We work with a wide range of community organisations and local groups to offer something for every film fan and communities, and we are always open to good ideas to expand our regular nights or one-off screenings.
We regularly work with a wide range of local partners including Aspens Roebuck Centre, Hastings Book Festival, Hastings Comedy Festival, Afri-co-Lab, The Refugee Buddy Project, Dear Future, Eggtooth, Bexhill College, The Stables Theatre, DV8 and more.
We also co-curate film strands with local partners for some of our clubs and regular screenings and are proud to be able to offer our cinema screen as a platform for local and and national initiatives.
Hastings Own shines a light on home-grown talent from Hastings and East Sussex and features a rotating selection of films made in our town.
First Tuesdays selects a rockumentary, keeps the bar open and the drinks flowing. For each event we collaborate with a local business, musician or artist; one month an interview with a cult music legend, the next a performance from a band.
WolfGang Presents curate our monthly relaxed screenings for neurodivergent and autistic audiences in partnership with Eggtooth and Aspens Roebuck Centre.This small group chooses the films for our monthly relaxed screenings.
Blackity Black celebrates Black film and excellence in the film and tv industries, and aims to highlight Black and global majority representation within our regular programme, curated by Anna Maria Nabirye and in partnership with local creative hub, Afri-co-Lab.
Young Electrics: We work with 16 - 25 year olds from Bexhill and Hastings college as part of our annual youth project. Students curate a four weekend film programme celebrating different aspects of film history ranging from Powell and Pressburger, to action movies and melodrama. We also offer work experience for Bexhill students year-round making our trailers and running our annual poster and podcast competitions.
Green Screen shows films with inspiration for direct, hopeful action against climate change. Each screening includes by an optional half-hour discussion plus practical ideas for taking direct action. Co-curated by Hastings Voluntary Action and LandXSea Environmental Festival.
TV Gems is a celebration of Hastings' heritage as the birthplace of television; this was where John Logie Baird experimented with the small screen. Working in partnership with the Martin Dickie and the TV Museum we present monthly matinees from the BFI National film and TV archive.
B Movie Fan Club takes place on the last Sunday night of every month and is an enjoyable romp into
low-budget, horror and sci-fi. There is free space candy included with every ticket and the night is hosted by Robin Knowles, who has been been running the club for over 12 years.
Fright Night is a monthly classic horror film presented Emily Booth and Kim Foster-Taylor, and includes a short introduction before each screening with trivia and insights into the history of the horror film. The Electric Palace’s Fright Night femme fatales also produce and present the podcast Kim and Em Vs Evil, a movie podcast created by the duo.
Buddhist Films' Buddhist Sunday Mornings is curated by Chris McKenna, EP volunteer and local
Buddhist practitioner and member of Hastings Triratna Buddhist Group. Chris is also the driving force behnd our annual Electric Buddhist Film Festival, the second largest Buddhist Film Festival in the UK. Before each screening Chris leads a short meditation and introduction to the film.
Strange Frames celebrates the offbeat, grotesque and arcane, examines the unexpectedly transgressive and revels in the strange frames of cinema. Exploring the 20th century’s most important storytelling medium through the lens of folklore, myth and legend, the night is hosted and curated by St Leonards archivist and curator, Katie Spooner.
Remembrance Sundays celebrates the life and craft of a recently passed cinematic legend. On the first Sunday of each month, we pay tribute to those who have made an impact in front of or behind the camera, and whose work has inspired audiences and helped to shape modern cinema. Hosted and curated by Hastings film consultant, Ilona Cheshire.
Knitflix invites crafters and knitters to enjoy a relaxed 'lights-up' screening of the latest new releases and fashion based films in the cosy comfort of the Electric Palace. Co-curated by EP volunteer Beryl Bailey in partnership with Flock, the knitting and wool shop based in St Leonards.