2026 Events Archive / The Garden Cinema

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Tutti Fruiti (LFS Favourites)

Sat 11 Jul 2026

A special season celebrating the 70th anniversary of London Film School (LFS), the UK’s oldest film school and a vital force

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Lessons in Love

Sat 27 Jun 2026

A special season celebrating the 70th anniversary of London Film School (LFS), the UK’s oldest film school and a vital force

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Flemish Film Classics: Kid

Sun 14 Jun 2026

Kid, 7, lives with his mother and brother on a farm. Abandoned by their father, they have been forced to fend

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Flemish Film Classics: Malpertuis + Q&A

Sat 13 Jun 2026

Jan, a sailor newly arrived onshore, is unsure about returning to land but makes the journey to visit his childhood home

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Site&Sound 10: Belonging Across Borders

Wed 10 Jun 2026

Site&Sound is an event series that explores the relationship between architecture and film. Each session will feature curated clips and short

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Bell'Epokèr

Sun 07 Jun 2026

The screening will be followed by a Q&A with the art director Daniele Trevisi. Bell'Epokèr by Nico Cirasola is a bittersweet journey

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Growing Pains

Sun 31 May 2026

A special season celebrating the 70th anniversary of London Film School (LFS), the UK’s oldest film school and a vital force

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Amazon Film Festival: Yanuni + Q&A

Sun 31 May 2026

Juma Xipaia from the Brazilian Amazon represents the Indigenous leaders who remind us what it means to live in harmony with

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Summer of Soul + Funk Is Its Own Reward book launch

Fri 29 May 2026

Join us for a special screening of Summer of Soul to celebrate the launch of Lloyd Bradley's latest musical odyssey Funk Is Its

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Season launch: Drag performance + Ball of Fire

Sun 24 May 2026

To kick off our Screwball Summer in style, members are invited to our season launch event on Sunday 24 May. Join us

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The Big Heat (城市特警)

Sun 24 May 2026

Johnnie To and Andrew Kam’s gritty thriller is one of the great hidden gems of 80s Hong Kong action cinema. Directed

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Pedicab Driver (群龍戲鳳)

Sun 24 May 2026

A rare screening of one of martial arts master Sammo Hung’s most beloved films, a thrilling mix of action, comedy and

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Focus Hong Kong 2026

Sat 23 May — Sun 24 May 2026

Focus Hong Kong is a UK film festival dedicated to celebrating the amazing cinema and filmmakers of Hong Kong, from early…
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Ciao UFO (再見UFO)

Sat 23 May 2026

Inspired by an 80s urban legend, Patrick Leung’s acclaimed sci-fi drama took top honours at the Hong Kong Film Awards. Dealing

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Twilight in Your Eyes

Fri 22 May 2026

Often absent from the big screen, queer elders bask in the limelight in these luminous short films that trace their lives

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Acting Up

Fri 22 May 2026

To be loved, we tell lies to make ourselves more appealing; to be accepted, we sculpt ourselves into shapes that others

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Bar Shorts with Nag Vladermersky, founder of The London International Animation Festival

Wed 20 May 2026

Bar Shorts is very excited to present an evening of shorts curated by Nag Vladermersky. Nag is the founder and curator

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Queer East Festival 2026

Tue 19 May — Fri 22 May 2026

Queer East 2026, is a cross-disciplinary festival that showcases boundary-pushing LGBTQ+ cinema, live arts, and moving image work from East and…
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A Drop in the Ocean

Tue 19 May 2026

Two free-diving athletes, Hua-Yang Huang and Afa Zhang, push their bodies to the limit in this captivating documentary from Taiwan. Competing

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Re:Mind Film Festival presents Stoma

Sun 17 May 2026

This screening will be followed by an in-person Q&A with director Kit Hung, moderated by Victor Fan. The film follows an

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On the Croissette

Fri 15 May 2026

A special season celebrating the 70th anniversary of London Film School (LFS), the UK’s oldest film school and a vital force

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OffBeat Folk Film Festival: Outside Interests

Sun 10 May 2026

Join us at The Garden Cinema where we will be showing films about people who have an intense love and connection

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OffBeat Folk Film Festival: Epic Journeys

Sun 10 May 2026

We're back at The Garden Cinema where we will be showing films about journeys taken by OffBeat People. These range from

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Re:Mind Film Festival

Sat 09 May — Sun 17 May 2026

Re:Mind is a festival bringing some of the most exciting new voices in Asian cinema for the first time to London,…
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Clermont-Ferrand 2026: Short Films for the Family

Sat 09 May 2026

Let your little ones discover cinema through short films. The Clermont-Ferrand International Film Festival is one of the largest short film

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Clermont-Ferrand: Best of French Competition 2026

Sat 09 May 2026

Screened in partnership with Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival The Clermont-Ferrand International Film Festival presents highlights and prize winners from this

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Re:Mind Film Festival presents Guo Ran

Sat 09 May 2026

This screening will be followed by an online Q&A with director Li Dongmei, moderated by Victor Fan. A young couple live

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Waving Kites and Re:Mind Film Festival present Reunification

Sat 09 May 2026

When his mother and two siblings first immigrated from Hong Kong to Los Angeles in the early 1980s, six-year-old Alvin was

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Clermont-Ferrand: International Competition 2026

Fri 08 May 2026

The Clermont-Ferrand International Film Festival presents highlights from this year's international competition. The festival is one of the largest and most

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Argentine season launch: Live music + Wild Tales

Fri 08 May 2026

To celebrate the launch of our new season of Argentine cinema, members are invited to experience the country's musical heritage on

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Clermont-Ferrand 2026 in London

Thu 07 May — Sun 10 May 2026

The Clermont–Ferrand International Short Film Festival is one of the largest and most prestigious short film festivals in the world. Nestled…
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Clermont-Ferrand: UK programme 2026

Thu 07 May 2026

The Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival presents the UK highlights from this year's edition. The festival is one of the largest

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OffBeat Folk Film Festival 2026

Mon 04 May — Sun 10 May 2026

OffBeat is a folk film club and festival sharing overlooked archive films about folk, heritage, and working life in the UK,…
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The OffBeat Folk Film Festival 2026

Mon 04 May — Tue 05 May 2026

OffBeat is a folk film club and festival sharing overlooked archive films about folk, heritage, and working life in the UK,…
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OffBeat Folk Film Festival: Our Stories

Mon 04 May 2026

Join us at The Garden Cinema for an evening of films sharing the intimate stories of OffBeat people. This event includes

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UK Asian Film Festival

Sun 03 May

Tongues on Fire is a charity, who provides a platform for independent film and arts with a link to South Asia.…
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UK Asian Film Festival presents Documentary Long Shorts

Sun 03 May 2026

The UK Asian Film Festival, in its 28th year, celebrates powerful cinema from South Asia and its diaspora, uniting bold storytelling

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UK Asian Film Festival presents Mamun: In Praise of Shadows

Sun 03 May 2026

Mamun: In Praise of Shadows is an intimate chronicle of the artistic journey of Nasir Ali Mamun, the pioneering Bangladeshi portrait photographer

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A Bigger Splash + Q&A

Sat 02 May 2026

The Fashion Film Club presents this screening of A Bigger Splash, followed by a discussion with arts writer Dominic Lutyens. Director

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Celebrating 70 years of LFS

Fri 01 May — Sat 11 Jul 2026

Celebrating the 70th anniversary of London Film School (LFS), the UK’s oldest film school and a vital force in independent filmmaking since…
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Competing at Cannes

Fri 01 May 2026

A special season celebrating the 70th anniversary of London Film School (LFS), the UK’s oldest film school and a vital force

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Dress-up karaoke party + Unknown Pleasures

Fri 24 Apr 2026

*Please note that whilst tickets for the screening of Unknown Pleasures are currently sold out, there are still tickets for the Karaoke

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Earth Day 2026: Colossal Wreck with Josh Appignanesi

Wed 22 Apr 2026

This special screening, part of Planting Seeds, the Garden Cinema's environmental film strand, marks Earth Day 2026, the UN-backed global event

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To Kill a Mockingbird + Panel Conversation on Justice Storytelling

Wed 22 Apr 2026

Join us for a special afternoon exploring the power of storytelling in shaping our understanding of justice; with a panel discussion

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The Adventures of Prince Achmed - 100th anniversary live score

Tue 21 Apr 2026

This edition of Composing Cinema pays tribute to the pioneering animator Lotte Reiniger, and the centenary of her groundbreaking The Adventures

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Sunday Bloody Sunday + Q&A

Sun 19 Apr 2026

Given studio carte blanche after the unexpected Oscar triumph of Midnight Cowboy, director John Schlesinger created one of the most underrated

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Inner and Outer: The Mongolian Films of Byambasuren Davaa

Sat 18 Apr — Sun 03 May 2026

Mongolian director Byambasuren Davaa has been making documentary and docufiction films since 2003, when her student project The Story of the…
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Bar Shorts Presents: From Frame to Page- Animators Who Became Graphic Novelists

Sat 18 Apr 2026

Bar Shorts returns to the Garden Cinema with an afternoon celebrating the artists who move fluidly between two worlds: the flicker

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Baijiu tasting with traditional pastry pairings

Sat 18 Apr 2026

For those who are curious to delve deeper into the world of Jia Zhangke, we're thrilled to welcome our friends from Cheng

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GP Surgery and Never Watching Movies present: Alma's Rainbow (1994)+ A Look to Kill

Thu 16 Apr 2026

Join GP Surgery and Never Watching Movies in The Atrium Bar for a special screening exploring Black experiences of finding self-confidence,

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Site&Sound 09: A-to-B

Wed 15 Apr 2026

Site&Sound is an event series that explores the relationship between architecture and film. Each session will feature curated clips and short

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LRB/London Reviewed: Piccadilly (1929) with Emma-Lee Moss

Mon 13 Apr 2026

The latest season of the LRB’s long-running film series continues its exploration of visions of London created by non-British filmmakers throughout

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Records, cocktails + Lift to the Scaffold

Sat 11 Apr 2026

To celebrate our new Jeanne Moreau season, we're very excited to welcome cinema members, long-time music enthusiasts, and occasional DJs Andy

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LRB Screen x MUBI: Law and Order

Wed 08 Apr 2026

The London Review of Books presents a special screening of one of Frederick Wiseman’s most influential films, Law and Order (1969), to mark his

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Uchronia: Parallel histories of queer revolt + Q&A

Sun 05 Apr 2026

The screening will be followed by a Q&A with Foivos Dousos, writer of Uchronia, hosted by Ashkan Sepahvand In this docu-essay inspired

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Bar Shorts with Michael Dudok de Wit

Mon 30 Mar 2026

Bar Shorts returns to The Garden Cinema for a very special night with one of the most poetic voices in animation:

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What is Sixth Generation Chinese Cinema?

Sun 29 Mar 2026

Often referred to but rarely examined in depth, 'Sixth Generation' filmmaking emerged in the early 1990s and has played a defining

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Karaoke, crafts + Harold and Maude

Sat 28 Mar 2026

As The Garden Cinema would never have made it to a 4 year anniversary without your wonderful support, members are invited

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Screen Cuba presents: Life is Dance

Fri 27 Mar 2026

Special guest Director Eirene Houston will be there to talk about the film before and after the screening. Son – the

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D is for Distance + Q&A

Thu 26 Mar 2026

Emma Matthews and Christopher Petit’s (Radio On) unique and tender new film is a meditation on cinema, the NHS and family

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Screen Cuba presents: El Benny

Wed 25 Mar 2026

El Benny offers a warts-and-all but compassionate portrayal of the life of legendary singer and bandleader Benny Moré (1919–1963) - that

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Members' Film Quiz: Birthday

Wed 25 Mar 2026

To tie in with the cinema's fourth anniversary celebrations, our next Members' Film Quiz will be inspired by birthdays (and more

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The Bough Breaks + Q&A

Mon 23 Mar 2026

The screening will be followed by a Q&A with conservationist Alan Watson Featherstone, Danny Strong (co-director, ecologist & wildlife cameraman) and

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Romy and Michele's High School Reunion + Performance by The Mildmay Choir

Sun 22 Mar 2026

Due to popular demand, we've added an additional screening & choir performance on the same day. Please check event timings carefully

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Screen Cuba presents: Capablanca

Sat 21 Mar 2026

The screening will be introduced by Tania Delgado Fernandez, director Havana International Festival of New Latin American Cinema. Cuban world chess

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Screen Cuba presents: House for Swap

Sat 21 Mar 2026

The screening will be followed by discussion with distinguished cinema actor Mirtha Ibarra and Tania Delgado Fernandez, director Havana International Festival

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Jia Zhangke Shorts + Q&A

Sat 21 Mar 2026

The screening will be followed by an online Q&A with the director Jia Zhangke, moderated by Tony Rayns, whose long-standing support

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Unknown Pleasures

Fri 20 Mar 2026

The screening on 20 March will be introduced by Tony Rayns, whose long-standing support of Jia Zhangke, from festival exposure to sustained

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Screen Cuba presents: Up to a Point (Hasta Cierto Punto)

Wed 18 Mar 2026

The screening will be introduced by distinguished Cuban cinema actor Mirtha Ibarra and Tania Delgado Fernandez, director Havana International Festival of

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Screen Cuba 2026

Sun 15 Mar — Fri 27 Mar 2026

Screen Cuba celebrates Cuba’s pioneering homegrown cinema industry, looking at the achievements and challenges of the Cuban people through the decolonising…
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Screen Cuba presents: Twelve Chairs (Doce Sillas)

Sun 15 Mar 2026

This first feature film by Cuba's godfather of cinema, Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, is this cunning adaptation of a comic novel from

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Roman party, divine chorals + The Great Beauty

Sat 14 Mar 2026

Due to popular demand, we've released extra tickets for our Roman party & screening of The Great Beauty. All tickets will

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Faber book launch & quiz

Thu 12 Mar 2026

On Thursday 12 March, The Garden Cinema are thrilled to welcome the team from Faber to celebrate the release of Paul Fischer's

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Iron Ladies + Q&A

Sun 08 Mar 2026

The screening will be followed by a Q&A with director Daniel Draper and activist Heather Mendick (Hackney Independent Socialist Group) hosted

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Spicy cocktail hour + Ash is Purest White

Sun 08 Mar 2026

To launch our new retrospective of Jia Zhangke films, we're thrilled to welcome members on Sunday 8 March for a spicy

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The Ponds + Swim Peeps Social

Sat 07 Mar 2026

In the middle of London lies Hampstead Heath, 320 hectares of forest, parkland and wildlife, plus three swimming ponds. People take

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KINOTEKA The 24th Polish Film Festival

Sun 01 Mar

KINOTEKA, the UK’s leading celebration of Polish cinema, is back with daring new voices, acclaimed auteurs and a rich programme of…
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Photosensitive

Sun 01 Mar 2026

NEW POLISH CINEMA - Kinoteka 2026: Well known on TV and with a small role in Scarborn, this is Matylda Giegżno’s

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Anniversary

Sun 01 Mar 2026

NEW POLISH CINEMA - Kinoteka 2026: When Ellen and Paul’s son introduces his new girlfriend one lovely afternoon at their 25th

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Queer East presents Miracle on Jongno Street

Sat 28 Feb 2026

Jongno has been a haven for queer life in Seoul since the 1980s. Five gay men navigate both personal and collective

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Video Bazaar presents He Who Gets Slapped w/ Live Score

Sat 28 Feb 2026

Video Bazaar invites you to the Garden Cinema to experience Victor Sjöström's 1924 silent psychological tragedy, He Who Gets Slapped, accompanied

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Drag performance, Scarlett Spritzes + Sylvia Scarlett

Fri 27 Feb 2026

Join us on Friday 27 February as we continue our celebration of LGBT+ History Month 2026 with a special screening of the

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Queer East presents Edhi Alice: Reverse

Thu 26 Feb 2026

In Edhi Alice, director and queer activist Ilrhan Kim interrogates how documentaries about trans communities are made: the creative decisions, relationships,

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We Are Doc Women presents: Still Pushing Pineapples + Q&A

Wed 25 Feb 2026

What happens when you’ve created the worst hit song ever – at least according to the music press? What comes after

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Film Exposure Night

Fri 20 Feb 2026

The Film Exposure Night is a new event for filmmakers, film photographers, and anyone interested in storytelling created through analogue processes.

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A Room With a View + Q&A with Keith Lodwick

Thu 19 Feb 2026

This screening of this multi-award winning Merchant Ivory classic is presented by the Fashion Film Club and will be followed by

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Industry Panel: Intimacy Coordination

Wed 18 Feb 2026

As The Garden Cinema members community is not just made up of cinema enthusiasts, but also covers a large range of

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Diosa (Goddess) + Q&A

Mon 16 Feb 2026

To mark LGBTQI+ History Month in the UK, Instituto Cervantes are teaming up with SRUK – The Spanish Researchers Assoc in

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Avant-Drag!

Sun 15 Feb 2026

Our screening on Sunday February 15 will be introduced in-person by Marta Calderon Quiñones. It will also feature a recorded introduction

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Four Springs

Sat 14 Feb 2026

The screening on 14 February will be followed by an online Q&A with the director Lu Qingyi, moderated by Chinese Cinema

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Tarot readings, Demi Moore-tinis + Ghost

Sat 14 Feb 2026

This Valentine's Day, members are invited to join us for one for our team's most-beloved on-screen romances: Ghost. Tickets include a

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GP Surgery + Soft Limit Cinema Present: Mano Destra (1986) + Shorts

Fri 13 Feb 2026

Join GP Surgery and Soft Limit Cinema in The Atrium Bar for a special Valentine’s Day Weekend event titled ‘Voluptus Obscena’

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Quiet on Set: The Class Division in the Film Industry? + Q&A

Mon 09 Feb 2026

The UK film industry has historically and systemically failed to represent people from working-class backgrounds. This is the focus of Scottish

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LRB Screen/London Reviewed: Night and the City (1950) with Ronan Bennett

Mon 09 Feb 2026

The latest season of the LRB’s long-running film series continues its exploration of visions of London created by non-British filmmakers throughout 2026.

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Montages of a Modern Motherhood 虎毒不

Sat 07 Feb 2026

One of the most acclaimed Hong Kong films of recent years, Oliver Chan’s second feature is a powerful and hard-hitting look

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Shaolin Soccer 少林足球

Sat 07 Feb 2026

A rare screening of the Director’s Cut of Stephen Chow’s classic kung fu football comedy, one of his wildest, wackiest and

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Focus Hong Kong CNY 2026

Fri 06 Feb — Sat 07 Feb 2026

Focus Hong Kong is a UK film festival dedicated to celebrating the amazing cinema and filmmakers of Hong Kong, from early…
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LUZ 花明渡

Fri 06 Feb 2026

UK PREMIERE. The latest work from acclaimed Hong Kong writer director Flora Lau, LUZ is a bold new vision which explores how

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Site&Sound 08: Build it Up, Tear it Down

Wed 04 Feb 2026

Site&Sound is an event series that explores the relationship between architecture and film. Each session will feature curated clips and short films

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Terry's GI Dad + Q&A

Sat 31 Jan 2026

London Breeze Film Festival is delighted to present the winner of its Best Feature Documentary award for 2025 at The Garden Cinema.

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Avant-Drag! + Q&A

Sat 31 Jan 2026

To mark the start of LGBT+ History Month, the Royal Anthropological Institute, in partnership with Spectra, Queer Non-Fiction Films, presents a

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The Clinic

Sat 31 Jan 2026

Set within a modest clinic in the outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar, run by the married couple San San Oo and Aung

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Live stand-up + Is This Thing On?

Fri 30 Jan 2026

This screening will be preceded by a mini stand-up comedy show, featuring a handful of short comedy sets and compèred by

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Video Bazaar presents: Burst City

Tue 27 Jan 2026

Burst City is an explosive Molotov cocktail of dystopian sci-fi, Mad Max-style biker wars against yakuza gangsters and the police, and riotous

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London Short Film Festival 2026

Sun 25 Jan

The UK’s leading short film festival, the London Short Film Festival (LSFF), returns for its 23rd edition from 23 January –…
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LSFF: Can You Imagine A World?

Sun 25 Jan 2026

A programme inviting young audiences to imagine worlds both vast and small, where empathy and curiosity shape what comes next. Suitable

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LSFF: A Raised Voice, Amplified

Sun 25 Jan 2026

A curated selection of artists films that explore how language, communication and meaning circulates around disability, deafness, and chronic illness. Shifting

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Power Station + Q&A

Mon 19 Jan 2026

The film will be followed by a Q&A with director Den Edelstyn. Two artists in Walthamstow set out to take their

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Factual Animation Film Festival

Sat 10 Jan

Factual Animation Film Festival (FAFF) is the world’s longest running film festival dedicated to championing short animated documentaries and factual animation.…
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Factual Animation Film Festival 2025 Programme

Sat 10 Jan 2026

The 2025 FAFF programme celebrates bold, boundary-pushing animated documentaries. These 2025 films are thoughtful, provocative and often playful, inviting audiences to

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10 years of the Factual Animation Film Festival

Sat 10 Jan 2026

Marking a decade of FAFF, this special Best Of programme revisits some of the most powerful, influential and audience-loved films from

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Members' Mingle

Thu 14 Aug 2025

Our regular Members' Mingle returns on Wednesday 22 April! Join us in the Atrium Bar from 19:00 onwards to meet fellow

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Members' Scratch Night

Thu 31 Jul 2025

Our regular Members' Scratch Night returns on Friday 1 May to help more of the creatives in our membership community develop their

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Members' sake & cheese tasting

Sat 21 Jun 2025

To celebrate our trip to 1980s Japan with our Lost Decade season, we're delighted to welcome back the team from Sake

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Some Like It Hot

Fri 16 Aug 2024

The screening on Tuesday 14 July will be introduced by filmmaker John Gordillo. One of the most beloved films of all

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Collage making workshop

Tue 12 Dec 2023

Led by our very own 'Queen of Collage', Marzia Castelli, this workshop will allow you to unleash your creativity and craft