Current Season:

The Cold Comfort of Roy Andersson

Fri 22 Nov — Tue 10 Dec 2024

I try to capture the absurdity and humour of everyday existence. There’s a melancholy and loneliness to my work, but also a sense of connection and shared experience – Roy Andersson

The Garden Cinema ushers in the winter with a selection of films showcasing the brilliance of Roy Andersson. From 22 November, we will screen a brief selection of Andersson films focusing on his infamous ‘Living Trilogy’: Songs from the Second Floor (2000), You, the Living (2007), and A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence (2014).
To tie in with the trilogy, his most recent film, About Endlessness, will also be screening as a members’ choice on 3 December  and as a public screening on 10 December. 
If you are unfamiliar with his work, this is a unique chance to be introduced to Andersson’s world of desolate, muted-colour tableaux, where horror, tragicomedy, and absurdity combine to form a poetic illustration of the human condition. A highly visual director, he often uses static shots reminiscent of Edward Hopper and German Expressionist paintings, and his humour recalls that of Luis Buñuel and Jacques Tati.

Upcoming Screenings

About Endlessness 12

This film was proposed by our member Stephen Cahill, who writes: 'Another film that came and went in the blink of… Read More
Roy Andersson, Sweden, Germany, Norway, 2019, 78m.
Tue 10 Dec
20:45

Past Screenings

About Endlessness 12

This film was proposed by our member Stephen Cahill, who writes: 'Another film that came and went in the blink of… Read More
Roy Andersson, Sweden, Germany, Norway, 2019, 78m.
This screening has now passed.

A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence 12

The final film in his' Living trilogy', preceded by Songs from the Second Floor and You, the Living, Swedish master Roy Andersson’s… Read More
Roy Andersson, Sweden, Norway, France, Germany, Denmark, 2014, 101m.
This screening has now passed.

You, the Living 15

In the Swedish city of Lethe, people from different walks of life take part in a series of short, deadpan vignettes… Read More
Roy Andersson, Sweden, France, Germany, Denmark, Norway, 2007, 95m.
This screening has now passed.

Songs from the Second Floor 15

One evening, somewhere in our hemisphere, a strange series of illogical events take place: a clerk is made redundant in a… Read More
Roy Andersson, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, 2000, 98m.
This screening has now passed.