Electric Palace, Hastings | D Is for Distance (Relaxed Screening)

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Everybody to Kenmure Street

Thu 18 Jun

In May 2021, a UK Home Office dawn raid triggers one of the most spontaneous and successful acts of civil resistance in recent memory. In Pollokshields, Scotland’s most diverse neighbourhood, hundreds of residents rush to the streets to stop the deportation of their neighbours. Winner: Sundance World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Civil Resistance. “Incredibly energising...Bustos Sierra...

Crossroads: Kanaval + Talkback with Tola Dabiri

Thu 18 Jun

A luminous and emotionally rich feature in which nine-year-old Rico – uprooted from Haiti to Canada in the 1970s – navigates a strange new world with the help of Kana, an imaginary friend from Haitian mythology. Following the screening, Hastings-based facilitator Tola Dabiri (Electric Piers) will lead a post-film talkback, creating a welcoming space to explore the film's themes of displacement, m...

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Growing Pains: Short Films + Directors' Q&A

Fri 19 Jun

GROWING PAINS: A series of films directed and produced by local documentary makers Chloe White, Esther Springett and Jodie Taylor, exploring growth and coming-of-age. A rollerskater on the cusp of adulthood, a 10 year-old born the year of the Fukushima earthquake in Japan, two sisters reflect on caring for their neurodivergent brother, an eclectic group of teenagers go to prom, and a mother addre...

Growing Pains: Short Films + Directors' Q&A

Everybody to Kenmure Street + Panel Discussion

Sat 20 Jun

A special screening of Everybody to Kenmure Street plus a panel event hosted by Hastings Refugee Buddy Project and Safe Havens as part of this year's Refugee Week. There will be a fundraising collection for The Refugee Buddy Project at the screening, and you can also donate by clicking here . Panel: Tandrima Mazumdar (HerStory) Rossana Leal (The Refugee Buddy Project) Joshua Anderson (Goat Ledge ...

Everybody to Kenmure Street + Panel Discussion

Field of Dreams

Sun 21 Jun

When Iowa farmer Ray (Kevin Costner) hears a mysterious voice one night in his cornfield saying "If you build it, he will come," he feels the need to act. Despite taunts of lunacy, Ray builds a baseball diamond on his land, supported by his wife, Annie (Amy Madigan). Afterward, the ghosts of great players start emerging from the crops to play ball, led by "Shoeless" Joe Jackson. But, as Ray lear...

Blue Carbon + Trapped by Plastic

Thu 25 Jun to Sun 28 Jun

Electric Palace screens this ocean-themed double-bill focusing on the sea and how important it is to ensure our planet's survival. We are pleased to be able to offer this screeing for FREE courtesy of Hastings Voluntary Action and the filmmakers. If you would like to make a donation to support the Electric Palace's new Green Screen strand please add to your basket or make in person at the screenin...

Lesbian Space Princess + Intro

Thu 25 Jun

Set in a gaylaxy far, far away, Emma Hough Hobbs and Leela Varghese’s debut is an animated Sapphic sci-fi romp for adults and a colourful quest for queer self-love. A 23-year-old with extreme self-esteem issues, Princess Saira (Shabana Azeez) has just been dumped by her daredevil girlfriend Kiki (Bernie Van Tiel) for being too needy. Oh no! Her sulking takes a turn when Kiki calls with a cry for...

Yarn

Fri 26 Jun

This screening is a Knitflix Cinema presentation, inviting crafters and knitters to enjoy a relaxed 'lights-up' screening of the latest new releases and fashion based films in the comfort of the Electric Palace. Co-curated by Beryl Bailey in partnership with St Leonards' knitting and wool shop Flock. Every stitch tells a tale. International artists and knitters take a simple skein of yarn to crea...

NT Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses

Fri 26 Jun

Among the glittering salons of the super-rich, patriarchy equals power, reputation is everything – and for women, one misstep can mean ruin. Marquise de Merteuil, master in the art of survival, wields her influence with intelligence and control. Alongside the magnetic Vicomte de Valmont, they turn seduction into strategy and weaponise desire. But when their alliance collapses into rivalry, the ...

Pink Narcissus 4K + Intro

Sat 27 Jun

This landmark experimental queer art film, presenting the erotically charged dreamscape of a young hustler, is a celebration of the male body and a landmark of gay cinema. The work of artist and photographer James Bidgood, Pink Narcissus is a breathtaking and outrageous erotic visual poem focusing on the daydreams of a beautiful male sex-worker who, from the seclusion of his ultra-kitsch apartmen...

Queer as Folk + Introduction

Sun 28 Jun

Macabre

Sun 28 Jun

Part of the B-Movie Fan Club . Join us on the last Sunday night of every month for an enjoyable romp into low-budget, horror and sci-fi. All tickets £7.50 and include free space candy. The night is hosted by Robin Knowles, who has been been running the club for over 12 years. Come and join the schlocky fun! After his wife and her blind sister have died under his care, a doctor's young daughter is...

Rose of Nevada (Subtitled)

Thu 2 Jul

The third film in Mark Jenkin’s Cornish trilogy, this time-slipping, unsettling ghost ship story explores a claustrophobic coastal community. When a boat lost for 30 years mysteriously reappears, two men join its crew, only to enter a strange temporal shift. Mark Jenkin’s 16mm visuals and immersive sound design create a haunting, tactile atmosphere and critics praise its craftsmanship, performanc...

Bait

Thu 2 Jul

Bait was our first taste of Mark Jenkin’s dreamlike style. A poetic, tense dissection of the DFLs-meet-Cornish-locals culture clash (sound familiar?) This starkly original British drama is set in a Cornish fishing village, where a fisherman’s struggle to preserve his way of life clashes with encroaching tourism and gentrification. Shot in scratchy black-and-white 16mm and hand-processed, its sty...

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

Sun 5 Jul

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 now. With rare archival footage, explosive live performances, and an u...

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Growing Pains: Short Films + Directors' Q&A

Fri 19 Jun

Everybody to Kenmure Street + Panel Discussion

Sat 20 Jun

Blue Carbon + Trapped by Plastic

Thu 25 Jun to Sun 28 Jun

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!

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

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

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!

Yarn

Fri 26 Jun

Macabre

Sun 28 Jun

Inside Out + Workshop

Fri 3 Jul

Persepolis: A Tribute to Marjane Satrapi

Sun 5 Jul

Northern Soul: Still Burning

Tue 7 Jul

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 first evolved. The scene revolved around Wigan Casino's legendary all-nighters, which brought so...

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...

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

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...

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

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...

Everybody to Kenmure Street

Thu 18 Jun

Crossroads: Kanaval + Talkback with Tola Dabiri

Thu 18 Jun

Blue Carbon + Trapped by Plastic

Thu 25 Jun to Sun 28 Jun

Lesbian Space Princess + Intro

Thu 25 Jun

Pink Narcissus 4K + Intro

Sat 27 Jun

Queer as Folk + Introduction

Sun 28 Jun

Rose of Nevada (Subtitled)

Thu 2 Jul

Bait

Thu 2 Jul

Rose of Nevada

Sat 4 Jul

Vive Le Punk

Sun 5 Jul

Inside Out + Workshop

Fri 3 Jul

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...

Rose of Nevada (Subtitled)

Thu 2 Jul

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...

Kinoteka Festival: Ashes and Diamonds

Thu 16 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...

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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Everybody to Kenmure Street

Thu 18 Jun

Crossroads: Kanaval + Talkback with Tola Dabiri

Thu 18 Jun

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Fri 19 Jun

Everybody to Kenmure Street + Panel Discussion

Sat 20 Jun

Field of Dreams

Sun 21 Jun

Blue Carbon + Trapped by Plastic

Thu 25 Jun to Sun 28 Jun

Lesbian Space Princess + Intro

Thu 25 Jun

Yarn

Fri 26 Jun

NT Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses

Fri 26 Jun

Pink Narcissus 4K + Intro

Sat 27 Jun

Queer as Folk + Introduction

Sun 28 Jun

Macabre

Sun 28 Jun

Rose of Nevada (Subtitled)

Thu 2 Jul

Bait

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Inside Out + Workshop

Fri 3 Jul

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

Fri 3 Jul

Rose of Nevada

Sat 4 Jul

Six Inches of Soil + director intro

Sun 5 Jul

Persepolis: A Tribute to Marjane Satrapi

Sun 5 Jul

Vive Le Punk

Sun 5 Jul

Growing Pains: Short Films + Directors' Q&A

Fri 19 Jun

Everybody to Kenmure Street + Panel Discussion

Sat 20 Jun

Blue Carbon + Trapped by Plastic

Thu 25 Jun to Sun 28 Jun

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

Yarn

Fri 26 Jun

Macabre

Sun 28 Jun

Inside Out + Workshop

Fri 3 Jul

Persepolis: A Tribute to Marjane Satrapi

Sun 5 Jul

Northern Soul: Still Burning

Tue 7 Jul

Cronos 4K + Introduction

Fri 17 Jul

The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert

Sun 19 Jul

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