Plagued by a violent recurring nightmare, college student Stefanie heads home to track down the one person who might be able to break the cycle and save her family from the grisly demise that inevitably awaits them all.

As the rain tears down on rippled metal roofs, the Cameroonian city of Douala is in the throes of preparation for the start of the new school year. The protagonist – the stoic, hardworking Mambar Pierette – is a dressmaker and as such becomes the local confidant, therapist and mother. Belgium-based director, Rosine Mbakam, uses her essayistic style to create a fictional tale of a woman facing a day of misfortune. In the francophone language Pierette is a 'couturier' but not in the way the Western world understands the term: she is sat hunched over a machine, runs her hands across fabric and slices through cloth whilst the rains threaten her livelihood and her relationships. Mbakam offers a glimpse into the lives of businesswomen working in the heart of their local communities where negotiations of time, money and expertise are complex and unregulated. From watching Pierette overcome every struggle, we begin to understand the real value of cloth.

Belgium/Cameroon/France, 2023. Dir. Rosine Mbakam, 93min, French with English subtitles.

About the festival:

Fashion in Film Festival 2025 presents GROUNDED, a major UK-wide season exploring the relationship between fashion and nature through the lens of cinema. Spanning the late 19th century to present day, the programme examines fashion’s role as simultaneously a barrier and a connecting tissue between humans and the natural world. With over 80 titles including rare screenings and UK premieres, GROUNDED presents diverse narratives addressing ecological and geopolitical concerns while exploring imaginative spaces of poetry, comedy, beauty, joy, horror, and transgression. fashioninfilm.com

Please, email fashioninfilm@email.com for accessibility requirements.

Textile artist Allan Brown finds a way through grief by locally foraging for nettle, processing the fibres, hand-spinning and weaving them, and then cutting and sewing the coarse fabric into a dress. This seven-year project, poignantly documented through Dylan Howitt’s lens, enables Brown to find solace in the changing seasons, to slow down his mind through the repetitive and embodied nature of craftsmanship, and to ‘change something ugly and painful into something beautiful and protective.’ A labour of love, The Nettle Dress reminds us that a return to slow methods of production and reconnection to nature can be healing for both the planet and humans alike.

UK, 2023. Dir. Dylan Howitt, 68min, English

About the festival:

Fashion in Film Festival 2025 presents GROUNDED, a major UK-wide season exploring the relationship between fashion and nature through the lens of cinema. Spanning the late 19th century to present day, the programme examines fashion’s role as simultaneously a barrier and a connecting tissue between humans and the natural world. With over 80 titles including rare screenings and UK premieres, GROUNDED presents diverse narratives addressing ecological and geopolitical concerns while exploring imaginative spaces of poetry, comedy, beauty, joy, horror, and transgression. fashioninfilm.com

Please, email fashioninfilm@email.com for accessibility requirements.

Wannabe frat boys travel to a downtown bar in search of entertainment, unaware it is occupied by bloodthirsty vampires.

“GRACE JONES WILL TAKE YOUR BREATH AWAY… FOR GOOD!”

BAR TRASH celebrates our 3rd year and 10th sensational season with WE ARE TRASH!, a fan-made mixtape of cult and chaotic cinema (May to Aug 2025).

Richard Wenk’s comedy horror — with bite — VAMP (1986) was one of the first titles dropped in our audience suggestion box, making it the perfect way to celebrate the many wonders of our BAR TRASH community (and much of it takes place in a bar!). VAMP also mainlines one of the themes we’re celebrating throughout this season; kick-ass women in exploitation cinema.

Making a spell-binding return to BAR TRASH, Grace Jones (previously seen in CONAN THE DESTROYER) is spellbinding in another supporting role. Reported struggles with her acting resulted in almost all of Jones’ dialogue being removed, but that only adds to VAMP’s neon pink and green weirdness. When her lead vampire Katrina takes to the stage, Jones’ surreal striptease is an avant garde jaw dropper.

VAMP is superbly designed by many of Grace Jones’ own award-winning collaborators — including iconic queer artist Keith Haring — and features stunning practical FX by four-time Oscar winner Greg Cannom (THE LOST BOYS, BRAM STOKER’S DRACULA). Described by veteran critic Roger Ebert as “sort of a vampire version of AFTER HOURS”, VAMP is a bloody mess of genres, but these are cocktail ingredients we imbibe with love and affection at BAR TRASH!

Polite notice: We are projecting VAMP with subtitles from the best available digital source.

/// BAR TRASH is a celebration of cult and curious cinema, hosted by queer film fanatic Token Homo and friends. Films are served with themed drinks, introductions, intermissions, prize giveaways, and subtitles / captions where possible. Tickets from £3.50. Adults 18+ only. Follow @tokenhomo on Instagram for updates. More info at tokenhomo.com ///

A live-action reimagining of Disney’s 2002 animated classic, LILO & STITCH is the wildly funny and touching story of a lonely Hawaiian girl and the fugitive alien who helps to mend her broken family. Directed by Oscar®-nominated filmmaker Dean Fleischer Camp (MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON), the film stars Sydney Elizebeth Agudong, Billy Magnussen, Tia Carrere, Hannah Waddingham and Chris Sanders, along with Courtney B. Vance and Zach Galifianakis, and introducing Maia Kealoha.

Ethan Hunt and the IMF team continue their search for the terrifying AI known as the Entity - which has infiltrated intelligence networks all over the globe - with the world's governments and a mysterious ghost from Ethan's past on their trail. Joined by new allies and armed with the means to shut the Entity down for good, Hunt is in a race against time to prevent the world as we know it from changing forever.

Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back. You keep dancing with the devil, one day he's gonna follow you home. Written and directed by Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Coogler, Sinners stars Michael B. Jordan in a dual role, joined by Oscar-nominee Hailee Steinfeld, Jack O'Connell, Wunmi Mosaku, Jayme Lawson, Omar Benson Miller, and Delroy Lindo.

In THUNDERBOLTS*, Marvel Studios assembles an unconventional team of antiheroes — Yelena Belova, Bucky Barnes, Red Guardian, Ghost, Taskmaster and John Walker. After finding themselves ensnared in a death trap set by Valentina Allegra de Fontaine, these disillusioned castoffs must embark on a dangerous mission that will force them to confront the darkest corners of their pasts. Will this dysfunctional group tear themselves apart, or find redemption and unite as something much more before it’s too late? Returning to their Marvel Cinematic Universe roles are Florence Pugh, Sebastian Stan, David Harbour, Wyatt Russell, Olga Kurylenko, Hannah John-Kamen, and Julia Louis-Dreyfus. The cast also includes newcomers to the MCU with Lewis Pullman, Geraldine Viswanathan, Chris Bauer and Wendell Edward Pierce. Jake Schreier directs THUNDERBOLTS* with Kevin Feige producing. Louis D’Esposito, Brian Chapek and Jason Tamez serve as executive producers.

Plagued by a violent recurring nightmare, college student Stefanie heads home to track down the one person who might be able to break the cycle and save her family from the grisly demise that inevitably awaits them all.

Presented by Cult Classic Collective the screening is followed by a panel discussion with Nick Walker. Heroic earthling Flash Gordon saves the world from the nefarious Ming the Merciless in this lavish, intentionally campy adaptation of the famous sci-fi comic strip. The story is as basic as space operas get: Ming (Max von Sydow) has developed a plan to destroy the Earth, and Flash (Sam J. Jones) and his attractive companion, Dale Arden (Melody Anderson), are called upon to stop him. Along the way, Flash must battle Ming's goons and the temptations of a luscious space princess. Previously the basis for a more straight-faced 1930s adventure serial, Flash's story is mined here for exaggerated, cartoon humor by screenwriter Lorenzo Semple Jr., a central figure in the similarly campy '60s Batman television series. The simplistic plot mainly serves as an excuse for spectacular sets and cartoonish action sequences, all set to an appropriately over-the-top rock score by Queen. Certainly not a film to turn to for serious excitement, fine performances, or character development, Flash Gordon has nevertheless developed an appreciative cult of fans who admire the film's humorous approach and the detailed, colorful production design.

A live-action reimagining of Disney’s 2002 animated classic, LILO & STITCH is the wildly funny and touching story of a lonely Hawaiian girl and the fugitive alien who helps to mend her broken family. Directed by Oscar®-nominated filmmaker Dean Fleischer Camp (MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON), the film stars Sydney Elizebeth Agudong, Billy Magnussen, Tia Carrere, Hannah Waddingham and Chris Sanders, along with Courtney B. Vance and Zach Galifianakis, and introducing Maia Kealoha.

Ethan Hunt and the IMF team continue their search for the terrifying AI known as the Entity - which has infiltrated intelligence networks all over the globe - with the world's governments and a mysterious ghost from Ethan's past on their trail. Joined by new allies and armed with the means to shut the Entity down for good, Hunt is in a race against time to prevent the world as we know it from changing forever.

Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back. You keep dancing with the devil, one day he's gonna follow you home. Written and directed by Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Coogler, Sinners stars Michael B. Jordan in a dual role, joined by Oscar-nominee Hailee Steinfeld, Jack O'Connell, Wunmi Mosaku, Jayme Lawson, Omar Benson Miller, and Delroy Lindo.

In THUNDERBOLTS*, Marvel Studios assembles an unconventional team of antiheroes — Yelena Belova, Bucky Barnes, Red Guardian, Ghost, Taskmaster and John Walker. After finding themselves ensnared in a death trap set by Valentina Allegra de Fontaine, these disillusioned castoffs must embark on a dangerous mission that will force them to confront the darkest corners of their pasts. Will this dysfunctional group tear themselves apart, or find redemption and unite as something much more before it’s too late? Returning to their Marvel Cinematic Universe roles are Florence Pugh, Sebastian Stan, David Harbour, Wyatt Russell, Olga Kurylenko, Hannah John-Kamen, and Julia Louis-Dreyfus. The cast also includes newcomers to the MCU with Lewis Pullman, Geraldine Viswanathan, Chris Bauer and Wendell Edward Pierce. Jake Schreier directs THUNDERBOLTS* with Kevin Feige producing. Louis D’Esposito, Brian Chapek and Jason Tamez serve as executive producers.

After 27 years, the groundbreaking documentary 'Hang The DJ,' which first presented DJs as artists and debuted at TIFF in 1998, returns for a five-city UK charity screening tour. A very rare chance to experience this influential film on the big screen while supporting worthy causes. *Screenings will feature either the original 35mm projection or a 4K scan of the original print. All proceeds go to We Are With You & Endometriosis UK

Plagued by a violent recurring nightmare, college student Stefanie heads home to track down the one person who might be able to break the cycle and save her family from the grisly demise that inevitably awaits them all.

A live-action reimagining of Disney’s 2002 animated classic, LILO & STITCH is the wildly funny and touching story of a lonely Hawaiian girl and the fugitive alien who helps to mend her broken family. Directed by Oscar®-nominated filmmaker Dean Fleischer Camp (MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON), the film stars Sydney Elizebeth Agudong, Billy Magnussen, Tia Carrere, Hannah Waddingham and Chris Sanders, along with Courtney B. Vance and Zach Galifianakis, and introducing Maia Kealoha.

Ethan Hunt and the IMF team continue their search for the terrifying AI known as the Entity - which has infiltrated intelligence networks all over the globe - with the world's governments and a mysterious ghost from Ethan's past on their trail. Joined by new allies and armed with the means to shut the Entity down for good, Hunt is in a race against time to prevent the world as we know it from changing forever.

Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back. You keep dancing with the devil, one day he's gonna follow you home. Written and directed by Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Coogler, Sinners stars Michael B. Jordan in a dual role, joined by Oscar-nominee Hailee Steinfeld, Jack O'Connell, Wunmi Mosaku, Jayme Lawson, Omar Benson Miller, and Delroy Lindo.

The story of a family and a family business.

A live-action reimagining of Disney’s 2002 animated classic, LILO & STITCH is the wildly funny and touching story of a lonely Hawaiian girl and the fugitive alien who helps to mend her broken family. Directed by Oscar®-nominated filmmaker Dean Fleischer Camp (MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON), the film stars Sydney Elizebeth Agudong, Billy Magnussen, Tia Carrere, Hannah Waddingham and Chris Sanders, along with Courtney B. Vance and Zach Galifianakis, and introducing Maia Kealoha.

Ethan Hunt and the IMF team continue their search for the terrifying AI known as the Entity - which has infiltrated intelligence networks all over the globe - with the world's governments and a mysterious ghost from Ethan's past on their trail. Joined by new allies and armed with the means to shut the Entity down for good, Hunt is in a race against time to prevent the world as we know it from changing forever.

Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back. You keep dancing with the devil, one day he's gonna follow you home. Written and directed by Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Coogler, Sinners stars Michael B. Jordan in a dual role, joined by Oscar-nominee Hailee Steinfeld, Jack O'Connell, Wunmi Mosaku, Jayme Lawson, Omar Benson Miller, and Delroy Lindo.

The story of a family and a family business.

We’re excited to present straight8er Dean Puckett’s debut feature The Severed Sun - fresh from its US release. Join us for this special screening followed by a Q&A diving into the film, its unique production approach, and Dean’s journey as a filmmaker. We’ll also be screening his acclaimed 3-minute straight 8 short Satan’s Bite to kick things off.

A live-action reimagining of Disney’s 2002 animated classic, LILO & STITCH is the wildly funny and touching story of a lonely Hawaiian girl and the fugitive alien who helps to mend her broken family. Directed by Oscar®-nominated filmmaker Dean Fleischer Camp (MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON), the film stars Sydney Elizebeth Agudong, Billy Magnussen, Tia Carrere, Hannah Waddingham and Chris Sanders, along with Courtney B. Vance and Zach Galifianakis, and introducing Maia Kealoha.

Ethan Hunt and the IMF team continue their search for the terrifying AI known as the Entity - which has infiltrated intelligence networks all over the globe - with the world's governments and a mysterious ghost from Ethan's past on their trail. Joined by new allies and armed with the means to shut the Entity down for good, Hunt is in a race against time to prevent the world as we know it from changing forever.

Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back. You keep dancing with the devil, one day he's gonna follow you home. Written and directed by Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Coogler, Sinners stars Michael B. Jordan in a dual role, joined by Oscar-nominee Hailee Steinfeld, Jack O'Connell, Wunmi Mosaku, Jayme Lawson, Omar Benson Miller, and Delroy Lindo.

The story of a family and a family business.

Plagued by a violent recurring nightmare, college student Stefanie heads home to track down the one person who might be able to break the cycle and save her family from the grisly demise that inevitably awaits them all.

We’re excited to present Ciaran Lyons' debut feature Tummy Monster as part of its UK wide cinema tour. Join us for this special screening followed by a Q&A diving into the film and its fiercely independent micro budget production approach. Writer/Director Ciaran, Producer Beth and some of the film’s stars will join for the discussion. We’ll also be screening the producer's 3-minute straight 8 short Hard Coffee to kick things off.

Tummy Monster
When a narcissistic Scottish tattoo artist tries to get a selfie with an international popstar who shows up on his doorstep in the middle of the night, his refusal to take no for an answer embroils him in a bizarre game of chicken that threatens to destroy his life...

A live-action reimagining of Disney’s 2002 animated classic, LILO & STITCH is the wildly funny and touching story of a lonely Hawaiian girl and the fugitive alien who helps to mend her broken family. Directed by Oscar®-nominated filmmaker Dean Fleischer Camp (MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON), the film stars Sydney Elizebeth Agudong, Billy Magnussen, Tia Carrere, Hannah Waddingham and Chris Sanders, along with Courtney B. Vance and Zach Galifianakis, and introducing Maia Kealoha.

Ethan Hunt and the IMF team continue their search for the terrifying AI known as the Entity - which has infiltrated intelligence networks all over the globe - with the world's governments and a mysterious ghost from Ethan's past on their trail. Joined by new allies and armed with the means to shut the Entity down for good, Hunt is in a race against time to prevent the world as we know it from changing forever.

Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back. You keep dancing with the devil, one day he's gonna follow you home. Written and directed by Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Coogler, Sinners stars Michael B. Jordan in a dual role, joined by Oscar-nominee Hailee Steinfeld, Jack O'Connell, Wunmi Mosaku, Jayme Lawson, Omar Benson Miller, and Delroy Lindo.

The story of a family and a family business.

Plagued by a violent recurring nightmare, college student Stefanie heads home to track down the one person who might be able to break the cycle and save her family from the grisly demise that inevitably awaits them all.

Do you miss music videos?

It is definitely a new era but in 2025 there is hope with new voices, ambition, and exciting craftsmanship bringing music videos back.

Join us as we screen music videos from some of the most exciting creative new talents and also for a Q&A with selected directors.

This is definitely a screening for fans of music videos, artists, musicians and those who are building a career in the industry.

We will be screening work by acclaimed music video directors; Meeks and Frost (Wretch 32, Little Simz), Charlotte Rutherford (PinkPatheress), Gabriel Moses (Little Simz, Travis Scott), Salomon Ligthelm (Giveon, Little Simz), Bridie O' Sullivan (Nadeem Din-Gabisi), Lauzza (Jim Legxacy, YT), Dave Meyers (Little Simz, Missy Elliott) and Rino Sison (Jay Kage).

The screening will be followed by a Q&A with directors Meeks and Frost and Kadri Mahmoud (Co-owner of the Lauzza Music Video Platform)

This screening is hosted by film platform UNDR LNDN (@undrlndn) and has been supported by The Glow Fund by Cinema For All.

A live-action reimagining of Disney’s 2002 animated classic, LILO & STITCH is the wildly funny and touching story of a lonely Hawaiian girl and the fugitive alien who helps to mend her broken family. Directed by Oscar®-nominated filmmaker Dean Fleischer Camp (MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON), the film stars Sydney Elizebeth Agudong, Billy Magnussen, Tia Carrere, Hannah Waddingham and Chris Sanders, along with Courtney B. Vance and Zach Galifianakis, and introducing Maia Kealoha.

Ethan Hunt and the IMF team continue their search for the terrifying AI known as the Entity - which has infiltrated intelligence networks all over the globe - with the world's governments and a mysterious ghost from Ethan's past on their trail. Joined by new allies and armed with the means to shut the Entity down for good, Hunt is in a race against time to prevent the world as we know it from changing forever.

Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back. You keep dancing with the devil, one day he's gonna follow you home. Written and directed by Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Coogler, Sinners stars Michael B. Jordan in a dual role, joined by Oscar-nominee Hailee Steinfeld, Jack O'Connell, Wunmi Mosaku, Jayme Lawson, Omar Benson Miller, and Delroy Lindo.

The story of a family and a family business.

Daniel arrives in Beijing, where Mr. Han has been seeking him out. Han has a new protege, Li Fong. The two mentors must collaborate to instruct Li Fong, but it remains to be seen if their instructional approaches will be compatible.

A live-action reimagining of Disney’s 2002 animated classic, LILO & STITCH is the wildly funny and touching story of a lonely Hawaiian girl and the fugitive alien who helps to mend her broken family. Directed by Oscar®-nominated filmmaker Dean Fleischer Camp (MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON), the film stars Sydney Elizebeth Agudong, Billy Magnussen, Tia Carrere, Hannah Waddingham and Chris Sanders, along with Courtney B. Vance and Zach Galifianakis, and introducing Maia Kealoha.

Ethan Hunt and the IMF team continue their search for the terrifying AI known as the Entity - which has infiltrated intelligence networks all over the globe - with the world's governments and a mysterious ghost from Ethan's past on their trail. Joined by new allies and armed with the means to shut the Entity down for good, Hunt is in a race against time to prevent the world as we know it from changing forever.

Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back. You keep dancing with the devil, one day he's gonna follow you home. Written and directed by Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Coogler, Sinners stars Michael B. Jordan in a dual role, joined by Oscar-nominee Hailee Steinfeld, Jack O'Connell, Wunmi Mosaku, Jayme Lawson, Omar Benson Miller, and Delroy Lindo.

The story of a family and a family business.

In her captivating film, artist Alexandra Gulea knits together the life of her grandmother Maia (1905-1999) with the history of the Aromanians, a Balkan ethnic group subjected to displacement and cultural suppression during early 20th-century nationalist conflicts. Through a collage of carefully composed cinematic tableaux, archival footage, photographs, puppetry, drawings, and performative ‘re-incarnations,’ the film results in an extraordinarily layered portrait that is both deeply personal and historical. Dress emerges as one of Gulea’s central motifs. A red bridal gown with a five-meter train represents Maia's resistance to marriage customarily arranged by Aromanian women and translucent men's suits that move in the wind evoke the death by hanging of Gulea’s great-grandfather and other relatives. Elsewhere, an inherited velvet dress is seen drifting through the landscapes the Aromanians once traversed from the Black Sea to Bucharest. As Gulea notes: ‘The velvet dress is borne like a spectre. The landscapes in the film, in all their vastness and diversity, bear witness to Maia’s passage through these lands. Waters, mountains, trees – all have known her, all have absorbed her suffering.’

Romania, 2024, Dir. Alexandra Gulea, 90min, Romanian & Aromanian with English subtitles

About the festival:

Fashion in Film Festival 2025 presents GROUNDED, a major UK-wide season exploring the relationship between fashion and nature through the lens of cinema. Spanning the late 19th century to present day, the programme examines fashion’s role as simultaneously a barrier and a connecting tissue between humans and the natural world. With over 80 titles including rare screenings and UK premieres, GROUNDED presents diverse narratives addressing ecological and geopolitical concerns while exploring imaginative spaces of poetry, comedy, beauty, joy, horror, and transgression. fashioninfilm.com

Please, email fashioninfilm@email.com for accessibility requirements.

When Dani and Christian, an American couple in a strained relationship, travel with friends to observe some once-in-a-lifetime midsummer celebrations in Hälsingland, Sweden, they appear to enter a natural idyll. In the pagan rituals they witness, however, fertility and regeneration are connected to grisly deaths, as the meadow they inhabit becomes the site of a living nightmare. The handmade clothing worn by the Hårga community provides a whitewashed backdrop for a painterly décor of brightly coloured flowers which pulsate and seem to breathe, while humans are drained of liveliness, some more quickly than others. The contrast between encroaching human stasis and plant aliveness reaches its height when the May Queen is crowned and dons a costume of flowers. Inspired by the Pre-Raphaelite era artwork of John Everett Millais and work by Belgian symbolist Léon Frédéric, the May Queen’s dress exudes a chilling vitality in which beauty and horror become one.

USA/Sweden, 2019. Dir. Ari Aster, 147min, English.

About the festival:

Fashion in Film Festival 2025 presents GROUNDED, a major UK-wide season exploring the relationship between fashion and nature through the lens of cinema. Spanning the late 19th century to present day, the programme examines fashion’s role as simultaneously a barrier and a connecting tissue between humans and the natural world. With over 80 titles including rare screenings and UK premieres, GROUNDED presents diverse narratives addressing ecological and geopolitical concerns while exploring imaginative spaces of poetry, comedy, beauty, joy, horror, and transgression. fashioninfilm.com

Please, email fashioninfilm@email.com for accessibility requirements.

A quiet office worker accidentally kills one of her coworkers, then proceeds to bump off a few others.

“WORKING HERE CAN BE MURDER!”

BAR TRASH celebrates our 3rd year and 10th sensational season with WE ARE TRASH!, a fan-made mixtape of cult and chaotic cinema (May to Aug 2025). This season, we're proud to bring you our largest number of BAR TRASH titles directed by women — 10 in total! — continuing with Cindy Sherman's wonderfully oddball work-place slasher, OFFICE KILLER (1997).

Cindy Sherman is an acclaimed visual artist who constantly reinterprets her own appearance through an ever-evolving series of self-portraits, often utilising imagery from B-movies and arthouse cinema as well as production techniques like prosthetics and digital manipulation.

Sherman’s only feature film to date, OFFICE KILLER, was produced by Christine Vachon and her business partner Pamela Koffler through their company, Killer Films. Vachon is the legendary lesbian closely associated with the New Queer Cinema movement and whilst OFFICE KILLER isn't explicitly queer, if you've ever felt like you didn't fit in at work, the film is definitely for you.

Besides its offbeat sense of humour, outsider identity, and a drab production aesthetic we’ve labelled ‘thrift-store-gore’, OFFICE KILLER also features three cult cinema icons; Carol Kane (PRINCESS BRIDE, ADAMS FAMILY VALUES), Molly Ringwald (PRETTY IN PINK, SPACEHUNTER), and Jeanne Tripplehorn (WATERWORLD, BASIC INSTINCT) having great fun in their roles (although Tripplehorn was reportedly less keen on all the blood and guts…).

“Sherman has said that Dorine (Carol Kane) is 'a stand-in' for herself... The most compelling similarity... is their shard interest in arranging bodies... Dorine, like Sherman, is a puppeteer, an arranger of her own [bloody] dioramas…” (Dahlia Schweitzer)

Polite notice: We are projecting OFFICE KILLER without subtitles from the best available digital source.

Programme supported by Film Hub London, managed by Film London. Proud to be a partner of the BFI Film Audience Network, funded by the National Lottery. www.filmlondon.org.uk/film-hub-london

/// BAR TRASH is a celebration of cult and curious cinema, hosted by queer film fanatic Token Homo and friends. Films are served with themed drinks, introductions, intermissions, prize giveaways, and subtitles / captions where possible. Tickets from £3.50. Adults 18+ only. Follow @tokenhomo on Instagram for updates. More info at tokenhomo.com ///

Daniel arrives in Beijing, where Mr. Han has been seeking him out. Han has a new protege, Li Fong. The two mentors must collaborate to instruct Li Fong, but it remains to be seen if their instructional approaches will be compatible.

A live-action reimagining of Disney’s 2002 animated classic, LILO & STITCH is the wildly funny and touching story of a lonely Hawaiian girl and the fugitive alien who helps to mend her broken family. Directed by Oscar®-nominated filmmaker Dean Fleischer Camp (MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON), the film stars Sydney Elizebeth Agudong, Billy Magnussen, Tia Carrere, Hannah Waddingham and Chris Sanders, along with Courtney B. Vance and Zach Galifianakis, and introducing Maia Kealoha.

Ethan Hunt and the IMF team continue their search for the terrifying AI known as the Entity - which has infiltrated intelligence networks all over the globe - with the world's governments and a mysterious ghost from Ethan's past on their trail. Joined by new allies and armed with the means to shut the Entity down for good, Hunt is in a race against time to prevent the world as we know it from changing forever.

Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back. You keep dancing with the devil, one day he's gonna follow you home. Written and directed by Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Coogler, Sinners stars Michael B. Jordan in a dual role, joined by Oscar-nominee Hailee Steinfeld, Jack O'Connell, Wunmi Mosaku, Jayme Lawson, Omar Benson Miller, and Delroy Lindo.

The story of a family and a family business.

Join Peppa Pig and her family at the cinema as they get ready for their biggest adventure yet: welcoming a new baby.

The Doctor and Ruby Sunday have faced the Bogeyman, fought against Maestro, and survived the battlefield of Kastarion 3. In the epic two-part season finale, the Doctor and Ruby arrive at UNIT headquarters on a top-secret mission and a long-buried secret awaits...

Do you generally pay attention to the music in the cinema? Would you like to get to know more? Come and discover 9 short films by talented young directors on the big screen, accompanied live by an ensemble of musicians, all led by a strong collaboration between directors and composers. Electronic, jazz, classical and experimental music are all on the programme for this cine-concert, as well as drama, comedy, thriller and animation.

Films screened:

"Anomaly" (6') dir. Arturs Voblikovs comp. Eric Davis
"Kisah Kasih" (15') dir. Fauzan Hak; comp. Jérémy Velez
"Machinations" (3') dir. & comp. Pierre Catherine-Buffet
"What is happening to art" (4') dir. Asli Inkaya comp. Deniz Dörtok
"Cicada" (15') dir. Roxana Stroe comp. Darren Sng
"Goblin hunter" (4'30) dir. Adrian Abbott comp. Dominic de Grande
"Hoard" (20') dir. Gus Barry ; comp. Pierre CB and Ollie Baines
"Me time" (15') dir. Jack Burgess comp. Pierre Catherine-Buffet
"A perfect morning situation" (5') dir. Alex Gwyn Davies comp. Declan Molloy.

Join Peppa Pig and her family at the cinema as they get ready for their biggest adventure yet: welcoming a new baby.

Join Peppa Pig and her family at the cinema as they get ready for their biggest adventure yet: welcoming a new baby.

'DOGMAN' follows Tyler, a young man living with his best friend. After being fired from his first day at a new job, Tyler faces an ultimatum: pay rent or move out. Desperate, he enters a competition offering £100K to anyone who can outrun a 'dog' for 10 minutes. but upon arrival, he realises he has unknowingly agreed to be hunted by something far more dangerous...

Premiere Event summary:

- Screening of the film
- Q&A with cast and creator

Screen opens at 19:00
Screening begins at 19:30

The definitive science-horror story and the film that catapulted Hammer from a B-picture studio into the majors, The Quatermass Xperiment still retains its power to shock seven decades after its initial release, now newly remastered for the first time. Directed by BAFTA winner Val Guest (The Day the Earth Caught Fire, The Abominable Snowman), it stars Oscar nominee Brian Donlevy (Destry Rides Again, The Big Combo) and Richard Wordsworth (The Curse of the Werewolf, The Revenge of Frankenstein). When the British-American Rocket Group sends an experimental manned spacecraft into outer space they soon lose contact and it crash-lands over two days later. But, as the scientists force entry to rescue the three-man crew, they find to their horror only one astronaut and two empty space-suits.

Five stories. One shared idea: transformation.
From the quiet grief of a family letting go to the obsessive depths of friendship and the shifting identity of a man under pressure, The Crossover explores what it means to change, emotionally, physically, and across time. These films span cultures, generations, genres, and even gravity, forming an anthology that blends mystery, emotion, humour, and imagination.
Each short offers a distinct lens on that theme. A British agent confronts his own reflection during a tense manhunt. A girl pursues an impossible dream. A mother begins to float. A friend’s well-meaning support spirals into darkly comic obsession. Featuring an Oscar-nominated animation (One Small Step) and Olivia Colman in The Kármán Line, these stories are presented in collaboration between ShortsTV and CineBooth. Each film stands on its own but together they ask what we leave behind when we move forward.

2073 blends compelling archive footage and commentary with sci-fi drama in this vital cinematic warning from a dystopian future to tackle the biggest challenges endangering our present day and the existence of humanity.

It’s the year 2073 where the worst fears of modern life have been realised. Surveillance drones fill the burnt orange skies and militarised police roam the wrecked streets, while humans hide away underground, struggling to remember a free and hopeful existence. In this ingenious mixture of visionary science fiction and nonfiction, Academy Award® and BAFTA winner, Asif Kapadia (Senna, Amy) transports us to a future foreshadowed by the terrifying realities of our present. Academy Award® nominee Samantha Morton (Minority Report) plays a survivor besieged by nightmare visions of the past—a past that happens to be our present, visualised through contemporary footage interconnecting today’s global crises of authoritarianism, unchecked big tech, inequality, and our global climate crisis.

2073 is an urgent, unshakable vision of a dystopic future that could very well be our own.

Join us for a captivating musical experience at Genesis Cinema, featuring the soulful voices of renowned British singers Rubayyat Jahan and Raja Kaasheff.
This special evening will celebrate timeless classics and soothing mild tunes, blending nostalgia with elegance. Don’t miss the chance to enjoy an unforgettable live performance by two celebrated artists in a unique cinematic setting.

“I’m Migrant: Presents” is a regular programme of screenings celebrating film from the SWANA Region, platforming emerging talent alongside established filmmakers.

This event includes a screening of Azerbaijani director Suad Gara’s short drama “Qaragh” (Wake Up), followed by the UK Premiere of Mohanad Hayal’s debut feature “Haifa Street”. The evening concludes with a panel discussion.

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Synopsis:
Haifa Street - Baghdad in 2006 is ravaged by sectarian violence. Haifa Street is the epicenter of the conflict. Ahmed gets dropped off there by a taxi on his way to his beloved Suad's home to ask for her hand for marriage, he gets shot by Salam, a sniper who's living his own personal hell on a rooftop above. (79 minutes)
Qaragh - An ex-soldier suffering from PTSD decides to visit his mother in his remote home village to find peace of mind. There, he participates in a mystical spring cleansing ritual set around a temple inside a 13th-century cemetery in the middle of the forest, where he encounters a mysterious little girl. His innocent alter-ego brings him face to face with his inner demons and sets him on a difficult path to acceptance and redemption. (19 minutes)

In a picturesque coastal Somali village, named Paradise, a family is forced to reckon with the divergent paths taken to build a stable life in a world of drone strikes, and the extraordinary pressures of a society where you cannot always make your own choices.

Mamargade, a devoted father, is willing to do what many will not to support his family, including acting as repair-man, driver, and a grave-digger of illicit graves for anyone who pays. In the humble home he shares with his sister Araweelo and his gifted son Cigaal, Araweelo dreams of an independent life which she seems increasingly closer to achieving. Meanwhile, Cigaal’s future is arranged by his father, who is determined he will not have to make similar choices.

Mo Harawe's beautifully rendered feature debut - the first Somali film to be presented at the Cannes Film Festival - skilfully captures the life, longing, and resilience of this family and the consequences of Mamargade’s increasingly desperate decisions.

Content notices: Explores themes of death and violence, including the presence of drone strikes and distressing scenes including scenes of burial.

About the festival:

SAFAR Film Festival is the UK’s leading platform for independent Arab cinema. 2025 marks its landmark 10th edition with screenings in 10 cities and online from from 11-28 June 2025. View the full programme on www.safarfilmfestival.co.uk or follow on @safarfilmfestival

SAFAR is organised by the Arab British Centre and is supported by the BFI, awarding funds from the National Lottery, the British Council, the Bagri Foundation, the Asfari Foundation, the City of London Corporation and Barjeel Art Foundation. Presented in partnership with Shubbak Festival.

Presented by Cult Classic Collective the screening is followed by a panel discussion with Nick Walker. A pair of astronauts heads to Jupiter to investigate a radio signal sent from a mysterious monolith on the moon, but their tranquil trip is endangered when their on-board computer begins acting oddly. The simple plot of director Stanley Kubrick's inspired space adventure (co-scripted with noted science fiction author Arthur C. Clarke) belies the profound philosophical implications of this classic film, which inspires viewers to ask questions about the nature of advanced civilizations . . . and of human consciousness. Nearly half a century after its release, the film's groundbreaking special effects are still breathtaking, and its ending still mind-bending.

Daye is a 14-year-old albino boy from Nubia with a golden voice, who dreams of becoming a singer like his idol, Mohamed Mounir. Bullied for his unique appearance by peers, and abandoned by his father, Daye is determined to stay upbeat. When he gets the unique opportunity to audition for “The Voice”, Daye and his family embark on the perilous journey from Aswan to Cairo.

Despite, their path being fraught with challenges, including a stolen car, lost savings, fleeing from the police, and lacking any means of communication, they also receive help from unexpected quarters, including a friendly firefighter – and an inspiring encounter with Mounir himself.

This unique and often hilarious tale is a testament to the power of music, resilience, hope, and the unbreakable bond of family over adversity.

About the festival:

SAFAR Film Festival is the UK’s leading platform for independent Arab cinema. 2025 marks its landmark 10th edition with screenings in 10 cities and online from from 11-28 June 2025. View the full programme on www.safarfilmfestival.co.uk or follow on @safarfilmfestival

SAFAR is organised by the Arab British Centre and is supported by the BFI, awarding funds from the National Lottery, the British Council, the Bagri Foundation, the Asfari Foundation, the City of London Corporation and Barjeel Art Foundation. Presented in partnership with Shubbak Festival.

After 43 horrific days working round the clock under constant bombardment in the emergency rooms of Gaza’s Al Shifa and Al Ahli hospitals, British-Palestinian reconstructive surgeon, Dr. Ghassan Abu Sittah, emerged to find himself as a face of Palestinian resistance.

With news footage of him pale and shell-shocked reverberating around the world, he spoke of a catalogue of horrors from lacerated bodies, to amputations without anesthetics, orphaned children with no surviving family, and the deliberate targeting of medics and hospital facilities.

This was Ghassan’s sixth and most horrific Gaza “war”. Why does he do it? Where does he find the strength to face it again and again? How does it impact his family? How do they process the risks he takes? The answer lies simply in their shared passion: Palestine, a passion they articulate through their support of his perilous humanitarian work.

Filmmakers Carol Mansour and Muna Khalidi, close friends of the Abu Sittahs, share that same passion. They were waiting anxiously for Ghassan to emerge from Gaza, following a long and terrifying journey through the night, to meet him in Amman. Determined to capture his raw emotions they began filming him the moment he arrived through the door. Following him to Beirut, Amman, London, Kuwait, and Dubai, they and he explore their common State of Passion.

Premiering at the 2024 Cairo International Film Festival and awarded the Saad Eldin Wahba Award for Best Arabic Film, A State of Passion offers a deeply human perspective on the cost of survival and the ongoing fight for dignity.

Content notes: this film contains graphic footage of war including torture, injury, surgery and, views of dead bodies.

About the festival:

SAFAR Film Festival is the UK’s leading platform for independent Arab cinema. 2025 marks its landmark 10th edition with screenings in 10 cities and online from from 11-28 June 2025. View the full programme on www.safarfilmfestival.co.uk or follow on @safarfilmfestival

SAFAR is organised by the Arab British Centre and is supported by the BFI, awarding funds from the National Lottery, the British Council, the Bagri Foundation, the Asfari Foundation, the City of London Corporation and Barjeel Art Foundation. Presented in partnership with Shubbak Festival.

Complicit: A Michael Haneke Retrospective at Genesis Cinema. A 14-year-old video enthusiast obsessed with violent films decides to make one of his own and show it to his parents, with tragic results.

Complicit: A Michael Haneke Retrospective at Genesis Cinema Two psychotic young men take a mother, father, and son hostage in their vacation cabin and force them to play sadistic "games" with one another for their own amusement.

Complicit: A Michael Haneke Retrospective at Genesis Cinema A series of events unfold like a chain reaction, all stemming from a minor event that brings the film's five characters together. Set in Paris, France, Anne is an actress whose boyfriend Georges photographs the war in Kosovo. Georges' brother, Jean, is looking for the entry code to Georges' apartment. These characters' lives interconnect with a Romanian immigrant and a deaf teacher.

Complicit: A Michael Haneke Retrospective at Genesis Cinema Erika Kohut, a sexually repressed piano teacher living with her domineering mother, meets a young man who starts romantically pursuing her.

Presented by Cult Classic Collective the screening is followed by a panel discussion with Nick Walker. A fleet of Martian spacecraft surrounds the world's major cities and all of humanity waits to see if the extraterrestrial visitors have, as they claim, "come in peace." U.S. President James Dale receives assurance from science professor Donald Kessler that the Martians' mission is a friendly one. But when a peaceful exchange ends in the total annihilation of the U.S. Congress, military men call for a full-scale nuclear retaliation.

Complicit: A Michael Haneke Retrospective at Genesis Cinema When Anna and her family arrive at their holiday home, they find it occupied by strangers. This confrontation is just the beginning of a painful learning process.

Complicit: A Michael Haneke Retrospective at Genesis Cinema George, host of a television show focusing on literature, receives videos shot on the sly that feature his family, along with disturbing drawings that are difficult to interpret. He has no idea who has made and sent him the videos. Progressively, the contents of the videos become more personal, indicating that the sender has known George for a long time.

Complicit: A Michael Haneke Retrospective at Genesis Cinema When Ann, husband George, and son Georgie arrive at their holiday home they are visited by a pair of polite and seemingly pleasant young men. Armed with deceptively sweet smiles and some golf clubs, they proceed to terrorize and torture the tight-knit clan, giving them until the next day to survive.

Complicit: A Michael Haneke Retrospective at Genesis Cinema An aged tailor recalls his life as the schoolteacher of a small village in Northern Germany that was struck by a series of strange events in the year leading up to WWI.

Presented in 35mm, Akira Kurosawa's final masterpiece, Ran is a reworking of Shakespeare's King Lear, set in feudal Japan.

Ran tells the story of Hidetora Ichimonji (Tatsya Nakadai – Yojimbo, Kagemusha) an aging warlord who, after spending his life consolidating his empire, decides to abdicate and divide his Kingdom amoungst his three sons Taro (Akira Terao - Letter from the Mountain, Dreams), Jiro (Jinpachi Nezu – The Man in White, Red Shadow: Akakage) and Saburo (Daisuke Ryu - Tono monogatari, Gojo reisenki: Gojoe).

When Saburo voices concerns about the wisdom of his father's plan, claiming that treachery within the family will be inevitable, Hidetora mistakes these comments for a threat and when his servant Tango comes to Saburo's defense, he banishes both of them. This allows Taro and Jiro to take the reigns of power unopposed, leading to a brutal and bloody struggle for the absolute power of the warlord.

Majestic in scope, Ran is a profound examination of the folly of war and the crumbling of one family under the weight of betrayal, greed, and the insatiable thirst for power.

Complicit: A Michael Haneke Retrospective at Genesis Cinema. Georges and Anne are in their eighties. They are cultivated, retired music teachers. Their daughter, who is also a musician, lives abroad with her family. One day, Anne has a stroke, and the couple's bond of love is severely tested.

Complicit: A Michael Haneke Retrospective at Genesis Cinema A well-to-do French family living in Calais deal with a series of setbacks and crises while paying little attention to the grim conditions in the refugee camps within a few miles of their home.