Two pigs recently joined us our family screening of Babe! Bambi and Kingsley came all the way from Kew Little Pigs farm in Amersham and stayed in the screen to watch the film. After the pigs stayed in the screen to watch the film, they joined us in the Garden Bar for petting and drawing.

Our Films for the Family season is Pay What You Can and includes a free children’s activity.

Thanks to Kew Little Pigs for coming down. Visit them at kewlittlepigs.cm

Mia Bays, director of the BFI’s Film Fund talks to the director of Medusa Deluxe, Thomas Hardiman, as part of EFN Short Film Festival (Emerging Filmmakers Night). Together they discuss the journey from being a short filmmaker to directing an ambitious debut feature.

Recorded at The Garden Cinema on 1st October 2023.

As the nights draw in, and the mercury drops, steel your nerves as unfathomable horrors and restless spirits re-emerge into The Garden Cemetery…

Throughout October we’re celebrating cinema of the eldritch and condemned, with a macabre Members’ choice screening, a selection of creepy classics, several burnt offerings from some of our favourite regular partners, one dangerously cursed film quiz, and The Garden Cinema’s own Colour in the Dark mini-season, curated by our most Sinister Sister.

Watch on Youtube or listen as a podcast: Dave Turner discusses what it was like to work on Ken Loach’s final film The Old Oak, with journalist Steve Topple.

Recorded at The Garden Cinema on 29 September 2023.

Our third industry panel was focussed on non-fiction filmmaking and distribution. Director Edward Lovelace and Dogwoof’s Head of Theatrical Sales Tom Howson join our own Special Programmes & Discussions curator Abla Kandalaft to discuss all things documentary.

Edward Lovelace is a British documentary filmmaker known for his critically acclaimed work, including the recently released Grierson-nominated feature Name Me Lawand.

Tom Howson joined Dogwoof in 2022 and is responsible for building relationships with cinemas across the globe. Tom’s career began in exhibition, managing at Everyman and Picturehouse cinemas, before moving into international sales at The Salt Company and then distribution at Vertigo.

Recorded on 1 August 2023 at The Garden Cinema

This Autumn, The Garden Cinema is celebrating Ealing Comedies!

Every Wednesday, from October 25th and all the way to November, we will be screening a quintessential Ealing Comedy, followed by a discussion group in The Garden Cinema’s cosy den.

Grazia Ingravalle [QMUL] and Lawrence Napper [KCL] will be taking turns diving into The Ladykillers, Hue and Cry, The Man in the White Suit, Kind Hearts and Coronets, and Passport to Pimlico. They will be touching on the humour, political undertones, and lovable eccentricity of films that have made a mark on film history and are still admired by cinephiles worldwide. We will discuss Ealing’s depiction of communities and Britishness, light-hearted conservatism and gender stereotypes all the while revelling in their tongue-in-cheek comedy.

We will launch on 25 September with an Ealing Comedies inspired members’ party, followed by a screening of The Ladykillers, and a panel discussion between Grazia Ingravalle and Lawrence Napper to introduce Ealing Comedies and the season’s format. The evening will culminate with drinks in our plush cinema bar, where Lawrence and Grazia will informally discuss The Ladykillers with you over a dedicated Ealing Comedy cocktail. Let’s start the fun!

The masterpiece of Bangladeshi writer and director Tareque Masud (who was tragically killed in an accident in 2011), The Clay Bird was the first Bangladeshi film to compete for Best Foreign Language Film at the Oscars, despite being initially banned in its home country.

Dr Priyanka Basu is a South Asian Studies scholar working at the intersections of literary, cultural and performative traditions, particularly in Bangladesh and India, and joined King’s College London in 2021.

Recorded on 1 August 2023 at The Garden Cinema
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Mike Leigh and Gary Yershon continue our season of live conversations, discussing his 2014 film Mr. Turner.

Mike Leigh’s portrait of the artist J.M.W. Turner is both a luminous tribute to the master of light and a fascinating, meticulous character study of a man who attained greatness whilst resisting the art-world conventions of his time.

To watch other recorded discussions in this series, including reflections on Secrets and Lies (1996), Naked (1993) and his other cinematic releases, visit our YouTube channel.