition initiative presented by The Garden Cinema. It showcases works from emerging and under-represented Chinese filmmakers via regular screenings, exploring auteurship and cinematic beauty in its various…
Luck Razanajaona’s feature debut is an illuminating drama about revolution, corruption, and a young man’s political awakening in Madagascar Madagascar, nowadays.…
Movies, Memories, Magic celebrates the hybrid cinematic and cultural heritage sculpted by London’s South Asian communities across time and space. Cinema has…
