#reelstories Reel Stories is a special exhibition of more than 40 original film posters and memorabilia celebrating Liverpool’s starring role in films from the past 60 years. Liverpool is a filmmaker’s dream. It’s a city of storytellers and performers, writers and entertainers, musicians and poets. From those first flickering pioneering days of cinema, filmmakers have […]
2nd Meet up #ScalaramaLiverpool 2017
Our first ever DIY workshop I WANT TO BE A CINEMA @ Scalarama Liverpool. f you’ve always dreamed of owning a cinema or fancy your hand at showing films to others – but don’t know where to start – you’ve come to the right place.! The workshop will give you a deep insight in how […]
Celebrating our 3rd year as part of one of the most exciting cinema DIY festival on earth #Scalarama, we have organised an exciting launch film programme where everyone is invited! No etiquette, no ticket, no nada.. only your presence is needed. Embrace the Scalarama spirit in one of the most upbeat bars in town, the Baltic […]
Selma tells the amazing story of Martin Luther King's campaign for equal voting rights and his historic 1965 march from Selma to Montgomery. This screening will include a display of civil rights objects from the International Slavery Museum's collection along with the chance to make your own Martin Luther King badge and view rare Black […]
Scalarama Liverpool is participating in the Student Creative Fayre a promotional platform for local services and businesses, celebrating the creative industries and some great local independents in Liverpool. The event will include talks on a a variety of interests: anything from local support services, lifestyle information, to student discounts. SAE Institute is one of the world’s […]
Director : Karel Zeman // Year : 1962// Nationality : Czech Republic (In Czech with subtitles) When Tony the astronaut lands on the moon, the last thing he expects to find there is Baron Munchausen enjoying a glass of wine. Our fantastic voyage with this odd couple combines animation and live action in a dazzlingly […]
When Oh (Jim Parsons), a loveable misfit from another planet, lands on Earth and finds himself on the run from his own people, he forms an unlikely friendship with an adventurous girl named Tip (Rihanna) who is on a quest of her own. Through a series of comic adventures with Tip, Oh comes to understand […]
Merseyside Polonia presents : The Cruise ( Rejs) regarded as Polish cinema's first 'cult' film..
This beautifull hand drawn animation follows the story of ten year old Ben who lives with his father Conor, a lighthouse keeper, and his young sister Saoirse. Their mother has disapeared and Ben has a resentful relationship with Saorise who is mute. Unknown to all of them Saorise is a selkie like her mother, who […]
Plena Rondo follows a Japanese performance artist on a sixty-day experiment to master the world’s easiest and most egalitarian language, Esperanto, using only free learning tools
first festival-in-a-festival, the Celtic Animation Film Festival showcases animated films from those submitted to this year’s inaugural competition. As part of Liverpool Irish Film Festival
FIRST SCALARAMA LIVERPOOL MEETING OF 2018- 186 DAYS TO #SCALARAM
If you’ve always dreamed of owning a cinema or fancy your hand at showing films to others – but don’t know where to start – you’ve come to the right place.
We are up for cinema partying in Liverpool ! Join us in THE launch of Scalarama Liverpool 2018 programme where everyone is invited and you can not missed! No etiquette, no ticket, no nada.. only your presence is needed. Embrace the Scalarama spirit in one of the most upbeat bars in town, The Baltic Social, be […]
Prince Purple Rain on our big VHS cinema screen
With karaoke and Prince soundtrack in our VideOdyssey arcade
Discover amazing African folk tales and mythology and create your own beautiful artwork to take home. Family Friendly Event. Free drop-in event, no need to book
Scalarama Liverpool marks 50 years since 1968 to see what impact that revolutionary year had on the world and what can we learn from the past to deal with the current state of affairs. We'll be launching the BLACK POWER strand of this programme with an event at the Black-E looking at the legacy of […]
For the second year in a Scalarama Liverpool is participating in the Student Creative Fayre
The nights are still blessedly light - but in darkened rooms, the longer nights can stink of fright.
O!PLA - "Oh! Polish Animation" returns back to Liverpool in an new brand edition brought by Big Cinema Adventure and Merseyside Polonia
Luc Besson and Jean Reno at there best and Natalie Portman's wonderful in her debu
The Florida Project follows Moone a mischevious young girl and her friends as they explore the world around them, living in a motel near Disneyland.
Bill Murray's birthday - Life Lessons learned from comedy icon Bill Murray
Discussion in the VideOdyssey video shop followed by screening of Quick Change in our VHS cinema
Squash's seasonal events return with their Autumn edition, taking place at their new headquarters on 112-114 Windsor Street, L8 including films, workshops and of course lovely food! Taking Root Lisa Merton, Alan Dater, USA, 2008, 81 minutes Discover the story of Kenyan Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Wangari Maathai whose simple act of planting trees grew into […]
EVENT POSTPONED Due to some unforeseen circumstances, we will be postponing this event - we will look to reschedule this for mid-late October. Apologies for any inconvenience this has caused. -------------------------------------------------- Scalarama Liverpool, a month-long film season across Merseyside, marks 50 years since 1968 to see what impact that revolutionary year had on the world […]
Join VideOdyssey as we press play on our VCR and head on a voyage to desolate Tokyo in 1956. Laid to ruins by the rampaging Godzilla.
An exciting and fun creative workshop for children. Sign up to run a cinema from the inside: make posters, trailers, props and more
Inspired by the true story of the women who inspired the world, Suffragette tells the inspirational story of the foot soldiers of the early feminist movement who risked everything in the fight for equality.
Returning for the second year, the Celtic Animation Film Festival celebrates and encourages new and emerging Celtic and international animators to forge an ongoing global community to share practice, tell stories and reflect on Celtic culture and concerns.
this will be the first of three planning meeting of Liverpool's Scalarama 2019. Andy has kindly let us have it at Videoddysey which (if you don't know) is pretty close to the Anglican in Toxteth.
Welcome one and all to the Scalarama Merseyside launch for 2019! We’ve got so many amazing film events on this September so let’s celebrate all our hard work and all the exciting screenings to come. To warm us up we will have a screening of short films from the Aesthetica Short Film Festival followed by […]
Liverpool Radical Film Festival presents the curated series Cannibals and Carnivals: A brief history of Brazilian underground cinema: 1964-1971. The first selection is Brazil's first horror film- At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul (1964) - which features the first appearance of Coffin Joe (José Mojica Marins) of the Coffin Joe Trilogy. A wicked undertaker whose […]
Exploring themes of identity and activism, with short films making a big impact! Get a closer look at the museums collections too.
Reel Tours is a cinematic adventure through the streets of Liverpool. Join us as we explore the city’s relationship with the silver screen, which dates from the latter days of the 19th Century right up to some of Hollywood’s biggest blockbusters of recent years. We provide a walking tour, in which you will visit many […]
Reel Tours is a cinematic adventure through the streets of Liverpool. Join us as we explore the city’s relationship with the silver screen, which dates from the latter days of the 19th Century right up to some of Hollywood’s biggest blockbusters of recent years. We provide a walking tour, in which you will visit many […]
Liverpool Radical Film Festival presents the curated series Cannibals and Carnivals: A brief history of Brazilian underground cinema: 1964-1971. The second offering of this collection is comedy Macunaima (Joaquim Pedro de Andrade, 1969. Based on the 1928 book by Mário de Andrade, the modern-day parable follows the misadventures of Macunaima, a black man who is […]
Once again Scalarama is taking part in one of the most exciting fairs in Liverpool, the SAE'S freshers fair, a promotional platform for local services and businesses, celebrating the creative industries and some great local independents in Liverpool. The event will include talks on a a variety of interests: anything from local support services, lifestyle information, […]
Transition Liverpool presents a film night as part of their monthly cafe at Quakers Meeting House. Join them from 6.30pm for food with the film at 7pm. Free but donations welcome to go towards the cost of the film. INHABIT - dir. Costa Boutsikaris - 2015 - documentary - 1h 32mins Synopsis: Inhabit is a […]
Reel Tours is a cinematic adventure through the streets of Liverpool. Join us as we explore the city’s relationship with the silver screen, which dates from the latter days of the 19th Century right up to some of Hollywood’s biggest blockbusters of recent years. We provide a walking tour, in which you will visit many […]
Liverpool Radical Film Festival presents the curated series Cannibals and Carnivals: A brief history of Brazilian underground cinema: 1964-1971. The final installment in this mini-series will be How Tasty was my Little Frenchman (Nelson Pereira dos Santos, 1971). A Frenchman (Arduíno Colassanti), who is part of a faction from his country trying to stake a […]
Liverpool Left Film Club screens Rosa Luxemburg (1986) Dir. Margarethe von Trotta Rosa Luxemburg was a towering figure on the revolutionary left of the German and Polish socialist movements. Born into a Jewish middle-class family, she had, by the age of 18 already been involved the organising of a general strike in Warsaw, for which four […]
Alert!! #newrelease2019 As charming and funny as it is thought-provoking, Hail Satan? chronicles the extraordinary rise of one of the most colourful and controversial religious movements in American history, The Satanists. Hail Satan? is an inspiring and entertaining new feature documentary from acclaimed director Penny Lane (Nuts!, Our Nixon). Director: Penny Lane Year 2019. Duration […]
The UK Premier of “El tren fantasma” (Ghost Train). Mexican Silent Film with Live Music performed by the pianist José María Serralde. About this Event “ caused an outstanding impression at the Festival with his exciting musical treatment...” Pordenone Silent Film Festival 2014 Catalogue “Bringing this film with Ensamble Cine Mudo, is for me a […]
