A man returns to the idyllic beach of his childhood to surf with his son. When he is humiliated by a group of locals, the man is drawn into a conflict that keeps rising and pushes him to his breaking point.

THE UNINVITED is a story about the passing of time, love, regret and aging. A Hollywood Hills psychodrama about love, loss and motherhood - "a dark night of the soul sits at the intersection of The Player (1992) and Sunset Boulevard (1950).” (Sight and Sound). The film humorously critiques Hollywood's beauty standards while celebrating the complexities of womanhood and explores the themes of motherhood, and self-discovery in Los Angeles.

ISLE OF DOGS tells the story of Atari Kobayashi, 12-year-old ward to corrupt Mayor Kobayashi. When, by Executive Decree, all the canine pets of Megasaki City are exiled to a vast garbage-dump called Trash Island, Atari sets off alone in a miniature Junior-Turbo Prop and flies across the river in search of his bodyguard-dog, Spots. There, with the assistance of a pack of newly-found mongrel friends, he begins an epic journey that will decide the fate and future of the entire Prefecture.

Celebrate Genesis' 26th Birthday with a special selection of our favourite films from the past 26 years at £2.50 our 1999 ticket price. Scott Pilgrim has never had a problem getting a girlfriend. It's getting rid of them that proves difficult. From the girl who broke his heart-and now is back in town-to the teenage distraction he's trying to shake when Ramona rollerblades into his world, love hasn't been easy. He soon discovers, however, his new crush has the most unusual baggage of all: a nefarious league of exes controls her love life and will do whatever it takes to eliminate him as a suitor.

Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back. You keep dancing with the devil, one day he's gonna follow you home. Written and directed by Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Coogler, Sinners stars Michael B. Jordan in a dual role, joined by Oscar-nominee Hailee Steinfeld, Jack O'Connell, Wunmi Mosaku, Jayme Lawson, Omar Benson Miller, and Delroy Lindo.

Celebrate Genesis' 26th Birthday with a special selection of our favourite films from the past 26 years at £2.50 our 1999 ticket price.

In THUNDERBOLTS*, Marvel Studios assembles an unconventional team of antiheroes — Yelena Belova, Bucky Barnes, Red Guardian, Ghost, Taskmaster and John Walker. After finding themselves ensnared in a death trap set by Valentina Allegra de Fontaine, these disillusioned castoffs must embark on a dangerous mission that will force them to confront the darkest corners of their pasts. Will this dysfunctional group tear themselves apart, or find redemption and unite as something much more before it’s too late? Returning to their Marvel Cinematic Universe roles are Florence Pugh, Sebastian Stan, David Harbour, Wyatt Russell, Olga Kurylenko, Hannah John-Kamen, and Julia Louis-Dreyfus. The cast also includes newcomers to the MCU with Lewis Pullman, Geraldine Viswanathan, Chris Bauer and Wendell Edward Pierce. Jake Schreier directs THUNDERBOLTS* with Kevin Feige producing. Louis D’Esposito, Brian Chapek and Jason Tamez serve as executive producers.

A man returns to the idyllic beach of his childhood to surf with his son. When he is humiliated by a group of locals, the man is drawn into a conflict that keeps rising and pushes him to his breaking point.

Plagued by a violent recurring nightmare, college student Stefanie heads home to track down the one person who might be able to break the cycle and save her family from the grisly demise that inevitably awaits them all.

A visionary new documentary exploring the final decade of John Lennon's life in extraordinary detail. Follow the legend as he evolves beyond The Beatles, creating revolutionary music and standing at the forefront of anti-war protests that would make him one of the most influential pop culture icons of all time. Followed by an in person Q&A with the director, Alan G. Parker.

THE UNINVITED is a story about the passing of time, love, regret and aging. A Hollywood Hills psychodrama about love, loss and motherhood - "a dark night of the soul sits at the intersection of The Player (1992) and Sunset Boulevard (1950).” (Sight and Sound). The film humorously critiques Hollywood's beauty standards while celebrating the complexities of womanhood and explores the themes of motherhood, and self-discovery in Los Angeles.

A woman from a ‘cursed’ family is released from a mental facility, and soon dismembered corpses start turning up.

“DORIS WISHMAN’S CULT CLASSIC!”

BAR TRASH celebrates its 3rd sensational year with WE ARE TRASH!, a fan-made mixtape of cult and chaotic cinema, based entirely on audience suggestions from our review cards.

Launch night begins with Token Homo unveiling the full WE ARE TRASH! event lineup (33 films, 3 venues, 3 months!). Then, special guest co-host Molly Miles (CATEGORY H) will introduce Doris Wishman’s cult serving of cinematic mayhem, A NIGHT TO DISMEMBER (1983).

Doris Wishman (1912-2002) was one of exploitation cinema's ultimate outlaws. Carving space in an industry dominated by toxic masculinity, Wishman channeled some of its depraved desires to release more than 30 nudity and sexploitation films across 4 pioneering decades.

“A NIGHT TO DISMEMBER is Doris Wishman’s only horror film, one whose troubled production history resulted in a dreamlike fragmented narrative. Don’t worry too much about what’s going on in the plot, instead look out for 80s porn star Samantha Fox (no, not that one…) in a starring role, plenty of B-Roll and bloody murders. Unable to be seen for many years, we couldn’t be prouder to bring the film once dubbed ‘cinematic junk’ to BAR TRASH.” (Molly Miles)

Molly Miles (they/them) is a programmer specialising in the weirdest sides of horror. They are one half of late night horror club CATEGORY H, and can be found on Instagram as @categoryhfilms and @taxidermybreakfast.

Polite notice: We are projecting A NIGHT TO DISMEMBER without subtitles from the best available digital source (which isn’t saying much…). The film contains scenes of extreme violence and gore, and makes very little sense…

/// BAR TRASH is a celebration of cult and curious cinema, hosted by queer film fanatic Token Homo and friends. Films are served with themed drinks, introductions, intermissions, prize giveaways, and subtitles / captions where possible. Tickets from £3.50. Adults 18+ only. Follow @tokenhomo on Instagram for updates. More info at tokenhomo.com ///

The powerful documentary 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. In the film the celebrated broadcaster and filmmaker reveals how his lifetime has coincided with the great age of ocean discovery. Through spectacular sequences featuring coral reefs, kelp forests and the open ocean, Attenborough shares why a healthy ocean keeps the entire planet stable and flourishing. Stunning, immersive cinematography showcases the wonder of life under the seas and exposes the realities and challenges facing our ocean as never-before-seen, from destructive fishing techniques to mass coral reef bleaching. Yet the story is one of optimism, with Attenborough pointing to inspirational stories from around the world to deliver his greatest message: the ocean can recover to a glory beyond anything anyone alive has ever seen.

Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back. You keep dancing with the devil, one day he's gonna follow you home. Written and directed by Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Coogler, Sinners stars Michael B. Jordan in a dual role, joined by Oscar-nominee Hailee Steinfeld, Jack O'Connell, Wunmi Mosaku, Jayme Lawson, Omar Benson Miller, and Delroy Lindo.

Celebrate Genesis' 26th Birthday with a special selection of our favourite films from the past 26 years at £2.50 our 1999 ticket price. Have you ever dreamt of a better version of yourself? You. Only better in every way. You should try this new product, The Substance. IT CHANGED MY LIFE.

In THUNDERBOLTS*, Marvel Studios assembles an unconventional team of antiheroes — Yelena Belova, Bucky Barnes, Red Guardian, Ghost, Taskmaster and John Walker. After finding themselves ensnared in a death trap set by Valentina Allegra de Fontaine, these disillusioned castoffs must embark on a dangerous mission that will force them to confront the darkest corners of their pasts. Will this dysfunctional group tear themselves apart, or find redemption and unite as something much more before it’s too late? Returning to their Marvel Cinematic Universe roles are Florence Pugh, Sebastian Stan, David Harbour, Wyatt Russell, Olga Kurylenko, Hannah John-Kamen, and Julia Louis-Dreyfus. The cast also includes newcomers to the MCU with Lewis Pullman, Geraldine Viswanathan, Chris Bauer and Wendell Edward Pierce. Jake Schreier directs THUNDERBOLTS* with Kevin Feige producing. Louis D’Esposito, Brian Chapek and Jason Tamez serve as executive producers.

A man returns to the idyllic beach of his childhood to surf with his son. When he is humiliated by a group of locals, the man is drawn into a conflict that keeps rising and pushes him to his breaking point.

Celebrate Genesis' 26th Birthday with a special selection of our favourite films from the past 26 years at £2.50 our 1999 ticket price. At a vacation resort, 11-year-old Sophie treasures the time she spends with her loving and idealistic father. Twenty years later, Sophie reminisces about their last holiday together as she tries to come to terms with the man she didn't always know.

Plagued by a violent recurring nightmare, college student Stefanie heads home to track down the one person who might be able to break the cycle and save her family from the grisly demise that inevitably awaits them all.

THE UNINVITED is a story about the passing of time, love, regret and aging. A Hollywood Hills psychodrama about love, loss and motherhood - "a dark night of the soul sits at the intersection of The Player (1992) and Sunset Boulevard (1950).” (Sight and Sound). The film humorously critiques Hollywood's beauty standards while celebrating the complexities of womanhood and explores the themes of motherhood, and self-discovery in Los Angeles.

Celebrate Genesis' 26th Birthday with a special selection of our favourite films from the past 26 years at £2.50 our 1999 ticket price. Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson find each other across Coppola’s oriental dreamscape of lost souls and enter into a chaste love story whose chemistry rivals that of the most sweeping romance.

Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back. You keep dancing with the devil, one day he's gonna follow you home. Written and directed by Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Coogler, Sinners stars Michael B. Jordan in a dual role, joined by Oscar-nominee Hailee Steinfeld, Jack O'Connell, Wunmi Mosaku, Jayme Lawson, Omar Benson Miller, and Delroy Lindo.

The staff of a European publication decides to publish a memorial edition highlighting the three best stories from the last decade: an artist sentenced to life imprisonment, student riots, and a kidnapping resolved by a chef.

In THUNDERBOLTS*, Marvel Studios assembles an unconventional team of antiheroes — Yelena Belova, Bucky Barnes, Red Guardian, Ghost, Taskmaster and John Walker. After finding themselves ensnared in a death trap set by Valentina Allegra de Fontaine, these disillusioned castoffs must embark on a dangerous mission that will force them to confront the darkest corners of their pasts. Will this dysfunctional group tear themselves apart, or find redemption and unite as something much more before it’s too late? Returning to their Marvel Cinematic Universe roles are Florence Pugh, Sebastian Stan, David Harbour, Wyatt Russell, Olga Kurylenko, Hannah John-Kamen, and Julia Louis-Dreyfus. The cast also includes newcomers to the MCU with Lewis Pullman, Geraldine Viswanathan, Chris Bauer and Wendell Edward Pierce. Jake Schreier directs THUNDERBOLTS* with Kevin Feige producing. Louis D’Esposito, Brian Chapek and Jason Tamez serve as executive producers.

Plagued by a violent recurring nightmare, college student Stefanie heads home to track down the one person who might be able to break the cycle and save her family from the grisly demise that inevitably awaits them all.

Set over one unforgettable day in South London, Rye Lane follows two twenty-somethings as they unexpectedly connect and open up about their lives, break-ups, and everything in between. Bursting with colour, energy and humour, it’s a refreshing story about identity, confidence and self-expression.

This event is hosted by One House, a social club for people in their 20s and 30s to chill, connect and try something different. We’re screening the film as part of Mental Health Awareness Month, with space for relaxed conversation around self-expression, connection and being comfortable in your own skin.

To find out more about us, check us out on Instagram & Tiktok: @onehousesocialclub.

Plagued by a violent recurring nightmare, college student Stefanie heads home to track down the one person who might be able to break the cycle and save her family from the grisly demise that inevitably awaits them all.

Enjoy Classic ‘ole skool’ Martial Arts Films + Short films + Computer Fighting Games & ‘Ole Skool Beats’ in The Bar.
Fun and games in bar dojo with fight gaming competition (play Street Fighter etc), Enjoy Music (80’s Hip-hop Beats), Buy martial arts Blurays, Network, Enjoy drinks at the bar & more.

6.00pm: Main feature + short film
A Special UK Exclusive 4K Screening of Jet Li’s Shaolin Temple

Supported by the Chinese Kung Fu Film Festival & Southern Film Culture Foundation.

A historic film representing ancient Shaolin Temple culture in all its Chinese glory and the film that introduced action star & icon Jet Li to the world.

Chieh Yuan, a young man whose heroic rebel father is murdered in battle, joins the prestigious Shaolin Temple as a novice monk to master the art of kung fu and seek revenge for his father's death, by killing the evil emperor Huang Shi-Chung and his henchmen.

Cast: Li Lin Jei, Yue Chen Wei, Yue Hai, Din Nan, Chang Jien Wun, Ji Chuan Hwa, Hu Chien Chiang, Huan Kwang Chuan, Zhang Jien Hwu & Yin Tee Hwa.
Director: Chang Hsin Yen
Hong Kong / 1982 / 96 mins / 18

Other Dates: Kung Fu Cinema is back - Fri 11th July 2025

Times:
4.00pm – 5.50pm: Gaming competition fun & retro Hip-hop Beats in bar.
6.00pm: Main feature + short film

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E: kungfulatenite@gmail.com
T: 07961 977 749

Ethan Hunt and the IMF team continue their search for the terrifying AI known as the Entity - which has infiltrated intelligence networks all over the globe - with the world's governments and a mysterious ghost from Ethan's past on their trail. Joined by new allies and armed with the means to shut the Entity down for good, Hunt is in a race against time to prevent the world as we know it from changing forever.

Four weeks after a mysterious, incurable virus spreads throughout the UK, a handful of survivors try to find sanctuary. Andrew MacDonald, Producer of 28 Days Later and Trainspotting, and grandson of the film’s screenwriter, Emeric Pressburger, will introduce this screening

Following a writer on his world famous fictional play about a grieving father who travels with his tech-obsessed family to small rural Asteroid City to compete in a junior stargazing event, only to have his world view disrupted forever.

Skala Eressos, Lesbos, has long been a mecca for queer women as they trace the steps of Sappho, the poetess who gave lesbianism its name. Residents hold a week-long festival in May celebrating the island's queer spaces and community, encouraging the younger generation to claim the space as their own. This short documentary follows the residents and visitors and those who are part of it - attendees, organisers and performers.

Ethan Hunt and the IMF team continue their search for the terrifying AI known as the Entity - which has infiltrated intelligence networks all over the globe - with the world's governments and a mysterious ghost from Ethan's past on their trail. Joined by new allies and armed with the means to shut the Entity down for good, Hunt is in a race against time to prevent the world as we know it from changing forever.

As the rain tears down on rippled metal roofs, the Cameroonian city of Douala is in the throes of preparation for the start of the new school year. The protagonist – the stoic, hardworking Mambar Pierette – is a dressmaker and as such becomes the local confidant, therapist and mother. Belgium-based director, Rosine Mbakam, uses her essayistic style to create a fictional tale of a woman facing a day of misfortune. In the francophone language Pierette is a 'couturier' but not in the way the Western world understands the term: she is sat hunched over a machine, runs her hands across fabric and slices through cloth whilst the rains threaten her livelihood and her relationships. Mbakam offers a glimpse into the lives of businesswomen working in the heart of their local communities where negotiations of time, money and expertise are complex and unregulated. From watching Pierette overcome every struggle, we begin to understand the real value of cloth.

Belgium/Cameroon/France, 2023. Dir. Rosine Mbakam, 93min, French with English subtitles.

About the festival:

Fashion in Film Festival 2025 presents GROUNDED, a major UK-wide season exploring the relationship between fashion and nature through the lens of cinema. Spanning the late 19th century to present day, the programme examines fashion’s role as simultaneously a barrier and a connecting tissue between humans and the natural world. With over 80 titles including rare screenings and UK premieres, GROUNDED presents diverse narratives addressing ecological and geopolitical concerns while exploring imaginative spaces of poetry, comedy, beauty, joy, horror, and transgression. fashioninfilm.com

Please, email fashioninfilm@email.com for accessibility requirements.

Textile artist Allan Brown finds a way through grief by locally foraging for nettle, processing the fibres, hand-spinning and weaving them, and then cutting and sewing the coarse fabric into a dress. This seven-year project, poignantly documented through Dylan Howitt’s lens, enables Brown to find solace in the changing seasons, to slow down his mind through the repetitive and embodied nature of craftsmanship, and to ‘change something ugly and painful into something beautiful and protective.’ A labour of love, The Nettle Dress reminds us that a return to slow methods of production and reconnection to nature can be healing for both the planet and humans alike.

UK, 2023. Dir. Dylan Howitt, 68min, English

About the festival:

Fashion in Film Festival 2025 presents GROUNDED, a major UK-wide season exploring the relationship between fashion and nature through the lens of cinema. Spanning the late 19th century to present day, the programme examines fashion’s role as simultaneously a barrier and a connecting tissue between humans and the natural world. With over 80 titles including rare screenings and UK premieres, GROUNDED presents diverse narratives addressing ecological and geopolitical concerns while exploring imaginative spaces of poetry, comedy, beauty, joy, horror, and transgression. fashioninfilm.com

Please, email fashioninfilm@email.com for accessibility requirements.

Wannabe frat boys travel to a downtown bar in search of entertainment, unaware it is occupied by bloodthirsty vampires.

“GRACE JONES WILL TAKE YOUR BREATH AWAY… FOR GOOD!”

BAR TRASH celebrates our 3rd year and 10th sensational season with WE ARE TRASH!, a fan-made mixtape of cult and chaotic cinema (May to Aug 2025).

Richard Wenk’s comedy horror — with bite — VAMP (1986) was one of the first titles dropped in our audience suggestion box, making it the perfect way to celebrate the many wonders of our BAR TRASH community (and much of it takes place in a bar!). VAMP also mainlines one of the themes we’re celebrating throughout this season; kick-ass women in exploitation cinema.

Making a spell-binding return to BAR TRASH, Grace Jones (previously seen in CONAN THE DESTROYER) is spellbinding in another supporting role. Reported struggles with her acting resulted in almost all of Jones’ dialogue being removed, but that only adds to VAMP’s neon pink and green weirdness. When her lead vampire Katrina takes to the stage, Jones’ surreal striptease is an avant garde jaw dropper.

VAMP is superbly designed by many of Grace Jones’ own award-winning collaborators — including iconic queer artist Keith Haring — and features stunning practical FX by four-time Oscar winner Greg Cannom (THE LOST BOYS, BRAM STOKER’S DRACULA). Described by veteran critic Roger Ebert as “sort of a vampire version of AFTER HOURS”, VAMP is a bloody mess of genres, but these are cocktail ingredients we imbibe with love and affection at BAR TRASH!

Polite notice: We are projecting VAMP with subtitles from the best available digital source.

/// BAR TRASH is a celebration of cult and curious cinema, hosted by queer film fanatic Token Homo and friends. Films are served with themed drinks, introductions, intermissions, prize giveaways, and subtitles / captions where possible. Tickets from £3.50. Adults 18+ only. Follow @tokenhomo on Instagram for updates. More info at tokenhomo.com ///

A live-action reimagining of Disney’s 2002 animated classic, LILO & STITCH is the wildly funny and touching story of a lonely Hawaiian girl and the fugitive alien who helps to mend her broken family. Directed by Oscar®-nominated filmmaker Dean Fleischer Camp (MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON), the film stars Sydney Elizebeth Agudong, Billy Magnussen, Tia Carrere, Hannah Waddingham and Chris Sanders, along with Courtney B. Vance and Zach Galifianakis, and introducing Maia Kealoha.

Ethan Hunt and the IMF team continue their search for the terrifying AI known as the Entity - which has infiltrated intelligence networks all over the globe - with the world's governments and a mysterious ghost from Ethan's past on their trail. Joined by new allies and armed with the means to shut the Entity down for good, Hunt is in a race against time to prevent the world as we know it from changing forever.

Presented by Cult Classic Collective the screening is followed by a panel discussion with Nick Walker. Heroic earthling Flash Gordon saves the world from the nefarious Ming the Merciless in this lavish, intentionally campy adaptation of the famous sci-fi comic strip. The story is as basic as space operas get: Ming (Max von Sydow) has developed a plan to destroy the Earth, and Flash (Sam J. Jones) and his attractive companion, Dale Arden (Melody Anderson), are called upon to stop him. Along the way, Flash must battle Ming's goons and the temptations of a luscious space princess. Previously the basis for a more straight-faced 1930s adventure serial, Flash's story is mined here for exaggerated, cartoon humor by screenwriter Lorenzo Semple Jr., a central figure in the similarly campy '60s Batman television series. The simplistic plot mainly serves as an excuse for spectacular sets and cartoonish action sequences, all set to an appropriately over-the-top rock score by Queen. Certainly not a film to turn to for serious excitement, fine performances, or character development, Flash Gordon has nevertheless developed an appreciative cult of fans who admire the film's humorous approach and the detailed, colorful production design.

After 27 years, the groundbreaking documentary 'Hang The DJ,' which first presented DJs as artists and debuted at TIFF in 1998, returns for a five-city UK charity screening tour. A very rare chance to experience this influential film on the big screen while supporting worthy causes. *Screenings will feature either the original 35mm projection or a 4K scan of the original print. All proceeds go to We Are With You & Endometriosis UK

We’re excited to present straight8er Dean Puckett’s debut feature The Severed Sun - fresh from its US release. Join us for this special screening followed by a Q&A diving into the film, its unique production approach, and Dean’s journey as a filmmaker. We’ll also be screening his acclaimed 3-minute straight 8 short Satan’s Bite to kick things off.

We’re excited to present Ciaran Lyons' debut feature Tummy Monster as part of its UK wide cinema tour. Join us for this special screening followed by a Q&A diving into the film and its fiercely independent micro budget production approach. Writer/Director Ciaran, Producer Beth and some of the film’s stars will join for the discussion. We’ll also be screening the producer's 3-minute straight 8 short Hard Coffee to kick things off.

Tummy Monster
When a narcissistic Scottish tattoo artist tries to get a selfie with an international popstar who shows up on his doorstep in the middle of the night, his refusal to take no for an answer embroils him in a bizarre game of chicken that threatens to destroy his life...

Do you miss music videos?

It is definitely a new era but in 2025 there is hope with new voices, ambition, and exciting craftsmanship bringing music videos back.

Join us as we screen music videos from some of the most exciting creative new talents and also for a Q&A with selected directors.

This is definitely a screening for fans of music videos, artists, musicians and those who are building a career in the industry.

We will be screening work by acclaimed music video directors; Meeks and Frost (Wretch 32, Little Simz), Charlotte Rutherford (PinkPatheress), Gabriel Moses (Little Simz, Travis Scott), Salomon Ligthelm (Giveon, Little Simz), Bridie O' Sullivan (Nadeem Din-Gabisi), Lauzza (Jim Legxacy, YT), Dave Meyers (Little Simz, Missy Elliott) and Rino Sison (Jay Kage).

The screening will be followed by a Q&A with directors Meeks and Frost and Kadri Mahmoud (Co-owner of the Lauzza Music Video Platform)

This screening is hosted by film platform UNDR LNDN (@undrlndn) and has been supported by The Glow Fund by Cinema For All.

In her captivating film, artist Alexandra Gulea knits together the life of her grandmother Maia (1905-1999) with the history of the Aromanians, a Balkan ethnic group subjected to displacement and cultural suppression during early 20th-century nationalist conflicts. Through a collage of carefully composed cinematic tableaux, archival footage, photographs, puppetry, drawings, and performative ‘re-incarnations,’ the film results in an extraordinarily layered portrait that is both deeply personal and historical. Dress emerges as one of Gulea’s central motifs. A red bridal gown with a five-meter train represents Maia's resistance to marriage customarily arranged by Aromanian women and translucent men's suits that move in the wind evoke the death by hanging of Gulea’s great-grandfather and other relatives. Elsewhere, an inherited velvet dress is seen drifting through the landscapes the Aromanians once traversed from the Black Sea to Bucharest. As Gulea notes: ‘The velvet dress is borne like a spectre. The landscapes in the film, in all their vastness and diversity, bear witness to Maia’s passage through these lands. Waters, mountains, trees – all have known her, all have absorbed her suffering.’

Romania, 2024, Dir. Alexandra Gulea, 90min, Romanian & Aromanian with English subtitles

About the festival:

Fashion in Film Festival 2025 presents GROUNDED, a major UK-wide season exploring the relationship between fashion and nature through the lens of cinema. Spanning the late 19th century to present day, the programme examines fashion’s role as simultaneously a barrier and a connecting tissue between humans and the natural world. With over 80 titles including rare screenings and UK premieres, GROUNDED presents diverse narratives addressing ecological and geopolitical concerns while exploring imaginative spaces of poetry, comedy, beauty, joy, horror, and transgression. fashioninfilm.com

Please, email fashioninfilm@email.com for accessibility requirements.

When Dani and Christian, an American couple in a strained relationship, travel with friends to observe some once-in-a-lifetime midsummer celebrations in Hälsingland, Sweden, they appear to enter a natural idyll. In the pagan rituals they witness, however, fertility and regeneration are connected to grisly deaths, as the meadow they inhabit becomes the site of a living nightmare. The handmade clothing worn by the Hårga community provides a whitewashed backdrop for a painterly décor of brightly coloured flowers which pulsate and seem to breathe, while humans are drained of liveliness, some more quickly than others. The contrast between encroaching human stasis and plant aliveness reaches its height when the May Queen is crowned and dons a costume of flowers. Inspired by the Pre-Raphaelite era artwork of John Everett Millais and work by Belgian symbolist Léon Frédéric, the May Queen’s dress exudes a chilling vitality in which beauty and horror become one.

USA/Sweden, 2019. Dir. Ari Aster, 147min, English.

About the festival:

Fashion in Film Festival 2025 presents GROUNDED, a major UK-wide season exploring the relationship between fashion and nature through the lens of cinema. Spanning the late 19th century to present day, the programme examines fashion’s role as simultaneously a barrier and a connecting tissue between humans and the natural world. With over 80 titles including rare screenings and UK premieres, GROUNDED presents diverse narratives addressing ecological and geopolitical concerns while exploring imaginative spaces of poetry, comedy, beauty, joy, horror, and transgression. fashioninfilm.com

Please, email fashioninfilm@email.com for accessibility requirements.

Join Peppa Pig and her family at the cinema as they get ready for their biggest adventure yet: welcoming a new baby.

The Doctor and Ruby Sunday have faced the Bogeyman, fought against Maestro, and survived the battlefield of Kastarion 3. In the epic two-part season finale, the Doctor and Ruby arrive at UNIT headquarters on a top-secret mission and a long-buried secret awaits...

Do you generally pay attention to the music in the cinema? Would you like to get to know more? Come and discover 9 short films by talented young directors on the big screen, accompanied live by an ensemble of musicians, all led by a strong collaboration between directors and composers. Electronic, jazz, classical and experimental music are all on the programme for this cine-concert, as well as drama, comedy, thriller and animation.

Films screened:

"Anomaly" (6') dir. Arturs Voblikovs comp. Eric Davis
"Kisah Kasih" (15') dir. Fauzan Hak; comp. Jérémy Velez
"Machinations" (3') dir. & comp. Pierre Catherine-Buffet
"What is happening to art" (4') dir. Asli Inkaya comp. Deniz Dörtok
"Cicada" (15') dir. Roxana Stroe comp. Darren Sng
"Goblin hunter" (4'30) dir. Adrian Abbott comp. Dominic de Grande
"Hoard" (20') dir. Gus Barry ; comp. Pierre CB and Ollie Baines
"Me time" (15') dir. Jack Burgess comp. Pierre Catherine-Buffet
"A perfect morning situation" (5') dir. Alex Gwyn Davies comp. Declan Molloy.

Join Peppa Pig and her family at the cinema as they get ready for their biggest adventure yet: welcoming a new baby.

Join Peppa Pig and her family at the cinema as they get ready for their biggest adventure yet: welcoming a new baby.

'DOGMAN' follows Tyler, a young man living with his best friend. After being fired from his first day at a new job, Tyler faces an ultimatum: pay rent or move out. Desperate, he enters a competition offering £100K to anyone who can outrun a 'dog' for 10 minutes. but upon arrival, he realises he has unknowingly agreed to be hunted by something far more dangerous...

Premiere Event summary:

- Screening of the film
- Q&A with cast and creator

Screen opens at 19:00
Screening begins at 19:30

Five stories. One shared idea: transformation.
From the quiet grief of a family letting go to the obsessive depths of friendship and the shifting identity of a man under pressure, The Crossover explores what it means to change, emotionally, physically, and across time. These films span cultures, generations, genres, and even gravity, forming an anthology that blends mystery, emotion, humour, and imagination.
Each short offers a distinct lens on that theme. A British agent confronts his own reflection during a tense manhunt. A girl pursues an impossible dream. A mother begins to float. A friend’s well-meaning support spirals into darkly comic obsession. Featuring an Oscar-nominated animation (One Small Step) and Olivia Colman in The Kármán Line, these stories are presented in collaboration between ShortsTV and CineBooth. Each film stands on its own but together they ask what we leave behind when we move forward.

Presented by Cult Classic Collective the screening is followed by a panel discussion with Nick Walker. A pair of astronauts heads to Jupiter to investigate a radio signal sent from a mysterious monolith on the moon, but their tranquil trip is endangered when their on-board computer begins acting oddly. The simple plot of director Stanley Kubrick's inspired space adventure (co-scripted with noted science fiction author Arthur C. Clarke) belies the profound philosophical implications of this classic film, which inspires viewers to ask questions about the nature of advanced civilizations . . . and of human consciousness. Nearly half a century after its release, the film's groundbreaking special effects are still breathtaking, and its ending still mind-bending.

Complicit: A Michael Haneke Retrospective at Genesis Cinema. A 14-year-old video enthusiast obsessed with violent films decides to make one of his own and show it to his parents, with tragic results.

Complicit: A Michael Haneke Retrospective at Genesis Cinema Two psychotic young men take a mother, father, and son hostage in their vacation cabin and force them to play sadistic "games" with one another for their own amusement.

Complicit: A Michael Haneke Retrospective at Genesis Cinema A series of events unfold like a chain reaction, all stemming from a minor event that brings the film's five characters together. Set in Paris, France, Anne is an actress whose boyfriend Georges photographs the war in Kosovo. Georges' brother, Jean, is looking for the entry code to Georges' apartment. These characters' lives interconnect with a Romanian immigrant and a deaf teacher.

Complicit: A Michael Haneke Retrospective at Genesis Cinema Erika Kohut, a sexually repressed piano teacher living with her domineering mother, meets a young man who starts romantically pursuing her.

Presented by Cult Classic Collective the screening is followed by a panel discussion with Nick Walker. A fleet of Martian spacecraft surrounds the world's major cities and all of humanity waits to see if the extraterrestrial visitors have, as they claim, "come in peace." U.S. President James Dale receives assurance from science professor Donald Kessler that the Martians' mission is a friendly one. But when a peaceful exchange ends in the total annihilation of the U.S. Congress, military men call for a full-scale nuclear retaliation.

Complicit: A Michael Haneke Retrospective at Genesis Cinema When Anna and her family arrive at their holiday home, they find it occupied by strangers. This confrontation is just the beginning of a painful learning process.

Complicit: A Michael Haneke Retrospective at Genesis Cinema George, host of a television show focusing on literature, receives videos shot on the sly that feature his family, along with disturbing drawings that are difficult to interpret. He has no idea who has made and sent him the videos. Progressively, the contents of the videos become more personal, indicating that the sender has known George for a long time.

Complicit: A Michael Haneke Retrospective at Genesis Cinema When Ann, husband George, and son Georgie arrive at their holiday home they are visited by a pair of polite and seemingly pleasant young men. Armed with deceptively sweet smiles and some golf clubs, they proceed to terrorize and torture the tight-knit clan, giving them until the next day to survive.

Complicit: A Michael Haneke Retrospective at Genesis Cinema An aged tailor recalls his life as the schoolteacher of a small village in Northern Germany that was struck by a series of strange events in the year leading up to WWI.

Complicit: A Michael Haneke Retrospective at Genesis Cinema. Georges and Anne are in their eighties. They are cultivated, retired music teachers. Their daughter, who is also a musician, lives abroad with her family. One day, Anne has a stroke, and the couple's bond of love is severely tested.

Complicit: A Michael Haneke Retrospective at Genesis Cinema A well-to-do French family living in Calais deal with a series of setbacks and crises while paying little attention to the grim conditions in the refugee camps within a few miles of their home.