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The Food Chain Fundraiser: It's a Wonderful Life

Sat 21 Dec 2024
Beautifully crafted and acted, Frank Capra's festive favourite is considered one of the most charming Christmas films of all time. George Bailey
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Video Bazaar Presents: Seeds

Thu 19 Dec 2024
This Christmas, Video Bazaar is proud to present the most terrifying stocking filler imaginable from the depths of 52nd Street, Andy
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Christmas social, live music + The Apartment

Sun 15 Dec 2024
Our last members' social of the year may very well be the most wonderful one of all. On Sunday 15 December,
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Bethlehem Cultural Festival X Films of Resistance: Love, Hopes and Dreams - Palestinian Shorts

Sun 15 Dec 2024
Bethlehem Cultural Festival X Films of Resistance: Love, Hopes and Dreams – A Night of Palestinian Shorts Directed by Palestinian filmmakers
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Wine & cheese tasting + In Bruges

Sat 14 Dec 2024
In the lead-up to Christmas, join us on Saturday 14 December for a brand new members' wine tasting, followed by an
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Divas Do Film Presents Burlesque Singalong + Panel

Fri 13 Dec 2024
A small town singer, Ali (Christina Aguilera), moves to the big city for her chance at stardom where she is enchanted
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Industry Panel: Screenwriting

Thu 12 Dec 2024
As The Garden Cinema members community is not just made up of cinema enthusiasts, but also covers a large range of
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Filum Presents: Manila in the Claws of Light

Wed 11 Dec 2024
Hailed as one of the greatest achievements in Filipino cinema, Manila in the Claws of Light sets a haunting love story against
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London Film Week presents: The Girl with the Needle (London premiere)

Sun 08 Dec 2024
London Premiere: Loosely based on fact, Magnus van Horn’s fictionalised true crime nightmare will leave you with a shiver of pure
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London Film Week and Cine Brazil present: Pictures of Ghosts (preview)

Sun 08 Dec 2024
Cine Brazil and London Film Week present a preview screening of Pictures of Ghosts. Pictures of Ghosts is a journey through time, the architecture
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London Film Week presents: Youth (Hard Times) (preview)

Sat 07 Dec 2024
London Film Week - Preview Screening: Continuing the observational nonfiction saga that began with Youth (Spring), Wang Bing returns to the Chinese
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London Film Week presents: Youth (Homecoming) (preview)

Sat 07 Dec 2024
London Film Week - Preview Screening: Wang Bing concludes his monumental Youth trilogy in expansive fashion, giving ever wider scope to the lives
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London Film Week presents: La Cocina (preview)

Fri 06 Dec 2024
London Film Week presents a Preview screening ahead of the UK release in March 2025, don’t miss out! New York’s hospitality industry—and
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London Film Week presents: Satu: Year of the Rabbit (preview)

Thu 05 Dec 2024
A boy searching for his long-lost mother through Laos in this appealing debut from UK director Joshua Trigg. London Film Week presents
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London Film Week 2024

Wed 04 Dec — Sun 08 Dec 2024
London Film Week is an international film festival taking place in the very heart of London during the first half of…
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London Film Week presents: On Becoming a Guinea Fowl (preview)

Wed 04 Dec 2024
London Film Week proudly presents the Preview of the new film from acclaimed, BAFTA-winning director Rungano Nyoni (I Am Not a Witch).
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LIAF 2024: International Competition 7- Animated Documentaries + Screentalk with Filmmakers

Sat 30 Nov 2024
Persuasive, illustrative and able to get over abstract details in attractive and compelling ways, animation is the perfect tool to document
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LIAF 2024: International Competition 8- Long Shorts

Sat 30 Nov 2024
Some films need extra time to develop their themes, to grow and draw us more comprehensively into their worlds. It takes
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Video Bazaar Presents: Putney Swope

Thu 28 Nov 2024
He runs it down the flagpole... AND UP THE ESTABLISHMENT! On 28 November, Video Bazaar presents Robert Downey Sr's freewheeling cult
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LIAF 2024: International Competition 5- Into the Dark

Mon 25 Nov 2024
Welcome to our annual deep-dive into the dark heart of animation. Here you will find films featuring a blind sculptor and
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LIAF 2024: International Competition 3- From Absurd to Zany

Sun 24 Nov 2024
This programme ‘From Absurd to Zany’ celebrates some of the funniest, weirdest and eye-poppingly nutty films that were entered this year.
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LIAF 2024: International Competition 4- Being Human

Sun 24 Nov 2024
This programme examines some big life moments and asks some pointed questions. The 10 powerful films include a breathtaking take on
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London International Animation Festival 2024

Sat 23 Nov — Sat 30 Nov 2024
LIAF 2024 is the UK’s largest, longest-running and most eclectic animation festival, returning for its 21st year with a mammoth 10-day…
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Desert Hearts disco + screening

Sat 23 Nov 2024
Proudly screening as part of our season celebrating the work of women filmmakers in the US in the 1970s and 80s,
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LIAF 2024: International Competition 1- Abstract Showcase

Sat 23 Nov 2024
After sorting through a huge pile of 2,400 entries, LIAF have curated a selection of 83 outstanding new films from 31
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LIAF 2024: International Competition 2- Playing with Emotion

Sat 23 Nov 2024
This programme explores the full spectrum of human emotions through 9 captivating films that delve into themes of love, hate, jealousy,
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Bar Shorts: Anfield Road. An evening with Chris Shepherd and Alexei Sayle

Thu 21 Nov 2024
To celebrate the launch of Chris Shepherd’s debut graphic novel, Anfield Rd for Titan Comics, Chris is programming this Bar Shorts. Breaking
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LRB Screen X MUBI: Shirley

Wed 20 Nov 2024
LRB Screen returns to the Garden Cinema for the final event of its 2024 series, in partnership with MUBI, exploring the art
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Real Visions (shorts session)

Sun 17 Nov 2024
London Palestine Film Festival 2024 presents Real Visions (shorts session). This selection of non-fiction shorts play cross images, dreams, realities and memories.
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London Palestine Film Festival 2024

Sat 16 Nov — Sun 17 Nov 2024
London Palestine Film Festival (LPFF) presents its 2024 edition with a selection of recently released titles alongside favorites from throughout the…
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The Roller, The Life, The Fight + virtual screen talk

Sat 16 Nov 2024
London Palestine Film Festival 2024 presents The Roller, The Life, The Fight + virtual screen talk.  Hazem arrives in Belgium after a painful
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The Hop-Pickers + Introduction by Mehelli Modi

Fri 15 Nov 2024
The 28th Made in Prague Festival in collaboration with Second Run presents a special screening celebrating the UK Blu-ray release of The Hop-Picker,
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Reclaim The Frame presents: The Taste of Mango + Q&A

Wed 13 Nov 2024
The Taste of Mango, Chloe Abrahams’ debut feature, is an enveloping, hypnotic, urgently personal meditation on family, memory, identity, violence, and
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Collage making workshop + The Fabulous Baron Munchausen

Sat 09 Nov 2024
Led by our very own 'Queen of Collage', Marzia Castelli, this workshop will allow you to unleash your creativity and create
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28th Made in Prague Festival

Tue 05 Nov — Fri 15 Nov 2024
The Made in Prague Festival is back, and its 28th edition embraces the theme of metamorphosis with a playful nod to…
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Our Lovely Pig Slaughter + director Q&A

Tue 05 Nov 2024
The 28th Made in Prague Festival presents the UK premiere of Adam Martinec’s Our Lovely Pig Slaughter, inspired by Miloš Forman’s films
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Film Africa 2024

Fri 01 Nov — Sun 03 Nov 2024
Film Africa is London’s biggest biennial festival celebrating the best African cinema from across the continent and diaspora brought to you…
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Mambar Pierrette

Fri 01 Nov 2024
Film Africa presents Mambar Pierrette, the narrative feature debut by established Cameroonian documentarian Rosine Mbakam (Delphine's Prayers). Previously screened at TIFF, this moving portrait
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Video Bazaar Presents: Häxan w/ Live Score

Thu 31 Oct 2024
Join Video Bazaar on Halloween for a night of occult imagery and esoterica with a rare screening of the 1922 silent horror
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Garland Jeffreys: The King of In Between + director Q&A

Sun 27 Oct 2024
Doc'n Roll Film Festival presents the UK Premiere of Garland Jeffreys: The King of In Between + Zoom Q&A with director Claire Jeffreys.
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Doc'n Roll Film Festival 2024

Sat 26 Oct — Sun 27 Oct 2024
The eleventh edition of Doc’n Roll Film Fest, the UK-wide premier Music Documentary Festival, returns with an exciting lineup of…
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London Breeze Film Festival presents Kensuke's Kingdom + Q&A or Workshop

Sat 26 Oct 2024
London Breeze Film Festival 2024 is delighted to be bringing two screenings of this summer's British animation feature film, Kensuke's Kingdom,
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Four Strings Good (Mo Foster) + director Q&A

Sat 26 Oct 2024
Doc'n Roll Film Festival presents the World Premiere of Four Strings Good. A feature documentary of a live concert celebrating the music
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Video Bazaar x The Nickel Present: Next of Kin

Sat 26 Oct 2024
Join Video Bazaar and The Nickel this Halloween for a rare screening of Tony Williams’ Next of Kin. An unsettling piece of Australian
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Members' Film Quiz: Halloween 2024

Thu 24 Oct 2024
Are you the person in your friend group who everyone asks for film recommendations once the end of October approaches? Do
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WOFFF presents Hot Topic: The Menopause

Sun 20 Oct 2024
From first periods to life after menopause, the Women Over 50 Film Festival's got you covered. Join WOFFF and friends for
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The Fashion Film Club presents The Gold Diggers of 1933

Thu 17 Oct 2024
Join the Fashion Film Club for a special screening of Gold Diggers of 1933, chosen by Holly Waddington, Academy Award Winner
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I Wish I Knew

Wed 16 Oct 2024
As part of China Week 2024, King’s College London’s Lau China Institute and The Garden Cinema’s Chinese Cinema Project present the screening of I
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Basil Dearden's Victim + Q&A with Peter Parker and Mendez

Mon 14 Oct 2024
To celebrate the publication of Peter Parker’s Some Men in London, Penguin Classics and the London Review Bookshop host a screening of Basil Dearden’s
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Fundraiser: Oud performance, mini souq + The Teacher

Sat 12 Oct 2024
The Garden Cinema are proud to partner with our friends & neighbours at Hiba Express for a fundraiser screening of the highly
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Bass Culture

Fri 11 Oct 2024
Bass Culture is presented by Black Music Research Unit at the University of Westminster in partnership with Westminster University and Camden Council. The
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A Special Day (Una Giornata Particolare)

Sun 06 Oct 2024
In collaboration with CinemaItaliaUK we celebrate the 100th anniversary of Marcello Mastroianni and Sophia Loren's 90th birthday, with the screening of
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London Pakistani Film Festival presents Zindagi Tamasha

Thu 03 Oct 2024
London Pakistani Film Festival presents Zindagi Tamasha (Circus of Life). The screening will be followed by a pre-recorded discussion on Artificial Intelligence in Filmmaking with
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Industry Panel: Casting

Wed 02 Oct 2024
As The Garden Cinema members community is not just made up of cinema enthusiasts, but also covers a large range of
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LRB Screen X MUBI: Alice

Mon 30 Sep 2024
LRB Screen returns from its summer break to continue its year-long exploration of the art of literary adaptation in partnership with MUBI.
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The June Givanni Pan African Cinema Archive presents: Shorts by Amani Naphtali

Sat 28 Sep 2024
The June Givanni PanAfrican Cinema Archive, in collaboration with the Garden Cinema, are pleased to present a screening of short films
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Almodóvar's Bad Education + Q&A with Frank Wynne

Fri 27 Sep 2024
To celebrate the English language release of The Last Dream, Pedro Almodóvar’s genre-defying short story collection, Foyles is delighted to partner
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Pacino's sleuthing soirée + Sea of Love

Thu 26 Sep 2024
To launch the Al Pacino season in style, we're organising a murder mystery party full of secrets & intrigue. Members can
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Amnesty International presents: There Is No Evil

Wed 25 Sep 2024
Amnesty International UK present this one-off fundraiser screening of There Is No Evil with an introduction by activist and actress Elika Ashoori,
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Video Bazaar Presents: Threads

Mon 23 Sep 2024
Video Bazaar presents a special anniversary screening of Threads, the harrowing 1984 made-for-TV drama that left audiences across the nation stunned into
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Persian cake social + My Favourite Cake

Sat 21 Sep 2024
If you've been tempted to see the critically acclaimed Iranian modern classic My Favourite Cake, but are worried about the titular sweet treat making you
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Filum Presents: Trances

Fri 20 Sep 2024
A mesmerising exploration of the legendary Moroccan band Nass El-Ghiwane, dubbed the nation's soul music by director Ahmed Maanouni and the
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BFI Flipside presents The Outcasts (new restoration) + Q&A with Robert Wynne-Simmons

Tue 17 Sep 2024
The UK premiere of the new restoration of The Outcasts will be followed by a Q&A with Robert Wynne-Simmons and BFI Flipside's
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And Life Went On: a London Animation Club special event

Mon 16 Sep 2024
And Life Went On is the first London Animation Club event at The Garden Cinema, with special guest speaker Maryam Mohajer.
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The London Australian Film Festival 2024

Sat 14 Sep
The sixth London Australian Film Festival takes place over 4 days, from 12-15 September 2024, with 8 Australian feature films, including…
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Bromley: Light After Dark

Sat 14 Sep 2024
The London Australian Film Festival – in partnership with Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery – present the European premiere of Bromley: Light After Dark,
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The Greatest Surf Movie in the Universe

Sat 14 Sep 2024
The London Australian Film Festival continues with the London Premiere of the utterly unhinged adult animation, The Greatest Surf Movie in the
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Members' Beer Tasting + Withnail and I

Fri 13 Sep 2024
You may have noticed some new hops-based additions to our bar menu recently. To help you get a bit more familiar,
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Queer East: Encore 2024

Wed 11 Sep — Sun 29 Sep 2024
Queer East returns to the Garden Cinema this September with a series of encore screenings, offering London audiences the opportunity to…
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The Third Man + live music performance

Sun 08 Sep 2024
In celebration of the film's 75th anniversary, The Third Man will be entering the Garden Cinema's programme this September, allowing audiences to
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Bubble Tea Hour + Dìdi

Sat 07 Sep 2024
In honour of our season Taiwanese Cinema: Now and Then, we're very excited to be partnering up with Mooboo Bubble Tea,
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Bar Shorts - An evening of short films chosen by Robert Bradbrook, Head of Animation at NFTS

Tue 27 Aug 2024
Bar Shorts presents another programme of ground-breaking short films and animations. This evening is curated by Robert Bradbrook, Head of Animation at
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Bumming in Beijing: The Last Dreamers + At Home in the World

Wed 21 Aug 2024
Ambiguity Film presents two films by Chinese documentary filmmaker Wu Wenguang: Bumming in Beijing: The Last Dreamers (1990) and At Home in the World (1995).
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Live music + Some Like It Hot

Fri 16 Aug 2024
Hey, Sugar! If you're looking for a fun Friday night out, but you're not quite up for going out-out, join us
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Call Me By Your Name + peachy cocktail hour

Sun 04 Aug 2024
To get in the mood for this summery members favourite, join us for a pre-screening cocktail hour with a bopping 80s
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Kino London Short Film Festival: Programme 4

Sat 03 Aug 2024
Kino Short Film presents some of the best shorts of the year for their BIFA qualifying film festival. Ashes directed by Georgina
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Kino London Short Film Festival: Programme 3

Fri 02 Aug 2024
Kino Short Film presents some of the best shorts of the year for their BIFA qualifying film festival. Black Dog [London Premiere]
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Kino London Short Film Festival: Programme 2

Thu 01 Aug 2024
Kino Short Film presents some of the best shorts of the year for their BIFA qualifying film festival. BENJI [London Premiere] directed
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Kino London Short Film Festival 2024

Wed 31 Jul — Sat 03 Aug 2024
Kino Short Film presents some of the best shorts of the year for their BIFA qualifying film festival Kino Short Film has…
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Kino London Short Film Festival: Programme 1

Wed 31 Jul 2024
Kino Short Film presents some of the best shorts of the year for their BIFA qualifying film festival. An Ode to Procrastination
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Video Bazaar Presents: Clifford

Sun 28 Jul 2024
Video Bazaar is proud to present the second part of ‘A Hell Like Ours’, a landmark series at The Garden Cinema, exploring
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We are Doc Women Presents: Summer Shorts + Q&A

Mon 22 Jul 2024
We Are Doc Women present three shorts themed around history, archives and memory: The Archive: Queer Nigerians (Simisolaoluwa Akande, 25’, 2023) The Veiled
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Vermouth tasting, Barrafina tapas + Almodóvar's first feature

Thu 18 Jul 2024
If you've been curious to try out our summer selection of Spanish vermouths, join us on Thursday 18 July for a
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LRB Screen X MUBI: First Cow

Mon 15 Jul 2024
LRB Screen, the London Review Bookshop’s long-running film series, continues its exploration of the art of literary-cinematic adaptation in partnership with
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Video Bazaar Presents: Pacific Heights & Clearcut

Sat 13 Jul 2024
Video Bazaar is proud to present part one of A Hell Like Ours, a landmark double bill at The Garden Cinema featuring two
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Arugula Ruchelach, Aperol Schvitz + Shiva Baby

Fri 12 Jul 2024
After the enthusiastic response following our Pickle Tasting event, we're thrilled to welcome back our friends at Shedletsky's Deli for another tasty
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Freedom From Torture: No Borders Film Night

Wed 10 Jul 2024
Freedom From Torture present an evening of powerful and award winning refugee short films and poetry written by members of Write to
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Focus Hong Kong 2024

Thu 04 Jul — Sat 06 Jul 2024
Focus Hong Kong returns to The Garden Cinema for a summer 2024 programme packed with new and classic films, giving audiences…
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AIFF presents 2023-2024’s Best of the Fests

Sun 30 Jun 2024
The Association of Independent Film Festivals (AIFF) presents 2023-2024’s Best of the Fests. Best of the Fests brings together a collection
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London Socialist Film Co-op: Orgreave Anniversary Day

Sat 29 Jun
Join London Socialist Film Co-op for an all-day event commemorating the 40th anniversary of the events at Orgreave on 18 June…
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London Socialist Film Co-op Orgreave Anniversary Day: Morning

Sat 29 Jun 2024
Join London Socialist Film Co-op for an all-day event commemorating the 40th anniversary of the events at Orgreave on 18 June 1984.
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London Socialist Film Co-op Orgreave Anniversary Day: Afternoon

Sat 29 Jun 2024
Join the London Socialist Film Co-op for an all-day event commemorating the 40th anniversary of the events at Orgreave on 18 June
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Animalia

Mon 24 Jun 2024
Introduced by Rabih El-Khoury, SAFAR Film Festival Curator Itto, a young woman from a modest rural background, is slowly adapting to
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Soraida, A Woman of Palestine

Mon 24 Jun 2024
Introduced by Rabih El-Khoury, SAFAR Film Festival curator Soraida, A Woman of Palestine (2004) captures the reflections, concerns and imagination of a
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London Breeze Film Festival presents Drift + Q&A with screenwriter Susanne Farrell

Sun 23 Jun 2024
London Breeze presents Drift, in support of Refugee Week. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with screenwriter, Susanne Farrell (Hope Street;
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Video Bazaar Presents: Liquid Sky

Sun 23 Jun 2024
Video Bazaar invites you to step into a neon-lit vision of the 1980s this June as we present a special screening of
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Cine Brazil presents: The Invention of the Other

Sat 22 Jun 2024
The Invention of the Other is an epic, intimate and procedural documentary about one of the most important missions ever carried out
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SAFAR Film Festival 2024: On Dreams, Hopes and Realities

Wed 19 Jun — Mon 24 Jun 2024
“How can bearing witness to a reality enable us to challenge it? Are we allowed to hope beyond it? And can…
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Fatma 75 + Q&A with director Selma Baccar

Wed 19 Jun 2024
Introduced by Rabih El-Khoury, SAFAR Film Festival curator and followed by an online Q&A with director Selma Baccar. A pioneering film
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Tigritudes

Sat 08 Jun — Tue 25 Jun 2024
Tigritudes is a subjective and chronological anthology of Pan-African cinemas through 128 films from 42 countries, produced between 1956 (Sudan’s independence)…
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Burlesque + Dance, Girl, Dance + panel discussion

Fri 07 Jun 2024
Join us for the launch of Women Aren't Funny, a season celebrating 13 films directed & written by women, from different
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Secret Ceremony presents: The Love Witch

Thu 06 Jun 2024
This special screening of The Love Witch marks the inauguration of LONDNR magazine’s brand-new film club, Secret Ceremony. Join us for an evening that
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Filum Presents: The Merchant of Four Seasons (Händler der vier Jahreszeiten)

Tue 04 Jun 2024
An unhappy ex-police officer struggles as a fruit seller while in a crumbling marriage. A West German melodrama inspired by the
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Jealousy, Italian Style (Il Dramma della gelosia)

Sun 02 Jun 2024
Join us for the screening of Jealousy, Italian Style, (also known as The Pizza Triangle) by master of commedia all’italiana Ettore Scola:
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When the Tenth Month Comes

Wed 29 May 2024
When the Tenth Month Comes has been newly restored and is screening in the UK for the first time. The screening will
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Star Nhà Ease: Vietnamese Cinema

Tue 28 May — Wed 29 May 2024
Star Nhà Ease: Vietnamese Cinema presents a captivating collection of Vietnamese cinematic treasures, marking their debut to UK audiences. Co-curated by…
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Vietnamese Short Films + Panel Discussion

Tue 28 May 2024
This screening will have a live introduction and in conversation with the season curators. A selection of shorts from Vietnamese filmmakers
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Video Bazaar x Queer Horror Nights: Dead Ringers

Fri 24 May 2024
Video Bazaar x Queer Horror Nights: Dead Ringers + Twins of Evil at The Garden Cinema Discover your dark doppelgänger in a fiendish
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Video Bazaar x Queer Horror Nights: Twins of Evil

Fri 24 May 2024
Video Bazaar x Queer Horror Nights: Dead Ringers + Twins of Evil at The Garden Cinema Discover your dark doppelgänger in a fiendish
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LRB Screen X MUBI: Arabian Nights: Volume 1, The Restless One

Mon 20 May 2024
LRB Screen, the London Review Bookshop’s long-running film series, continues its year-long exploration of the art of literary adaptation in partnership
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Creative Writing Workshop

Sun 19 May 2024
This workshop is led by poet, author, and curator, Labeja Kodua Okullu, and follows our screening of Paterson. We're offering a
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Gravity

Thu 16 May 2024
Our screening on 16 May is the latest in our discussion series, In the Works, hosted by Oscar nominated composer Gary
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What About Dancing: Three Short Films about Grief + Q&A

Tue 14 May 2024
Annie Frost Nicholson, Lara Haworth and Tara Darby present What About Dancing: Three Short Films about Grief + Q&A This screening
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Patch Making Workshop

Sat 11 May 2024
We are very excited to be partnering with UIIBA Club on Saturday 11 May to focus on slower fashion. They are self-proclaimed
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The Moon Stirs the Waters: Stories of Seas, Songs, and Souls from Central America

Fri 10 May 2024
Cinema Mentiré presents: The Moon Stirs the Waters: Stories of Seas, Songs, and Souls from Central America The screening will be
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Collaborative Visions: Demystifying the India-UK Co-Production Landscape

Fri 10 May 2024
The UK Asian Film Festival in collaboration with British Film Institute invites you to their UK-India Co-Production Panel on 10 May at
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Tongues on Fire - UK Asian Film Festival 2024

Wed 08 May — Fri 10 May 2024
Tongues on Fire is a not for profit company founded in 1997. They produce the annual UK Asian Film Festival, celebrating…
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Snow Leopard

Wed 08 May 2024
UK Asian Film Festival presents a special tribute screening of Snow Leopard with an introduction from Sonali Joshi and a live Dranyen
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Clermont-Ferrand: Short Films for the Family

Sat 04 May 2024
Let your little ones discover cinema through short films. The Clermont-Ferrand International Film Festival is one of the largest short film
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Clermont-Ferrand 2024 in London

Wed 01 May — Sun 05 May 2024
The Clermont–Ferrand International Short Film Festival is one of the largest and most prestigious short film festivals in the world. Nestled…
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Polarized + Q&A

Sun 28 Apr 2024
This screening will be followed by an in-person Q&A with Polarized director Shamim Sarif, moderated by DIVA Film Festival Director Jacquie
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Artist Unknown + Stone (short) + Q&A

Sun 28 Apr 2024
Artist Unknown An art heist playful comedy becomes a queer action rom com in this witty and fast-paced debut feature from
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Shorts Programme: Real Talk + Q&A

Sat 27 Apr 2024
These short films, all centred on different aspects of lesbian and queer women’s lives, from the UK, USA, and India. Ranging
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Chuck Chuck Baby + Scorpion Grass (short) + Q&A

Sat 27 Apr 2024
This screening will be followed by an in-person Q&A with Chuck Chuck Baby director Janis Pugh, moderated by DIVA Film Festival Director Jacquie
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Video Bazaar Presents: Dead Mountaineer's Hotel

Sat 27 Apr 2024
Discover the Dread Beneath the Snow… Join Video Bazaar for a chilling screening of Grigori Kromanov’s Estonian murder mystery, Dead Mountaineer's Hotel -
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Dancing with Water: Green Night

Fri 26 Apr 2024
This screening will be followed by an online Q&A with the director Han Shuai. Trapped in a life of oppression under
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Mapantsula

Thu 25 Apr 2024
The screening will feature a pre-recorded archive interview with actor and co-writer Thomas Mogotlane and will be followed by a Q&A
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DIVA Film Festival

Wed 24 Apr — Sun 28 Apr 2024
From April 24-28, bang in the middle of Lesbian Visibility Week, DIVA will launch the inaugural DIVA Film Festival at the…
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Life of Riley + F**KED (short) + Drinks Reception and Q&A

Wed 24 Apr 2024
This screening will be preceded by a drinks reception at the Garden Cinema at 7pm, and followed by an in-person Q&A
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Life of Riley + F**KED (short)

Wed 24 Apr 2024
Life of Riley A candid and intimate film following the eventful life of activist, publisher and creator of diversity awards, Linda
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Silence Will Not Protect You + Q&A

Sat 20 Apr 2024
This documentary shorts programme offers an unfiltered look into invisible and unspoken aspects of LGBTQ+ experience: the daily routine of a
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Growing Pains

Sat 20 Apr 2024
All too often, we’re forced to grow up without taking the time to explore who we are. Torn between fitting in
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Queer East 2024

Thu 18 Apr — Sat 20 Apr 2024
Queer East is a cross-disciplinary festival that showcases boundary-pushing LGBTQ+ cinema, moving image work and live arts from, and about, East…
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The Last Year of Darkness

Thu 18 Apr 2024
As the city of Chengdu changes, the future of Funky Town, a beloved queer-friendly techno club, is unclear. For a vibrant
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Bar Shorts celebrates 10 years of Dog & Rabbit Animation Studio and Friends.

Tue 16 Apr 2024
An evening of classic short films and animations produced by Dog and Rabbit animation studio and those who have sailed with
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Bloody Mary hour, pickle tasting & Crossing Delancey

Sun 14 Apr 2024
In honour of the pivotal role that pickles play in Crossing Delancey, on 14 April we are partnering up with our
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The Cloud in Her Room

Sun 14 Apr 2024
Presented by The Garden Cinema’s Chinese Cinema Project. This screening is followed by a remote Q&A with director Zheng Lu Xinyuan,
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Industry Panel: Cinematography

Tue 09 Apr 2024
As we are aware The Garden Cinema membership community is not just made up of cinema enthusiasts, but also covers a
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LRB Screen X MUBI: Quartet

Mon 08 Apr 2024
LRB Screen, the London Review Bookshop’s long-running film series, returns to the Garden Cinema in 2024 to continue its exploration of
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Dancing with Water: Barbarian Invasion

Sat 06 Apr 2024
*This screening will be followed by a remote Q&A with the leading actor Pete Teo. Divorced and exhausted, retired actress Moon
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Dancing with Water: Jet Lag

Sun 31 Mar 2024
This screening will be followed by a Q&A with Dancing with Water curator, Kiki Tianqi Yu (QMUL). During a trip from
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Video Bazaar: Flesh For Frankenstein

Sun 31 Mar 2024
This Easter Sunday Video Bazaar resurrects into The Garden Cinema to delve into the horror of creation with Andy Warhol and Paul
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The Constant Gardener

Thu 28 Mar 2024
Our screening on 28 March is the latest in our discussion series, In the Works, hosted by Oscar nominated composer Gary
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Members' Film Quiz: Spring

Tue 26 Mar 2024
Are you blossoming into the person in your friend group who everyone asks for film recommendations? Do you know your Peter
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Miskatonic IHS presents Call of Cthulhu with lecture introduction by Roger Luckhurst

Mon 25 Mar 2024
This screening will be introduced by author and academic Roger Luckhurst. This award winning film was shot to look like a
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Another Reality: Genre Shorts by Arab Women Filmmakers

Sun 24 Mar 2024
Another Reality: Genre Shorts by Arab Women Filmmakers The AWAN Festival (Arab Women Artists Now) in association with The Arab Film
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2 Year Anniversary Party + Singin' in the Rain

Sat 23 Mar 2024
Our 2 Year Anniversary celebrations will reach new heights in the evening, with a birthday bash to remember. Expect a festive
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Screen Cuba presents: Tales of One More Day (UK Premiere) + Short: Blank

Fri 22 Mar 2024
Screen Cuba presents the UK premiere of this innovative film that is under the general direction of renowned filmmaker, Fernando Peréz.
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Penda's Fen (50th Anniversary Screening)

Thu 21 Mar 2024
Screening exactly 50 years to the hour since its pioneering first broadcast as part of BBC TV's hugely influential stand-alone drama
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Screen Cuba presents: Jose Marti, the Eye of the Canary

Tue 19 Mar 2024
An excellent example of an historical drama, a genre in which Cuban filmmakers excel. The Eye of the Canary is inspired by
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The Long Farewell

Mon 18 Mar 2024
This event is part of Ukrainian Retrospective, an educational program dedicated to Ukrainian cinema history in partnership with the Ukrainian Institute
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Screen Cuba presents: SuperGal & Havana Selfies

Sun 17 Mar 2024
A special double bill of SuperGal and Havana Selfies. There will be a ten minute refreshment break between the films. La Super
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Screen Cuba presents: Yuli The Carlos Acosta Story

Sat 16 Mar 2024
The unmissable award-winning film Yuli was inspired by the life of Carlos Acosta, one of the greatest dancers in Cuban ballet
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Easter Wreath Workshop

Sat 16 Mar 2024
After the enthusiastic response to our Christmas Wreath Making Workshop, we are thrilled to be partnering up with our neighbour Bloomsbury
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Screen Cuba presents: The Brothers/Los Hermanos + Q&A

Fri 15 Mar 2024
Andy de la Tour, actor-writer, will be in conversation with Gladys Gonzalez, Cuban cinema institute ICAIC, Cuban musician Omar Puente and
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Screen Cuba presents: Strawberry and Chocolate

Wed 13 Mar 2024
The late Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, often cited as Cuba’s greatest director, worked alongside Juan Carlos Tabío to create this Oscar-nominated modern
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Dancing with Water: Stonewalling

Sun 10 Mar 2024
*This screening will be followed by a Q&A with the director, who will be in London. When Lynn discovers that she
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Screen Cuba

Sat 09 Mar — Fri 22 Mar 2024
Screen Cuba: Films to Change the World celebrates Cuban cinema from the island since 1959. From a range of directors, and…
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Screen Cuba presents: Death of a Bureaucrat + Now! +Q&A

Sat 09 Mar 2024
The film will be followed by a Q&A with Michael Chanan, filmmaker and Cuban cinema specialist, and Tania Delgado, director, Havana
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20 Days in Mariupol (Charity screening)

Thu 07 Mar 2024
This screening is organised in partnership with the Ukraine Solidarity Campaign. All raised funds will be used to obtain aid for
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Maona presents Buladó

Tue 05 Mar 2024
Maona Presents Buladó, with an intro from founder and curator Tatenda Jamera.     Directed by award-winning Dutch/Curaçaoan filmmaker Eché Janga,
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LAFS Presents: Shayda (Exclusive Preview)

Sun 03 Mar 2024
The London Australian Film Society are proud to present an exclusive preview screening of Noora Niasari’s powerful debut feature, SHAYDA. In
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Members' Sake Tasting

Sat 02 Mar 2024
Due to popular demand, we're very excited to be welcoming back the team from Sake Collective for another tasting session, as part
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Frontline Folklore + Director Q&A

Thu 29 Feb 2024
The film will be followed by a Q&A with Ben Edge in which he will be joined by collaborator and editor
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LRB SCREEN X MUBI: American Psycho + Director Q&A

Mon 26 Feb 2024
LRB Screen, the London Review Bookshop’s long-running film series, returns to the Garden Cinema in 2024 to continue its exploration of the
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Indy Film Library

Sun 25 Feb 2024
Indy Film Library presents: UK Short Film Showcase Based in the Netherlands and the UK, Indy Film Library (IFL) grew out
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London Mountain Film Festival's Favourite Garden Shorts

Sat 24 Feb 2024
Eleven films under 20 minutes in length selected to take you on a rollercoaster ride around the world covering various adventurous
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ADRA + Q&A

Sat 24 Feb 2024
Film followed by Q&A with director Emma Crome and climber Zoe Wood. Local climbers Zoe Wood and Lewis Perrin Williams take
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London Mountain Film Festival 2024

Fri 23 Feb — Sat 24 Feb 2024
London Mountain Film Festival (LMFF) is a new kind of festival which not only screens films in London and online for…
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Winter 282 + Director Q&A

Fri 23 Feb 2024
Film followed by Q&A with Director Kevin Woods. The Munros are the name given to the highest mountains in Scotland; 282
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Fantastic Mr. Fox

Thu 22 Feb 2024
Our screening on 22 February is the latest in our discussion series, In the Works, hosted by Oscar nominated composer Gary
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Filum Presents: Al-Mumia (The Night of Counting of the Years)

Mon 19 Feb 2024
In "Al-Mumia," a young man faces a profound dilemma upon discovering his tribe's ancestral trade in stolen ancient artefacts. A film
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Dancing with Water: Virgin Blue

Sun 18 Feb 2024
*This screening will be followed by a remote Q&A with the director Niu Xiaoyu. Virgin Blue tells the story of a college
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An Oversimplification of Her Beauty + Director Q&A

Sat 17 Feb 2024
This screening will be followed by a zoom Q&A with director Terence Nance, moderated by Lucy Writers’ founding editor-in-chief Hannah Hutchings-Georgiou.A
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LAFS Presents: Lonely Spirits Variety Hour + Q&A

Fri 16 Feb 2024
The London Australian Film Society are proud to present the UK premiere of THE LONELY SPIRITS VARIETY HOUR, followed by an
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The Taste of Things (Valentine's Day Preview)

Wed 14 Feb 2024
This Valentine's Day, join us for an especially delightful evening at The Garden Cinema: Preceding a special preview screening of the delectable
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Video Bazaar Presents: Spoorloos

Wed 14 Feb 2024
For a twisted Valentine's Day screening on February 14th at The Garden Cinema, Video Bazaar delves into the realms of passion, obsession, and
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Man with a Movie Camera

Sun 11 Feb 2024
The screening will be be preceded by a pre-recorded introduction from Yuliia Kovalenko, film critic, program director Docudays UA. This event
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Queer East Presents: Home Ground

Fri 09 Feb 2024
In the mid-1990s, the first openly lesbian bar in South Korea, LesBos, opened its doors in Sinchon, Seoul. This documentary follows
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Comrades, Almost a Love Story

Thu 08 Feb 2024
A special Chinese New Year screening of Peter Chan’s beloved classic, presented by Focus Hong Kong. Restored Version. Widely recognised as
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Queer East Presents: You and I

Wed 07 Feb 2024
What is it like to meet your soulmate in a hopeless place? Kusdalini and Kaminah by no means met under ideal
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Queer East Presents: Life Unrehearsed

Sun 04 Feb 2024
In 1986, Soo-hyun met In-sun at a Korean Christian retreat in Germany and gifted her flowers. Despite threats from her then-husband
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In the Mood for Love (Immersive Screening)

Sat 03 Feb 2024
The Garden Cinema's Chinese Cinema Project presents a dress-up screening of In the Mood for Love. In Hong Kong, 1962, Chow
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MENA Arts UK presents

Sun 28 Jan 2024
In partnership with The Garden Cinema and Mydylarama, MENA Arts UK are proud to present their first cinema screening of short
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LSFF: Ancestral Remembrance

Sat 27 Jan 2024
Take a deep dive into hard-to-confront histories, myths, traumas, and beliefs - but not without a dash of lightheartedness. Spanning from
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LSFF: London Lives (BSL/captioned screening)

Sat 27 Jan 2024
London's vastness beckons to those looking for something different, somewhere to think and speculate, someplace to retreat and take refuge. Repetition
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LSFF x Oska Bright: Other Worlds

Wed 24 Jan 2024
Embark on a thrilling journey through alternate realities, uncharted territories, and surreal dimensions. Brace yourself for a captivating collection of enigmatic,
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Video Bazaar Presents Psychomania

Wed 24 Jan 2024
‘SEVEN SUICIDES, AND THEY ROARED BACK AS… THE LIVING DEAD!’ On the 24th of January, Video Bazaar welcomes you back to
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Industry Panel: Animation

Tue 23 Jan 2024
As we are aware The Garden Cinema membership community is not just made up of cinema enthusiasts, but also covers a
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London Short Film Festival 2024

Mon 22 Jan — Sat 27 Jan 2024
Screened in partnership with the London Short Film Festival The London Short Film Festival returns for its 21st year with a constellation of…
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London Short Film Festival 2023

Mon 22 Jan — Sat 27 Jan 2024
The London Short Film Festival returns for its 21st year with a constellation of new films, new curators, and new talent…
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LSFF x T A P E Collective: Bonded 3.0

Mon 22 Jan 2024
In this third series of the Bonded programme, we dig deeper into excavating the meaning and significance of familial, parental bonds.
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London Socialist Film Co-op Presents: After the Apology

Sun 21 Jan 2024
The screening will be followed by a Q&A with members of Support Not Separation, a coalition to end the unwarranted and
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Animation workshop + The Boy and the Heron

Sun 14 Jan 2024
Led by our very own Raffaele Gabrielli (garptwo), this animation workshop will teach you the basics of creating stop-motion animation, simply
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Suzhou River

Sat 06 Jan 2024
Presented by The Garden Cinema’s Chinese Cinema Project. The third feature from Lou Ye, a leading figure of China’s Sixth Generation
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32 Sounds

Tue 28 Nov 2023
The screening on Jan 6 will be followed by a remote Q&A. with director Sam Green, hosted by film editor Maya
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Members' Film Quiz: Summer

Thu 17 Aug 2023
Are you that person in your friend group who everyone asks for film recommendations? Do you know your Before Sunrise from your
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Members' Wine & Cheese Tasting

Thu 13 Oct 2022
This Valentine's weekend, join us for a members-only wine tasting in the Garden Bar. If you've attended one of our previous
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Edward Showler Foundation Event

Sat 05 Mar 2022
A charity fundraising event for the Edward Showler Foundation; 100% of the proceeds will go to support their work. The event