2023 Events Archive / The Garden Cinema

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Q + Q&A

Thu 21 Dec 2023

*The screening will be followed by a Zoom Q&A with director Jude Chehab. An intimate portrayal of a quest for love

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Video Bazaar: Wake in Fright

Wed 20 Dec 2023

Video Bazaar is ecstatic to present a special festive screening of the legendary Australian cult film, Wake In Fright on the 20th

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Members' Film Quiz: Christmas

Tue 19 Dec 2023

Are you the person in your friend group who everyone asks for fun festive film recommendations? Do you know your Gremlins

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LAFS Presents: A Sunburnt Christmas

Sat 16 Dec 2023

Join the London Australian Film Society for a white wine in the sun this Christmas. In the Australian outback, Christmas is

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SUPAKINO PRESENTS: THE MONKEES

Fri 15 Dec 2023

SUPAKINO presents three episodes of cult TV show The Monkees, introduced by Ranjit S. Ruprai. Episode 31: The Monkees at the Movies (1967)

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BLACK to the Future Presents: HIDDEN FIGURES + Discussion

Thu 14 Dec 2023

The screening will be followed by a discussion with Black the Future (BttF) Founder Irenosen Okojie and BttF Creative Director Sara

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Members' Collage Making Workshop

Tue 12 Dec 2023

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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Walking With M

Sun 10 Dec 2023

The screening on the 17th will be followed by a zoom Q&A with Sri M. The Garden Cinema is proud to

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London Film Week presents: Grey Matter + Q&A (preview screening)

Sun 10 Dec 2023

London Film Week presents the European premiere of Grey Matter. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with Arabella Burfitt-Dons

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London Film Week presents: Monster (preview screening)

Sun 10 Dec 2023

When her young son Minato starts to behave strangely, his mother feels that there is something wrong. Discovering that a teacher

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London Film Week presents:Shorts Programme + Q&A

Sat 09 Dec 2023

Join us for a cinematic journey like no other! Experience the magic of storytelling in bite-sized brilliance with our Shorts Programme,

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London Film Week presents: Last Summer (preview screening)

Sat 09 Dec 2023

One of the world’s most consistently provocative filmmakers for nearly 50 years, Catherine Breillat proves with her incendiary, compelling new drama

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London Film Week presents: Youth (Spring) - preview screening

Fri 08 Dec 2023

The harsh, almost dystopian life of workers in Chinese textile factories. Filmed by the greatest documentary filmmaker of his generation, Wang

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London Film Week presents: Omen (preview screening)

Thu 07 Dec 2023

Following Koffi’s return to his birthplace after he has been ostracised by his family, Omen explore the weight of beliefs on

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London Film Week 2023

Wed 06 Dec — Sun 10 Dec 2023

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: Out of Breath + Q&A

Wed 06 Dec 2023

London Film Week, in partnership with Cine Brazil, present Out of Breath. The sceening will be followed by a Q&A with

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Members' Wreath Making Workshop

Sun 03 Dec 2023

To get into the festive spirit, we are thrilled to be partnering up with our neighbour Bloomsbury Flowers, who are just

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London Socialist Film Co-op Presents: Maixabel (2021)

Sun 03 Dec 2023

London Socialist Film Co-op Presents: Maixabel. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with Jim Simon from the UK Restorative

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Bethlehem Cultural Festival - Palestinian shorts

Sat 02 Dec 2023

The Bethlehem Cultural Festival presents an afternoon of Palestinian short films, in collaboration with The Arab Film Club and Counterpoint Arts.

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LIAF 2023: International Competition Programme 8: Long Shorts

Thu 30 Nov 2023

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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LIAF 2023: International Competition Programme 7: Looking For Answers

Wed 29 Nov 2023

What goes through your mind when you are stuck in the city, on the cusp of adulthood, feeling charged with desire

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LIAF 2023: International Competition Programme 6: Animated Documentaries

Tue 28 Nov 2023

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 2023: International Competition Programme 5: Into the Dark

Mon 27 Nov 2023

Welcome to our annual deep-dive into the dark heart of animation. Here you will find films featuring maggots, skeletons, dead flies,

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LIAF 2023: International Competition Programme 3: From Absurd to Zany

Sun 26 Nov 2023

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 2023: International Competition Programme 4: Being Human

Sun 26 Nov 2023

This programme examines some big life moments and asks some pointed questions. The 11 powerful films include a highly personal look

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London International Animation Festival 2023

Sat 25 Nov — Thu 30 Nov 2023

The London International Animation Festival (LIAF 2023), the UK’s largest, longest-running and most eclectic animation festival returns for its 20th year…
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LIAF 2023: International Competition Programme 1: Abstract Showcase

Sat 25 Nov 2023

We’ve emerged from under the pile of 2,400 entries to put together a series of screenings that showcase the best 86

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LIAF 2023: International Competition Programme 2: Playing with Emotion

Sat 25 Nov 2023

This programme takes a look at all aspects of emotion – 11 stunning films riffing on love, hate, jealousy, sensuality, melancholy,

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Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning

Thu 23 Nov 2023

'Your mind is your own…freedom is yours.' Cinema Rising is excited to partner with Video Bazaar for a very special collab

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London Palestine Film Festival 2023 presents Shorts: Bonboné, Bir'em and A Statement of Resistance

Sun 19 Nov 2023

London Palestine Film Festival 2023 presents an eclectic triple bill featuring animation, reality-based fiction and non-fiction. Bonboné (Rakan Mayasi, 2017, Palestine/Lebanon,

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The Mother of All Lies

Sat 18 Nov 2023

*Both screenings will be followed by a Q&A with director Asmae El Moudir. On a handmade set recreating her Casablanca neighborhood,

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Relaxed Screening: Is There Anybody Out There?

Sat 18 Nov 2023

This is a relaxed screening curated for a neurodiverse audience, their assistants and carers. This screening will be followed by an

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SUPAKINO presents: WONDERWALL + THE CLOUD DOOR

Fri 17 Nov 2023

SUPAKINO presents 'Enclosed Ecstasies': a double bill of erotic short film The Cloud Door and cult psychedelic feature film Wonderwall. Wonderwall (Joe

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Ukrainian Retrospective

Thu 16 Nov — Mon 18 Mar 2024

The Ukrainian Institute London presents a retrospective of Ukrainian cinema, showcasing five iconic Ukrainian films at The Garden Cinema. This film…
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Earth

Thu 16 Nov 2023

This screening is part of an educational program dedicated to Ukrainian cinema history in partnership with the Ukrainian Institute London.

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27th Made in Prague Festival

Tue 14 Nov — Fri 24 Nov 2023

Showcasing contemporary cinema, literature, music, theatre and visual arts, the Made in Prague Festival is a vibrant multi-genre festival that brings…
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27th Made in Prague Festival presents: Art Talent Show

Tue 14 Nov 2023

The 27th Made in Prague Festival presents the UK premiere of Art Talent Show, ‘A witty, Wiseman-esque documentary about art school

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CinemaItaliaUK presents Umberto Eco: La Biblioteca del Mondo

Sun 12 Nov 2023

CinemaItaliaUK presents: Umberto Eco: The Library of the World The screening will be followed by a live discussion between the film's

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RSL x Black to BLAK: Paterson Joseph and Leah Purcell + Screening of The Drover’s Wife

Sat 11 Nov 2023

The Royal Society of Literature brings you the first event in a series devised by RSL Honorary Fellow, Deirdre Osborne.

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STRAIGHT 8TH presents LE CHARCUTIER CINÉASTE

Wed 08 Nov 2023

The film's director Remy Batteault will be joining Straight 8 for a Q&A after the screening. This is the story

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London Korean Film Festival

Sun 05 Nov

The London Korean Film Festival (LKFF)18th edition returns this November from 2nd – 16th 2023 in cinema venues across London.With the…
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(KAFA SHORTS) A Midsummer's Fantasia: Films That Break the Norms of Imagination

Sun 05 Nov 2023

A Midsummer's Fantasia is a section of KAFA Shorts that showcases films that break the norms of imagination and explore the

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London Korean Film Festival: Tinker Ticker

Sun 05 Nov 2023

London Korean Film Festival presents Tinker Ticker 들개 After an incident with a homemade bomb during his high school years,

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La Strada: A tribute to Federico Fellini

Sat 04 Nov 2023

31 October, 2023 marks the 30th anniversary of the death of Federico Fellini, the world-famous filmmaker. In collaboration with CinemaItaliaUK,

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Raindance Film Festival 2023

Wed 01 Nov — Fri 03 Nov 2023

Championing new and vibrant voices, the underdog and the whistle blowers, Raindance Film Festival return to the West End with their…
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Focus Hong Kong Halloween: Visible Secret

Mon 30 Oct 2023

Presented by Focus Hong Kong. Eason Chan stars as Peter, a hairdresser who meets Shu Qi’s June at a nightclub,

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Doc'n Roll Film Festival

Sun 29 Oct

The 10th edition of Doc’n Roll Film Fest, the UK’s Music Documentary Festival, will take UK-wide audiences on a thrilling cinematic…
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Al Dar: A Night of Yemeni Shorts

Sat 28 Oct 2023

The screening will be introduced by Asma Ibrahim and there will be a chance to discuss the films in the bar

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Ealing Comedies Launch Party + The Ladykillers

Wed 25 Oct 2023

To launch our season celebrating Ealing Comedies, on Wednesday 25 October we will kick things off with an Ealing Comedies inspired

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BLACK to the FUTURE

Tue 24 Oct — Thu 14 Dec 2023

BLACK to the FUTURE is an Afro-Futurist celebration of outstanding Black artists, a space for visionary imaginings to thrive. BttF begins as…
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Members' Film Quiz: Halloween

Wed 18 Oct 2023

Are you the person in your friend group who everyone asks for film recommendations toward the end of October? Do you

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17th Native Spirit Indigenous Film Festival - Pacific filmmakers Triple Bill: A Boy Called Piano

Tue 17 Oct 2023

Join Māori, Samoan & Fijian filmmakers for a Pacific Triple Bill with stories of ancestor revenge, romance and resistance. Directors Q&A

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BAR SHORTS: A CHAPLIN TRIBUTE TO RENOWNED COMPOSER CARL DAVIS

Sun 15 Oct 2023

In tribute to legendary film composer Carl Davis, Bar Short’s will screen three silent Charlie Chaplin Mutual Films with scores composed

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Cinema Rising: The Empty Man

Thu 12 Oct 2023

Presented by Cinema Rising as part of our Garden Cemetary Halloween screenings. Dumped unceremoniously in the midst of the pandemic

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Atonement

Wed 11 Oct 2023

This screening will be followed by the first in a series of discussions hosted by Oscar nominated composer Gary Yershon. Gary's

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WADW Presents: Subject + Q&A

Mon 09 Oct 2023

Please join We Are Doc Women for this screening of Subject. Afterwards there will be a Q&A with directors Camilla Hall

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Kino Quickies Presents The Gaunt Stranger

Sun 08 Oct 2023

Henry Milton, otherwise known as 'The Ringer', is an enigmatic criminal thought, by Scotland Yard, to be dead - drowned at

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Negroni Tasting & Workshop

Sat 07 Oct 2023

Since the end of summer, our Spritzes have stepped aside to make space for a more autumn-friendly beverage: the Negroni. And although

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Members' Tea Tasting

Thu 05 Oct 2023

Our in-house tea expert Amanda is very keen to take you through our beautiful selection of teas by The Tea Makers

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A Gaza Weekend & Q&A

Tue 03 Oct 2023

*The screening will be followed by a Q&A with director Basil Khalil and lead actor Stephen Mangan* Starring Stephen Mangan (Episodes,

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EFN Short Film Festival

Sat 30 Sep — Sun 01 Oct 2023

Welcome to EFN Short Film Festival 2023 This year, we’re bigger than ever, thanks to our 30% increase in submissions – thank you!…
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LRB Screen x MUBI: Naked Lunch

Fri 29 Sep 2023

LRB Screen, the London Review Bookshop’s long-running film series, has relocated to The Garden Cinema and is partnering with MUBI to present

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London Australian Film Festival presents Slant

Fri 22 Sep 2023

The London Australian Film Festival presents the UK premiere of SLANT, an outlandishly camp, pitch-black comic thriller that seems destined to be

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WADW Presents: White Nanny Black Child + Q&A

Wed 20 Sep 2023

Please join We Are Doc Women for this screening of White Nanny, Black Child. Afterwards there will be a Q&A

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Sine Screen: Whose Homeland 2023

Tue 19 Sep — Sun 24 Sep 2023

Sine Screen is an emerging screening organisation dedicated to showcasing independent cinema, art films and documentaries from East and Southeast Asia,…
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Sine Screen: Whose Homeland 2023

Tue 19 Sep — Sun 24 Sep 2023

Sine Screen is an emerging screening organisation dedicated to showcasing independent cinema, art films and documentaries from East and Southeast Asia,…
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The Nettle Dress (Workshop)

Mon 18 Sep 2023

This workshop gives you a chance to get hands-on with nettle stems (no risk of stinging - we promise!), make your

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SUPAKINO

Sun 17 Sep

SUPAKINO presents a “Living For The City” double bill of Charlie Chaplin’s MODERN TIMES (1936) & Raj Kapoor’s SHREE 420 (1955).…
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Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors

Mon 04 Sep 2023

This screening is a part of an educational program dedicated to Ukrainian cinema history in partnership with the Ukrainian Institute London.

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Spritz Tasting & Workshop

Sat 22 Jul 2023

Looking to step out of your Aperol comfort zone? Are you curious to experiment with some different Spritzes? Our Bar Manager

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Industry Panel + Members' Networking

Tue 18 Jul 2023

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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Focus Hong Kong

Fri 14 Jul

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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SAFAR Film Festival 2023

Mon 03 Jul — Fri 07 Jul 2023

The UK’s largest festival of Arab cinema heads to Garden Cinema for the first time this July! For its eighth edition,…
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Clermont-Ferrand in London 2023

Tue 04 Apr — Sat 08 Apr 2023

The Clermont–Ferrand International Short Film Festival is one of the largest short film festivals in the world. Nestled within the mountainous…
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