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Experimenta

Experimenta Mixtape 16mm Happening with live music by The Begotten

On-set projections from the psychedelic party scene in New York classic Midnight Cowboy form the intimate centre to an expansive, multi-projection sound and vision event.

Multi-Projection Films and Expanded Cinema

See visionary artists’ 16mm films in ways not possible in a traditional auditorium – this is a wholly different type of cinema.

Queer Ghosts and Spectral Presences

The ghostly spirits of otherworldly forces and queer forebears are evoked in visually-dazzling, fantastical films by Andrew Meyer, Lloyd Reckord, Kenneth Anger and Sandra Lahire.

Religious Rights, Recognition, and the Rastafari: Omega Rising

Artistic, spiritual and political – the complex world of blended religious practices, class and culture is unveiled in this documentary by the late D. Elmina Davis.

Small Gauge, Big Picture

A Night at Your Local Film Society

An evening of 16mm presented in a film society-themed recreation. Curios, controversy and healthy debate.

Project the Right Image

This programme of shorts focuses on the 16mm format itself, and shows how, while it may be small, it can hold its own on the big screen.

Who Sold You This, Then?

A light-hearted selection of vintage educational 16mm training films.

Television

Relaxed Screening: Children’s Television Classics

Bring the family to see a selection of television gems, whose survival on film prints allows new generations to enjoy the programmes today.

Clouds of Glory

Wordsworth and Coleridge are brought to life in Ken Russell’s rarely seen portraits of the Lake Poets.

Doctor Who: Spearhead from Space

Can the newly regenerated third Doctor, groggy and stranded on Earth, thwart the Nestene Consciousness plan to conquer the world?