Allison Anders will be on-site for a post-film Q&A. Mousie (Seidy Lopez) and Sad Girl (Angel Aviles) are two Mexican-American gang members in Echo Park, LA, who have been best friends since childhood. Their loyalty to the gang and one another is put to the test when Sad Girl betrays Mousie, by sleeping with her […]
Reel Girl Film Club celebrates women behind and in front of the camera, through an exciting series of screenings - inclusive, friendly and open to all. As part of SCALARAMA 2018 Reel Girl Film Club is proud to present Susan Seidelman’s (Desperately Seeking Susan) electrifying debut, Smithereens (1982). A film about the misadventures of Wren, […]
World of Film Festival presents a FREE film screening of current international short films followed by music from emerging DJs. The DJs playing after the screening are emerging DJs living in Glasgow. We want to give those artists a chance to play their sets after our screening so people can hang out and chat or […]
Following the closing arguments in a murder trial, the 12 members of the jury must deliberate, with a guilty verdict meaning death for the accused, an inner-city teen. As the dozen men try to reach a unanimous decision while sequestered in a room, one juror (Henry Fonda) casts considerable doubt on elements of the case. […]
In 2000, Agnès Varda travelled the French countryside to study the eccentric world of a group of foragers and scavengers called The Gleaners. Describing herself as a gleaner of ideas and images gives the director a special connection with her subjects in this honest and intriguing documentary.
The original 1968 classic as part of the Scalarama Season. Joining the Scalarama season during September with a season of cult and iconic movies. This year focusing on the Spirit of 1968. A young couple moves in to an apartment only to be surrounded by peculiar neighbors and occurrences. When the wife becomes mysteriously pregnant, […]
Bristol Bad Film Club is going on the road… and we’re bringing Samurai Cop to Oxford! Imagine a low-budget version of Lethal Weapon where Mel Gibson spends most of his time being racist to the Japanese, attempts to sleep with anything that moves and walks around in his pants a lot. That’s Samurai Cop, but there is […]
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.
We are gearing up for our September celebration of cinema and we have already had some excellent ideas for film screenings. Don't worry if you didn't come to the first meeting, as there is still plenty of time to submit events. Our I Want to be a Cinema workshop should provide you with all the […]
The Humanise Community Film Club is a research project by Liverpool-based artist Aleasha Chaunte. In an age of intolerance, in which we seem to have forgotten the skills needed to live with people who are different from us, this film series is an opportunity to relearn them. Each screening will be accompanied by conversation and […]
The Humanise Community Film Club is a research project by Liverpool-based artist Aleasha Chaunte. In an age of intolerance, in which we seem to have forgotten the skills needed to live with people who are different from us, this film series is an opportunity to relearn them. Each screening will be accompanied by conversation and […]
Dare you sing SAW? Witness James Wan's horror classic spliced with live drag performances inspired by its goriest scenes, all to celebrate the launch of Scalarama's 2019 programme! Matchbox Cineclub and Pity Party Film Club present SAW as you've never seen it before - ripped to shreds and reassembled, as local drag terrorisers slice up […]
Scalarama Leeds Programme launch at the Brudenell Social Club The first screening in Leeds of a brand new doumentary that traces the history of the world's most iconic ska, reggae and rock-steady record label, Trojan Records. Trojan Records started in Jamaica in 1968 with Duke Reid’s Trojan Sound System. Rudeboy: The Story Of Trojan Records […]
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 […]
Fashion becomes fatal in Peter Strickland’s eerie, atmospheric and savagely funny satire about a killer red dress. When hapless Thames Valley mother Sheila (Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Secrets and Lies) is enticed into purchasing a seductive dress from a mesmerising sales assistant, the outfit quickly begins to call the shots. Sumptuously shot and wildly hypnotic, 'In Fabric' […]
Commencing Scalarama Leeds 2019 is a deadly double bill of B-movies. Taking us into the early hours of September 1st is a film noir pairing featuring two of cinema’s most iconic and unforgettable femme fatales, anti-heroines played with delicious deviance by Ann Savage (Detour) and Peggy Cummings (Gun Crazy). Both films transcended the boundaries of […]
We kick off Scalarama Leeds 2019 with a deadly double bill of B-movies. A film noir pairing that features two of cinema’s most iconic and unforgettable femme fatales, anti-heroines played with delicious deviance by Ann Savage (Detour) and Peggy Cummings (Gun Crazy). Both films transcended the boundaries of the B-picture to become cult masterpieces. With […]
Weird Weekend Cult Film Festival | 30/08-01/09/19 A weekend of strange and unseen cinema from around the world, showcasing orphans, outcasts and outliers, old and brand-new. Expect 12 films over three days - premieres, guests and plenty of bonus content at Glasgow's cult film festival. Matchbox Cineclub have scoured the world to bring you some […]
Radical Home Cinema is an experimental programming and exhibition event where film lovers invite you to watch films in their homes. This event aims to break down the boundaries between public and private audiences, to present films in unexpected places and to turn the viewing experience into something completely new. Radical Home Cinema is part […]
Fourwalls Housing Co-op is a women-centered living space formed in Glasgow during the 90s by female members of the city's LBGTQ community. Join us for this special brunch-style screening. Fourwalls will kindly offer coffee, tea, fruit juice, vegan cinnamon buns, berries & yogurt(diary/vegan) Film: an activist fights to save the city she lives in during […]
One of the most acclaimed releases of 1994, nominated for 4 Oscars including Best Picture, Robert Redford’s Quiz Show has slipped out of public view in recent years but the themes it explores are as potent and resonant as ever 25 years after its release. Adapted by Paul Attanasio from former Kennedy aide Richard Goodwin’s memoir, Quiz Show uses […]
Merseyside Polonia presents the event about culture differences! The diversity is interesting for some and difficult for others. That's why it's worth looking at it closer. Dealing with this topic will be Paul Hudspith, and Honorata Mikolajew. Paul is a filmmaker, blogger, member of British Airways crew and he meets a lot of people […]
A taster for the 2019 Edinburgh Short Film Festival which starts in October, with a FREE programme of some of our favourites from 2018, from French drama to Columbian Fantasy to Turkish Animation, all in the atmospheric setting of our occasional Garden Cinema at the top of Middle Meadow Walk! EDINBURGH SHORT FILM FESTIVAL
Venture upstairs at The Tooth & Claw for George A Romero's seminal manifesto for the modern horror film, NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD.
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 […]
This September Cinetopia:DOC is proud to present the Edinburgh premiere of Kazuhiro Soda’s INLAND SEA (Minatomachi, 2018), screened as part of Edinburgh Scalarama! Deemed as one of the masters of contemporary documentary filmmaking, Soda’s method and style follow a strict set of self-established commandments, resulting in a unified style of documentaries that provide an unprecedented […]
Inspired by Ugandan Author Monica Arac de Nyeko’s 2007 Caine Prize-winning short storyJambula Tree, Wanuri Kahiu’s acclaimed Rafiki (meaning ‘friend’ in Swahili) is a tender love story about the blossoming romance between two young women amid familial, societal and political pressures. In Nairobi, Kena (Samantha Mugatsia) is helping her father campaign for a local election […]
A young man named Jozef travels to a remote institution to visit his dying father. Discovering the facility in ruin he meets a doctor who makes a strange pronouncement, that within the sanatorium walls time does not behave quite as it normally should and therefore Jozef's father resides in a place somewhere between life and […]
In 1930s' Manchuria, an encounter on a train triggers an epic crusade for a treasure map, prompting a marathon chase in hot pursuit of the loot. Kim Jee-won's 2008 film The Good, the Bad and the Weird flips the script on the typical remake narrative with this South Korean version of a Western classic.This film […]
For our September Scalarama screening we present a juvenile but affectionate slice of 80’s “mix-tape” trailer trash. 47 mouth watering horror and exploitation movie trailers screened to a cinema full of zombies by bargain-basement ventriloquist Nick Pawlow and his foul-mouthed zombie puppet Happy Goldsplat. The zombie audience eat body parts (and each other) while gruesome […]
A sensorial and immersive trip into a teen’s psyche, Madeline’s Madeline boldly dissects mental health, racial tensions, and the vampiric relationship between identity and performance. Starring Miranda July, Molly Parker, and standout newcomer Helena Howard, this is relentless, electrifying cinema that solidifies Josephine Decker’s position at the forefront of contemporary experimental filmmaking. Sixteen-year-old Madeline has […]
Come and join us for our second horror film club night event. Cannibal Holocaust is a 1980 Italian cannibal horror film directed by Ruggero Deodato and written by Gianfranco Clerici. It stars Robert Kerman as Harold Monroe, an anthropologist from New York University who leads a rescue team into the Amazon rainforest to locate a […]
“One of the most underrated films of the ‘80s, this is as fresh, quirky and downright romantic as it was back when Madonna hadn’t even become Mrs. Penn yet." - Empire Magazine Our first contribution to this year’s Scalarama festival and Directed By Women celebration is an 80s classic whose brilliance many people may have […]
Many people recognise Yayoi Kusama’s bold work, but do you know the woman behind the art? Kusama: Infinity is the fascinating story of the queen of polka dots, Yayoi Kusama, one of the most popular artists in the world today. The film traces Kusama’s trajectory from a conservative upbringing in Japan to battling sexism and […]
ISO Design x Scalarama2019 presents We Live in Public, a film about Josh Harris, a poster boy for the Dot Com Bubble of the late 90s, "the greatest internet pioneer you've never heard of" and a remarkable yet ultimately marginalised outsider who made millions as a software developer before re-inventing himself as a conceptual artist. […]
Liverpool IndieFlicks is back! Bigger and better than ever, with a fabulous new location! A perfect night out, offering a variety of high quality short films from around the country and the world. Our TAKE TWO events will run on the FIRST Wednesday of the Month. Socialise with incredible people, discuss and vote for your […]
When hapless Thames Valley mother Sheila (Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Secrets and Lies) is enticed into purchasing a seductive red dress from an unearthly sales assistant, the outfit quickly begins to call the shots, with chilling consequences. Sumptuous and wildly hypnotic, Peter Strickland's In Fabric is both a hilarious send-up of consumerist culture and a captivating tale […]
Winner of Best Screenplay at last year’s Cannes Film Festival, Italian writer-director Alice Rohrwacher’s Happy as Lazzaro is a beguiling and luminous magic realist fable which echoes the surrealist films of cinematic masters like Pier Paolo Pasolini, Federico Fellini and Derek Jarman. Beautifully shot on super 16mm, the film follows the sweet natured peasant Lazzaro […]
No Planet B is excited to present a screening of rarely-screened Studio Ghibli gem Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind! Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind is a 1984 Japanese animated epic science-fantasy-adventure film directed by Hayao Miyazaki. If you're a fan of Spirited Away and Princess Mononoke, you'll love Nausicaä! This screening […]
Dir: Alex Ross Perry, 2018, USA, 135 mins, Cert 18 Wed 4 September // 20:00 Tickets: £5 (full) / £4 (concession) Becky Something, the brilliant and brash frontwoman for the '90s rock band Something She, is foul-mouthed, nihilistic, and incredibly talented. Mother of one, bandmate to two, and friend to none, Becky is at the […]
The Seamore is delighted to present the 2012 Leo Carax film HOLY MOTORS, a stunning odyssey through the streets of Paris with the enigmatic Denis Lavant as he keeps various 'appointments' throughout a 24 hour period. The film is then followed by the video essay Holy Motors: Man Without A Movie Camera by esteemed essayist […]
Agnès Varda brings New York counterculture to Los Angeles. In a rented house in the sun-soaked Hollywood Hills, a woman and two men, Viva, of Warhol Factory fame, and James Rado and Gerome Ragni, who created and starred in the rock musical “Hair,” delight in one another's bodies while musing on love, stardom, and politics. […]
Dir: Robert Altman, 1982, USA, 109 minutes, Cert 15 Thu 5 September // 20:00 Tickets: £5 (full) / £4 (concession) Set in a small Texan town near where Giant was filmed in 1955, a group of women who call themselves The Disciples of James Dean meet up in 1975 to mark the anniversary of the […]
See The Italian Job at the Strand – your not-for-profit arts centre and only surviving art deco cinema in Belfast Thursday 5th September, 8.15pm Tickets £5 The quintessential British caper film of the 1960s, The Italian Job is a flashy, fast romp that chases a team of career criminals throughout one of the biggest international […]
On the 5th September, Magic Egg Productions are proud to present a special event at the famous Cameo Cinema in Tollcross, Edinburgh. We will be showing an accessible version of the film ‘Mary and Max’ on the main screen. The film will feature subtitles and British Sign Language alongside the movie so that Deaf, hearing […]
Dust off your football boots for our September Pay As You Feel screening, a film chosen for the community, by the community. This month, we are partnering with Young Roots for a screening of feel-good British sports comedy, Bend It Like Beckham. Plucky eighteen-year-old Jesminder “Jess” Bhamra is football-mad but forbidden to play by her […]
After the death of his father, T’Challa, heir to the hidden but advanced kingdom of Wakanda, must confront a challenger from his country’s past. Faced with treachery and danger, the young king must rally his allies and release the full power of Black Panther to defeat his foes and secure the safety of his people. […]
Celebrating the birth of show business and tells the story of visionary, Phineas Taylor Barnum, who rose from nothing to create a spectacle that became a worldwide sensation. Thirsty for innovation and hungry for success, he introduces extraordinary, never-seen-before live acts on the circus stage. Some will call Barnum’s wide collection of oddities, a freak […]
