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Inside Out + Workshop

Fri 3 Jul

11-year-old Riley and her five core emotions struggle to cope with a new life in San Francisco. Emotionally rich, clever, and satisfying on many levels. Growing up can be a bumpy road, and it's no exception for Riley, who is uprooted from her Midwest life when her father starts a new job in San Francisco. Like all of us, she is guided by her emotions, Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust, and Sadness. They ...

Re: A Pier + Director's Q&A + Sex Pistols After Party

Fri 3 Jul

We celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Sex Pistols playing on Hastings Pier with a special screening of Hastings Own Archie Lauchlan's film, capturing t he dramatic, culturally rich history of Hastings’ beloved pier and the people who love it. Featuring interviews with those who performed and saw shows on the pier, from comedian Jo Brand, Sex Pistol Glen Matlock and NME journalist David Quantick...

Re: A Pier + Director's Q&A + Sex Pistols After Party

Rose of Nevada

Sat 4 Jul

The third film in Mark Jenkin’s Cornish trilogy, this time-slipping, unsettling ghost ship story explores a claustrophobic coastal community. The latest new release from Cornish filmmaker Mark Jenkins is an enigmatic drama steeped in loss, memory and the unsettling rhythms of coastal life, with themes that resonate in Hastings. Recommended by our very own head projectionist Gareth Jenkinson who w...

Six Inches of Soil + director intro

Sun 5 Jul

The inspiring story of British farmers standing up against the industrial food system and transforming the way they produce food - to heal the soil, benefit our health and provide for local communities. Six Inches of Soil tells the story of remarkable farmers, communities, small businesses, chefs and entrepreneurs who are leading the way to transform how our food is produced and consumed. With r...

Persepolis: A Tribute to Marjane Satrapi

Sun 5 Jul

In 1970s Iran, Marjane 'Marji' Satrapi watches a long dream being fulfilled of the hated Shah's defeat in the Iranian Revolution of 1979. However as Marji grows up, she witnesses first hand how the new Iran, now ruled by Islamic fundamentalists, has become a repressive tyranny of its own. Marjane Satrapi, the Iranian French author, director, graphic artist and human rights activist passed away on...

Persepolis: A Tribute to Marjane Satrapi

Vive Le Punk with director intro

Sun 5 Jul

Director Danny Garcia will be joining us to introduce our screening. 50 years after the British punk explosion, four bands are still pogoing. This brand-new documentary goes on the road with Sham 69, Ruts DC, 999 and The Boys. Including interviews with Charlie Harper, Joe Corre, Dr. John Cooper Clarke, Gaye Advert and more punk icons in search for the meaning of the movement and its relevance no...

Northern Soul: Still Burning

Tue 7 Jul to Tue 1 Dec

Due to unforeseen circumstances the July 7th screening has been postponed until 1 December. A docu-celebration of the high-kicking, amphetamine-fuelled dance scene that flourished in the UK in the 1970s. Thumping! Bring your talc. This music and dance movement has weaved and transformed itself musically and culturally through the decades, yet remains as vibrant and relevant today as when it firs...

Our Land

Thu 9 Jul to Thu 16 Jul

Who has the right to roam the British countryside? This documentary takes us to the heart of the mass trespassing, hard campaigning Right to Roam movement, while also exploring landowners’ concerns. OUR LAND dares to tread where few have trespassed before; who has the right to walk in the English countryside? The UK is a wild and beautiful place, but the vast majority of it is off limits to the g...

Ashes and Diamonds

Thu 9 Jul

Andrzej Wajda’s 1958 Polish classic in which a Second World War Polish resistance fighter falls in love with a barmaid is a delirious, sad, intense exploration of identity and conflict. Ashes and Diamonds possesses extraordinary visual and emotional power. The themes—conflict and cultural identity—are universal; no knowledge of Polish history required. This is Wajda's most iconic film, and we are...

Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains + DJ + Late Bar

Fri 10 Jul

Proto-riot girl gutter-to-stardom tale starring Diane Ladd, Laura Dern and a handful of Sex Pistols. Rough-hewn, funny and a genuine cult classic. The media and disaffected teens mistake the acerbic rants of an obnoxious teenage punk rocker as a rallying cry for the women of America, launching her and her talentless (but incredible) group to national stardom. Punk Pick as Part of Summer Music Mel...

Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains + DJ + Late Bar

Wimbledon Women's Final + Pimms + Strawberries and Cream

Sat 11 Jul

Come and watch the ball-bashing superstars battle it out on the big screen and enjoy the quintessentially British accompaniments of Pimms and strawberries and cream!

Wimbledon Women's Final + Pimms + Strawberries and Cream

Elvis: That's the Way It Is + Short Film

Sat 11 Jul

Elvis Presley’s triumphant, god-like return to the live stage, documented in sweaty detail. Electrifying, emotional, sexy, and with some of the greatest music captured on celluloid. Before EPIC there was Elvis That's the Way it Is ! On July 31, 1969, in Las Vegas, Nevada, Elvis Presley staged a triumphant return to the concert stage from which he had been absent for almost a decade. His series o...

Elvis: That's the Way It Is + Short Film

Wimbledon Men's Final + Pimms and Strawberries and Cream

Sun 12 Jul

Come and watch the ball-bashing superstars battle it out on the big screen and enjoy the quintessentially British accompaniments of Pimms and strawberries and cream!

Wimbledon Men's Final + Pimms and Strawberries and Cream

Enys Men

Sun 12 Jul

We love a folk horror in Hastings. This is the uncanny, middle film in Mark Jenkin’s Cornish trilogy. A lone island wildlife volunteer is haunted by the past and consumed by the landscape. Set in 1973 on an uninhabited island off the Cornish coast, a wildlife volunteer's daily observations of a rare flower turn into a metaphysical journey that forces her as well as the viewer to question what is ...

Kinoteka Festival: Ashes and Diamonds

Thu 16 Jul

Cronos 4K + Introduction

Fri 17 Jul

Guillermo del Toro’s breakthrough Mexican vampire movie blends skin-crawling body horror with a steampunk aesthetic. With Ron Perlman and Federico Luppi. Fresh and bracing, Guillermo del Toro’s feature debut announced the arrival of a strikingly original cinematic voice, and his take on the vampire movie has become regarded as one of the most important Mexican films, and horror films, of all time...

Rose of Nevada (Relaxed Screening)

Sat 18 Jul

Be Here to Love Me: A Film About Townes Van Zandt + Short Film, Late Bar + DJ

Sat 18 Jul

The turbulent life of alt rock pioneer Townes Van Zandt, a cult figure who sacrificed everything to be a guitar player and songwriter. Shown with the short film A Perfect Why Not?, a film about Larry Jon Wilson on which Music Meltdown curator James Endeacott was the executive producer. This short was originally made in 2006 but has never been publically screened. Americana pick as Part of Summer M...

Be Here to Love Me: A Film About Townes Van Zandt + Short Film, Late Bar + DJ

Outrider

Sun 19 Jul

Executive Producer Martin Scorsese presents: Alystyre Julian's OUTRIDER is a kinetic portal into fast-speaking poet Anne Waldman transcendent role as a visionary word-worker, from the downtown New York scene and the Poetry Project at St. Mark’s Church, to the ‘Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics,’ to Big Sur, Mexico City, Morocco, and onward. Guided by ancestors of the Beat generation and p...

The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert

Sun 19 Jul

"The most beautiful man in the world" Terence Stamp died a year ago on August 17th and we celebrate him in this iconic road comedy that became a worldwide hit and cult classic. Two flamboyant drag queens (Hugo Weaving and Guy Pearce) and transgender woman Bernadette (Stamp in a tour de force performance), journey across the Australian Outback on a tour bus named Priscilla. A comedy of errors lea...

The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert

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Re: A Pier + Director's Q&A + Sex Pistols After Party

Fri 3 Jul

Six Inches of Soil + director intro

Sun 5 Jul

Wimbledon Women's Final + Pimms + Strawberries and Cream

Sat 11 Jul

Come and watch the ball-bashing superstars battle it out on the big screen and enjoy the quintessentially British accompaniments of Pimms and strawberries and cream!

Elvis: That's the Way It Is + Short Film

Sat 11 Jul

Wimbledon Men's Final + Pimms and Strawberries and Cream

Sun 12 Jul

Come and watch the ball-bashing superstars battle it out on the big screen and enjoy the quintessentially British accompaniments of Pimms and strawberries and cream!

Be Here to Love Me: A Film About Townes Van Zandt + Short Film, Late Bar + DJ

Sat 18 Jul

FIFA Men's World Cup Final 2026

Sun 19 Jul

Join us for the FIFA Men's World Cup Final 2026 live on the biggest screen in town - the must-see TV sporting event of the year! Watch the big match in style at the Electric Palace! The bar will be open selling beer, wine and our very own Electric Pale. Limited seating so book early for your guaranteed clear, comfy view to this year's must-see sporting event!

Theatre of Horrors: The Sordid Story of Paris' Grand Guignol + Intro

Sat 25 Jul

Tracing the story of the centuries-old, taboo-busting theatre dedicated to the bizarre, the bloody and the shocking. With writer’s introduction from Madeline Despenser . In 1897 Oscar Méténier invented the Grand-Guignol. Live depictions of death, bloody melodramas, screams of the victims and the audience: here is the story of this Parisian theater of horrors that revolutionized the depiction of d...

Theatre of Horrors: The Sordid Story of Paris' Grand Guignol + Intro

Beachcomber + Director's Q&A

Sat 1 Aug

Hastings' Aristotelis Maragkos' haunting and evocative tale of a sailor’s son who obsessively dreams of building a boat from scrap metal. Elias dreams of building a boat from scrap metal, chasing the shadow of his sailor father’s legacy. But as his creation crumbles, so does the myth he’s built around himself—forcing him to confront the fragile truth of who he really is. Hastings Own, Aristoteli...

Dreaming of You: The Making of The Coral + director Q&A

Tue 4 Aug

The tale of neo-pop-psych Liverpool band The Coral, director Q&A hosted by Meltdown curator James Endeacott. An immersive coming-of-age documentary tracing six misfit friends from suburban Merseyside as they form a band and rise to shape Britain's new millennium music scene. We are delighted to present this new film about 90s group The Coral plus live Q and A with the film's director James Slate...

Dreaming of You: The Making of The Coral + director Q&A

Inside Out + Workshop

Fri 3 Jul

Persepolis: A Tribute to Marjane Satrapi

Sun 5 Jul

Northern Soul: Still Burning

Tue 7 Jul to Tue 1 Dec

Cronos 4K + Introduction

Fri 17 Jul

Outrider

Sun 19 Jul

The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert

Sun 19 Jul

Familiar Touch

Thu 23 Jul

An exquisite drama about a woman with dementia adjusting to a transition into assisted living, as she contends with her conflicting relationship with herself and her caregivers amidst her shifting memory, age identity, and desires. Inspired by writer/director Sarah Friedland‘s work as a memory care worker and teaching artist to older adults, FAMILIAR TOUCH is an intergenerational production made...

Black Sunday

Sun 26 Jul

Decades after being executed for witchcraft, vengeful Princess Asa Vajda and her fiendish servant are resurrected and begin a bloody campaign. Groundbreaking Italian gothic horror. Vajda, and her fiendish servant, Igor Jauvitch, return from the grave and begin a bloody campaign to possess the body of the witch's beautiful look-alike descendant: Katia. Only a handsome doctor with the help of famil...

Beachcomber + Director's Q&A

Sat 1 Aug

Dreaming of You: The Making of The Coral + director Q&A

Tue 4 Aug

Rose of Nevada

Sat 4 Jul

Vive Le Punk with director intro

Sun 5 Jul

Ashes and Diamonds

Thu 9 Jul

Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains + DJ + Late Bar

Fri 10 Jul

Elvis: That's the Way It Is + Short Film

Sat 11 Jul

Enys Men

Sun 12 Jul

Rose of Nevada (Relaxed Screening)

Sat 18 Jul

Be Here to Love Me: A Film About Townes Van Zandt + Short Film, Late Bar + DJ

Sat 18 Jul

You're Gonna Miss Me: A Film About Roky Erickson + DJ & Late bar

Fri 24 Jul

Documentary about rock pioneer Roky Erickson, detailing his rise as a psychedelic hero, his lengthy institutionalization, his descent into poverty and filth, and his brother's struggle with their religious mother to improve Roky's care. James Endacott Presents... Curated and Hosted by James Endacott, broadcaster at Soho Radio and music afficionado. https://sohoradio.com/profile/morning-glory/ Sc...

You're Gonna Miss Me: A Film About Roky Erickson + DJ & Late bar

Black Orpheus

Fri 31 Jul

1959 retelling of Orpheus and Eurydice set at the Rio de Janeiro Carnaval, with an incandescent bossa nova soundtrack. You ng lovers Orfeu and Eurydice run through the favelas of Rio during Carnaval, on the lam from a hitman dressed like Death and Orfeu's vengeful fiancée Mira and passing between moments of fantasy and stark reality. This impressionistic retelling of the Greek legend introduced ...

Inside Out + Workshop

Fri 3 Jul

Thunderbirds 60th Anniversary Double Bill - Trapped in the Sky / Terror in New York City

Sun 26 Jul

We celebrate the Supermarionation stars’ big birthday with two of the most exciting episodes made. Scrubbed up and looking and sounding better than ever! Trapped in the Sky and Terror in New York City, are presented for the first time fully restored in 4K with a brand-new Dolby 5.1 surround mix. Both episodes have been meticulously restored from the best surviving film elements in collaboration ...

Thunderbirds 60th Anniversary Double Bill - Trapped in the Sky / Terror in New York City

Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope

Sun 2 Aug

The 1977 fairy-tale-in-space shown as a tribute to editor Marcia Lucas who died in May. Even more thrilling, fantastical and life-affirming on the big screen. Marcia Lucas may not be a familiar name, but she was a film editor who shaped some of the most influential American films of the 1970s and early 1980s – including Star Wars, Medium Cool and Taxi Driver. Marcia worked with Martin Scorsese ...

Moomins on the Riviera + Workshop

Fri 7 Aug

Helsinki-born writer/illustrator Tove Jansson’s enduring creations come to the big screen in this subversively old-fashioned (and lovingly respectful) feature. Shipping up on the ritzy shores of the Riviera, the Moomins unwittingly check into an expensive hotel, naively dazzled by l’elegance of the Côte d’Azur. Sharp gags about the value of art and the worthlessness of wealth are interwoven throug...

The Sound of Music - Singalong

Sat 8 Aug

Our Land

Thu 9 Jul to Thu 16 Jul

Kinoteka Festival: Ashes and Diamonds

Thu 16 Jul

The Stranger (with Subtitles)

Thu 30 Jul to Thu 6 Aug

Marty Supreme

Thu 6 Aug to Thu 13 Aug

Marty Mauser, a young man with a dream no one respects, goes to hell and back in pursuit of greatness in the world of table tennis. Oscar nominated for Best Film and Best Actor for Timothée Chalamet in this accelerated story of battling against the odds. 1952. Twenty-three year old New Yorker Marty Mauser puts one hundred and ten percent into everything he does; unfortunately for the world it is ...

D Is for Distance (Relaxed Screening)

Sat 8 Aug

Emma Matthews' and Christopher Petit’s (Radio On) unique and tender new film is a meditation on cinema, the NHS and family relationships. D is for Distance tells the story of the filmmakers' son Louis, his debilitating epilepsy and the journey to Europe to find the right treatment, through personal, travelogue and archival film footage and Jodhi May’s narration. 'A deeply personal movie: painfu...

Prime Minister

Thu 20 Aug to Thu 27 Aug

When she became Prime Minister in 2017 Ardern quickly became one of the most recognizable leaders in the world. She drew global attention from people craving a sensitive and compassionate approach to the critical issues of our time. In private, she struggled with being a mother and proving herself to a public skeptical of women’s leadership. A series of crises would test that leadership and the fe...

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Six Inches of Soil + director intro

Sun 5 Jul

Persepolis: A Tribute to Marjane Satrapi

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Vive Le Punk with director intro

Sun 5 Jul

Northern Soul: Still Burning

Tue 7 Jul to Tue 1 Dec

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Thu 9 Jul to Thu 16 Jul

Ashes and Diamonds

Thu 9 Jul

Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains + DJ + Late Bar

Fri 10 Jul

Wimbledon Women's Final + Pimms + Strawberries and Cream

Sat 11 Jul

Elvis: That's the Way It Is + Short Film

Sat 11 Jul

Wimbledon Men's Final + Pimms and Strawberries and Cream

Sun 12 Jul

Enys Men

Sun 12 Jul

Kinoteka Festival: Ashes and Diamonds

Thu 16 Jul

Cronos 4K + Introduction

Fri 17 Jul

Rose of Nevada (Relaxed Screening)

Sat 18 Jul

Be Here to Love Me: A Film About Townes Van Zandt + Short Film, Late Bar + DJ

Sat 18 Jul

Outrider

Sun 19 Jul

The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert

Sun 19 Jul

Re: A Pier + Director's Q&A + Sex Pistols After Party

Fri 3 Jul

Six Inches of Soil + director intro

Sun 5 Jul

Wimbledon Women's Final + Pimms + Strawberries and Cream

Sat 11 Jul

Elvis: That's the Way It Is + Short Film

Sat 11 Jul

Wimbledon Men's Final + Pimms and Strawberries and Cream

Sun 12 Jul

Be Here to Love Me: A Film About Townes Van Zandt + Short Film, Late Bar + DJ

Sat 18 Jul

FIFA Men's World Cup Final 2026

Sun 19 Jul

Theatre of Horrors: The Sordid Story of Paris' Grand Guignol + Intro

Sat 25 Jul

Beachcomber + Director's Q&A

Sat 1 Aug

Dreaming of You: The Making of The Coral + director Q&A

Tue 4 Aug

Inside Out + Workshop

Fri 3 Jul

Persepolis: A Tribute to Marjane Satrapi

Sun 5 Jul

Northern Soul: Still Burning

Tue 7 Jul to Tue 1 Dec

Cronos 4K + Introduction

Fri 17 Jul

Outrider

Sun 19 Jul

The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert

Sun 19 Jul

Familiar Touch

Thu 23 Jul

Black Sunday