Beckenham Mansion Family
SCREENING & EVENTS CALENDAR
Beckenham Place Park Mansion
Please note that all screenings and events are on a first come/first served basis. Do visit the website from time to time as we may…
Movies at The Mansion – programme
Beckenham Place Park Mansion
Timings Film Events Where 10:30 am Doors Open 10:30am-11:45 Short animations from London International Animation Festival Large Hall 11:45 -12:15pm Screening: Peter…
Short Animations from London International Animation Festival
Beckenham Place Park Mansion
We start the day with a selection of animated short films curated by our friends from the London International Animation Festival. As always, they offer…
The Amazing Giant Zoetrope
Beckenham Place Park Mansion
Feeling creative? You can get stuck in with workshop facilitator Laura Kloss, who is returning this year with her amazing giant zoetrope. All throughout the…
Art in the Park with Splattermake
Beckenham Place Park
Throughout the day you can get creative with the help of our partners ‘Splattermake’ and our artist volunteers. Their well equipped studio is a wonderful…
Storytelling
Beckenham Place Park Mansion
Of course all filmmaking starts with a story. Storytelling is a great art and we are pleased to invite local storyteller Sarah Hall from Splattheatre…
Events throughout the day
Beckenham Place Park
There will be plenty for you and your family to enjoy on the day. Have a picnic on the grass with food provided by local…
Peter and The Wolf
Beckenham Place Park
This Oscar-winning animated version of Sergei Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf has all the ingredients of the timeless folk tale. There’s the vast snowy field…
Stop Motion Q&A and Workshop with Tim Allen
Beckenham Place Park
We are delighted to welcome renowned animator Tim Allen to our festival. Tim has worked on many films that will be familiar to us all:…
My Life As a Courgette
Beckenham Place Park
Our first family feature is the wonderfully affecting French-Swiss stop-motion masterpiece ‘My Life as a Courgette’. Described by one reviewer as a ‘little miracle of…
Slapstick with live piano by Cyrus Gabrysch
Beckenham Place Park
A running thread through much of our film programming this year is music. Even if a film is silent, it still has music to transport…
Lost & Found
Beckenham Place Park
Based on the best selling book by Oliver Jeffers this is a wonderful animated tale about a young boy who, much to his surprise, finds…
Camberwell
Good Vibrations
Joiners Arms – Camberwell
Feel-good biopic of record-store owner and music promoter Terri Hooley who was instrumental in developing Belfast’s punk-rock scene in the 1970s, fostering an alternative Irish…
Song of the Sea
Camberwell Library
Song of the Sea is a beautiful traditionally animated film about a young Irish boy called Ben and his little sister Saoirse, who is able to…
Wild Tales
The Cambria – Camberwell
An Oscar nominated film from Argentina, Wild Tales is a delicious chocolate box of six darkly humorous tales which explore the theme of revenge and the…
Pantani: The Accidental Death of A Cyclist
Cycle PS – Camberwell
In 1998 Marco Pantani, the most flamboyant and popular cyclist of his era, won both the Tour de France and Giro d’Italia, a titanic feat…
A Pigeon Sat On a Branch Reflecting On Existence
The Pigeon Hole Café – Camberwell
Sam and Jonathan, a pair of hapless travelling salesman selling novelties embark upon a tour of the human condition via 39 absurdist vignettes which blur…
The Falling
The Crooked Well – Camberwell
It’s 1969 at a strict English girls’ grammar school where charismatic Abbie and intense and troubled Lydia are best friends. After a tragedy occurs at…
Carnival of Souls
St Giles Church – Camberwell
As the lone survivor after traumatic car accident, Mary rebuilds her life and becomes drawn to a mysterious abandoned carnival where she must confront her…
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
St Giles Church – Camberwell
In the Iranian ghost-town Bad City, a place that reeks of death and loneliness the townsfolk are completely unaware they are being stalked by a…
Another Sunday and Sweet FA + Fraktus
Dulwich Hamlet Football Club
A night of beer, food, film and music as we celebrate Anglo-German relations and screen an iconic 70s T.V play set in the North of…
Paddington
Sceaux Gardens Tenants and Residents Association – Camberwell
A young Peruvian bear travels to London in search of a home. Finding himself lost and alone at Paddington Station, he meets the kindly Brown…
Changing Face of Camberwell + Pool of London
William Booth College (Salvation Army) – Camberwell
A double bill featuring the charming Changing Face of Camberwell, from the 1960s, plus classic British noir crime thriller, Pool of London, shot on location…
Bugsy Malone
Longfield Hall – Camberwell
The classic gangster story of Bugsy Malone told with the twist of an all child cast. This is a sing-along fancy dress themed night. Turn…
Suffragette
William Booth College (Salvation Army) – Camberwell
Suffragette tells the story of the foot soldiers of the early British feminist movement. The suffragettes were forced underground to pursue a dangerous game of…
They Will Have to Kill us First
The Phoenix – Camberwell
Director Joanna Schwartz’s documentary follows a group of musicians who unite to organise a concert in Timbuktu, Mali, after Islamic extremists ban all forms of…
Rear Window
Coldharbour Studios – Camberwell
Free event but please bring a donation to Pecan’s Southwark Foodbank in the form of food. Alfred Hitchcock’s cult classic thriller. A magazine photojournalist housebound…
Under the Shadow
The Crooked Well – Camberwell
Time of this event to be confirmed. After Shideh’s building is hit my a missile during the Iran–Iraq War, a superstitious neighbour suggests that the…
Reality Bites
Grand Union – Camberwell
Winona Ryder stars as Leliana, a recent college graduate living independently of her supportive out-of-touch parents. Leliana faces the realities of careers and relationships. She…
The Fabulous Baron Munchausen
St Giles Church – Camberwell
Karel Zeman’s The Fabulous Baron Munchausen is an extraordinary and a charming film of the adventures of the self-confident Baron Munchausen (and his companion) in…
Back Story
Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King’s College London
Back Story introduces Dedric, Daniel, Tyree, EJ, and Jeremy. Each has been given a camera, and has been told to document his life for six…
Son of Saul
William Booth College (Salvation Army) – Camberwell
October 1944, Auschwitz-Birkenau. Saul Ausländer is Hungarian member of the Sonderkommando the group of Jewish prisoners isolated from the camp and forced to assist the…
Breaking Away
Cycle PS – Camberwell
Dave (Dennis Christopher) and his working-class friends Cyril (Daniel Stern), Moocher (Jackie Earle Haley) and Mike (Dennis Quaid) spend their post-high school days in Bloomington,…
I, Daniel Blake
William Booth College (Salvation Army) – Camberwell
The eponymous Daniel is an affable, 59-year-old carpenter in Newcastle, fighting to collect his Employment and Support Allowance after falling ill. Waiting to sign on…
Phantom of the Paradise
The Flying Dutchman – Camberwell
Rock opera version of The Phantom of the Opera which also serves as a dark satire of the music business. Notorious record tycoon Swan has…
Bunch Of Kunst – A Film About Sleaford Mods
Joiners Arms – Camberwell
“This documentary film is the perfect antidote to those sexy, racy, rock ‘n’ roll yawns that most bands like to hide behind. We are indeed…
Loving Vincent
Cafe at The ORTUS – Camberwell
Loving Vincent is the world first all painted animated film telling the story of the life and death of Vincent Van Gogh. A young man,…
The Florida Project
The Crooked Well – Camberwell
Warm, winning, and gloriously alive, Sean Baker’s The Florida Project is a deeply moving and unforgettably poignant look at childhood. Set on a stretch of…
The Woman in Black
JazzLive at the Crypt – Camberwell
The film has been described by Reece Shearsmith (League of Gentleman) as “The most terrifying programme I’ve ever seen”. When a friendless old widow dies…
Hausu (House)
JazzLive at the Crypt – Camberwell
An unforgettable mixture of bubblegum teen melodrama and grisly phantasmagoria, Obayashi’s deranged fairy tale Hausu (House) is one of Japanese cinema’s wildest supernatural ventures and…
I Am Not a Witch
Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King’s College London
Part magic realist fable and part gendered social critique, Rungano Nyoni’s debut feature focuses on a young girl who is banished from her village in…
Dispossession: The Great Social Housing Swindle
William Booth College (Salvation Army) – Camberwell
In 2017, housing rose to the top of the British political agenda for the first time in a generation. But despite the media spotlight, few…
London Symphony
William Booth College (Salvation Army) – Camberwell
London Symphony is a brand new silent film – a city symphony – which offers a poetic journey through the capital. It is an artistic…
Paris Is Burning
The Flying Dutchman – Camberwell
We are proud to close this year’s festival with Paris Is Burning, an iconic chronicle of New York’s drag scene in the 1980s, focusing on…
John Carpenter’s Prince of Darkness
JazzLive at the Crypt – Camberwell
A research team finds a mysterious cylinder in an old church… in a place very similar to The Crypt, St. Giles Church, Camberwell Church Street…
Big Fish & Begonia
William Booth College (Salvation Army) – Camberwell
Manga meets Chinese myth in Big Fish & Begonia, a beautifully realised animated feature film for all ages, screening at William Booth College (Salvation Army)…
Catford
Grease sing-a-long
Culverley Green
Catford Film will join the ranks of the Open Air Cinema scene on Saturday, 21 May on Culverley Green SE6 with their most ambitious event…
Opening Gala – The Great Gatsby (12)
The Broadway Theatre
An adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Long Island-set novel, where Midwesterner Nick Carraway is lured into the lavish world of his neighbour, Jay Gatsby. Soon…
Children’s Matinee – The Peanuts Movie
Abbotshall Road Healthy Lifestyle Centre
Snoopy embarks upon his greatest mission as he and his team take to the skies to pursue their arch-nemesis, while his best pal Charlie Brown…
Free Workshop: How to Make a short film
The Talent Factory
Join us for the afternoon and learn the tips and tricks to making a short film. We will teach you about producing, directing, basic cinematography…
Life of Brian (15) – outdoor screening
Catford Broadway
Brian is born on the original Christmas, in the stable next door and through a series of ridiculous events he gains a reputation as the…
20,000 Days On Earth (15)
Catford Constitutional Club
Drama and reality combine in a fictitious 24 hours in the life of musician and international cultural icon Nick Cave. With startlingly frank insights and…
Shorts Night
The Talent Factory
A fantastic night of independent short films, Q&A with the film makers and live music, hosted by Jamie Madge. Jamie comes with an impressive track…
Zombieland (15)
The Broadway Theatre
A shy student trying to reach his family in Ohio, a gun-toting tough guy trying to find the last Twinkie, and a pair of sisters…
Biggie and Tupac (15)
Catford Constitutional Club
In 1997 rap superstars Tupac Shakur and Christopher Wallace were gunned down in separate incidents. Nick Broomfield’s film introduces Russell Poole, an ex-cop with damning…
Free Workshop: Editing
St Laurence Church
THIS EVENT IS NOW FULLY BOOKED. APOLOGIES FOR THE INCONVENIENCE. Spend the afternoon in the hands of an established film editor Jaime Estrada Torres who…
Closing Gala – Life is Beautiful (12A)
St Laurence Church
When an open-minded Jewish librarian and his son become victims of the Holocaust, he uses a perfect mixture of will, humour and imagination to protect…
72 Hour Film Challenge
Catford Constitutional Club
Catford Film 72 Hour Film Challenge 2017 Calling Film Makers Everywhere Catford Film are delighted to be hosting Catford’s very first 72 hour film challenge….
Opening Gala – A United Kingdom (12A)
St Laurence Church
OPENING GALA Catford Free Film Festival 2017 We are delighted to open the festival where we left off last year, in the amazing setting of…
Producing Workshop
The Talent Factory
AN INTRODUCTION TO FILM AND VIDEO PRODUCING WITH ALEXANDRA BENTLEY **Free event – but must book a ticket due to limited spaces – see link…
My Life As A Courgette (PG)
Abbotshall Road Healthy Lifestyle Centre
KIDS SCREENING 10:00 Doors Open 10:30 Film starts Courgette is an intriguing nickname for a 9-year-old boy. Although his unique story is surprisingly universal. After his…
Directing Workshop
Talent Factory
DIRECTING WORKSHOP – WITH TV AND FILM PROFESSIONAL NIGEL BRISTOW Free event – but must book a ticket due to limited spaces (see link below)…
Guardians of the Galaxy – Vol 2 (12A)
Catford Broadway
Outdoors event – please bring something to sit on, chair or blanket Licenced Bar and Food available. 19:00 Music and bar 20:00 Film starts Set…
Camera Fundamentals Workshop
Talent Factory
CAMERA FUNDAMENTALS WITH CHICO DALL’INHA Free Event – But must book a ticket due to limit spaces – see link below https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/camera-fundamentals-catford-free-film-festival-tickets-36606941347 Today’s aspiring filmmakers…
Generation Revolution
Catford Constitutional Club
Doors open all day – event starts 19:30 19:30 – Live music from The Fremen The Fremen describe themselves as Urban Rock, Black Rock or…
Spice World (PG)
Little Nan’s Catford
20:00 Film Starts Join us in Little Nan’s Bar for Catford’s tastiest and quirkiest cocktails. What else could we possibly screen in the latest and…
The Best of the London Short Film Festival with Philip Ilson
Talent Factory
We are delighted to be joined by Philip Ilson. Philip heads up the London Short Film Festival, and also curates the short films for the…
Mindhorn (15) – British Comedy Night
Catford Broadway Studio
BRITISH COMEDY NIGHT (Free event – but MUST book to reserve a seat – small booking fee applies)) https://broadwaytheatre.ticketsolve.com/shows/873579960 We kick off our British comedy…
Gone Too Far (12A)
AFRICAN NIGHT 19:00 Doors Open 19:30 Live music from Subajah, one of London’s leading reggae artists. Subajah is a Deep Roots Reagge singer-songwriter, originally from…
Scriptwriting Workshop
Talent Factory
SCRIPTWRITING WITH RUPERT JONES An introduction to the process of writing. Free event – but must book a ticket due to limited numbers – see…
Beauty and the Beast (PG) 2017
Good Hope Ladywell
09:00am Cafe open 10:30am Film starts Catford Film are delighted to join up with The Good Hope Cafe for our children’s screening of ths updated…
The Woman in Black
Fright Night Party – Secret location – Film and party FRIGHT NIGHT PARTY Sponsored by The Purelake Group http://www.purelake.co.uk/ Book your free coach ticket here https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fright-night-party-tickets-36631156776 This…
Acting Workshop
12 Barmeston Road, Catford
Spend the day with experience acting coach, Ryan Laccohee. Ryan comes with a wealth of acting experience, and coaches actors in a variety of different…
Closing GALA – A Man Called Ove (15)
Catford Constitutional Club
CLOSING GALA 19:00 Doors open 19:30 Live music with Bronzie Gold Bronzie Gold the lead singer/songwriter of the band Diamond Dust performs an acoustic set…
48hr film challenge
Back for 2018! Whether you’re a seasoned film-maker, or just fancy giving it a go, our 48hr film challenge is for you! Anyone interested in…
Blade Runner 2049 (15)
Catford Constitutional Club
We’re kicking off our third Catford Free Film Festival with 2017’s sci-fi blockbuster Blade Runner 2049. Join us for director Denis Villeneuve’s sequel to the…
Call Me By Your Name (15)
St Andrew’s Church Hall
Join us for a screening of Luca Guadagnino’s stunning coming of age romance ‘Call Me By Your Name’. Set in northern Italy in 1983, the…
Le Havre (PG)
St Laurence Church
We’re returning to the stunning St Lawrence’s Church for a special screening of Le Havre. Director Aki Kaurismäki’s comedy-drama premiered at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival….
Cocktail (15)
Little Nan’s Catford
Love the 80s, love cocktails, love Catford? Then this event is for you! Join us at Little Nan’s Bar and enjoy one of their delightful…
City of God (18)
Catford Constitutional Club
We’re back at the Catford Constitutional Club for our Thursday evening screening, and looking forward to showing Fernando Meirelles and Kátia Lund’s City of God. The 2002 Brazilian…
Fright Night | Get Out (15)
Beckenham Place Park Mansion
We’re DEAD excited to return to the incredible Beckenham Place Mansion for this year’s Fright Night event with a screening of Jordan Peele’s Get Out…
Children’s Matinee | Paddington 2 (PG)
St Andrew’s Church Hall
Always one of our favourite events of the festival, bring the whole family along to our kiddies screening of Paddington 2! Join Paddington, now happily…
Double Bill | I Am Not Your Negro (12) and Django Unchained (18)
Unit 2 & 3 Catford Shopping Centre
New for 2018, we’re bringing you a special double bill in our pop-up screening space at Unit 2-3 Catford Shopping Centre. Starting with Raoul Peck’s…
Closing Night | 48hr Film Challenge and Ready Player One (12)
Catford Constitutional Club
All good things must come to an end! Join us for our closing night screening of Ready Player One and enjoy some of the films…
48 Hour Film Challenge
Ninth Life
****NOTE – THIS EVENT WAS ADVERTISED AS BEING AT THE CATFORD CONSTITUTIONAL AND IS NOW MOVED TO NINTH LIFE **** Anyone interested in making a…
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists (PG)
St Andrew’s Church Hall
Pirate Captain sets out on a mission to defeat his rivals Black Bellamy and Cutlass Liz for the Pirate of the year Award. The quest…
Film Making Workshop
The Talent Factory
Free Film Making Workshop – 14th/15th and 21st/22nd September An intensive and highly practical 4-day workshop aimed at anyone who has always wanted to make…
Spider Man into the Spiderverse (PG)
Bellingham Film Palace
*** TIME CHANGE TO THIS EVENT – IS NOW SCREENING AT 3PM *** Miles Morales is a New York teen struggling with school, friends and,…
24 Hour Party People (18)
Bellingham Film Palace
Manchester 1976: Cambridge educated Tony Wilson, Granada TV presenter, is at a Sex Pistols gig. Totally inspired by this pivotal moment in music history, he…
Diego Maradona (12A)
Ninth Life
Constructed from over 500 hours of never-before-seen footage, this documentary centers on the career of celebrated football player Diego Armando Maradona, who played for S.S.C….
Tucked (15)
Catford Mews (Cinema)
TUCKED is a raw and tender drama about an aging 80 year old drag queen who forms an unlikely friendship with a younger queen, both…
Yardie (15)
St Andrew’s Church Hall
Set in ’70s Kingston and ’80s Hackney, Yardie centres on the life of a young Jamaican man named D (Aml Ameen), who has never fully…
Short Film Night
The Talent Factory
A selection of great short films with directors Q&A
Eaten by Lions (12A) and live stand-up
Bellingham Film Palace
19:15 – Live Stand-up with Mark Silcox, plus others TBC. Film follows at 8pm **** Omar and Pete are half brothers. When their parents are…
A Star is Born (15) Outdoors
St Dunstan’s Jubilee Ground
This is an outdoor event:- Please bring chairs, blankets and something warm to wear. Seasoned musician Jackson Maine (Bradley Cooper) discovers-and falls in love with-struggling…
The Big Bad Fox and Other Tales (U)
Catford Mews (Cinema)
Whoever thinks that the countryside is calm and peaceful is mistaken. In it we find especially agitated animals, a Fox that thinks it’s a chicken,…
The Other Side of Hope (12A)
St Laurence Church
Khaled, syrian refugee stows away on a freighter to Helsinki. Meanwhile, Wikström is a traveling salesman who wins big at a poker table and buys…
Shoplifters (15)
Ninth Life
**** Screening of 48 Hour Film Challenge finalists and prize giving 8pm before film screening @8:30 pm *** A Japanese couple stuck with part-time jobs…
Charlton & Woolwich
Planning meeting
Woolwich Equitable
EVERYONE WELCOME The first Charlton & Woolwich Free Film Festival is due to take place in September 2016. Come along to the next planning and…
Select 18’s Introduction to CWFFF
General Gordon Square
SElect18 are a new video production social enterprise, staffed by people recovering from drugs and alcohol misuse. They will be providing an introduction to the festival….
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
General Gordon Square
The Charlton and Woolwich Free Film Festival opens with a cult classic. It’s all haunted mansions and secret labs, corsets and glitter, sex and the…
A Cinephiliac Moment & Virunga Screening
Charlton House
Enjoy a cinephile Saturday afternoon at Charlton House as the Charlton and Woolwich Film Festival gets into full swing! 2.00pm – Talk: A Cinephiliac Moment:…
The Third Man
St George’s Garrison Church, Woolwich
The Third Man is a British classic, directed by Carol Reed and starring Orson Welles. The movie is considered one of the greatest films of…
A Field in England plus SElect 18’s Christine
Charlton House
The third day of the Charlton and Woolwich Free Film Festival kicks off with an afternoon of cinematic treats at Charlton’s hidden gem – Charlton…
Shaun of the Dead
The White Swan
The fun continues on the third day of the Charlton and Woolwich Film Festival with zombie themed comedy at community pub the White Swan in…
The Peanuts Movie
Shrewsbury House Community Centre Library
Our first kids screening of the Charlton and Woolwich Free Film Festival is the latest Snoopy and Charlie Brown adventure. As Charlie Brown embarks on…
City of Dreams
Bathway Theatre, Woolwich
Director Brian Hill introduces his documentary musical set in Dharavi, Mumbai, the biggest slum in Asia. The film combines observational footage of the children’s daily…
Winter of Discontent
The Blue Nile
This film will be introduced by MP for Greenwich & Woolwich Matthew Pennycook Film Plot: This film explores the pain that caused the fury leading…
Shaun the Sheep
The Charlton Park Academy
This is a family screening which will include a short 3 minute welcome from the students at Charlton Park Academy. The Plot: Shaun the Sheep thinks…
Short Film Screening – Charlton and Woolwich Free Film Festival
Charlton House
Sit back and enjoy Charlton and Woolwich Free Film Festival’s short film night showcasing the best shorts around. We have included a selection of of jaw-dropping, head-scratching masterpieces…
Monty Python & The Holy Grail
Shrewsbury House Community Centre Library
Dress up in 70s Python for prizes, drink and Holy Grail Ale from the bar and join King Arthur and Patsy on their quest in…
Master and Commander (cancelled)
General Gordon Square
Sadly, due to technical problems with the screen in General Gordon Square we have had to cancel this screening. Our apologies for any inconveniece. In…
Blow-Up Walk and Talk
White Horse Pub
Blow-Up (1966) is writer/director Michelangelo Antonioni’s iconic view of London’s swinging 60s viewed through the world of fashion photography. It follows a quest by a photographer…
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Building 10
Former scientist Galen Erso lives on a farm with his wife and young daughter, Jyn. His peaceful existence comes crashing down when the evil Orson…
The Others
Charlton House
A woman (Nicole Kidman) who lives in a darkened old house with her two photosensitive children becomes convinced that her family home is haunted. You…
Suffragette
Greenwich Rugby Football Club
In early 20th-century Britain, the growing suffragette movement forever changes the life of working wife and mother Maud Watts (Carey Mulligan). Galvanized by political activist…
Withnail & I
The White Swan
Bruce Robinson’s celebrated cult comedy starring Richard E. Grant and Paul McGann. It’s the end of the 1960s and two out-of-work actors, Withnail (Grant) and…
The Jungle Book
The Charlton Park Academy
In this classic Walt Disney animation based on Rudyard Kipling’s book, Mowgli, an abandoned child raised by wolves, has his peaceful existence threatened by the…
Lust for Life
artFix Woolwich
This lauded drama depicts the life of revered Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh. An intense and imaginative artist, Van Gogh possesses undeniable talent, but he…
Trading Places
Woolwich Equitable
Take two complete strangers, make one of them rich the other poor… just watch the fun while they’re… TRADING PLACES. A classic 80’s bank comedy! …
Ha’way The Lads
The White Swan
TV documentary on Jimmy Seed’s determination to break away from gruelling work in the coalmines to lead a distinguished career in playing football and managing….
Kubo and the Two Strings
Thorntree Primary School
Kubo and the Two Strings is an epic action-adventure set in a fantastical Japan. Clever, kindhearted Kubo ekes out a humble living, telling stories to…
Hidden Figures
Thorntree Primary School
As the United States raced against Russia to put a man in space, NASA found untapped talent in a group of African-American female mathematicians that…
Dirty Dancing
The Stables
Baby (Jennifer Grey) is one listless summer away from the Peace Corps. Hoping to enjoy her youth while it lasts, she’s disappointed when her summer…
1000 Londoners
Old Cottage Coffee Shop Cafe
Short film portraits of our fellow Londoners. We’ll be showing a selection of short films from the 1000 londoners project, a series aimed at describing…
International Short Film Festival
Charlton House
The International Short Film Competition Screening will be at the Grand Library of the reputedly haunted Charlton House from 7pm – 11pm. Films are 18+…
Battle of Britain
St George’s Garrison Church, Woolwich
A faithful re-telling of one of the few battles that can truly be said to have changed the course of history. The film faithfully follows…
Rising From Ashes
The Stables
Rising from Ashes is a feature length documentary about the first Rwandan national cycling team in their bid to make history and represent their country…
Grease Sing-a-Long
Building 10
Experience the friendships, romances and adventures of a group of high school kids in the 1950s. Welcome to the singing and dancing world of “Grease,”…
Planning Meeting
Charlton House
Our first meeting for 2018, open to everyone, is at Charlton House SE7 7:30pm Wednesday 21st February 2018. You’re very welcome.
Yellow Submarine
Shrewsbury House Community Centre Library
The music-loving inhabitants of Pepperland are under siege by the Blue Meanies, a nasty group of music-hating creatures. The Lord Mayor of Pepperland (Dick Emery)…
Mary Poppins
Charlton House
When Jane (Karen Dotrice) and Michael (Matthew Garber), the children of the wealthy and uptight Banks family, are faced with the prospect of a new…
This is Spinal Tap
The White Swan
“This Is Spinal Tap” shines a light on the self-contained universe of a metal band struggling to get back on the charts, including everything from…
Arena – Stanley and his Daughters
artFix Woolwich
‘Children of geniuses tend to have a rather hard time of it. If you’re a genius you have to be a bit tough’, says Unity…
Journey’s End
Charlton House
Based on R.C. Sherriff’s 1928 play of the same name, this 2017 adaptation gives an insight into the experiences of a group of British officers…
Jargon – More Than You Ever Wanted To Know & The Joy of Essex
The Tramshed
Jonathan Meades turns his forensic gaze on that modern phenomenon that drives us all up the wall – jargon. In…
Do the Right Thing
artFix Woolwich
Salvatore “Sal” Fragione (Danny Aiello) is the Italian owner of a pizzeria in Brooklyn. A neighborhood local, Buggin’ Out (Giancarlo Esposito), becomes upset when he…
The Doo Dah Man
Starbucks
The year is 1980, and Jake (Will Brittain) seems to have his life going in all the right directions. He’s got a supportive mother and…
3rd Edition of the International Short Film Competition
Charlton House
And the winner is… The 3rd edition of the Charlton and Woolwich Short Film Competition will bring a selection of very exciting short films under…
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Shrewsbury House Community Centre Library
While truanting from school, young siblings Jeremy and Jemima meet the beautiful Truly Scrumptious (Sally Ann Howes), who falls for their widowed father, Caractacus Potts…
Young Frankenstein
Severndroog Castle
An American grandson of the infamous scientist in invited to Transylvania, where he discovers the process that reanimates a dead body. Respected medical lecturer Dr…
Cinema Paradiso
Shrewsbury House Community Centre Library
This multi award-winning homage to the love of cinema tells the story of Salvatore, now a successful film director, returning home for the funeral…
Black Panther
Royal Artillery Square
After the death of his father, T’Challa returns home to the African nation of Wakanda to take his rightful place as king. When a powerful…
The Greatest Showman
Charlton Manor Primary School
Orphaned, penniless but ambitious and with a mind crammed with imagination and fresh ideas, the American Phineas Taylor Barnum will always be remembered as the…
The Bridge On The River Kwai
St George’s Garrison Church, Woolwich
The Bridge on the River Kwai opens in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp in Burma in 1943, where a battle of wills rages between camp commander…
Life of Brian
The White Swan
Starting life as a joke movie title – ‘Jesus Christ: Lust for Glory’ – Monty Python’s 1979 biblical satire delighted audiences and outraged Mary Whitehouse. …
The Night of the Hunter
St Thomas’ Church
The Night of the Hunter is an American gothic, Biblical tale of greed, sin and innocence, and the only film ever directed by the great…
One Cut of the Dead
The White Swan
ONE CUT OF THE DEAD opens in a run-down, abandoned warehouse where a film crew are making a zombie film… Yet, this is no ordinary…
Leitis in Waiting + Shorts
Thames Side Studios
Leitis in Waiting is the story of Joey Mataele and the Tonga leitis, an intrepid group of native transgender women fighting a rising tide of…
They Shall Not Grow Old
The White Swan
Using ground breaking computer restoration technology, Peter Jackson and his team have created a moving, real-life depiction of the Great War of 1914-18 in restored,…
Double Bill: Faces of Genocide & Shooting Dogs (aka Beyond the Gates)
Charlton House
Faces of Genocide: In this award-winning documentary, five survivors of genocide give dignified, powerful accounts of starvation, deprivation, the murder of families, and living in…
Mars Attacks!
Starbucks
Gasp! A fleet of Martian spacecraft surrounds the world’s major cities and all of humanity waits to see if the extraterrestrial visitors have, as they…
Wonder Woman
Shrewsbury House Community Centre Library
Raised on a sheltered island paradise, when an American pilot crashes on their shores and tells of a massive conflict raging in the outside world,…
Dean Spanley
Charlton House
Bereaved son Henslowe Fisk (Jeremy Northam) reluctantly makes dutiful weekly visits to his distant father Horatio (Peter O’Toole) who has withdrawn from the world…
Akeelah and the Bee
Woolwich Centre Library
“Essentially a sports movie” about competitive spelling, Akeelah and the Bee looks at the high-pressured and often privileged world of American spelling bees where talented…
Ealing
The Ladykillers
Ealing Green
Join us for a FREE outdoor screening of The Ladykillers on Friday 11 August 2017. Perhaps the best-loved classic Ealing Comedy will be screened for…
Dreamgirls
Ealing Green
Join us for a FREE outdoor screening of Dreamgirls on Saturday 12 August 2017, 8.30pm on Ealing Green, in the space opposite the Grove Pub….
Glasgow West End
Daughters of the Dust
The Africa Arts Centre HQ – Glasgow
At the turn of the 20th Century, a family in South Carolina suffer a schism due to different generational values. Hosted by the African Arts…
Blues Brothers
Community Central Halls – Glasgow
A musical cult classic, Jake and Elwood aka The Blues Brothers set out on an adventure through the USA on a mission to save the…
Belleville Rendezvous
Alliance Française Glasgow
A 2003 animated film from France that’s beloved by children and adults alike, this charming adventure follows an elderly woman trying to help her grandson…
The Handmaiden – EVENT CANCELLED
The Flying Duck – Glasgow
Apologies, unfortunately we’ve had to cancel this event because of a fire in Glasgow. A beautiful South Korean film delving into seduction and eroticism, The…
Ratcatcher
New Glasgow Society
1973 Glasgow sees young boy James searching for relief from his family. The coming of age story follows James as his friendships grow and wane…
Wild at Heart
The Flying Duck – Glasgow
Glasgow West End Free Film Festival is back and ready to serve you some cinematic adventures starting with David Lynch’s Wild at Heart (1990). Wild…
Delicatessen
Alliance Française Glasgow
We’re delighted to once again take part in this year’s West End Free Film Festival! Glasgow West End Free Film Festival is back for its…
You Were Never Really Here – POSTPONED
The Flying Duck – Glasgow
This event has been postponed because of Covid-19. Apologies and we’ll let you know the rearranged date asap. Glasgow West End Free Film Festival are…
Le Havre – POSTPONED
Alliance Française Glasgow
This event has been postponed because of Covid-19. Apologies and we’ll let you know the rearranged date asap. (Re)discover with us French drama ‘Le Havre’…
Herne Hill
Planning meeting
Railway Tavern – Tulse Hill
Our 2016 Herne Hill Free Film Festival is drawing closer; do you want to be involved? We’ll be getting local people to local venes to…
Laurel & Hardy double bill with live score by Neil Brand
Station Square
A riotous pair of short films featuring the dizzying escapades of Laurel and Hardy, complete with live accompaniment on piano by the incomparable Neil Brand. Big…
48 Hour Film Challenge
Prince Regent Pub
We want you to come and make a film in a weekend. We give you a prop, a line of dialogue, a Herne Hill location and 48…
Superbob – With Q&A from director
effraspace
The World’s only superhero lives in Peckham. Faster than a bullet, crap with girls.After a freak meteor storm turns postman Bob into a superhero, he…
Kajaki + actor Q&A
Prince Regent Pub
Bafta-nominated Kajaki is tense, powerful and moving. The true-life story of the ultimate race against time. Join us in the Prince Regent and witness the…
Aguirre, The Wrath of God + The Park
The Lido Café
Come down to the Lido Cafe to see one of this visionary filmmaker’s greatest achievements! Based loosely on the true story of 16th-century conquistador Lupe…
Le Havre + talk by Play4Calais
Prince Regent Pub
We are pleased to present Le Havre, in collaboration with Play4Calais. The latest film by Aki Kaurismäki is a heart-warming comedy about an African immigrant who arrives…
The Breakfast Club
Rosendale Primary School – Herne Hill
Five high school students are sentenced to detention and are forced to spend their Saturday in the school library. John Hughes wrote and directed…
Paddington (Relaxed Screening)
Herne Hill School
The Herne Hill Free Film Festival is delighted to be bringing you a relaxed* screening of the charming 2015 film Paddington. A young Peruvian bear…
Good Bye Lenin!
Judith Kerr Primary School
In 1990, to protect his fragile mother from a fatal shock after a long coma, a young man must keep her from learning that her…
24 Hour Party People + Midnight of my life
Off the Cuff Bar – Herne Hill
Midnight of my life (8mins) Steve Marriott is one of the British music scene’s greatest vocalists. Midnight Of My Life is a poignant study of…
Ex Machina + Q&A with Murray Shanahan (scientific advisor to the film)
South London Makerspace
Alex Garland, writer of 28 Days Later and Sunshine, makes his directorial debut with the stylish and cerebral thriller, Ex Machina. Please note: this venue has…
Breaking Away
Herne Hill Velodrome
Set in 1970s American Midwest, Academy Award winning film Breaking Away explores the struggles of four young men from working class backgrounds as they find cycle racing…
Koyaanisqatsi + Stop Making Sense
Off the Cuff Bar – Herne Hill
Koyaanisqatsi (film starts at 7.30pm) In the Hopi language, the word Koyaanisqatsi means “unbalanced life”. The film depicts different aspects of the relationship between humans,…
Uncle Boonme who can recall his past lives
Lombok Thai Restaurant
Winner of both the Asian Film Awards and the Palme D’or at Cannes in 2010, this is a visionary film in the director’s characteristic style:…
Extreme Camping Short Film Night
Prince Regent Pub
Two fantastic and inspiring adventure films from the opposite ends of the camping world! Camping with the Barstows – certificate PG, 19mins (1957-61) A family adventure from…
Grease sing a long
Brockwell Park – Herne Hill
Grease is a pleasing, energetic musical packed with infectiously catchy songs – come along to Brockwell Park, join the Grease loving crowds and sing along…
48 Hour Film competition awards
effraspace
Come and see this year’s winning films and the presentation of awards from Oscar winning producer David Parfitt. Now in its 4th year, the competition…
Silent Running
South London Botanical Institute
Come to the gardens of the South London Botanical Institute and watch Silent Running – a sci-fi classic about an uncomplicated man faced with a complicated…
This Changes Everything
South London Botanical Institute
What if confronting the climate crisis is the best chance we’ll ever get to build a better world? Filmed over over four years in nine countries and…
A Sunday In Hell
Canopy Beer
Follow the rigours of the 1976 Paris–Roubaix bicycle race from the perspective of participants, organisers and spectators at this special screening at Canopy Beer Co. This…
Short Film Night
effraspace
A night showcasing the amazing local filmmaking talent. Back for its third year, a night of films either by local filmmakers or films shot locally…
Just To See: A Mystery – A Portrait of Photographer Philip Perkis
Prince Regent Pub
Join us at The Prince Regent for the UK Premiere of Just To See: A Mystery, a moving documentary on the photographer Philip Perkis. This screening will…
Herne Hill free film festival Sponsors
“Free makes it inclusive, donations make it happen” Our two main festival sponsors this year are Boki’s Hair Salon and Pedder Property. We also have…
Dinner for One
Judith Kerr Primary School
If you thought German New Year celebrations were all about glühwein, strudel, hearty men playing brass instruments and lederhosen you would, apparently, be wrong. You’d…
Rare Exports
Off the Cuff Bar – Herne Hill
Something buried deep inside Koryatunturi in Lapland has been awakened, and reindeer have started to die. Come to OTC on 7th December at 20:00 to…
Love Actually
Rosendale Primary School – Herne Hill
A favourite film for some and a life-draining 2hr 15mins for others, Love Actually is now (whether we want it to be or not) well…
It’s a Wonderful Life
All Saints Church
It may not have won any Oscars but It’s a Wonderful Life is truly one of the great Christmas films. Join us at All Saints…
Frozen (sing-along edition!) First Screening
effraspace
We don’t want to ruin the film for people that haven’t seen it, but we can reveal that Frozen involves Anna and her sister Elsa,…
Frozen (sing- along edition!) Second Screening
effraspace
We don’t want to ruin the film for people that haven’t seen it, but we can reveal that Frozen involves Anna and her sister Elsa,…
The Great Beauty
The Lido Café
An Oscar winner from one of Italy’s finest working Directors, The Great Beauty is a film about a novelist and journalist who on his sixty-fifth…
Religulous
Prince Regent Pub
See Jesus crucified. Hear from a holocaust denying rabbi. Visit a roadside Trucker’s chapel in the US. All in little more than 90 minutes! Come…
Trading Places
Off the Cuff Bar – Herne Hill
Dan Aykroyd, Eddie Murphy, a randy gorilla and commodities trading. If ever there was a recipe for a Christmas comedy classic, 1983’s Trading Places is…
Miracle on 34th Street
Holy Trinity Church
When the lives of mother and daughter Santa sceptics intersect with that of Kris Kringle, one of the pair begins to suspect he may be…
Nightmare Before Christmas
Prince Regent Pub
Jack Skellington, the pumpkin king, is tired of Halloweentown. When he stumbles upon Christmas Town he wants to share his discovery with his friends back…
In Pursuit of Silence
South London Botanical Institute
Patrick Shen’s new film In Pursuit of Silence is a meditative film about our relationship with silence, sound and the impact of noise on our…
BFG (Q&A with Mark Rylance)
Rosendale Primary School – Herne Hill
Directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Mark Rylance, BFG is the hopscotchy adaptation of Roald Dahl’s book about a young orphan named Sophie and the…
48 Hour Film Competition
Prince Regent Pub
The Herne Hill Free Film Festival’s 48 Hour Film Competition is back for its fifth year, continuing its search for local filmmaking talent. If you’re…
Metropolis
All Saints Church
The first great sci-fi film, Metropolis fixed for the rest of the century the image of a futuristic city as a hell of scientific progress…
Untold Stories (Punks for West Papua and Marikana: Precious Metal)
effraspace
On 30 April from 8pm the Herne Hill Free Film Festival is hosting its Untold Stories evening at effraspace. With two films about unconnected tragedies…
Embrace of the Serpent
The Lido Café
A winner at Cannes and a nominee for the 2015 Best Foreign Language Oscar (Colombia’s first ever Oscar nomination), Embrace of the Serpent tells two…
Demain (Tomorrow)
Elmgreen School
Faced with a future that scientists say is a great cause for concern, Demain optimistically identifies initiatives in ten countries around the world that have…
The Future is Female Evening (feat. Four Mums in a Boat)
The Florence
Centred around the documentary Four Mums in a Boat, about four mums from Yorkshire who met on the school run and decided to row across…
Adult Life Skills
Prince Regent Pub
While you would not be wrong in calling Adult Life Skills a playful drama about a woman who lives in a shed you’d be missing…
Imitation of Life
Holy Trinity Church
Despite receiving a luke-warm reception from the critics on its release in 1959, Imitation of Life is now widely regarded as one of the masterpieces…
Adventure Film Night: Bear Island + Short Films
Prince Regent Pub
After a capacity crowd in 2016 we decided to host a second Herne Hill Adventure Film Night in 2017 headlined by Bear Island, the followup…
Train to Busan
The Half Moon
If you thought snakes on a plane had potential but was too tame, you may want to come to The Half Moon on 8 May…
Bob Roberts
The Florence
In 1992 Bob Roberts, a satirical American-British mockumentary, was released written, directed by and starring Tim Robbins. The film wasn’t a massive success at the…
Beautiful Devils
The Half Moon
Screening at 8pm on 10 May at The Half Moon is this modern retelling of Shakespeare’s Othello, set within the music scene of East London….
Easy Rider
Canopy Beer
A down-and-dirty directorial debut from former clean-cut teen star Dennis Hopper, Easy Rider is the definitive counterculture blockbuster. In 1969 it heralded the arrival of…
The Big Lebowski
Off the Cuff Bar – Herne Hill
It’s The Big Lebowski, it’s free (although we’d really appreciate your donations), there’s gonna be a quiz and there’s also gonna be White Russians. We…
Cameraperson
Prince Regent Pub
Cinematographer Kirsten Johnson has shot movies including Michael Moore’s Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004), Kirby Dick’s The Invisible War (2012) and Laura Poitras’s Citizenfour (2014), and in Cameraperson she has created an audacious…
Fuocoammare (Fire at Sea)
The Half Moon
Winner of the Golden Bear at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival, Fire at Sea (or Fuocoammare) is a documentary shot on the Sicilian island…
War of Words
Off the Cuff Bar – Herne Hill
Warning: explicit language! What started as an internet phenomenon has now hit the streets, bars and even major arenas: the noble art of verbal humiliation. Rap…
Do the Right Thing
198 Contemporary Arts and Learning
A regular on lists of the best films of all time and the film that brought Spike Lee fame, fortune and a reputation as one…
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
Brockwell Park – Herne Hill
A cult classic since its release in 1994, The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert tells the music-heavy tale of two drag-queens and a…
Murderball
Fison Fitness
Despite being centred on the sport of Wheelchair Basketball, Murderball isn’t really a sports film. It is however one of those rare documentaries where life…
Little Shop of Horrors
South London Botanical Institute
If the story, of a nerdy florist who finds success and romance with the help of a giant man-eating plant, doesn’t make you want to…
Short Film Night
Prince Regent Pub
A staple of the Herne Hill Free Film Festival’s programme since we began all the way back in 2012 our Short Film Night looks set…
La La Land
Herne Hill Velodrome
In early 2017 a musical was released in UK cinemas that went unnoticed, starred a cast of unknowns and had a score that can be…
48 Hour Film Competition Awards
effraspace
The Herne Hill Free Film Festival’s 48 Hour Film Competition is back for its fifth year, continuing its search for local filmmaking talent. If you’re…
Station Square Silent Showcase
Station Square
With the new piano now well established outside Herne Hill station the Herne Hill Free Film Festival is pleased to be bringing a night of…
Something Better to Come
The Lido Café
Shown to a sell-out crowd at the Barbican in March 2017, the Herne Hill Free Film Festival is excited to be bringing Hannah Polak’s 2014…
Babette’s Feast
Herne Hill Baptist Church
On 7 December put down your LEGO, haul yourself out of your Arne Jacobsen chair and turn off your Bang & Olufsen stereo (playing Aqua’s…
Festive Family Shorts
Judith Kerr Primary School
Come along to Judith Kerr’s annual German Christmas market between 1pm and 4pm, and once you’ve picked up a pretzel, mustardised that bratwurst and filled your…
Paris, Texas
The Lido Café
Paris, Texas is a stunningly told and gorgeously shot examination of alienation, identity and family breakdown. We honestly can’t think of a better way to…
The Italian Job
South London Makerspace
Come down to the South London Makerspace on Thursday 14th December and enjoy the all-time 60s cult comedy classic heist film with the craziest car…
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
All Saints Church
After the success of the Herne Hill Free Film Festival’s screening of La La Land in May, we know that SE24 loves a good musical….
Arthur Christmas
Copper Beech Cafe
Give your festive cheer a mid-December boost at the Copper Beech Cafe at JAGs Sports Club on the 17th December at 3pm, with a free…
Make a Film in a Day!
198 Contemporary Arts and Learning
If you’ve ever been tempted to make a film, but haven’t known how, come along to the 198 Gallery on Railton Road on April 28th…
Loving Vincent + Q & A
The Lido Café
It is with great pleasure that we are launching our 2018 Free Film Festival with the award winning animation ‘Loving Vincent’. Afterwards we have a…
48Hr Film Competition “Toolkit”
The Half Moon
Ever wanted to know how screen actors do it? Thinking of entering the 48hr film challenge but you’re unsure of the best way to make…
London WIP Club
The Florence
The WIP Club. Intrigued? Get on down to the Lupino Room at the Florence, where we’re teaming up for the first time with this roving…
Dispossession: The Great Social Housing Swindle
The Rotunda Hall, Cressingham Gardens
In 2017 housing rose to the top of the British political agenda for the first time in a generation. But despite the media spotlight, few…
48 Hour Film Competition
Prince Regent Pub
Supported by Herne Hill’s very own Yoga Point, in 2018 the Herne Hill Free Film Festival’s 48 Hour Film Challenge is back to continue its…
Kids’ Drama Workshop
effraspace
Come and enjoy a half hour of FREE fun drama games at one of our kids’ workshops taking place before each of our screenings of…
Kids’ Drama Workshops
effraspace
Come and enjoy a half hour of FREE fun drama games at one of our kids’ workshops taking place before each of our screenings of…
Human Flow
Yoga Point
“When there is nowhere to go, nowhere is home.” Refugee movements are often seen in terms of overwhelming statistics. Human Flow puts faces to numbers…
Spettacolo
The Half Moon
Rated as one of the top ten documentaries of 2017 but – for reasons unknown to us – never graced with a release in the…
Belleville Rendez-Vous
Herne Hill Velodrome
Belleville Rendez-Vous is a stylish and charming animation written and directed by Sylvain Chomet. The main characters are Madame Souza, her orphaned grandson Champion and his dog…
Girls’ Documentary Workshop
Effra Early Years Centre
Join us for our Girls’ Voices Day! Always wanted to make a film? Got a story to tell? Our inspirational documentary workshop for young women…
Queen of Katwe
Effra Early Years Centre
Our Girls’ Voices Day (which kicks off at 2pm with our documentary workshop for girls) culminates in this inspiring true story of a 10-year-old girl…
Little Shop of Horrors
Brockwell Park Community Greenhouses
If the story of a nerdy florist, who finds success and romance with the help of a giant man-eating plant, doesn’t make you want to…
Stranger in Paradise
Prince Regent Pub
“If Lars Von Trier were to make a documentary about the current immigration crisis in Europe, it might very well turn out like Stranger in…
Paddington 2
Rosendale Primary School – Herne Hill
If you were concerned that Paddington 2 couldn’t top the original then rest assured. This wonderful sequel has even more of the feel-good moments, slapstick…
48 Hour Film Competition Awards
Upstairs at the Station
Supported by Herne Hill’s very own Yoga Point, in 2018 the Herne Hill Free Film Festival’s 48 Hour Film Challenge is back to continue its…
The Good, The Bad, The Weird
Canopy Beer
Set in Manchuria in the 1930s, The Good, the Bad, the Weird is Kim Jee-woon’s Eastern Western. Director and writer Kim Jee-woon is known for…
Short Film Night
Prince Regent Pub
A staple of the Herne Hill Free Film Festival’s programme since we began all the way back in 2012, our Short Film Night looks set…
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Judith Kerr Primary School
We loved Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri as soon as we saw it. Luckily, as it was only released on 12th January 2018 in the…
Instrument of Change: Street Piano + Live Music
Station Square
The Herne Hill Free Film Festival presents an evening in honour of our beloved street piano, with live piano music and a screening of the…
The Red Turtle
Herne Hill Baptist Church
The Herne Hill Baptist Church opens its doors on bank holiday Monday for this beautifully animated fantasy film that will appeal to adults and children…
Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell
Off the Cuff Bar – Herne Hill
Wild Combination explores the life and the strange, dreamy music of experimental cellist, Arthur Russell. With interviews from his family, friends and colleagues, using archive…
Beyond the Photo
Prince Regent Pub
We celebrate London History Day with a new film that explores the issues faced by a community in the 1970s. Directed by Cathy Hassan, Beyond…
Being Blacker + Director Q&A
The Railway Tavern
As the final whistle blows on the Herne Hill Free Film Festival, you’ll find us at The Railway, revving up for a bonanza night! Our…
The Herne Hill Free Film Festival Pub Quiz
The Commercial
In 2019. At 8PM. On 29 April. At The Commercial. £2 entry. The Herne Hill Free Film Festival is pressing detonate on a quizzical first…
Black Panther
Station Hall
After his first two big-cat related superhero films – Pink Tiger and Burgundy Leopard – flopped at the box office director Ryan Coogler almost threw…
Mary Poppins Returns
Rosendale Primary School – Herne Hill
Decades after her original visit, everyone’s favourite magical nanny returns to help the Banks siblings and Michael’s children through a difficult time in their lives….
48 Hour Film Challenge Registration
Prince Regent Pub
The Herne Hill Free Film Festival’s 48 Hour Film Challenge is back for its seventh year. Over the years we’ve had well over a hundred…
Being Frank: The Chris Sievey Story
The Half Moon
Being Frank: The Chris Sievey Story was one of our favourite screenings at the London Film Festival last year, and to say we’re ecstatic to…
48 Hour Film Challenge Submission
Prince Regent Pub
The Herne Hill Free Film Festival’s 48 Hour Film Challenge is back for its seventh year. Over the years we’ve had well over a hundred…
The Babadook
Canopy Beer
A box office slow burner but a critically acclaimed horror, The Babadook is a chilling feature that marks the directorial debut of Australian actor Jennifer…
The Road to Independence + Q&A
Prince Regent Pub
Fed up with the daily grind back in 2013 Olie Hunter Smart has spent the last 6 years living a more adventurous life, whilst dipping…
Bicycle Thieves
Herne Hill Velodrome
Intimately depicting the deprivations of post-war Italy while simultaneously transcending them with a universal story of hope, despair and raw human emotion, Bicycle Thieves graces…
American Animals
Effra Early Years Centre
The incredible and anxiety inducing, “true story” of four alienated young men in Kentucky who plot to commit a multi million dollar book heist from…
Mind Matters: Short Film Night with Directors’ Q&A
Prince Regent Pub
From poetry to perceptions of perfection, we explore some of the least expected ways people are finding to deal with their mental health and wellbeing….
Chasing Coral
Elmgreen School
A product of Netflix’s monumental content-producing machine and Winner of the Audience Award for US Documentary at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival, Chasing Coral is…
The Passion of Joan of Arc
All Saints Church
In the atmospheric surroundings of All Saints Church, we’re delighted to present The Passion of Joan of Arc. A classic of the late silent era, Carl…
Wreck it Ralph 2: Ralph Breaks The Internet
effraspace
Ralph’s first outing in 2012 – described as a Who Framed Roger Rabbit for the joystick generation – became a surprise treat, combining strolls down…
A Quiet Place
Brockwell Lido – Herne Hill
The apocalypse has happened. Giant reptiles stalk the land, preying on humans. The good news is they can’t see you. The bad news is they…
Silent Running
Brockwell Park Community Greenhouses
The Brockwell Park Community Greenhouses provide a perfect backdrop for this post-apocalyptic sci-fi starring Bruce Dern as the original eco-warrior. Originally released in 1972 with…
Short Film Night
Prince Regent Pub
On 23 May our Short Film Night returns for its 6th outing to showcase the wealth of film-making talent we have in Herne Hill. All…
Bohemian Rhapsody
Judith Kerr Primary School
We’ll be scaramouching and fandangoing on 24 May at Judith Kerr Primary School as we bring the 2019 Oscar winner Bohemian Rhapsody to our (previously)…
Isle of Dogs
Brockwell Park – Herne Hill
In celebration of all Herne Hill hounds, we bring Wes Anderson’s award winning stop-motion animated Isle of Dogs to Brockwell Park for this year’s biggest…
48 Hour Film Challenge Awards
Station Hall
The Herne Hill Free Film Festival’s 48 Hour Film Challenge is back for its seventh year. Over the years we’ve had well over a hundred…
The Ponds + (Swimming Shorts)
The Lido Café
The ponds at Hampstead Heath are packed through summer, but there is also a hardcore group who swim throughout the year. In this uplifting film,…
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Station Hall
Swinging its way to an Oscar for best animated feature in 2018, Spider-man: Into the Spider-Verse marks the latest film featuring everyone’s favourite arachnid superhero….
A Matter of Life and Death
Herne Hill Baptist Church
WW2 RAF pilot Peter Carter should have died that night. As his burnt up Lancaster bomber plummeted to its end over the English Channel, the…
Laurel & Hardy with Neil Brand + The Wonderful Walk premiere
Station Square
Our night at Station Square has been one of the highlights of the Herne Hill Free Film Festival every year since we launched. We wheel…
Better Watch Out
Canopy Beer
If the election isn’t horrifying enough then we dare you to come to Canopy Brewery Tap Room for a Christmas fright. Better Watch Out combines…
New Cross & Deptford
Launch party: Summer of Sam + 70’s disco
The Duke
Spike Lee’s tense disco-fuelled drama. New York City, Studio 54, CBGB and a serial killer called Sam kick start #NXDFFF16 with Spike Lee’s tense disco-fuelled…
The Lion King
The Bear Church
A classic from Disney’s Renaissance era retelling Shakespeare’s Hamlet for all the family. This Disney animated feature follows the adventures of the young lion Simba,…
City Of Rats + DJ Set
Giffin Square
Bike Powered screening, courtesy of Electric Pedals of Slam City’s first skate doc with Q & A from film maker Henry Edward Woods and pro-skaters…
Withnail & I
Sanford Housing Co-op
Ever taken a holiday by mistake? Two out-of-work actors — the anxious, luckless Marwood and his acerbic, alcoholic friend, Withnail — spend their days drifting…
This Changes Everything
The Field
The Field presents This Changes Everything, the film directed by Avi Lewis, and inspired by Naomi Klein’s international non-fiction bestseller This Changes Everything. An inspiring…
A Boy A Girl And A Bike + ‘Tour de Deptford’ Group Ride
London Velo
An afternoon of cycling and cinema hosted by London Velo. Who wouldn’t want to join a bicycle club that counts Honor Blackman and Diana Dors…
Back to the Present – Indie Short Films
New Cross Inn
Short films from international creative Indie filmmakers. Filmmakers from UK, Northern Ireland, USA working in different genres, with different perspectives and different scenarios show us…
Waste Land / co-organized with Braziliarty
Sanford Housing Co-op
What happens in the world’s largest trash city will transform you. An uplifting feature documentary highlighting the transformative power of art and the beauty of…
Reykjavik Rising + director Q&A
New Cross Learning
“In October 2008 Iceland was hit with one of the biggest financial disasters any nation in the world had experienced. In response, citizens took to…
The Barkleys Of Broadway
Hill Station Cafe
Fred and Ginger in glorious technicolor with spectacular dancing, wit and music. Dream team Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in this musical comedy about a…
Faster Pussycat! Kill Kill! + live punk bands
The Birds Nest
Go-Go for a wild ride with the Action Girls in Russ Meyer’s cult favourite. Three top heavy sadistic go-go dancers holding a young girl hostage…
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead
Deptford Lounge
Two minor characters from the play, “Hamlet” stumble around unaware of their scripted lives and unable to deviate from them. Will Rosencrantz and Guildenstern manage…
Deptford Double Creature Feature
Overdrive Studios
Sex, bugs and rock ‘n’ roll The greatest anti-gentrification musical comedy you’ll ever see – with cockroaches! Joe’s Apartment warns of the dangers of gentrification…
Romeo + Juliet
Somerville Adventure Playground
Two teenagers, meet at a party, fall in love and decide to get married. But will it be a happy ending? Shakespeare for the…
Spice World The Movie! Sing – a – long screening
Golden Anchor
Hang on to your knickers, pump up your platforms and fasten your seat belts. World famous pop group The Spice Girls zip around London in…
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
The Mine Sweeper
Renowned oceanographer Steve Zissou has sworn vengeance upon the rare shark that devoured a member of his crew. With a plan to exact revenge Zissou…
The Clean Bin Project + The Vegetable Boat Traders of Dal Lake (short)
Sanford Housing Co-op
Is it possible to live completely waste free? In this multi-award winning documentary experiment, partners Jen and Grant go head to head in a competition…
Austerity and The Divide + discussion
New Cross Learning
Two films about contemporary inequality. It isn’t based on real life this is real life! One year on from presenting previews of their films, filmmakers…
Spaghetti Shakespeare: Johnny Hamlet – To Kill Or Not To Kill
Out of the Brew
A visually stunning and exuberant retelling of Hamlet as a Spaghetti Western. This bravura spaghetti western opens with a stunningly mystical dream sequence and proceeds to…
L’Atalante
APT Studios
Jean Vigo’s achingly romantic tale of desire and hope screened in a courtyard next to Deptford Creek. *RAIN FORECAST – NOW INDOORS * Jean ,…
Julius Caesar
Deptford Lounge
A lavish, splendid and star-studded Hollywood adaptation of the Shakespearean tale of loyalty, betrayal, and political intrigue in ancient Rome. The growing ambition of Julius…
Forbidden Planet + Electronic DJ set
Deptford Lounge
The film will be introduced Deptford Lounge Hothouse artists Uninvited Guests, followed by electronic DJ set. In this sci-fi classic, a spacecraft travels to the…
Something Better to Come
Sanford Housing Co-op
Ten-year-old Yula has but one dream – to lead a normal life. For 14 years, the director follows Yula as she grows up in the…
Wünderlust’s Wild Weekend – Wild Tales
Wünderlust @The Big Red
An evening of wild film, food and music. Wild Tales, a collection of short films where the characters cross the thin line dividing civilisation and…
Wünderlust’s Wild Weekend – Where the Wild Things Are
Wünderlust @The Big Red
For the wild kids… Where the Wild Things Are. Based on the classic children’s book by Maurice Sendak, join Max who sails away to an island inhabited by creatures known as the “Wild Things,”…
Gureombi: The Wind is Blowing + Jeju’s Aching Heart + Q&A
Deptford Cinema
Two documentaries about the peace movement on Jeju Island, South Korea. Villagers and activists fight to halt construction of a huge US naval base on…
Labyrinth – bike powered Bowie
Telegraph Hill Upper Park
Surreal coming-of-age fantasy….with Muppets. Our final out door, bike powered screening, courtesy of Electric Pedals had to be a Bowie film this year. Join us as…
Jamaican Films + Talks + Unit 137 Soundsystem
Buster Mantis
An afternoon of Jamaican films, food and music. An triple bill of Jamaican films brought to you in association with the Jamaica International Reggae Film…
Closing party: Rubble Kings + DJ Ross Allen
Buster Mantis
The story of New York street gangs and the music that gave birth to Hip-Hop culture. Rubble Kings, chronicles life during the era of gang…
Babylon + Special Guests
Job Centre bar – Deptford
Watch cult 1980s drama Babylon in Deptford, the area where it was filmed. Includes special guests and DJ set after the film. This special screening…
A Raisin In The Sun (Black History Month)
New Cross Learning
An African-American family struggles with poverty, racism, and inner conflict as they strive for a better way of life. In a cramped apartment on the south…
Stormy Weather (Black History Month)
Hill Station Cafe
The relationship between an aspiring dancer and a popular songstress with a star studded cast including Lena Horne, Bill Robinson Cab Calloway, Fats Waller and the…
The Butler (Black History Month)
House Of Bread
Cecil Gaines (Forest Whitake) gets the opportunity of a lifetime when he is hired as a butler at the White House. Over the course…
Pressure (Black History Month)
Deptford Cinema
Pressure is a powerful portrait of inter-generational tensions between first and second-generation West Indian migrants in London’s Notting Hill area. Set in Ladbroke Grove,…
Rubble Kings plus discussion (Black History Month)
Somerville Adventure Playground
Rubble Kings is a documentary film that depicts gang violence in the Bronx during the 1970s. The film explores the similarities with todays gang culture and…
Belle (Black History Month)
Curzon Goldsmiths
Dido Elizabeth Belle – the illegitimate daughter of a Royal Navy captain, John Lindsay, and an African woman named Maria Belle – was raised at…
Baby Mother (Black History Month)
Deptford Cinema
Anita wants to become a professional reggae singer and performs with her friends, Sharon and Yvette. However, Anita’s husband, Byron, wants her to give up…
Meet Me In St Louis – Christmas Fundraiser
St Catherine’s Church
New Cross and Deptford Free Film Festival in conjunction with St Catherine’s Church and The Telegraph Hill Centre, are hosting a special Christmas screening of…
Chef + Launch Party – a sensory overload of film food and music
The White Hart
Carl Casper is an acclaimed chef whose frustrations boil over against a restaurant critic who panned his cooking of food that his boss ordered him…
Kung Fu Panda
The Bear Church
Legend tells of a legendary warrior whose kung fu skills were the stuff of legend. Jack Black stars alongside Jackie Chan and Angelina Jolie in…
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory – with Electric Pedals
Telegraph Hill Upper Park
Our open air bike-powered classic takes you on a whirlwind tour of Willy’s incredible, edible realm of chocolate waterfalls, Oompa-Loompas and industrial-sized confections We will…
Mall Rats – (Start Time 6pm)
Curve
Critics called it “lowbrow slacker comedy”. We say “Silent Bob! Stinkpalm! Stan Lee! Who could ask for more?” Kevin Smith’s follow-up to ‘Clerks’, his hugely…
Advanced Style
Hill Station Cafe
Advanced Style is a documentary that shows the lives of seven unique New Yorkers who’s eclectic unique style and vital spirit have guided their approach to…
Short films by UK based Korean directors: ‘Kung Fu Grandma’ and ‘Vibration’
Deptford Cinema
Kung Fu Grandma: In a rural Kenyan slum, elderly women have become vulnerable to attack, at the hands of younger men. Fuelled by rumours that intercourse…
SEWOL + Q & A with Director Ok-Hee Jeong
Deptford Cinema
The South Korean passenger ferry ‘Sewol’ sank on the 16th of April 2014. Of the 304 killed, 250 were high school children. It is still…
A Field In England
Sanford Housing Co-op
Take a trip into the past. England: The English Civil War. A small group of deserters flee from a raging battle through an overgrown field….
REMAKESPLOITATION presents: Remake, Remix, Rip-Off + Q&A
The Duke
The REMAKESPLOITATION film club is delighted to present a screening of the hilarious documentary Remake Remix Rip-Off. It tells the bizarre history of Turkish remakes…
European Shorts
Deptford Lounge
Got the Brexit Blues? Celebrate cultural exchange with a selection of short films from different countries across Europe. A diverse programme curated especially for New…
Reservoir Dogs – Lets Go To Work
St. Pauls House Unit
They were perfect strangers, assembled to pull off the perfect crime. Then their simple robbery explodes into a bloody ambush and the ruthless killers realise…
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, NO GOOD, VERY BAD DAY!
Deptford Green School
Alexander’s day begins with gum stuck in his hair, followed by more calamities. However, he finds little sympathy from his family and begins to wonder…
Singalong Sister Act 2 ’round Little Nan’s
Little Nan’s Deptford Bar
Come ’round Little Nan’s and watch Sister Act 2 on the big screen tv. Rated as one of the best films ever to be made…
John Berger Night: Ways of Seeing/Man with a Movie Camera
Lewisham Art House
As a tribute to John Berger who died in January, we are screening episode one of his groundbreaking TV series Ways of Seeing from 1972….
Metropolis
Deptford Lounge
A future where an exploited underclass works in subterranean machine halls to support a small, pampered aristocracy living in palatial skyscrapers. In a futuristic city…
Racing Extinction
Sanford Housing Co-op
Scientists predict we may lose half the species on the planet by the end of the century. They believe we have entered the sixth major…
Breaking Away – with Electric Pedals
Folkestone Gardens
Breaking Away on the Quietway! Join Deptford Folk in Folkestone Gardens SE8 next to Quietway 1 to watch Academy Award™ winner Breaking Away on a…
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert – plus DJs until 1am.
The Brookmill
Two drag-queens and a transgender woman are hired to perform at a drag show in Alice Springs in the remote Australian desert. The film follows…
Iphonography Masterclass + My Lewisham Challenge
Somerville Adventure Playground
Join professional film-maker Cassius Rayner as he shows you how to turn the humble smartphone into a cutting edge film camera. As well as top…
Big Hero 6
Deptford Lounge
An action comedy adventure about brilliant robotics prodigy Hiro Hamada. Hiro finds himself in the grips of a criminal plot that threatens to destroy the…
Honey at the Top
Sanford Housing Co-op
Honey at the Top is a film about the Sengwer forest people of the Cherangani Hills, Kenya, being evicted from their ancestral land in the…
Bee Movie + Bottle Bee Craft
Deptford Park Playclub
Younger film goers can make a beeline for Deptford Park Playclub. Join the buzz from 10am-12.30pm watching Barry the bee fly away on un-bee-lievable adventures…
Five Heartbeats + Closing Party
Buster Mantis
Festival closing film followed by funk after party with DJ Fraggs. In the early 1960’s, a quintet of hopeful young African American men form an amateur…
The Rocky Horror Picture Show – Fundraiser
Calling all Rocky virgins and committed fans: The campest of cult classics is coming to church. The screening will take place in the gorgeously gothic…
Get Out – Launch Night Film + Party
Brick Brewery
Jordan Peele’s breakout film of 2017 is a chilling satire on liberal racism in America. When a preppy rich girl takes her African American boyfriend…
The Memory of The 25th Hour ( 스물다섯번째시간)+Q&A with Director Sungeun Kim
Deptford Cinema
The film traces memories of a ten year resistance against the construction of a huge military base at Gangjeong village, Jeju Island, South Korea. Facing…
Paddington 2
The Bear Church
“He looks for the good in all of us” – The Bear Church is delighted to present Paddington 2 – a film for all the…
The Lenox Project presents: Admiral: Command & Conquer
St Nicholas’ Church
A beautifully filmed adventure movie recounting the life of Dutch Admiral Michiel De Ruyter (Frank Lammers) from the 1653 start of the Anglo-Dutch wars to…
Nacho Libre – bike powered screening with Electric Pedals – EVENT CANCELLED
Telegraph Hill Upper Park
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO BAD WEATHER
The Battle of Lewisham + We Are The Lambeth Boys
Green Onions Healthfood + Records
Two films with a South London focus. The first film centres on The Battle of Lewisham and the effect that this memorable event had on…
My Heart Is Not Broken Yet (나의 마음은 지지 않았다) +Q&A with Justice For ‘Comfort Women’ UK + Art exhibition
Deptford Does Art
Grandma Song Sin-do was one of an estimated 250,000 women forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese Imperial Army during WW2. This film shows her…
Short Films – Deptford Resists and Lives
Old Tidemill Garden
Welcome to Old Tidemill Wildlife Garden. A beautiful, magical community garden in the heart of Deptford. We will be screening some short films made by local…
The Big Lebowski
The Black Horse
When “The Dude” Lebowski is mistaken for a millionaire named Lebowski, two thugs urinate on his rug to coerce him into paying a debt he…
Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner
Hill Station Cafe
An upper middle class, liberal couple (Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn) are challenged when their daughter brings home her African American fiancé (Sidney Poitier) in…
Concrete Soldiers UK + Q&A + discussion
Sanford Housing Co-op
Concrete Soldiers UK is a new documentary, looking at the regeneration of council estates in London and across the country. Starved of funds by central…
Night of shorts – Lived Experience + Q&A
Sanford Housing Co-op
Cla’am (15 mins), Nathaniel Martello-White, 2017, UK. A dark, surreal comedy about the impossibly rapid gentrification of a London area. Cheltenham Tapes (15 mins), SPID…
Drawing From Film – Blood of the Poet
Buster Mantis
London Drawing Group will be hosting a workshop in which Jean Cocteau’s avant-garde masterpiece The Blood of the Poet will be screened whilst participants use…
Loco, Local, Lo-fi
The White Hart
Loco, Local, Lo-fi – celebrates the crazy, the talented and the thrifty film-makers in this unique collection of short films and screen based performance. We’ve…
San Andreas
Deptford Lounge
San Andreas – we always knew this day would come. A seemingly ideal day turns disastrous when California’s notorious San Andreas fault triggers a devastating,…
Dispossession: The Great Social Housing Swindle
New Cross Learning
Dispossession: The Great Social Housing Swindle is a feature documentary directed by Paul Sng and narrated by Maxine Peake. The film explores the catastrophic failures…
Lewisham At Home
Stephen Lawrence Centre
Three short documentaries reflecting on life in the borough including Mr Pink’s famous house on Lewisham Way. A Portrait of Mr Pink (1997) depicts Mr…
Election + short film The Jossers
Vive Living
Reading Writing Revenge – Celebrate election night in Deptford with this satirical, black comedy-drama. Tracey Flick (Reese Witherspoon) is running unopposed for the high school…
SINK + Q&A
Deptford Cinema
NXDFF is delighted to present this pre-release screening of locally shot film, SINK, followed by a Q&A with writer/director Mark Gillis. “It draws you in…this…
Moonstruck + Disco
The Brookmill
When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that’s amore. In New York’s Little Italy, a woman falls in love with her…
343 Record Label and friends
Deptford Cinema
Local music collective including Record Label 343, The Vintage Group, Cellar Door, Blakie and friends talk about forging their way into the music industry. From…
Sing – outdoor bike powered with Electric Pedals
Pepys Park
Set in a world like ours but entirely inhabited by animals, ‘Sing’ stars Buster Moon, a dapper Koala who presides over a once-grand theatre that…
The Love Witch
Deptford Does Art
She Loved Men… To Death. Inspired by Hollywood melodrama, Technicolor and exploitation movies, The Love Witch is a campy, colourful tale about a witch looking…