Past Events

Viewing Archived Events: Documentary

Exhibition on Screen – Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition

Saturday 3rd June 2023 - Wednesday 7th June 2023

In the spring of 2023, the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam will open its doors to the largest Vermeer exhibition in history. This film invites audiences to a private view of the exhibition, accompanied by the director of the Rijksmuseum and the curator of t...

I Get Knocked Down + Q&A with Director Dunstan Bruce (15)

Friday 26th May 2023

I Get Knocked Down is the untold story of Leeds-based anarcho-pop band Chumbawamba.

Exhibition on Screen – Tokyo Stories

Thursday 25th May 2023

Based on a major exhibition at the Ashmolean in Oxford, Tokyo Stories spans 400 years of incredibly dynamic art – ranging from the delicate woodblock prints of Hokusai and Hiroshige, to Pop Art posters, contemporary photography, Manga, film, and br...

Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power (18)

Saturday 13th May 2023 - Thursday 18th May 2023

A deep dive into cinema history, using more than 175 film clips from Hollywood favourites and cult classics, from 1896 through to the present.

Plymouth Urban Tree Festival: The Hidden Life of Trees (PG)

Tuesday 16th May 2023

Part of a national event celebrating the importance of urban trees. Branching off of his best-selling book, renowned forester and writer Peter Wohlleben guides us through his most precious ideas and understanding of how trees work in this enlightenin...

Meet Me In The Bathroom (15)

Saturday 8th April 2023 - Thursday 13th April 2023

An immersive journey through the New York music scene of the early 2000s, featuring never-before-seen footage of artists like Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Strokes, Interpol and LCD Soundsystem.

Fashion Reimagined (12A)

Saturday 11th March 2023 - Thursday 16th March 2023

‘This film will shock you, inspire you - and charm you. A must-watch not just for the fashion industry but for everyone who wears clothes’ - Jess Cartner-Morley, Associate Editor (Fashion), The Guardian

Exhibition on Screen – Mary Cassatt: Painting The Modern Woman (U)

Wednesday 8th March 2023

Released to coincide with International Women’s Day. Mary Cassatt made a career painting the lives of the women around her. Her radical images showed them as intellectual, curious and engaging, which was a major shift in the way women appeared in a...

All the Beauty and the Bloodshed (18)

Friday 17th February 2023 - Thursday 23rd February 2023

Oscar®-winning filmmaker Laura Poitras (Citizenfour) presents a stirring portrait of renowned artist and activist Nan Goldin, focussing on her fight against Big Pharma.

The Felling (12A)

Monday 12th December 2022

The Felling – An Epic Tale of People Power is a first-hand account of an extraordinary and shocking tale, where Sheffield citizens from 18-90 years old rise up to stop the destruction of their city's healthy street trees.

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