Coming Soon
East End Film Festival at Genesis Cinema
Tue, 25th Jun 2013 - Wed, 10th Jul 2013
Genesis is excited to announce its participation in this year's East End Film Festival.
For more information about the East End Festival, and all of the films listed below, visit their website.
To book tickets for all screenings taking place at Genesis Cinema, click here.
WEDNESDAY 26TH JUNE
6.45pm: 99%: The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film (2012) Dir. Aaron Aites , Audrey Ewell, Nina Krstic , Lucian Read
This screening will be followed by a Q&A.
7.00pm: Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic (2013) Dir. Marina Zenovich
THURSDAY 27TH JUNE
7.00pm: The UK Gold (2013) Dir. Mark Donne
Please note that this screening will be followed by a panel featuring writer/director Mark Donne, other members of the filmmaking team and commentators from the worlds of finance, politics and the media.
7.15pm: Smash & Grab (2013) Dir. Havana Marking
Screening followed by a Q&A, and a drinks reception in Bar Paragon, sponsored by Disaronno
8.30pm: Overhill (2012) Dir. Will Hutchinson
This screening will be followed by a Q&A.
8.30pm STUDIO 5: Pilgrim Song (2012) Dir. Martha Stephens
FRIDAY 28TH JUNE
8.30pm: 2 Graves (2012) Yvonne McDevitt
This screening will be followed by a Q&A.
SATURDAY 29TH JUNE
7.00pm: Dollhouse (2012) Dir. Kirsten Sheridan
This screening will be followed by a Q&A.
SUNDAY 30TH JUNE
3.00pm: Zoom Films
A programme of shorts from Zoom films: a scheme to help younger, emerging Deaf filmmakers produce short film.
This screening will be followed by a Q&A.
5.00pm: Life Begins with Tears (2012) Dir. Simon Chambers
This screening will be followed by a Q&A.
WEDNESDAY 3RD JULY
7.00pm STUDIO 5: The Colour of the Chameleon (2012) Dir. Emil Hristow
THURSDAY 4TH JULY
6.30pm: Prospects (2013) Dir. Sebastian Duthy
This screening will be followed by a Q&A.
7.00pm: The Brightest Colours Make Grey (2012) Dir. Daniel Audritt
This screening will be followed by a Q&A.
8.00pm: One Night In Powder (2013) Dir. Jason Attar, Danny Wimborne
This screening will be followed by a Q&A.
FRIDAY 5TH JULY
6.30pm: We Are The Freaks (2013) Dir. Justin Edgar
This screening will be followed by a Q&A.
7.00pm: Lakino: Argentine Shorts
Join us afterwards for some Argentine live music in Bar Paragon.
8.45pm: Die Welt (2013) Dir. Alex Pitstra
SATURDAY 6TH JULY
2.00pm STUDIO 5: Trois Exercises d’Interpretation (2013) Dir. Cristi Puiu
4.00pm: War Matters (2012) Dir. Chester Yang, + The Tony Benn Film
This screening will be followed by a Q&A.
6.30pm: Suspension of Disbelief (2012) Dir. Mike Figgis
This screening will be followed by a Q&A.
7.00pm: Discoverdale (2012) Dir. George Kane
This screening will be followed by a Q&A.
6.15pm: Lost in the Other; a programme of Shorts
Programmed by Christopher Smith
SUNDAY 7TH JULY
2.30pm STUDIO 5: Pharmakon (2012) Dir. Joni Shanaj
4.00pm: Leones (2012) Dir. Jazmín López
5.30pm: Any Day Now (2012) Dir. Travis Fine
Followed by a special performance by burlesque troupe the LipSinkers in Bar Paragon.
6.00pm: How Did It Come to This? Shorts Programme
Programmed by Tom Geoffrey
MONDAY 8TH JULY
6.30pm STUDIO 5: Annelie (2012) Dir. Antej Farac
9.00pm STUDIO 5: Low Tide (2012) Dir. Roberto Minervini
This screening will be followed by a Q&A.
TUESDAY 10TH JULY
7.00pm: Inch’Allah (2012) Dir. Anais Barbeau-Lavalette
8.30pm STUDIO 5: Halley (2013) Dir. Sebastian Hofmann
CUTTING EAST FILM FESTIVAL 2013
Fri, 28th Jun 2013 - Sun, 30th Jun 2013
CUTTING EAST is a festival that aims to explore youth issues and views in the local area. Part of the East End Film Festival, it’s hoped that it will empower youths by giving them a voice and platform to showcase their talents in the form of film, dance, spoken word, music and event organisation.
The Cutting East organisational group is made up of 15 strong minded, talented young people, aged between 16-21 who come from all over the East End and have different backgrounds and talents in filmmaking and theory, performing arts and music, and share a passion to voice the views of youth in the area.
The group has been busy designing, developing and programming an exciting series of events that will resonate with their peers and engage them to be proactive to stand up and have their voice heard.
Tickets for all film screenings are only £3.50, and Bar Events are FREE ENTRY!
THE PROGRAMME
FRIDAY 28th JUNE
7pm - IT’S A LOT + Q&A
Kicking off the festival is a Special Screening of It’s a Lot. A British high school comedy set in Post-riot Tottenham, it tells the story of a black middle class college student who struggles to accept his family’s wealth and longs for street cred. He ditches his stuffy expensive private school to keep it real with his cousins at the local college. IT’S A LOT also features some of the biggest names from the UK urban music and entertainment scene. PLUS Actor/Director Femi Oyeniran (Moony in Kidulthood and Adulthood), Co-director Darwood Grace and screenwriter Nicholas Walker will join us for a Q&A after the screening.
9pm – Live Music in Bar Paragon FREE
SATURDAY 29th JUNE
11.30am – THE BREAKFAST CLUB (15)
Okay class its Saturday morning detention!
Five high school students, all different stereotypes, meet in detention, where they pour their hearts out to each other, and discover how they have a lot more in common than they thought. One of John Hughes’s best films deals with stereotypes in a clever and funny way. Whether you’re a brain, a basket Case, an Athlete, a princess or a criminal, if you’ve not seen it before, The Breakfast club is a must watch film for everyone.
Served with tea and toast!
1.30pm – SHORTS PROGRAMME (15)
3.00pm – RIOTS REFRAMED (15) followed by a Q&A
Riots Reframed gives an insightful look into a generation that speaks for the first time about the London riots that challenges the mainstream media, the government and the police with uncensored views and attitudes. A debut by Fahim Alam, the man who was in the front, right, center of the riots, aims to give people the alternative view and a voice. Fahim Alam will take part in a panel discussion after the screening to discuss events and themes brought up in the film.
4.00pm – MILE END FILMS POETRY WORKSHOP in Bar Paragon followed by…
7.00pm – POETRY SLAM AND LIVE DJ'S
In collaboration with Mile End Community Project, we are creating a whole event discussing stereotypes; how young people are perceived and how we all use stereotyping. We will be working with spoken word artists in a poetry workshop, empowering young people through the expression of both words and poetry followed by a film screening featuring award winning work by local young people through the Mile End Community Project. Headlined by a slam poetry event which will be open for submissions on the topic of Stereotypes. Relating to the media, stereotyping becomes a rich stimulus exploring our own and other people’s conceptions of identity.
4.30pm – ONE MILE AWAY (15) followed by a live Panel event!
Penny Woolcock returns to Birmingham to document the truce between the Johnson Crew and the Burger Bar Boys over a twenty-year postcode turf war. One Mile Away is a painstaking account of reconciliation, and the rebuilding of a community disrupted by violence which was, in part, enabled by the riots. This is a brutal but ultimately positive film of bringing peace to a neighbourhood. Following the screening, ex-gang members form the Burger Bar Boys and Johnson’s Crew will be joining us for a Q&A.
7.00pm – DOLLHOUSE (18) in Partnership with the East End Film Festival
SUNDAY 30th JUNE
11.30am – TUNDE’S FILM + DIVIDE AND RULE NEVER AGAIN + TRUE ROMANCE (12A)
“When you talk to your parents or grandparents about life in East London in the 70s, do they replicate those of Tunde Ikoli and his friends?” It tells the story of how they feel trapped by circumstance and lack of opportunity, so decide the only way out is to rob a bank. Tunde’s Film gives a unique look at East London through the eyes of an 18 year old boy in a time where hardship and struggle was a very common thing. Sound familiar? Shot in 1973 on the streets of Tower Hamlets, when you watch Tunde’s Film, it really makes you think- has anything really changed? Amazing film, cool music and groovy dancing.
11.30am – STREET ART WORKSHOP
The East End is a hotspot for Street Art Activity and can be seen as an artistic centre for showcasing street art and artists. We want to involve graffiti artists in our festival through a live art session where we will be looking at the processes of creating a piece of work and giving people an opportunity to take part in creating `street art’.
1.30pm – EVERY GOOD MARRIAGE BEGINS WITH TEARS (15) + Q&A
3.00pm – 5 BROKEN CAMERAS
5 Broken Cameras is an Oscar nominated documentary filmed by a Palestinian farmer, Emad Burnatt. Through a series of broken cameras, this film shows the struggle, the conflict and fear that the Palestinians face on a daily basis yet they still go from strength to strength to fight for their rights and protect their land. This touching documentary unfolds the conflict of the West Bank and it shows what the mass media ignore. See it through their eyes.
3.00pm – ZOOM FILMS in Partnership with the East End Film Festival
A programme of shorts from Zoom films: a scheme to help younger, emerging Deaf filmmakers produce short film. This screening will be followed by a Q&A.
5.00pm – ALMOST 18 (12A)
5.00pm – LIFE BEGINS WITH TEARS followed by Q&A in Partnership with the East End Film Festival
7.00pm – CLOSING GALA: GIRL WALK ALL DAY (12A)
followed by Cutting East after-party in our Bar Paragon.
Girl Walk // All Day is an original feature length dance music film directed by Jacob Krupnick, shot in the streets and public spaces of New York City. It is a completely engaging experience set to thesoundtrack, All Day, the 2010 album by the mash-up DJ Girl Talk and follows 3 improvisational dancers and dance crews who dance their way across Manhattan.
Cutting East brings this special screening together with live performances through-out the screening featuring local dance crew IMD, recent finalists in Sky’s Got to Dance, transforming the Genesis into one big dance floor. Don’t forget your leg warmers – FAME ANYONE!
For more information on the Cutting East Film Festival, go their website.
Book tickets HERE!
Genesis New Writing Night!
Thu, 20th Jun 2013
Genesis Cinema are excited and proud to present the third in their series of New Writing Nights.
Set in Bar Paragon, we will show three brand spanking new pieces of script writing from undiscovered and under the radar writers. You, the audience will then be invited to submit your feedback, helping our writers to develop and progress their work.
If that wasn't enough we will be selling our now famous Pieminister Pies along with a selection of locally brewed ales and freshly made cocktails.
Doors open at 7pm. If you would like to reserve a table please contact the box office on 020 7780 2000.
To get your FREE ticket, click here.
S4 presents a short film night with a difference
Tue, 25th Jun 2013
Tuesday 25th June 7pm
FREE ENTRY
This month, S4 presents the award-winning DANCING IN THE ASHES, followed by an in-depth Q&A with members of the cast and crew!
Set in war torn Europe in the 1940s, ‘Dancing in the Ashes’ follows the story of Edina, a young Jewish ballerina who must battle against segregation, separation and inhumanity, to prove that love and passion can give you the strength to conquer all.
Our filmmakers guests kindly give their time for free and the Genesis host our screenings without charge, so S4 is free for you. So in lieu of a ticket price, every month we hold a charity collection for the Cinema and Television Benevolent Fund, who do great work supporting new talent and industry veterans alike. Find out more details about them here and please do give as generously as you can...!