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Shoot the People (Subtitled)

Thu 1 Oct

Celebrated photographer and activist Misan Harriman documents protest movements driving change across the globe, from Black Lives Matter to the ongoing fight for Palestinian liberation. This documentary follows Harriman as he highlights the resilience of grassroots movements, where they diverge and what they have in common, showcasing the potential of their collective power. With historical co...

The Christophers

Thu 1 Oct

Steven Soderbergh pits Ian McKellen against Michaela Coel in a dark comedy about art, criticism and forgery. Julian Sklar (McKellen) was once a star of London’s 1960’s and 70’s pop art explosion, but he hasn’t painted in decades and has been broke for years. Desperate for an inheritance, his two estranged children hire Lori, an art restorer and former forger (Coel), to pose as a prospective ass...

The Nightmare Before Christmas + Halloween Craft Workshop

Fri 2 Oct

Jack Skellington, king of Halloweentown, is confused by the concept of Christmas Town. Tim Burton’s cult, tune-packed favourite. Get ready for Halloween with our spooky Family Friday, plus FREE workshop before the film led by teacher and animator, Silas Money.

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It's Nice Up North + Director's Q&A + Short Film

Fri 2 Oct to Sat 3 Oct

‘An intriguing sociological study of a slightly odd man’ SUNDAY TIMES A 20th-anniversary, new edit of Graham Fellows’ much loved comedy documentary It’s Nice Up North starring his alter ego John Shuttleworth. This screening tour is presented as a tribute to the late Martin Parr, the celebrated photographer who shot the movie, and whose distinctive eye is central to the movie’s charm and endurin...

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Shoot the People

Sun 4 Oct

Hunt for the Wilderpeople 30th Anniversary

Sun 4 Oct

A defiant boy and his foster father become accidental fugitives in Taika Waititi’s irreverent family caper. Starring the recently departed Sam Neill in the role he named as his favourite. We celebrate the 30th anniversary of the film and pay tribute to this late great actor. Ricky (Julian Dennison) is a trash-talking misfit sent to start a new life in rural New Zealand. When events threaten his ...

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Viy + Intro and Surprise Short Film

Sun 4 Oct

Join Strange Frames for a surreal gothic folk tale based on the story by Nikolai Gogol. Sometimes known as the first soviet era horror film, Viy tells the story of a young seminary student in 19th century Russia, tasked with spending three nights with the corpse of a beautiful woman who was said to be a witch. When she rises from the dead, all hell breaks loose... PLUS surprise animated short an...

Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt + Intro

Tue 6 Oct

A documentary feature about legendary psychedelic punk band, Butthole Surfers. Through exhaustive interviews, archival footage, surreal animation, puppetry reenactments,and more, this film unfolds in the anarchic spirit of this legendary band. Irreverent and funny, but also sincere and heartfelt, it explores the band's indelible influence on a generation of musicians and fans as these post-punk ...

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In Conversation with Akinola Davies

Wed 7 Oct

We welcome BAFTA-winning director, Akinola Davies Jr. for an on-stage conversation around Black film, African film, diaspora voices and visioning soft Black male fatherhood in this one-off event before our screening of his award-winning feature debut. Hosted by Blackity Black curator and co-founder of Afri-Co-Lab Anna Maria Nabirye, joined by screen writer Trix Worrell. Blackity Black: a new regul...

My Father's Shadow + Director's Q&A

Wed 7 Oct

Akinola Davies Jr.’s BAFTA-winning feature debut is a vivid, beautifully realised, child’s-eye-view of a mysterious father and a country on the edge of political unrest. Nigeria, 1993: Kid brothers Remi (Chibuike Marvelous Egbo) and Akin (Godwin Chimerie Egbo) get to spend the day with their estranged father Folarin (Sope Irisu) and visit dizzying, kaleidoscopic Lagos for the first time. But Fola...

My Father's Shadow (Subtitled)

Thu 8 Oct

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Thu 8 Oct

Copywriter Richard Russell has been dreaming up ads for 40 years. He wrote the most awarded commercial in advertising history and once made a cinema audience burst into applause. Here he presents a hand-picked collection of brilliant TV commercials – forgotten beauties and unseen crackers – accompanied by insights and analysis that give you a sneaky peek behind the advertising curtain. Come and ...

Favourite TV Themes & Jingles (Inc Theme Tune Quiz)

Thu 8 Oct

Hastings' own Our Town Has Plenty podcaster Patsy Solanki takes you on a journey to sing-a-long with some of the best TV jingles and to test your memory with a TV theme tunes quiz! Part two of our celebration of TV adverts. Patsy worked at legendary ad agency McCanns in the 70s golden age of advertising as an art buyer and is a self-confessed ad addict. EP’s annual celebration of the small scree...

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Red Dwarf Night

Fri 9 Oct

Four classic episodes from the cult TV sci-fi show, Red Dwarf. Hosted by super-fan Rakesh Solanki with the option to buy pot noodles on the night! 1 Timeslides The developing fluid that Kryten uses to process old photographs mutates and the pictures come alive. The Red Dwarf crew find they can use the snaps to go back in time, so Lister plans on changing history so that he doesn't end up maroon...

TV Detectives: Danger Mouse

Sun 11 Oct

Relive 80s teatimes with DM, Penfold and Greenback with this classic cartoon James Bond parody. With David Jason and Terry Scott! Danger Mouse, a talented secret agent, and his faithful sidekick, Ernest Penfold, heroically thwart the evil plans of Baron Silas Greenback from their hidden headquarters under a pillar box on Baker Street. This fun-filled James Bond parody featured the familiar voices...

TV Detectives: Columbo

Sun 11 Oct

Rare TV Gems: Greene and Le Carre

Sun 11 Oct

The Christophers (Subtitled)

Thu 15 Oct

Climate of the Hunter

Thu 15 Oct

Book all 4 Independent Visions films and get the 4th one free when using the Independent Visions Loyalty Card! Strong direction and an arresting sense of visual style make this vampire love triangle, lo-fi flick a treat for fans of off-kilter horror. This is the 37th no-budget film by Oklahoma musician-turned-filmmaker Mickey Reece. Also known as “the Flyover Fassbinder” or “the Backwoods Bergm...

The Rocky Horror Picture Show (Interactive)

Fri 16 Oct

Fishnets, fabulousness and absolute nonsense. Virgin or veteran, don't dream it—see it. Audience participation gloriously encouraged. Now also showing as a tribute to the incandescent Tim Curry, the core and heart of the film. Our annual foray into the world of Frank-N-Furter, the transvestite mad scientist from outer space who is about to unveil his greatest creation. Let's do the Time Warp aga...

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It's Nice Up North + Director's Q&A + Short Film

Fri 2 Oct to Sat 3 Oct

In Conversation with Akinola Davies

Wed 7 Oct

My Father's Shadow + Director's Q&A

Wed 7 Oct

The Rocky Horror Picture Show (Interactive)

Fri 16 Oct

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Wed 21 Oct

Revolution Anyone + Director's Q&A

Fri 23 Oct

STORM THE PALACE! is a set of political documentaries curated by Hastings’ BAFTA Award-winning Producer/Director Archie Lauchlan. “As a lecturer in documentary filmmaking, I would always start students’ 3-year courses by saying that if we acknowledge cinema’s unparalleled capacity to affect people, then it follows that a factual story told on film – with the potential to eclipse any fiction you ...

Boarding on Insanity + Director's Q&A

Sun 25 Oct

Many of our global leaders have been to boarding school. From Boris Johnson to Mark Zuckerberg, Rupert Murdoch to Richard Branson. The world is going through a crisis: war, environmental collapse and poverty. Could the world?s challenges be because some of the world?s political and business leaders are psychologically traumatised by boarding school? Boarding on Insanity explores the trauma that re...

Hunt for the Wilderpeople 30th Anniversary

Sun 4 Oct

Viy + Intro and Surprise Short Film

Sun 4 Oct

Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt + Intro

Tue 6 Oct

Climate of the Hunter

Thu 15 Oct

Loving Karma

Sun 18 Oct

Loving Karma is the long-anticipated continuation of the Emmy Award–winning documentary Tashi and the Monk. Set in the remote Himalayan foothills of Arunachal Pradesh, India, this new director’s cut returns to the original tale while expanding on the extraordinary 12-year journey of Tashi—a lively young girl once among the most troubled children at the Jhamtse Gatsal Children’s Community. Throug...

Revolution Anyone + Director's Q&A

Fri 23 Oct

How to Make a Monster

Sun 25 Oct

When a master monster make-up artist is sacked by the new bosses of American International studios, he uses his creations to exact revenge. A self-contained sequel of sorts to American International Pictures’ previous hit films I Was a Teenage Werewolf and I Was a Teenage Frankenstein, the tongue-in-cheek film is set almost entirely at a fictional movie studio. A mild attempt at satire on the movi...

Sheep, Actually

Fri 30 Oct

Baa! This month’s Knitflix screening is appropriately sheep-themed. From fleece to fashion house; the origins and journey of wool. Sheep Actually started with the first photo filmmaker Paul Wyatt ever took: a blurred sheep's nose on a school trip when he was just nine. This lifelong love of animals and a deep-seated curiosity to understand their lives drove Wyatt to make this film. It opens a ...

Fright night Halloween Special: The Evil Dead + Intro

Fri 30 Oct

Join us for a Fright Night Halloween Special! Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell’s gory, no-budget, shot on 16mm, classic was one of the original 'video nasties'. It’s a now-familiar story: five high schoolers in a woodland cabin for the weekend, summon demonic forces that possess them. Unpleasant, creepy and wince-inducing. The opening salvo to a long, cult horror franchise. ?? “Rites-of-passage vie...

Fright night Halloween Special: The Evil Dead + Intro

Straight Talk: A Tribute to Dolly Parton

Sun 1 Nov

Dolly Parton was iconic in the truest sense of the word and her death at the age of 80 seemed too soon for many of us. In addition to winning 11 Grammys and gaining a further 52 nominations for her songs, Parton was also an acclaimed actor and a generous philanthropist. This month we remember her with a rare screening of Straight Talk, providing the perfect platform for the Dolly sass and sweetnes...

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Thu 8 Oct

Favourite TV Themes & Jingles (Inc Theme Tune Quiz)

Thu 8 Oct

Red Dwarf Night

Fri 9 Oct

TV Detectives: Danger Mouse

Sun 11 Oct

TV Detectives: Columbo

Sun 11 Oct

Rare TV Gems: Greene and Le Carre

Sun 11 Oct

Zine and Badge Workshop

Sat 17 Oct

DIY! Fun! Make zines and badges inspired by our youth quakin’ Rip It Up Season! Hands-on workshop for all ages. Materials and refreshments provided. Supported by BFI FAN and National Lottery and part of a Rip it Up, UK-wide celebration of youth culture on screen.

Labyrinth (Relaxed Screening)

Sat 17 Oct

You remind me of the babe! Bowie-meets-Henson in this wild and dark fairytale with plenty of twisty turns. Description written by Young Electrics: Labyrinth is a visually spectacular family favourite, featuring David Bowie in tights (he also created the dreamy soundtrack). The Goblin King (Bowie) sends 16-year-old Sarah through his labyrinth, filled with illusions and deceptions in order to ...

Cry-Baby

Sun 18 Oct

John Waters pitches teen delinquent rockers against squares in this Elvis-spoofing, music-filled romance. With Johnny Depp, Ricki Lake and Iggy Pop. Waters’ second film after going legit with 1988’s anti-racist doo-wop masterpiece Hairspray, Cry-Baby sees DIY trash-merchant John Waters working on an even larger canvas. Set in 50s Baltimore it tells of the forbidden love between Cry Baby Walker...

Quadrophenia

Sun 18 Oct

Here come the mods! Teen scooter odyssey based on The Who’s double-album rock opera. A blistering benchmark of rock n’ roll cinema. The ultimate mods vs rockers clash starring Phil Daniels as the mod on an odyssey to Brighton. Featuring a cast of established and future stars, such as Leslie Ash, Philip Davies, Ray Winstone, Toyah Wilcox, Michael Elphick, Timothy Spall and Sting, and a monumental...

The Nightmare Before Christmas + Halloween Craft Workshop

Fri 2 Oct

TV Detectives: Danger Mouse

Sun 11 Oct

Shoot the People (Subtitled)

Thu 1 Oct

My Father's Shadow (Subtitled)

Thu 8 Oct

The Christophers (Subtitled)

Thu 15 Oct

Labyrinth (Relaxed Screening)

Sat 17 Oct

Living for Kicks (Subtitled)

Thu 22 Oct

The rise of the teenager! Find teddy boys, coffee bars, pop stars and a Brighton and Liverpool frothing with late-50s/early 60s subcultures. BFI National Archive presents Living for Kicks. Step into the burgeoning British youth culture of the 1950s and 60s with this selection of excerpts from the BFI National Archive’s Associated-Rediffusion collection. Launched in 1955 as part of the fledgling ...

Bitter Christmas

Thu 22 Oct to Thu 29 Oct

From iconic director Pedro Almodóvar (All About My Mother, Talk to Her, Volver) comes a rich, reflexive melodrama investigating the mysteries of creativity and the fluid boundaries between reality and fiction. In 2004: After her mother dies, director Elsa (Bárbara Lennie) immerses herself in work. When a migraine forces her to stop, she travels to Lanzarote with a friend (Victoria Luengo) while he...

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Shoot the People (Subtitled)

Thu 1 Oct

The Christophers

Thu 1 Oct

The Nightmare Before Christmas + Halloween Craft Workshop

Fri 2 Oct

It's Nice Up North + Director's Q&A + Short Film

Fri 2 Oct to Sat 3 Oct

Shoot the People

Sun 4 Oct

Hunt for the Wilderpeople 30th Anniversary

Sun 4 Oct

Viy + Intro and Surprise Short Film

Sun 4 Oct

Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt + Intro

Tue 6 Oct

In Conversation with Akinola Davies

Wed 7 Oct

My Father's Shadow + Director's Q&A

Wed 7 Oct

My Father's Shadow (Subtitled)

Thu 8 Oct

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Thu 8 Oct

Favourite TV Themes & Jingles (Inc Theme Tune Quiz)

Thu 8 Oct

Red Dwarf Night

Fri 9 Oct

TV Detectives: Danger Mouse

Sun 11 Oct

TV Detectives: Columbo

Sun 11 Oct

Rare TV Gems: Greene and Le Carre

Sun 11 Oct

The Christophers (Subtitled)

Thu 15 Oct

Climate of the Hunter

Thu 15 Oct

The Rocky Horror Picture Show (Interactive)

Fri 16 Oct

It's Nice Up North + Director's Q&A + Short Film

Fri 2 Oct to Sat 3 Oct

In Conversation with Akinola Davies

Wed 7 Oct

My Father's Shadow + Director's Q&A

Wed 7 Oct

The Rocky Horror Picture Show (Interactive)

Fri 16 Oct

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Wed 21 Oct

Revolution Anyone + Director's Q&A

Fri 23 Oct

Boarding on Insanity + Director's Q&A

Sun 25 Oct

Hunt for the Wilderpeople 30th Anniversary

Sun 4 Oct

Viy + Intro and Surprise Short Film

Sun 4 Oct

Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt + Intro

Tue 6 Oct

Climate of the Hunter

Thu 15 Oct

Loving Karma

Sun 18 Oct

Revolution Anyone + Director's Q&A

Fri 23 Oct

How to Make a Monster

Sun 25 Oct

Sheep, Actually

Fri 30 Oct

Fright night Halloween Special: The Evil Dead + Intro

Fri 30 Oct

Straight Talk: A Tribute to Dolly Parton

Sun 1 Nov

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