Back by popular demand we bring you Power Station for an encore screening to launch our Green Screen film season of films for World Environment Day.
Power Station shows how two artists in Walthamstow set out to take their street off the grid, kickstarting a solar-powered energy revolution.
Inspired by lockdown mutual aid initiatives, artist-activists Hilary Powell and Dan Edelstyn decided to turn their street into an energy-generating powerhouse – a prototype for a new way of living, with the hope of galvanising a wider push towards sustainable alternatives.
Directed by the duo, POWER STATION charts their turbulent journey, from pitching the idea to their neighbours and sleeping on the roof of their home, to raising
finance and launching a bid for a Christmas number one single. By turns funny and heartwarming, Powell and Edelstyn’s film is a vibrant portrait of their local neighbourhood, and a charming testament to the power of art in changing minds about what could be possible.
Green Screen is the Electric Palace's newest screening strand, showing films with an environmental theme followed by discussion and inspiration for direct, hopeful action against climate change.
The screening will be followed by an optional half-hour discussion plus practical ideas for taking direct action.
Supported by Hastings Voluntary Action, in partnership with local community partners and LandXSea Environmental Festival, our twin cinema in Montrose, Scotland.
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Power Station + Director's Q&A
Runtime: 96 minutes
Director: Daniel Edelstyn, Hilary Powell
Cast: Daniel Edelstyn, Hilary Powell, Jessica Edwards
Oscar-winning Jessie Buckley is remarkable as William Shakespeare’s wife Agnes in Chloé Zhao’s grief-soaked drama. Adapted from Maggie O’Farrell’s novel, the film tells the powerful story of love and loss that inspired the creation of Hamlet.
When Shaun decides to take the day off and have some fun, he gets a little more action than he bargained for! A mix up with the Farmer, a caravan and a very steep hill lead them all to the Big City and it's up to Shaun and the flock to return everyone safely to the green grass of home. Shaun the Sheep is clever and cheeky, snappy and pun-enthused, like most Aardman Animations' productions. Ever...
Magick Hastings, Stranger on the Shore + Filmmaker's Q&A
Fri 1 May
This screening kick starts our Cult Cinema Weekender - a celebration of strange and wonderful supernatural films as part of Hastings' Jack in the Green Mayday celebrations! Magick Hastings is a poetic exploration and an esoteric mystery tour of the town’s occult layers, with filmmakers Michael Smith and Maxy Bianco introducing viewers to tarot seers, trance-inducing witch doctors, and local occ...
After a long-term relationship ends, Norah moves to a remote house in the country. The locals are friendly, if eccentric. She starts a flirtatious relationship with young gamekeeper, Rob. But events at a festival have her feeling manipulated. Only later, do the consequences of that relationship leave her trapped in a nightmare. This screening continues our Cult Cinema Weekender - a celebration ...
17th-century England. A rural farming community has fallen under a spell of evil. The devil himself appears to be besieging them; through their children! The youngsters have formed a coven of witches and are practicing human sacrifice. This screening continues our Cult Cinema Weekender - a celebration of strange and wonderful supernatural films as part of Hastings's Jack in the Green mayday celeb...
Made for Play for Today and rarely seen on the big screen, this is a must-see for anyone seriously interested in England's pagan past. Stephen, a vicar's son starts to encounter strange apparitions. Penda's Fen wiggles a finger into society's personal, social, sexual, psychic and metaphysical fault lines. Hosted and Curated by Katie Spooner from Strange Frames, our film club that celebrates th...
The Wicker Man. Devout Christian policeman Sergeant Howie (Edward Woodward) finds himself summoned to a remote Scottish island to investigate the disappearance of a child. This year we are screening the director's cut. One of the finest British films of all time, the original was cruelly butchered in the editing room and shabbily treated by its original film company, and the original negatives ...
Our annual Jack in the Green screening of the cult horror classic, The Wicker Man, screening as part of our Cult Cinema Weekend. The ultimate in Folk Horror, join us on Sunday 3 May for The Wicker Man. The film follows a devout police sergeant’s search for a missing girl on a remote Scottish island—only to uncover a secretive pagan society with dark intentions. As mystery and ritual intertwine,...
Have You Got It Yet? The Story of Syd Barrett + Pink Floyd
Tue 5 May
Screening as part of our First Tuesdays strand, when we screen a select rockumentary, keeping the bar open and the drinks flowing. For each event we will collaborate with a local business, musician or artist. This screening is in collaboration with psych-noir band, Column 258 who will introduce and play live before the screening. Cult icon, enigma, recluse... the life of Syd Barrett, foundin...
An unemployed paper worker hatches a cunning plan to murder his way back into the job market in this continually surprising black comedy from the director of The Handmaiden and Oldboy. Korean director Park Chan-wook’s new film brings his usual effortlessly fluent, steely confidence and a type of storytelling momentum that can accommodate all kinds of digressions, set-pieces and the occasional tra...
H is for Hawk follows Helen (Foy), who, after the sudden death of her father (Gleeson), loses herself in the memories of their time birding and exploring the natural world together. She turns to the ancient art of falconry, rooted in European tradition, training a wild goshawk named Mabel to navigate her profound loss. But as she teaches Mabel to hunt and fly free, Helen discovers how deeply she ...
We are pleased to welcome back Crossing the Screen: 10th Eastbourne Film Festival. Iran's beloved satirist Mehran Modiri switches genres to a time-ticking thriller. Philosophy student Sara plans to leave at 6am for Toronto where she will study for a PhD, but a friend insists she attends one last farewell gathering. As the evening unfolds, a series of seemingly small decisions spiral into tense a...
As their marriage quietly unravels, Alex (Will Arnett) faces middle age and an impending divorce. He seeks new purpose in the New York comedy scene while Tess (Laura Dern) confronts the sacrifices she made for their family - forcing them to navigate co-parenting, identity and whether love can take a new form. The film will be introduced by Jake and Chris from Hastings Comedy Festival giving a t...
Director Francis Ford Coppola once praised Robert Duvall as "one of the four or five best actors in the world". No surprise seeing as he played ‘adopted’ son to the Corleone Family in The Godfather, played a pivotal role in The Conversation and breathed life into the infamous "I love the smell of napalm in the morning". This May we pay tribute to the late actor with a r are screening of George Lu...
When an over zealous scientist pushes his experiments with string theory too far - his brane explodes. Thats “brane” not “brain” - but that means someone has to sort out the mess he has created. Our hero Corey Harlan (Sam Riley) is sent in - kicking and screaming - to find the heart of the brane and its creator Anton Chambers. Now manifested as a normal townhouse hosted by the enigmatic and mult...
When an over zealous scientist pushes his experiments with string theory too far - his brane explodes. Thats “brane” not “brain” - but that means someone has to sort out the mess he has created. Our hero Corey Harlan (Sam Riley) is sent in - kicking and screaming - to find the heart of the brane and its creator Anton Chambers. Now manifested as a normal townhouse hosted by the enigmatic and mul...
Fright Night is co-curated and co-hosted by 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. A couple travels to Northern Europe to visit a rural hometown's fabled Swedish mid-summer festival. What begins as an idyllic retreat quickly devolves into an increasingly violent and bizarre competit...
The 29th May at 3pm showing 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 cosy comfort of the Electric Palace this winter. Co-curated by Beryl Bailey in partnership with Flock knitting and wool shop based in St Leonards. Director Mike Leigh’s iconic tale of camping holidays an...
They beat him. They deprived him. They ridiculed him. They broke his heart. But they could not break his spirit. Ken Loach's masterpiece about a working-class English boy from a dysfunctional home who takes refuge in caring for and training his pet kestrel. Kes demonstrates Loach's gift for incisive social commentary, particularly on class and educational failures. Based on the Barry Hines novel...
The updated 2026 encore edition of the 2020 film includes special content related to the major "Frida: The Making of an Icon" exhibition, which runs at Tate Modern from June 25, 2026, to January 3, 2027. The 7.30pm screening on 21 May only includes an introduction by Hastings Contemporary. This highly engaging film takes us on a journey through the life of one of the most prevalent female icons...
Magick Hastings, Stranger on the Shore + Filmmaker's Q&A
Fri 1 May
This screening kick starts our Cult Cinema Weekender - a celebration of strange and wonderful supernatural films as part of Hastings' Jack in the Green Mayday celebrations! Magick Hastings is a poetic exploration and an esoteric mystery tour of the town’s occult layers, with filmmakers Michael Smith and Maxy Bianco introducing viewers to tarot seers, trance-inducing witch doctors, and local occ...
Have You Got It Yet? The Story of Syd Barrett + Pink Floyd
Tue 5 May
Screening as part of our First Tuesdays strand, when we screen a select rockumentary, keeping the bar open and the drinks flowing. For each event we will collaborate with a local business, musician or artist. This screening is in collaboration with psych-noir band, Column 258 who will introduce and play live before the screening. Cult icon, enigma, recluse... the life of Syd Barrett, foundin...
As their marriage quietly unravels, Alex (Will Arnett) faces middle age and an impending divorce. He seeks new purpose in the New York comedy scene while Tess (Laura Dern) confronts the sacrifices she made for their family - forcing them to navigate co-parenting, identity and whether love can take a new form. The film will be introduced by Jake and Chris from Hastings Comedy Festival giving a t...
When an over zealous scientist pushes his experiments with string theory too far - his brane explodes. Thats “brane” not “brain” - but that means someone has to sort out the mess he has created. Our hero Corey Harlan (Sam Riley) is sent in - kicking and screaming - to find the heart of the brane and its creator Anton Chambers. Now manifested as a normal townhouse hosted by the enigmatic and mul...
Fright Night is co-curated and co-hosted by 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. A couple travels to Northern Europe to visit a rural hometown's fabled Swedish mid-summer festival. What begins as an idyllic retreat quickly devolves into an increasingly violent and bizarre competit...
Electric Palace is delighted to present our Andrew Kötting Weekend, a celebration of films by the internationally recognised filmmaker and artist. We will kick-start the weekend festival with a selection of award-winning short films followed by a director's Q and A, hosted by writer, Nicholas Johnson: SMART ALEK – 1993 – 20 minutes Andrew Kötting (Gallivant, Swandown) Sean Lock (pre Comedy Geniu...
Andrew Kötting’s complex docu-essay about his daughter Eden, who has Joubert syndrome, steps outside conventional filmmaking grammar. The Memory Blocks takes the viewer on a wild visual journey, using a neurodivergent perspective that reveals how memories shift and transform, challenging our understanding of how we recall and process past experiences. This gala screening celebrates the Hasti...
Gallivant 30th Anniversary Screening plus Intro & Q&A
Sun 24 May
When British filmmaker Andrew Kötting decided to tour the perimeter of Great Britain with his grandmother 'Big Granny' Gladys and his daughter Eden, he brought a film crew along. The result is this humorous and picturesque documentary. Starting at Bexhill-on-Sea and with an intermission at John O’Groats for a natter and drinks. En route they get to meet Keith Leech, Andy Hemsley and other Jack-...
To celebrate what would have been Miles Davis' 100th birthday week we present the ultimate documentary about the man, with introduction and Q and A with director Mike Dibb. Fellow musicians, friends, lovers and family all agree that Miles Davis could be an objectionable old goat. Virtually all the contributors to this expansive documentary have a shocking anecdote to tell; Miles stealing their ...
Freya is using science to try and make her life more successful. Although she only got a 2:2 from the University of Brighton, so perhaps she shouldn’t back herself on that ability. With over 50K followers online and millions of views, her science jokes are quickly becoming a cult favourite.
Have You Got It Yet? The Story of Syd Barrett + Pink Floyd
Tue 5 May
Screening as part of our First Tuesdays strand, when we screen a select rockumentary, keeping the bar open and the drinks flowing. For each event we will collaborate with a local business, musician or artist. This screening is in collaboration with psych-noir band, Column 258 who will introduce and play live before the screening. Cult icon, enigma, recluse... the life of Syd Barrett, foundin...
Director Francis Ford Coppola once praised Robert Duvall as "one of the four or five best actors in the world". No surprise seeing as he played ‘adopted’ son to the Corleone Family in The Godfather, played a pivotal role in The Conversation and breathed life into the infamous "I love the smell of napalm in the morning". This May we pay tribute to the late actor with a r are screening of George Lu...
Fright Night is co-curated and co-hosted by 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. A couple travels to Northern Europe to visit a rural hometown's fabled Swedish mid-summer festival. What begins as an idyllic retreat quickly devolves into an increasingly violent and bizarre competit...
The 29th May at 3pm showing 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 cosy comfort of the Electric Palace this winter. Co-curated by Beryl Bailey in partnership with Flock knitting and wool shop based in St Leonards. Director Mike Leigh’s iconic tale of camping holidays an...
Two sisters are separated by the expanse of death. Parker, an actor in Los Angeles, returns to her hometown in search of answers after the sudden and violent loss of her estranged sister, Indiana. As Parker revisits familiar yet forgotten ground, she must escape the immense gravity of Indiana’s passing without surrendering to its encroaching darkness. Told through a non-linear and haunting len...
Buddhist Sunday Mornings are curated and hosted by Chris McKenna, local buddhist practitioner. He also programmes 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. Tracing Transcendental Tone is a multiple award-winning feature documentary that follows a pilgrimage t...
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! Scott Warrington (Mauritz Hugo) returns to his childhood home in Louisiana after learnin...
Screening as part of our First Tuesdays strand, when we screen a select rockumentary, keep the bar open and the drinks flowing. For each event we will collaborate with a local business, musician or artist. This months's screening is i n association with 'See Ya There Promotions'. "DI'ANNO - IRON MAIDEN'S LOST SINGER is a strikingly raw and intimate film in which director Wes Orshoski captures the...
Back by popular demand we bring you Power Station for an encore screening to launch our Green Screen season of films for World Environment Day. Power Station shows how two artists in Walthamstow set out to take their street off the grid, kickstarting a solar-powered energy revolution. Inspired by lockdown mutual aid initiatives, artist-activists Hilary Powell and Dan Edelstyn decided to turn the...
Back by popular demand we bring you Power Station for an encore screening to launch our Green Screen film season of films for World Environment Day. Power Station shows how two artists in Walthamstow set out to take their street off the grid, kickstarting a solar-powered energy revolution. Inspired by lockdown mutual aid initiatives, artist-activists Hilary Powell and Dan Edelstyn decided to turn ...
Magick Hastings, Stranger on the Shore + Filmmaker's Q&A
Fri 1 May
This screening kick starts our Cult Cinema Weekender - a celebration of strange and wonderful supernatural films as part of Hastings' Jack in the Green Mayday celebrations! Magick Hastings is a poetic exploration and an esoteric mystery tour of the town’s occult layers, with filmmakers Michael Smith and Maxy Bianco introducing viewers to tarot seers, trance-inducing witch doctors, and local occ...
After a long-term relationship ends, Norah moves to a remote house in the country. The locals are friendly, if eccentric. She starts a flirtatious relationship with young gamekeeper, Rob. But events at a festival have her feeling manipulated. Only later, do the consequences of that relationship leave her trapped in a nightmare. This screening continues our Cult Cinema Weekender - a celebration ...
17th-century England. A rural farming community has fallen under a spell of evil. The devil himself appears to be besieging them; through their children! The youngsters have formed a coven of witches and are practicing human sacrifice. This screening continues our Cult Cinema Weekender - a celebration of strange and wonderful supernatural films as part of Hastings's Jack in the Green mayday celeb...
Made for Play for Today and rarely seen on the big screen, this is a must-see for anyone seriously interested in England's pagan past. Stephen, a vicar's son starts to encounter strange apparitions. Penda's Fen wiggles a finger into society's personal, social, sexual, psychic and metaphysical fault lines. Hosted and Curated by Katie Spooner from Strange Frames, our film club that celebrates th...
The Wicker Man. Devout Christian policeman Sergeant Howie (Edward Woodward) finds himself summoned to a remote Scottish island to investigate the disappearance of a child. This year we are screening the director's cut. One of the finest British films of all time, the original was cruelly butchered in the editing room and shabbily treated by its original film company, and the original negatives ...
Our annual Jack in the Green screening of the cult horror classic, The Wicker Man, screening as part of our Cult Cinema Weekend. The ultimate in Folk Horror, join us on Sunday 3 May for The Wicker Man. The film follows a devout police sergeant’s search for a missing girl on a remote Scottish island—only to uncover a secretive pagan society with dark intentions. As mystery and ritual intertwine,...
Electric Palace is delighted to present our Andrew Kötting Weekend, a celebration of films by the internationally recognised filmmaker and artist. We will kick-start the weekend festival with a selection of award-winning short films followed by a director's Q and A, hosted by writer, Nicholas Johnson: SMART ALEK – 1993 – 20 minutes Andrew Kötting (Gallivant, Swandown) Sean Lock (pre Comedy Geniu...
Andrew Kötting’s complex docu-essay about his daughter Eden, who has Joubert syndrome, steps outside conventional filmmaking grammar. The Memory Blocks takes the viewer on a wild visual journey, using a neurodivergent perspective that reveals how memories shift and transform, challenging our understanding of how we recall and process past experiences. This gala screening celebrates the Hasti...
Gallivant 30th Anniversary Screening plus Intro & Q&A
Sun 24 May
When British filmmaker Andrew Kötting decided to tour the perimeter of Great Britain with his grandmother 'Big Granny' Gladys and his daughter Eden, he brought a film crew along. The result is this humorous and picturesque documentary. Starting at Bexhill-on-Sea and with an intermission at John O’Groats for a natter and drinks. En route they get to meet Keith Leech, Andy Hemsley and other Jack-...
Get ready for an unforgettable adventure this May half term! Come along for a joyful cinema experience with a vibrant collection of seven Caribbean short films, chosen with young audiences in mind. With a mix of playful animation and feel-good storytelling, there’s something to capture everyone's imagination. Suitable for ages 5-10. One ticket gives you access to all seven shorts in a single sc...
When Shaun decides to take the day off and have some fun, he gets a little more action than he bargained for! A mix up with the Farmer, a caravan and a very steep hill lead them all to the Big City and it's up to Shaun and the flock to return everyone safely to the green grass of home. Shaun the Sheep is clever and cheeky, snappy and pun-enthused, like most Aardman Animations' productions. Ever...
For World Environment Day 2026 we bring you the beautiful celtic animation 'Song of the Sea'. Ben, a young Irish boy and his little sister, Saoirse, a girl who can turn into a seal, go on an adventure to free the fairies and save the spirit world. Family Fridays with Green Screen for World Environment Day. Green Screen is the Electric Palace's newest screening strand, showing films with an enviro...
We bring you the beautiful celtic animation 'Song of the Sea'. Ben, a young Irish boy and his little sister, Saoirse, a girl who can turn into a seal, go on an adventure to free the fairies and save the spirit world. Green Screen is the Electric Palace's newest screening strand, showing films with an environmental theme followed by discussion and inspiration for direct, hopeful action against cli...
An unemployed paper worker hatches a cunning plan to murder his way back into the job market in this continually surprising black comedy from the director of The Handmaiden and Oldboy. Korean director Park Chan-wook’s new film brings his usual effortlessly fluent, steely confidence and a type of storytelling momentum that can accommodate all kinds of digressions, set-pieces and the occasional tra...
H is for Hawk follows Helen (Foy), who, after the sudden death of her father (Gleeson), loses herself in the memories of their time birding and exploring the natural world together. She turns to the ancient art of falconry, rooted in European tradition, training a wild goshawk named Mabel to navigate her profound loss. But as she teaches Mabel to hunt and fly free, Helen discovers how deeply she ...
The updated 2026 encore edition of the 2020 film includes special content related to the major "Frida: The Making of an Icon" exhibition, which runs at Tate Modern from June 25, 2026, to January 3, 2027. The 7.30pm screening on 21 May only includes an introduction by Hastings Contemporary. This highly engaging film takes us on a journey through the life of one of the most prevalent female icons...
Icelandic filmmaker Hylnur Palmason captures a year in the life of a family as two parents navigate their separation. With its dreamy piano score, fantasy visions and quirky sequences alongside dead-serious scenes of emotional pain, its intriguing yet unsettling comic tone marks it out from other divorce stories. Anna (Garðarsdóttir) is a sculptor and visual artist whose focus is decomposition a...
Back by popular demand we bring you Power Station for an encore screening to launch our Green Screen season of films for World Environment Day. Power Station shows how two artists in Walthamstow set out to take their street off the grid, kickstarting a solar-powered energy revolution. Inspired by lockdown mutual aid initiatives, artist-activists Hilary Powell and Dan Edelstyn decided to turn the...