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Ambition, obsession, and lost love collide in a haunted West End theatre where a disfigured composer, a rising star, and a jealous rival fight for control of a mysterious musical-and the masked legacy that threatens to destroy them all. Inspired by Gaston Le Roux's The Phantom of the Opera.

A filmmaker gets more than he bargained for when his girlfriend is part of starting one of the most polarising protest movements in recent memory: Just Stop Oil. As irreversible climate tipping points loom and their controversial protests face mounting repression, four activists—Indigo, Mark, Phoebe, and Jane—grapple with the personal cost of action against the existential stakes of inaction. How far will ordinary people go to stop oil drilling and how far will the authorities go to stop them?

Followed by an in-person Q&A host by Steven Methven (Novara Media) with director, Rich Felgate, Sean O'Callaghan (Just Stop Oil activist) and Anna Holland (Just Stop Oil activist)

The intertwined lives of three men in three different eras, three lives intimately linked by sexuality and desire, pain, and legacy.

War reduced Japan to zero, and Godzilla plunged it into minus. Two years have passed since then, and the country has faced agonizing struggles to achieve recovery and finally reclaim its daily life. Just as humanity managed to cling to a hard-won peace, a new threat strikes, crushing hope in an instant. There is no third time. Everything ends here.

The electrifying true story about an unknown actor with an unshakable belief that he wasn't just meant to write Rocky—he was meant to be Rocky Balboa. Told "no" at every turn, Sylvester Stallone bets everything on himself, holding the line on playing the lead against seemingly impossible odds.

In 2006, To Catch a Predator host Chris Hansen sets out to make television history. When a high stakes operation goes fatally wrong, his veneered dream of fame curdles into a nightmare of performative justice.

Genesis Cinema and SwingdanceUK invite you along to our monthly Swing dance night!
Learn the steps Swing Dance Class 7.30-8.30pm with Simon!
Followed by dancing led by resident DJ Simon Selmon & guest DJs playing great dance music of the 30s, 40s & 50s & beyond for Lindy Hop, Jitterbug, Jive, Shag & Balboa dancers!
A chilled atmosphere where you can meet friends, relax, enjoy a drink or a tasty pizza and dance the night away!

7.30pm Beginners Lindy Hop Class Pre-booking recommended
8.30pm Dancing with resident DJ Simon 'Mr Kicks' Selmon & special guest DJs - all welcome!

Last Entry 9.30 pm

Website: https://swingdanceuk.com/socials/some-like-it-swing/

Censored for more than half a century, Ken Russell’s visionary masterpiece returns to the big screen fully restored in 4K and cut to Russell’s direction - the first publicly released version of the film as intended by the filmmaker. Unveiled at the 79th Cannes Film Festival, the definitive version arrives 55 years after the film’s original release. An enduring masterpiece of cinema starring Oliver Reed and Vanessa Redgrave, Ken Russell’s The Devils is a prescient epic of obsession and corruption, and a defining work of art from seminal filmmaker Ken Russell. Inspired by the true story of 17th-century priest Urbain Grandier, accused of bewitching a convent of nuns, the film lays bare the collusion of church and state through a searing vision of religious persecution, collective hysteria and institutional corruption.

Shortly before the 1973 Chilean coup, CIA agents Chris and Lee are dispatched from Santiago to Easter island by their bureau chief, MJ. Amongst the Island's iconic statues, and as the longtime partners wrestle with their dark pasts and present conspiracies, Chris's newfound bond with a pair of rebellious students threatens to send everyone's trip to this remote paradise sideways.

The intertwined lives of three men in three different eras, three lives intimately linked by sexuality and desire, pain, and legacy.

While celebrating their last night together, high school graduates and best friends Jo and Raissa stumble upon a mysterious portal that transports them to the fantastical island of Nakali. When they discover that the memories of their entire friendship are the price for returning home, Jo and Raissa must race to find a way to leave the island before they forget each other forever.

War reduced Japan to zero, and Godzilla plunged it into minus. Two years have passed since then, and the country has faced agonizing struggles to achieve recovery and finally reclaim its daily life. Just as humanity managed to cling to a hard-won peace, a new threat strikes, crushing hope in an instant. There is no third time. Everything ends here.

A group of shoplifters take aim at a cutthroat fashion maven by stealing from her stores and reselling them at a lower price — what they call 'fashion-forward philanthropy'.

The electrifying true story about an unknown actor with an unshakable belief that he wasn't just meant to write Rocky—he was meant to be Rocky Balboa. Told "no" at every turn, Sylvester Stallone bets everything on himself, holding the line on playing the lead against seemingly impossible odds.

In 2006, To Catch a Predator host Chris Hansen sets out to make television history. When a high stakes operation goes fatally wrong, his veneered dream of fame curdles into a nightmare of performative justice.

Censored for more than half a century, Ken Russell’s visionary masterpiece returns to the big screen fully restored in 4K and cut to Russell’s direction - the first publicly released version of the film as intended by the filmmaker. Unveiled at the 79th Cannes Film Festival, the definitive version arrives 55 years after the film’s original release. An enduring masterpiece of cinema starring Oliver Reed and Vanessa Redgrave, Ken Russell’s The Devils is a prescient epic of obsession and corruption, and a defining work of art from seminal filmmaker Ken Russell. Inspired by the true story of 17th-century priest Urbain Grandier, accused of bewitching a convent of nuns, the film lays bare the collusion of church and state through a searing vision of religious persecution, collective hysteria and institutional corruption.

Shortly before the 1973 Chilean coup, CIA agents Chris and Lee are dispatched from Santiago to Easter island by their bureau chief, MJ. Amongst the Island's iconic statues, and as the longtime partners wrestle with their dark pasts and present conspiracies, Chris's newfound bond with a pair of rebellious students threatens to send everyone's trip to this remote paradise sideways.

After her baby brother is abducted by a murder of crows, headstrong teenager Prue McKeel launches a desperate rescue mission into the Impassable Wilderness - an enchanted forest hidden just beyond Portland, Oregon. Joined by her hapless but loyal classmate Curtis Mehlberg, Prue navigates a world of talking animals, bandits, and powerful figures driven by grief and ambition. As the pair is drawn into a conflict threatening the balance of the forest itself, Prue must discover strength and belief she never knew she possessed. If she hopes to save her brother and protect Wildwood’s fragile future, she will have to risk everything. From Oscar-nominated and BAFTA-winning LAIKA, Wildwood is a sweeping adventure about love, sacrifice, and the magic that reveals itself when we dare to look beyond the familiar.

The intertwined lives of three men in three different eras, three lives intimately linked by sexuality and desire, pain, and legacy.

While celebrating their last night together, high school graduates and best friends Jo and Raissa stumble upon a mysterious portal that transports them to the fantastical island of Nakali. When they discover that the memories of their entire friendship are the price for returning home, Jo and Raissa must race to find a way to leave the island before they forget each other forever.

January 2020. A film crew reunites near Wuhan to resume the shooting of a film halted ten years earlier, only to share the unexpected challenges as cities are placed under lockdown.

War reduced Japan to zero, and Godzilla plunged it into minus. Two years have passed since then, and the country has faced agonizing struggles to achieve recovery and finally reclaim its daily life. Just as humanity managed to cling to a hard-won peace, a new threat strikes, crushing hope in an instant. There is no third time. Everything ends here.

The electrifying true story about an unknown actor with an unshakable belief that he wasn't just meant to write Rocky—he was meant to be Rocky Balboa. Told "no" at every turn, Sylvester Stallone bets everything on himself, holding the line on playing the lead against seemingly impossible odds.

In 2006, To Catch a Predator host Chris Hansen sets out to make television history. When a high stakes operation goes fatally wrong, his veneered dream of fame curdles into a nightmare of performative justice.

Shortly before the 1973 Chilean coup, CIA agents Chris and Lee are dispatched from Santiago to Easter island by their bureau chief, MJ. Amongst the Island's iconic statues, and as the longtime partners wrestle with their dark pasts and present conspiracies, Chris's newfound bond with a pair of rebellious students threatens to send everyone's trip to this remote paradise sideways.

After her baby brother is abducted by a murder of crows, headstrong teenager Prue McKeel launches a desperate rescue mission into the Impassable Wilderness - an enchanted forest hidden just beyond Portland, Oregon. Joined by her hapless but loyal classmate Curtis Mehlberg, Prue navigates a world of talking animals, bandits, and powerful figures driven by grief and ambition. As the pair is drawn into a conflict threatening the balance of the forest itself, Prue must discover strength and belief she never knew she possessed. If she hopes to save her brother and protect Wildwood’s fragile future, she will have to risk everything. From Oscar-nominated and BAFTA-winning LAIKA, Wildwood is a sweeping adventure about love, sacrifice, and the magic that reveals itself when we dare to look beyond the familiar.

With the final of Sketch Off 2026 less than 2 weeks away, this documentary follows comedian and performer Orla Ridpath as she prepares to perform as Detective Muffins, but the question of where Orla is and wants to be on her "comedy quest" keeps coming back.

'Who Is Detective Muffins?' is a one-person-crew documentary, made by independent filmmaker Matteo D'Alesio.

The screening will be followed by a Q&A and live comedy performances from Orla Ridpath, Kieran & Andy (3rd place, Sketch Off 2026), and Lady Bolognese (2nd Place, Sketch Off 2026).

The intertwined lives of three men in three different eras, three lives intimately linked by sexuality and desire, pain, and legacy.

War reduced Japan to zero, and Godzilla plunged it into minus. Two years have passed since then, and the country has faced agonizing struggles to achieve recovery and finally reclaim its daily life. Just as humanity managed to cling to a hard-won peace, a new threat strikes, crushing hope in an instant. There is no third time. Everything ends here.

A group of shoplifters take aim at a cutthroat fashion maven by stealing from her stores and reselling them at a lower price — what they call 'fashion-forward philanthropy'.

The electrifying true story about an unknown actor with an unshakable belief that he wasn't just meant to write Rocky—he was meant to be Rocky Balboa. Told "no" at every turn, Sylvester Stallone bets everything on himself, holding the line on playing the lead against seemingly impossible odds.

In 2006, To Catch a Predator host Chris Hansen sets out to make television history. When a high stakes operation goes fatally wrong, his veneered dream of fame curdles into a nightmare of performative justice.

Shortly before the 1973 Chilean coup, CIA agents Chris and Lee are dispatched from Santiago to Easter island by their bureau chief, MJ. Amongst the Island's iconic statues, and as the longtime partners wrestle with their dark pasts and present conspiracies, Chris's newfound bond with a pair of rebellious students threatens to send everyone's trip to this remote paradise sideways.

The intertwined lives of three men in three different eras, three lives intimately linked by sexuality and desire, pain, and legacy.

War reduced Japan to zero, and Godzilla plunged it into minus. Two years have passed since then, and the country has faced agonizing struggles to achieve recovery and finally reclaim its daily life. Just as humanity managed to cling to a hard-won peace, a new threat strikes, crushing hope in an instant. There is no third time. Everything ends here.

The electrifying true story about an unknown actor with an unshakable belief that he wasn't just meant to write Rocky—he was meant to be Rocky Balboa. Told "no" at every turn, Sylvester Stallone bets everything on himself, holding the line on playing the lead against seemingly impossible odds.

In 2006, To Catch a Predator host Chris Hansen sets out to make television history. When a high stakes operation goes fatally wrong, his veneered dream of fame curdles into a nightmare of performative justice.

On Devil's Night, the night before Halloween, rock star Eric Draven and his fiancée are brutally murdered by a notorious inner-city gang. One year later, Draven is resurrected by a portentous crow and under its watchful gaze, he sets out to avenge their deaths. Set against a rain-soaked and dilapidated industrial cityscape, Draven’s journey drags us into a brutal world of psychological torment and merciless violence.

Join Seasonal Affective Cinema for a screening of this blood-splattered cult classic. With this film, we're succumbing to the brooding and tenebrous energy that comes with autumn. The dying light and encroaching shadows create the perfect ambiance for the film's twisted themes of vengeance, loss, and redemption. As Draven discovers, the only way back to the light, is diving headfirst through the darkness.

Seasonal Affective Cinema is a quarterly film club screening movies that aesthetically and thematically reflect the changing of the seasons. @seasonalaffectivecinema

On the outskirts of a village by the sea, lives a Fisherwoman; smelly, single and perpetually ridiculed. One day, fed up with her stuffy, small-minded neighbours, she commissions herself a husband to be made from wicker. In an otherwise conservative town, this unconventional romance sparks outrage, jealousy and chaos.

Shortly before the 1973 Chilean coup, CIA agents Chris and Lee are dispatched from Santiago to Easter island by their bureau chief, MJ. Amongst the Island's iconic statues, and as the longtime partners wrestle with their dark pasts and present conspiracies, Chris's newfound bond with a pair of rebellious students threatens to send everyone's trip to this remote paradise sideways.

After her baby brother is abducted by a murder of crows, headstrong teenager Prue McKeel launches a desperate rescue mission into the Impassable Wilderness - an enchanted forest hidden just beyond Portland, Oregon. Joined by her hapless but loyal classmate Curtis Mehlberg, Prue navigates a world of talking animals, bandits, and powerful figures driven by grief and ambition. As the pair is drawn into a conflict threatening the balance of the forest itself, Prue must discover strength and belief she never knew she possessed. If she hopes to save her brother and protect Wildwood’s fragile future, she will have to risk everything. From Oscar-nominated and BAFTA-winning LAIKA, Wildwood is a sweeping adventure about love, sacrifice, and the magic that reveals itself when we dare to look beyond the familiar.

The intertwined lives of three men in three different eras, three lives intimately linked by sexuality and desire, pain, and legacy.

War reduced Japan to zero, and Godzilla plunged it into minus. Two years have passed since then, and the country has faced agonizing struggles to achieve recovery and finally reclaim its daily life. Just as humanity managed to cling to a hard-won peace, a new threat strikes, crushing hope in an instant. There is no third time. Everything ends here.

The electrifying true story about an unknown actor with an unshakable belief that he wasn't just meant to write Rocky—he was meant to be Rocky Balboa. Told "no" at every turn, Sylvester Stallone bets everything on himself, holding the line on playing the lead against seemingly impossible odds.

In 2006, To Catch a Predator host Chris Hansen sets out to make television history. When a high stakes operation goes fatally wrong, his veneered dream of fame curdles into a nightmare of performative justice.

On the outskirts of a village by the sea, lives a Fisherwoman; smelly, single and perpetually ridiculed. One day, fed up with her stuffy, small-minded neighbours, she commissions herself a husband to be made from wicker. In an otherwise conservative town, this unconventional romance sparks outrage, jealousy and chaos.

Shortly before the 1973 Chilean coup, CIA agents Chris and Lee are dispatched from Santiago to Easter island by their bureau chief, MJ. Amongst the Island's iconic statues, and as the longtime partners wrestle with their dark pasts and present conspiracies, Chris's newfound bond with a pair of rebellious students threatens to send everyone's trip to this remote paradise sideways.

Sounds and spirit of the Subcontinent coming together @ The Genesis.

Different countries.
Different stories.
Different musical traditions.

ONE STAGE.
ONE PASSION.
ONE POWERFUL VOICE.

And at the heart of it all is BANGLA

This is a celebration of heritage, identity and the extraordinary power of music to bring us together.

GENESIS CINEMA.
THE STAGE IS SET.
LET THE MUSIC SPEAK.

The intertwined lives of three men in three different eras, three lives intimately linked by sexuality and desire, pain, and legacy.

On the first Thursday of the month, every month, the Genesis Poetry Slam is an electric night of spoken word performances. There will be laughter, there might be tears, there will definitely be rhymes and rhythms.

Whether you’re here to perform or simply to listen, you’ll be part of one of the friendliest, most supportive slam communities around. We don’t have that reputation for nothing.

The Genesis Poetry Slam has been running for over 15 years, and is London’s only three-round poetry slam. Up to 12 poets compete in a night of competitive poetry, to see who makes it to the final round and can claim the title of slam champion for the month.

Join us for another electric night of spoken word as poets battle it out for a place in our December Grand Final.

Genesis Cinema, Stepney Green
Doors 18:45 / Slam starts 19:30
Audience tickets: £1 (advance booking essential)

On the night, sink into a comfy sofa, grab a cocktail or a pie, and watch some of the finest poets bring their words to life.

AUDIENCE
Tickets are £1 and must be booked in advance. Whether you’re a poetry lover or brand new to spoken word, you’ll be warmly welcomed.

POETS

There are two ways to sign up for a slam slot:
Pre sign-up: https://www.eventbrite.com/o/112945284141
On the night

We’re always working to keep the process fair and accessible, and this is the best format we’ve found so far.

Pre sign-up:
Sign up via the Eventbrite link: https://www.eventbrite.com/o/112945284141. These slots are strictly first come, first served and fill fast. If you secure a pre sign-up slot, you do not need to buy a ticket – your name will be on the door.

On the night:
If pre sign-up slots are full, we may release a limited number of on-the-night slots, again first come, first served.

If you have a pre sign-up slot, please arrive by 7.00pm to keep it. Any unclaimed slots will be offered to poets on the reserve list. To keep things fair, if the slam has started and you haven’t checked in, you won’t be able to perform.

SLAM RULES

No props.
No costumes.
Reading from paper or phone is fine.
No hate.

And remember:
The points are not the point…
THE POINT IS THE POETRY.

War reduced Japan to zero, and Godzilla plunged it into minus. Two years have passed since then, and the country has faced agonizing struggles to achieve recovery and finally reclaim its daily life. Just as humanity managed to cling to a hard-won peace, a new threat strikes, crushing hope in an instant. There is no third time. Everything ends here.

The electrifying true story about an unknown actor with an unshakable belief that he wasn't just meant to write Rocky—he was meant to be Rocky Balboa. Told "no" at every turn, Sylvester Stallone bets everything on himself, holding the line on playing the lead against seemingly impossible odds.

In 2006, To Catch a Predator host Chris Hansen sets out to make television history. When a high stakes operation goes fatally wrong, his veneered dream of fame curdles into a nightmare of performative justice.

Shortly before the 1973 Chilean coup, CIA agents Chris and Lee are dispatched from Santiago to Easter island by their bureau chief, MJ. Amongst the Island's iconic statues, and as the longtime partners wrestle with their dark pasts and present conspiracies, Chris's newfound bond with a pair of rebellious students threatens to send everyone's trip to this remote paradise sideways.

Nearly one in two of us will be diagnosed with cancer at some point in our lives. David Nicholas Wilkinson is one of them, twice over.

In 2020, a colonoscopy found his bowel to be extremely healthy for a man his age. In 2023, a FIT test came back clear and, like almost everyone who takes one, he assumed that meant the all-clear. In 2024, a second colonoscopy found bowel cancer. Stage 4. He was told his tumour was 5-6 years old. What went wrong?

A FIT test looks for blood. Wilkinson’s tumour never bled. Nor do a great many others.

1 IN 2 follows Wilkinson through his own treatment, where he discovers a steep rise in bowel cancer among people far too young to be screened for it, and far too young, it seems, to be believed. Among those who tell him their stories is a bowel surgeon whose own symptoms were dismissed by her oncologist colleagues and in part by herself because she was only 44.

Bowel cancer is very insidious; it often strikes with few or no symptoms. One of the participants, an NHS nurse specialising in colonoscopies, had only one symptom: anxiety. 1 IN 2 attempts to flag up early signs, because the one thing no one wants is to end up like director David Nicholas Wilkinson, with stage 4 bowel cancer.

Released in the cinema as part of Maggie’s Cancer Centre 30th Anniversary celebrations. A significant percentage of the box office income will go directly to Maggie’s St Barts.

The screening is a tribute to Lisa Andrews-Dhapra, a bowel surgeon who trained at St Barts, where she was filmed for 1 IN 2, and died of bowel cancer in May, aged just 50.

DON’T PRESS PLAY

FRIDAY 13TH NOVEMBER - LIVE WRESTLING • 80s AFTER PARTY • CABARET Something has gone very, very wrong in the world of Emporium.

The screens are glitching. Phones keep ringing. Nobody knows who to trust.

And whatever you do… DON’T PRESS PLAY.

This Friday the 13th, Emporium Pro Wrestling returns to Genesis Cinema — but somehow, the world of Emporium has become trapped inside a twisted 80s slasher nightmare.

Expect brutal battles, outrageous characters and cinematic surprises. And because this is Emporium, expect things to get weird.

You just need to turn up ready for one of London's most chaotic nights out.

BE PART OF THE NIGHT

Come dressed for the occasion.

80s realness. Final girls. Slashers. Campers. Prom queens. Or just come as yourself.

Bring signs. Make noise. Pick your survivors.

EMPORIUM: THE AFTERS

THE FREE 80s AFTER PARTY INCLUDED WITH EVERY TICKET

Expect wrestler DJs, 80s anthems, cult classics, guilty pleasures and late-night chaos until 1:30AM.

No additional ticket. No disappearing home after the main event.

Your SLASHERAMA ticket gets you the live show AND the afterparty.

FRIDAY 13TH NOVEMBER — GENESIS CINEMA

LOWER TIER — BETTER VIEW IN THE CINEMA — £21
UPPER TIER — £16

Genesis Cinema
93–95 Mile End Road
Bethnal Green, London E1 4UJ

Doors: 6:30PM
Show Starts: 7:00PM
Approx. Finish (including interval): 10:00PM

EMPORIUM: THE AFTERS

Starts: After the live show
Finish: 1:30AM

STRICTLY 18+

Accessibility enquiries: info@genesis-cinema.co.uk | 0207 780 2000
General enquiries: emporiumprowrestling@gmail.com

DON’T PRESS PLAY

LIVE WRESTLING • 80s AFTER PARTY • CABARET

Something has gone very, very wrong in the world of Emporium.

The screens are glitching. Phones keep ringing. Nobody knows who to trust.

And whatever you do… DON’T PRESS PLAY.

This Friday the 13th, Emporium Pro Wrestling returns to Genesis Cinema — but somehow, the world of Emporium has become trapped inside a twisted 80s slasher nightmare.

Expect brutal battles, outrageous characters and cinematic surprises. And because this is Emporium, expect things to get weird.

You just need to turn up ready for one of London's most chaotic nights out.

BE PART OF THE NIGHT

Come dressed for the occasion.

80s realness. Final girls. Slashers. Campers. Prom queens. Or just come as yourself.

Bring signs. Make noise. Pick your survivors.

EMPORIUM: THE AFTERS

THE FREE 80s AFTER PARTY INCLUDED WITH EVERY TICKET

You survived the show. Now party with the wrestlers. Genesis Cinema's private bar transforms into an 80s late-night party, as wrestlers, performers and the Emporium crowd leave the ring behind to continue the night.

Expect wrestler DJs, 80s anthems, cult classics, guilty pleasures and late-night chaos until 1:30AM.

No additional ticket. No disappearing home after the main event.

Your SLASHERAMA ticket gets you the live show AND the afterparty.

FRIDAY 13TH NOVEMBER — GENESIS CINEMA

LOWER TIER — BETTER VIEW IN THE CINEMA — £21
UPPER TIER — £16

Genesis Cinema
93–95 Mile End Road
Bethnal Green, London E1 4UJ

Doors: 6:30PM
Show Starts: 7:00PM
Approx. Finish (including interval): 10:00PM

EMPORIUM: THE AFTERS

Starts: After the live show
Finish: 1:30AM

STRICTLY 18+

Accessibility enquiries: info@genesis-cinema.co.uk | 0207 780 2000
General enquiries: emporiumprowrestling@gmail.com

Enjoy festive fun with Peppa in this 60-minute cinema experience for young children and families.

Enjoy festive fun with Peppa in this 60-minute cinema experience for young children and families.

Since October 2023, Gaza has been sealed from the world-except for one group, international doctors. While global media are barred from reporting and governments look away, doctors breach the blockade and what they find is not just a humanitarian crisis, but a calculated dismantling of life itself.

Covering the entire two years of the genocide, their firsthand accounts and visceral footage offer a rare and vital chronicle of the daily struggles of healthcare workers as they navigate bombed-out hospitals, dwindling supplies, starvation and the overwhelming influx of casualties— predominantly women and children.

A new documentary by Hazuan Hashim & Phil Maxwell, featuring among others: Lowkey, Audrey White, Ken Loach, Peter Kennard and Tony Benn.

"Terrorists" examines the history of direct action and protest leading up to recent UK legislation. The film features the Suffragettes, the 1920s Poplar Council, the Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp, the Miners' Strike, the Wapping Dispute, Palestine Solidarity movements and more. Contributors include artist/cartoonist Alan Hardman, author David Rosenberg, holocaust survivor Stephen Kapos, playwright and actor Tayo Aluko, Hannah from the Global Sumud Flotilla, ex-miner John Dunn and lifelong peace activist Kevin Donellon.

Music by Lola Perrin.

Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese’s film explores grief, resistance, and the fight to preserve ancestral land in Lesotho.

Mantoa, an 80-year-old widow is preparing for her own funeral while grappling with the deaths of her husband and children. Her village faces forced resettlement due to the construction of a dam, threatening to erase her homeland and ancestral burial grounds. Confronted with this existential threat, Mantoa finds renewed purpose and becomes a symbol of resistance, mobilising her community to fight for their land and heritage.

This film will be introduced by Misa Mlambo - a South African creative producer and filmmaker based in London, working across film campaigns and their own practice as a writer and director.

This screening is curated by Meliza George as part of ‘Whose Land? Whose Lens?’ a season of works from the global south discussing the protection of land and therefore peoples through the lens of slow cinema. The season is presented with the National Film and Television’s Film Studies, Curation and Programming MA.

BAR TRASH continues our 14th sensational season — TRASH PLANET 3: APOCALYPSE! — with one of those films that sells itself on the strength of its title alone, SHARKNADO (2013). As the tagline puts it, “Enough said!”.

When a freak tornado swamps Los Angeles, thousands of man-eating sharks are sucked into the swirling vortex, terrorising the water-logged populace and flooding the city with shark-infested seawater. With nature’s deadliest killer ruling sea, land and air, a group of survivors soon realise their best chance to escape the deadly maelstrom is to find a way to destroy it themselves.

Originally streaming to a less-than stellar 1.4million people on the Syfy Channel, SHARKNADO was propelled into cult film superstardom over the next 24hrs through the power of social media. Generating 5,000 tweets a minute at the peak of its Twitter storm, social media A-listers like Wil Wheaton shared their watching experience, adding further hype to the feeding frenzy.

SHARKNADO is exactly the kind of chaos that people expect to see at BAR TRASH, but it is much more than the sum of its PlayStation 2-era CGI body parts. Energetically paced and deeply committed to its own inherent absurdity (energies lost between the title and execution by the similarly hyped SNAKES ON A PLANE), SHARKNADO retains its crown as the ultimate SyFy CGI shark battle and is the perfect film to get drunk to (just take a gulp every time someone yells ‘shark!’).

Polite notice: We are presenting SHARKNADO without 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 + fees. Adults 18+ only. Follow @tokenhomo or visit tokenhomo.com for all the gory details. ///

A tormented jazz musician finds himself lost in an enigmatic story involving murder, surveillance, gangsters, doppelgängers, and an impossible transformation inside a prison cell.

Followed by a group discussion in the bar area with Nick Walker of the Cult Classic Collective

Thirty-four days before she's sent to prison, notorious Silicon Valley founder Elizabeth Holmes invites a skeptical film crew to document her every move. What begins as an intimate portrait of an enigmatic felon becomes a mind-bending three-year journey into the abyss.

Thirty-four days before she's sent to prison, notorious Silicon Valley founder Elizabeth Holmes invites a skeptical film crew to document her every move. What begins as an intimate portrait of an enigmatic felon becomes a mind-bending three-year journey into the abyss.

Thirty-four days before she's sent to prison, notorious Silicon Valley founder Elizabeth Holmes invites a skeptical film crew to document her every move. What begins as an intimate portrait of an enigmatic felon becomes a mind-bending three-year journey into the abyss.

Celebrate Doctor Who Day with an exclusive big-screen event marking 20 years of the Tenth Doctor and Rose Tyler.

For the first time ever in cinemas, the acclaimed two-part adventure The Impossible Planet and The Satan Pit have been specially re-edited into a single movie-length presentation, created exclusively for theatrical audiences. Join the Doctor (David Tennant) and Rose (Billie Piper) as they travel to Sanctuary Base 6, a remote outpost perched on a planet orbiting a black hole. When an ancient force awakens beneath the surface, the crew find themselves trapped in a battle against an evil older than time itself.

This special Doctor Who Day screening also includes exclusive bonus material, featuring previously unseen content and a brand-new interview with a special guest, reflecting on the making of one of the most celebrated stories of the modern era - from encounters with the Ood to facing the terrifying Beast, alongside behind-the-scenes memories from the set.

Thirty-four days before she's sent to prison, notorious Silicon Valley founder Elizabeth Holmes invites a skeptical film crew to document her every move. What begins as an intimate portrait of an enigmatic felon becomes a mind-bending three-year journey into the abyss.

Tellurian Drama is a short film by Riar Rizaldi, exploring colonial history, indigenous ancestral power, and geoengineering through the story of Radio Malabar in West Java, Indonesia.

Amussu is a documentary film set in Imider, a small Amazigh community in southeastern Morocco, directed and written by Nadir Bouhmouch. In 2011, the community shut down a major water pipeline to halt the impact of Africa’s largest silver mine. The film chronicles the villagers’ eight-year peaceful resistance as they transform their protest camp into a small solar-powered village, continuing to resist through songs, poetry, theatre, weekly assemblies, and a local film festival.

This screening is curated and introduced by Meliza George as part of ‘Whose Land? Whose Lens?’ a season of works from the global south discussing the protection of land and therefore peoples through the lens of slow cinema. The season is presented with the National Film and Television’s Film Studies, Curation and Programming MA.

BAR TRASH continues our 14th sensational season — TRASH PLANET 3: APOCALYPSE! — with a special presentation of two post-apocalyptic films made with no money and pleasingly short run times: Michael J. Murphy’s DEATH RUN (1987) and Steven Kostanski’s MANBORG (2011).

DEATH RUN aka ‘Mutant City’ dir Michael J. Murphy (1987 / UK / 73mins)

Shot entirely on home cinema format Super 8mm, DEATH RUN is a rare, bargain basement ‘maxploitation’ flick from prolific British diy filmmaker Michael J. Murphy. A young couple awake from suspended animation after a nuclear war. Captured by marauders, they are taken to Junk City where the tyrannical Messiah forces them to compete in the ‘Run’, a deadly game where participants are handcuffed to an electrified wire and forced to run its length downhill while fighting mutants barefisted.

MANBORG dir Steven Kostanski (2011 / Canada / 62mins)

A throwback to 1980s sci-fi horror action films, MANBORG is the story of a dead soldier who is reanimated as a cyborg killing machine to fight Nazi vampires in the far future. “A marvel of DIY makeup, costuming and special effects" (Toronto Star), MANBORG was made by makeup artist turned DIY filmmaker Steven Kostanski for roughly $1000 Canadian dollars with live action sequences shot in his parents’ garage and everything else thrown together in post production. Befitting our TRASH PLANET 3 season theme, costumes and props were made from recycled junk salvaged from dumpsters, and regularly needed gluing back together during filming.

Polite notice: DEATH RUN screens with subtitles. MANBORG screens without subtitles. Both films will be projected from the best available digital sources. Please approach the original lo-fi materials for these ultra-low budget films with love, wonder and empathy. There will be one intermission between the two films.

/// 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 + fees. Adults 18+ only. Follow @tokenhomo or visit tokenhomo.com for all the gory details ///

A talented writer, Edgar Allen, arrives in Hollywood with big dreams but is quickly pulled into a world of madness and depravity. A detective investigating a series of murders discovers that they are similar to the murders that occur in the new script by Edgar. Who will survive and what parts will be left for them?

Followed by an in person Q&A with writer/director, Rufus Butler Seder and actor Katy Bolger.

Last November, ten of the UK’s leading experts briefed an invited audience of over 1,200 politicians and leaders from business, culture, faith, sport and the media. The briefing set out the implications of climate and nature breakdown for health, food systems, national security and the economy. The People's Emergency Briefing presents the national implications of climate and nature breakdown - along with credible, positive responses - in a single, accessible account. A new film featuring Chris Packham, leading scientists, a former general and Jennifer Saunders - all being far too frank about where things are heading and what can be done about it. Followed by a Q&A with Councillor Shafi Ahmed (Cabinet Member for a Clean and Green Borough)

Replikka is a Brazilian short film directed by Heloísa Passos and Piratá Waurá, exploring the intersection of Indigenous wisdom and technology through a spiritual and meditative lens, focusing on the resilience of the Wauja people of the Upper Xingu.

My Foreign Land is a collaborative documentary film directed by Coletivo Lakapoy, Louise Botkay, and João Moreira Salles. It follows the Suruí, an indigenous people in western Brazil, during the tense final month leading up to the pivotal 2022 Brazilian presidential elections. It tracks tribal leader Almir Suruí campaigning locally in Rondônia while his daughter, young activist Txai Suruí, travels abroad to advocate for rainforest protection against logging and mining.

This screening will be introduced by Yula Rocha - producer of Replikka and Communication and Project Manager at People’s Palace Projects.

This screening is curated by Meliza George as part of ‘Whose Land? Whose Lens?’ a season of works from the global south discussing the protection of land and therefore peoples through the lens of slow cinema. The season is presented with the National Film and Television’s Film Studies, Curation and Programming MA.

Life on the Horn is a short film directed by Mo Harawe and set on the Somali coast, where illegal toxic waste dumping over decades has caused widespread environmental contamination and health crises. A young man remains in his village to care for his dying father, while the surrounding community gradually abandons the area.

Faya Dayi is an Ethiopian documentary by Jessica Beshir that offers a spiritual and socio-economic portrait of the Harar region, focusing on the cultivation, trade, and cultural rituals of khat - a stimulant leaf central to local life. It follows Sufi Muslims seeking enlightenment while navigating government restrictions, the allure of better futures, and the dangers of dependency on khat.

The feature film will be introduced by Nadia Denton - a Film Curator, Social Impact Producer and Author. She specialises in African cinema, art and culture, and particularly in widening access to and understanding of African and diaspora film.

This screening is curated by Meliza George as part of ‘Whose Land? Whose Lens?’ a season of works from the global south discussing the protection of land and therefore peoples through the lens of slow cinema. The season is presented with the National Film and Television’s Film Studies, Curation and Programming MA.

Marlon Brando delivers a fascinating performance as a man torn apart by his wife's suicide who attempts to bury his grief in a sudden, purely carnal relationship with an alluring stranger (Maria Schneider). While looking for an apartment, Jeanne, a beautiful young Parisienne, encounters Paul, a mysterious American expatriate mourning his wife's recent suicide. Instantly drawn to each other, they have a stormy, passionate affair, in which they do not reveal their names to each other. Their relationship deeply affects their lives, as Paul struggles with his wife's death and Jeanne prepares to marry her fiance, Tom, a film director making a cinema-verite documentary about her.

Followed by a group discussion in the bar area with Nick Walker of the Cult Classic Collective

BLACK IS: BOUNDLESS is a curated season of cinema exploring the breadth, complexity, and creative possibility of Black cinematic storytelling. Running across London from October to December 2026, we are bringing together independent films, filmmaker conversations, and an industry discussion to extend discourse around representation, authorship, and the cultural visibility of Black cinema beyond Black History Month.

Film Synopsis:

On an empty road in the middle of the night, Shula stumbles across the body of her uncle. As funeral proceedings begin around them, she and her cousins bring to light the buried secrets of their middle-class Zambian family in BAFTA-winning director Rungano Nyoni’s surreal and vibrant reckoning with the lies we tell ourselves.

Content warning: strong language and adult themes

Dir/Wir: Rungano Nyoni Prod: Ed Guiney/Andrew Lowe/Tim Cole

The film and the recordered Q&A will be captioned.

Join us for pre-screening networking drinks from 5.45pm

G.O.A.T Film Club is a movement for change in film and television. Our mission is to amplify Black & Global Majority, women, LGBTQIA+, and disabled voices, creating a space where underrepresented talent and passionate audiences converge. Through curated screenings, workshops, and exclusive networking events, we connect filmmakers and viewers, championing diverse stories and reshaping screen culture to reflect a global perspective. G.O.A.T Film Club redefines film and TV as a space where every voice finds its platform and every audience finds stories that resonate.

Insta: @g.o.a.t_filmclub

Supported by the BFI Audience Projects Fund, awarding National Lottery Good Cause funding, with additional support from the National Film and Television School.

Sentenced to death in Iran for killing her abusive husband, Tahereh depends on his family’s forgiveness to avoid execution. With the clock ticking, her son races to raise blood money in a real-life thriller exposing the human cost of Iran’s justice system.

Farsi with English subtitles

Emperor Paul Atreides faces the fallout from his ascent to power as political plots and a galaxy-wide holy war endanger the future only he can see.

Beloved heroes from three distinct universes are set on a deadly collision course and face an existential threat unlike anything they've ever encountered.

Beloved heroes from three distinct universes are set on a deadly collision course and face an existential threat unlike anything they've ever encountered.

Emperor Paul Atreides faces the fallout from his ascent to power as political plots and a galaxy-wide holy war endanger the future only he can see.