Returning to Saint-Martial for his late boss's funeral, Jérémie's stay with widow Martine becomes entangled in a disappearance, a threatening neighbor,…
Alain Guiraudie, France, Spain, Portugal, 2024, 104m.
An angelically beautiful Catherine Deneuve was launched to stardom by this dazzling musical heart-tugger from Jacques Demy. She plays an umbrella-shop…
Returning to Saint-Martial for his late boss's funeral, Jérémie's stay with widow Martine becomes entangled in a disappearance, a threatening neighbor,…
Alain Guiraudie, France, Spain, Portugal, 2024, 104m.
Returning to Saint-Martial for his late boss's funeral, Jérémie's stay with widow Martine becomes entangled in a disappearance, a threatening neighbor,…
Alain Guiraudie, France, Spain, Portugal, 2024, 104m.
Returning to Saint-Martial for his late boss's funeral, Jérémie's stay with widow Martine becomes entangled in a disappearance, a threatening neighbor,…
Alain Guiraudie, France, Spain, Portugal, 2024, 104m.
Returning to Saint-Martial for his late boss's funeral, Jérémie's stay with widow Martine becomes entangled in a disappearance, a threatening neighbor,…
Alain Guiraudie, France, Spain, Portugal, 2024, 104m.
Returning to Saint-Martial for his late boss's funeral, Jérémie's stay with widow Martine becomes entangled in a disappearance, a threatening neighbor,…
Alain Guiraudie, France, Spain, Portugal, 2024, 104m.
Returning to Saint-Martial for his late boss's funeral, Jérémie's stay with widow Martine becomes entangled in a disappearance, a threatening neighbor,…
Alain Guiraudie, France, Spain, Portugal, 2024, 104m.
The screening will be introduced by Oscar-nominated editor Yorgos Mavropsaridis, editor of Dogtooth and Lanthimos' longtime collaborator. After months of anticipation due…
The Clermont-Ferrand International Film Festival presents highlights from this year's international competition. The festival is one of the largest and most…
The Clermont-Ferrand International Film Festival presents highlights and prize winners from this year's National Selection. The festival is one of the…
Francis Hodgson Burnett's classic novel is beautifully brought to life by director Agnieszka Holland, cinematographer Roger Deakins and excuitve producer Francis…
Francis Hodgson Burnett's classic novel is beautifully brought to life by director Agnieszka Holland, cinematographer Roger Deakins and excuitve producer Francis…
In this trailblazing combination of animation and live-action, down-on-his-luck private eye Eddie Valiant gets hired to investigate a pattycake scandal involving…
In this trailblazing combination of animation and live-action, down-on-his-luck private eye Eddie Valiant gets hired to investigate a pattycake scandal involving…
UK Premiere of 4K Restoration. The screening on 6 May will be introduced by the season curator Millie Zhou. One of the most acclaimed, though underseen films of the Hong Kong New Wave, Allen Fong’s Ah Ying is an almost documentary-like work which… Read More
The screening on 3 May will be introduced by Tony Rayns. Feature debut from Eddie Fong with fiercely feminist and erotic New Wave take on the classical Chinese historical drama. Produced by the Shaw Brothers, the film is a provocative exploration of… Read More
The screening on Sunday 13 April will be followed by an in-person or Zoom Q&A with director Sophia Exarhou. It will be introduced by film critic Savina Petkova. Synopsis: Under the hot Greek sun, the animators at an all-inclusive island resort prepare for… Read More
Babe, a pig raised by sheepdogs on a rural English farm, learns to herd sheep with a little help from Farmer Hoggett. Babe is no ordinary pig - having been brought up alongside collies on the Hoggett Farm, he's mastered all the… Read More
The screening on 21 April will be introduced by Chris Berry (KCL). Among the most important films to come out of the Hong Kong New Wave, Ann Hui’s devastating Boat People focuses on the experiences of refugees forced to flee their country in… Read More
Alan Parker’s BAFTA-winning ganster musical Bugsy Malone might seem an unlikely idea for a film- a musical comedy set in the 1930s criminal underworld with a cast made up entirely of young teens - but it works brilliantly. 13-year-old Jodie Foster gives an… Read More
The screening on 11 April will be introduced by Tom Cunliffe (UCL). Digitally restored and presented in 2K, shown in the UK for the first time. Tsui Hark made an immediate impact and established himself as a cinematic visionary with his directorial… Read More
The screening on 23 April will be preceded by a live dance performance from the senior dancers featured in the documentary, and followed by a signing session with the director for her new book Dance in Herland. To mark International Women's Day,… Read More
This programme features five shorts made by visual artist and filmmaker Luka Yuanyuan Yang between 2019-2022, that derive from her multifaceted research on Chinese diasporas. By crafting stories where fact and fiction exist, these films challenge conventional historical interpretation, amplify the voices… Read More
One of the most endearing children's films of all time, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang was also one of the most lavish movies of its era. Based on Ian Fleming’s novel, adapted to the screen by Roald Dahl and produced by the team behind… Read More
This film was proposed by our members Beatrice Webb Anna Rose and Noelle Pogue, who writes: I love Cinema Paradiso, for more reasons than i can write'! Giuseppe Tornatore's loving homage to the cinema tells the story of Salvatore, a successful film… Read More
Various Directors, Various Countries, Various Years
Let your little ones discover cinema through short films. The Clermont-Ferrand International Film Festival is one of the largest short film festivals in the world. This is a special chance to see some of their favourite animated short films for children, in… Read More
UK Premiere of 2K Restoration [International Version]. The screening on 14 April will be introduced by Victor Fan (KCL) and followed by a post-film discussion in the den of The Garden Bar. Banned by the colonial government censors on its original release, Tsui… Read More
Synopsis: A father and a son long lost. Love and hate. Digging deep into mud to find their roots. Revenge and Redemption. A Western, revisited. Curator's note: Digger (2020), produced by Rachel Athina Tsangari, is another brilliant tragicomedy, set in the stunningly… Read More
The screening will be introduced by Oscar-nominated editor Yorgos Mavropsaridis, editor of Dogtooth and Lanthimos' longtime collaborator. After months of anticipation due to its digital restoration, we are excited to inform you that Dogtooth will screen at The Garden Cinema as a one-off screening… Read More
In this lovingly crafted, wildly eccentric adaptation of a classic French fairy tale, Jacques Demy casts Catherine Deneuve as a princess who must go into hiding as a scullery maid in order to fend off an unwanted marriage proposal—from her own father,… Read More
When a flood of biblical proportions washes its home away, a solitary cat must seek refuge with a motley crew of animals (including a dog, a capybara, a lemur and a secretarybird), who gradually learn to get along in this endearing, Oscar-winning… Read More
Winner of Best Animated Feature at the 2025 Academy Awards. When a flood washes its home away, a solitary cat must seek refuge with a motley crew of animals (including a dog, a capybara, a lemur and a secretarybird), who gradually learn… Read More
Edward (James McArdle), a talented novelist on the cusp of literary success, is juggling his work with the responsibility of caring for his elderly mother, Alma (Fionnula Flanagan). As the excitement of a US book tour builds, he is suddenly faced with… Read More
18-year-old Totone spends most of his time drinking beer and partying in the Jura region with his group of friends until reality catches up with him when he has to take care of his 7-year-old sister and find a way to make… Read More
The screening on 27 April will be introduced by Dr Ruby Cheung (University of Southampton). One of the most acclaimed works by Yim Ho, a leading figure of the Hong Kong New Wave, Homecoming is a thoughtful and moving reflection of an increasingly anxious… Read More
Join star Ryland Brickson Cole Tews and the beavers for Hundreds of Beavers... Live!In this 19th century, supernatural winter epic, a drunken applejack salesman must go from zero to hero and become North America's greatest fur trapper by defeating hundreds of beavers.… Read More
Walter Salles (Central Station, The Motorcycle Diaries) makes a triumphant return with an emotionally layered, visually rich account of family life under an oppressive regime. It's 1971, Brazil faces the tightening grip of a military dictatorship. Eunice Paiva (Fernanda Torres), a mother… Read More
Growing up can be a bumpy road, and it's no exception for Riley, who is uprooted from her Midwest life when her father starts a new job in San Francisco. Like all of us, Riley is guided by her Emotions: Joy (Amy… Read More
Our screening on Sunday 23 March will be introduced by film programmer Nathasha Orlando Kappler. Agnès Varda’s tender evocation of the childhood of her husband, Jacques Demy - a dream project that she realised for him when he became too ill to… Read More
After years of only a single 35mm print available for screenings, Leslie Harris’ ground-breaking Just Another Girl on the I.R.T. has finally been digitally restored. Brooklyn teenager Chantel (played with naturalistic verve by Ariyan A Johnson) dreams of becoming a doctor - which… Read More
Amidst the lunch rush of a frantic Manhattan restaurant, a series of events threaten to bring the kitchen to a crashing halt. While food orders flood in and pressure mounts to boiling point, the passionate relationship between chef Pedro (Raul Briones) and… Read More
Various Directors, Various Countries, Various Years
Like childhood, animation is full of wonder and simple pleasures. This carefully chosen programme for our littlest and most special audience contains 10 of the best, most recent wonderful short animated films, full of joy, from all around the world. There’ll be… Read More
The screening on 19 April will be followed by an in-person Q&A with the director Ann Hui, moderated by Tony Rayns. Following her 'Vietnamese Trilogy', one of the cornerstones of the Hong Kong New Wave, Ann Hui took her career in a… Read More
The screening on Sunday 23 February will be followed by a Zoom Q&A with director Yannis Economides. It will be introduced by season curator and Garden Cinema head programmer, Erifili Missiou. Synopsis: Dimitris, a grumpy middle-aged man, is having a hard time… Read More
Returning to Saint-Martial for his late boss's funeral, Jérémie's stay with widow Martine becomes entangled in a disappearance, a threatening neighbor, and an abbot's shady intentions. Winner of the Prix Louis-Delluc for Best French Film of 2024 and and hailed as the… Read More
To celebrate 80 years since the publication of the first Moomin book we present Moomins on the Riviera. Based of Tove Jansson's beloved Moomin characters, this delightful tales follows our Finnish favourites as they set off on holiday in France. In search… Read More
The latest project from Barry Jenkins (Moonlight) finds Rafiki relaying the legend of Mufasa to Kiara (Blue Ivy Carter), the daughter of Simba (Donald Glover) and Nala (Beyoncé Knowles-Carter). Told in flashbacks, the story introduces our hero as an orphaned cub, lost… Read More
The screening on 29 April will be introduced by Tom Cunliffe (UCL). This is the first time the 2K restoration will be shown in a cinema in the UK.Hong Kong New Wave pioneer Patrick Tam’s final film in the movement, and his last… Read More
The screening on Sunday 30 March will be introduced by ethnomusicologist Ed Emery. It will be followed by a live Zoom Q&A with director Angelos Frantzis. Synopsis: The story of songwriter Eftyhia Papagiannopoulou (1893-1972), who escaped the burning of Smyrna and journeyed to… Read More
The screening on 1 April is in tribute of Leslie Cheung and will be introduced by Victor Fan (KCL). Radiance Films, who released the film on Blu-ray, will have a pop-up shop at the screening.The screening on 13 April will be introduced… Read More
The screening on Sunday 30 March will be followed by a Q&A with the director Armel Hostiou and the producer Jasmina Sijerčić. One day French filmmaker Armel Hostiou discovers he has a second Facebook account: a fake Armel who has photos of… Read More
The screening on Sunday 16 March will be followed by an in-person or Zoom Q&A with director Filipos Tsitos. It will be introduced by Dr. Tonia Kazakopoulou. Synopsis: The title of Plato’s Academy is a little misleading because no Greek sages are in… Read More
Puss in Boots gets his own animated adventure film in this Shrek spin-off. Long before meeting Shrek, Puss in Boots (Antonio Banderas) is run out of town on suspicion of bank robbery, even though the real villain is Puss' friend, Humpty Dumpty (Zach… Read More
A government scheme sees newly widowed Santosh inherit her husband’s job as a police constable in the rural badlands of Northern India. When a lowcaste girl is murdered, Santosh is pulled into the investigation by charismatic feminist inspector Sharma. The screening on… Read More
Francis Hodgson Burnett's classic novel is beautifully brought to life by director Agnieszka Holland, cinematographer Roger Deakins and excuitve producer Francis Ford Coppola. Mary Lennox is an orphan sent to live with her uncle at his Yorkshire mansion that is full of… Read More
A newly arranged marriage. An oddball couple shoved together in a small Mumbai shack with paper-thin walls. They are awkward and alone-together. Unpredictable Uma does her best to cope with the heat, her total lack of domestic skills, nosy neighbours and her… Read More
The screening on 18 April will be preceded by a reception at the cinema's Atrium Bar and followed by an in-person Q&A with the director Ann Hui, moderated by Chris Berry (KCL).Timings:15:45 - 17:00 Reception with complimentary drinks17:00 - 18:35 Screening of The… Read More
The screening on Thursday 23 March will be followed by a live Zoom Q&A with director Argyris Papadimitropoulos. Synopsis: Kostis is a 40-year-old doctor that finds himself in the small island of Antiparos, in order to take over the local clinic. His… Read More
Jacob Perlmutter, Manon Ouimet, 2024, UK, Denmark, USA
The screening on Friday 28 March in Screen 3 will be followed by a Q&A with directors Jacob Perlmutter, Manon Ouimet, as well as Maggie and Joel. When artist Maggie Barrett (75) breaks her femur, her husband Joel Meyerowitz (84), a world-famous… Read More
An angelically beautiful Catherine Deneuve was launched to stardom by this dazzling musical heart-tugger from Jacques Demy. She plays an umbrella-shop owner’s delicate daughter, glowing with first love for a handsome garage mechanic, played by Nino Castelnuovo. When the boy is shipped… Read More
It's time for the annual Giant Vegetable Fete, and it's vitally important that the extra large carrots are protected - so Wallace and Gromit are on duty keeping hungry bunnies out of the way without harming them. Everything seems under control until… Read More
Margy Kinmonth’s feature documentary shines a light on the trailblazing role of women war artists, on the front lines round the world, championing the female perspective on conflict through art and asking: when it's life or death, what do women see that… Read More
Michelle is enjoying a peaceful retirement in a Burgundy village, close to her longtime friend Marie-Claude. When her Parisian daughter Valérie drops off her son Lucas to spend school vacation with his grandma, Michelle, stressed out by her daughter, serves her toxic… Read More
In this trailblazing combination of animation and live-action, down-on-his-luck private eye Eddie Valiant gets hired to investigate a pattycake scandal involving Jessica Rabbit, the sultry wife of Toontown superstar, Roger Rabbit.Virtually every major cartoon character shows up in this wonderful Oscar-winning classic.… Read More
This film was proposed by our member Lyn Breakwell, who writes: 'A fantastic caustic comedy film starring amongst others Joan Crawford and Rosalind Russell. 130 speaking parts were all women. Even the pets were female! But it’s all about the men they… Read More
Our screening on 4 April will be introduced by Oscar nominated composer Gary Yershon. Jacques Demy followed up The Umbrellas of Cherbourg with another musical about missed connections and second chances, this one a more effervescent confection. Twins Delphine and Solange, a dance… Read More
Geographically unique and with a history of political turbulence, Greece is anything but predictable. It’s both beautiful and ugly, capricious and chaotic, and thus brimming with surprises. Amongst these is the cinema created…
Following our season Celebrating Ann Hui in June 2024, we present the first ever comprehensive UK season dedicated to the Hong Kong New Wave, supported by the Hong Kong Economic Trade Office London. Often mentioned,…
We’re ushering in the springtime with a selection of masterpieces from the most musical, romantic, and colourful Nouvelle Vague filmmaker, Jacques Demy. Frequently setting his films amongst industrial ports on France’s Atlantic coast,…
The Garden Cinema’s new strand of nature and environment-focused screenings. We have curated a selection of international films that span many genres, themes and countries to tell stories of resilience and resistance through…
Events for members only, including free bi-weekly screenings for Garden Cinema Members with films chosen for members, by members. Selected films are added regularly, so keep an eye on this page for updates.…
Join us every Saturday & Sunday morning and on weekdays during the school holidays for some of our favourite family classics. For cinema lovers of all ages. On Sundays the films are followed…
The Chinese Cinema Project is an exhibition initiative presented by The Garden Cinema. It showcases works from emerging and under-represented Chinese filmmakers via regular screenings, exploring auteurship and cinematic beauty in its various…
The Garden Cinema is hosting this retrospective, commemorating 60 years of L.C. Barreto Film Productions, Brazil’s legendary production company, in coordination…
