Event type: Film

Mystery Theatre Club : Edition 12, Wel...

Mystery Theatre Club in collaboration with Homebaked CLT and the Cosy Homes Club

Edition #12

Kitty’s Laundrette

77 Grasmere St, Liverpool L5 6RH

Doors and food from 7pm

Film starts at 7:30pm

Pay What You Can

Free Hot Meal! – Discussion after the Screening!

Join the Mystery Theatre Club for a monthly archived screening of unique, world-class theatre shows. Embrace experimental and contemporary works from exciting theatre makers.

This time they are celebrating the work of Welfare State International!

Founded in 1968 by John Fox and Sue Gill, Roger Coleman and others, Welfare State International was a loose association of freelance artists bought together by shared values and philosophy.

WSI first became well known for large-scale outdoor spectacular events. When the company began, taking art out of theatres and galleries into the street was considered revolutionary. The company’s name was originally ‘The Welfare State’ offering art for all on the same basis as education and health.

Under the Welfare State umbrella, a remarkable group of engineers, musicians, sculptors, performers, poets and pyrotechnicians invented and developed site-specific theatre in landscape, lantern processions, spectacular fireshows, community carnivals and participatory festivals. These creations were by turns beautiful, abrasive, didactic, provocative, disturbing, wondrous and even gently therapeutic.

Mapantsula – film screening w/ Q...

“South Africa from a Black perspective… it’s about time.” – Spike Lee

On 16th May at Metal, Edge Hill Station they’re screening Mapantsula to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Freedom Day, which commemorates the first post-apartheid elections to take place in South Africa in 1994.

Released in 1988 and created while evading the censorship of the authorities whose brutal and sinister activities the film set out to expose, Mapantsula is a gripping drama and an almost miraculous opportunity to understand South Africa from within during its struggle for freedom.

A great crime film and a real slice of life, Mapantsula tells the story of Panic: a small-time hood who believes he sees all the angles. But he is soon in the web of the authorities, pushed to betray the revolutionaries fighting for change.

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Get your ticket today and join them – there will be refreshments, sweet treats and a Q&A with very special guests!

The Thief of Bagdad

The Thief of Bagdad: Film Screening + Q&A with Michelle Williams Gamaker

Thu 6 Jun, 6:30pm – 9:15pm

Join Bluecoat for a special screening of The Thief of Bagdad, a cinematic masterpiece from 1940. Following the screening, award-winning artist Michelle Williams Gamaker will lead a Q&A session, providing insight into the intersection of art, cinema, and storytelling. Williams Gamaker, the creative force behind Bluecoat’s current exhibition ‘Our Mountains Are Painted on Glass’ will explore the themes and inspirations behind both the exhibition and the film.

The Thief of Bagdad is a fantasy adventure filled with magic, romance, and thrilling escapades. Set in the enchanting world of ancient Arabia, we follow the journey of Ahmed, the ousted King of Bagdad, as he seeks to reclaim his rightful throne and win the heart of a princess, all while battling the nefarious sorcerer Jaffar. Directed by the talented trio of Michael Powell, Ludwig Berger, and Tim Whelan, this classic continues to mesmerise audiences with its breath-taking special effects, vibrant visuals, and captivating story, keeping viewers spellbound for generations.

Don’t miss this unique opportunity to experience the magic of The Thief of Bagdad and engage with the creative mind behind their current exhibition.

Doors: 6pm
The Thief of Bagdad: 6:30pm
Q&A: 8:30pm

Tickets: £10.50

Limited availability, book now to avoid disappointment.

MARRIAGE (IN)EQUALITY IN UKRAINE: Scre...

The video art transports us to an imaginary world where heterosexual couples cannot legalise their relationships. The events take place during the war in Ukraine, which exacerbates the problems faced by couples – the inability to arrange guardianship for their children or to visit an injured partner in the hospital. Some of the characters are representatives of the LGBTQ+ community, who tell their authentic stories at the end of the video.

The MARRIAGE (IN)EQUALITY project was prepared as part of an advocacy campaign aimed at lobbying for the adoption of bill No. 9103 “On the Institute of Registered Partnerships” in Ukraine. This bill would allow LGBTQ+ couples to have some of the rights that heterosexual couples have after marriage. For example, they would have equal rights in matters related to property, inheritance, insurance, pensions, medical care, and other important aspects of life.

The project will be presented by director Yuriy Dvizhon and art director Aleh Razhkou, followed by a panel discussion on the theme of “Power of art in advocacy”. The panel discussion aims to explore the role of art in transforming society. Can art projects influence laws? How to achieve a successful advocacy campaign through art? Can the experience of art activists from one country be useful to representatives of another, and how to achieve synergy on the global stage?

Visitors to the presentation will have the opportunity to speak personally with the creators of the project MARRIAGE (IN)EQUALITY IN UKRAINE and also pose their questions to the panellists.

Yuriy Dvizhon is a film director, creative producer, LGBTQ, and HIV activist from Ukraine who communicates with his audience using art videos and films. He is included in the “Top 30 under 30” by the oldest English-language newspaper, Kyiv Post, for his contribution to the development of Ukrainian society. Some of his works were officially selected or won at Ukrainian and international festivals (1.4 Awards, Berlin Music Video Awards, Bolton International Film Festival, Kyiv Fashion Film Festival, LGBT+ Film Festival Poland, La Jolla Fashion Film Festival, and many others). In 2023, The Shark Awards shortlisted him as a Best New Talent director.

Aleh Razhkou, Cultural Projects Director from Belarus now residing in London, is passionate about exploring xenophobia and the pathways to its eradication through his latest works. In a continual state of experimentation and self-observation, he collaborates with fellow creators, utilizing art as a universal language that bridges diverse communities. He places a special emphasis on the recognition and acceptance of the queer community in society.

Tate Liverpool: Sun Tunnels

Sun Tunnels 1978 is artist Nancy Holt’s best known work and this 26-minute film documents the making of her large-scale sculptural installation in the Utah desert.

The film shows the construction of four huge concrete tunnels that are positioned to align with the sunrise and sunset of the summer and winter solstices. It features footage of these sculptures as they frame the sun and capture and cast the sunlight into different patterns. The work brings together themes of art, architecture and ecology.

Mystery Theatre Club Edition 9 –...

Join the Mystery Theatre Club for a monthly archived screening of unique, world-class theatre shows. Embrace experimental and contemporary works from exciting theatre makers.

This time they’re going Hollywood!…they can’t give you any hints but you’ll be a fool to miss it

Their seventh screening will be at Kitty’s Laundrette in Anfield. This event will be Pay What You Can to help pay for Kitty’s opening up their space for them.

Tickets sold out quickly for their last few events so don’t delay and book today!

Mystery Theatre Club, Edition #9, Kitty’s Laundrette, 77 Grasmere St, Liverpool L5 6RH, 7:30pm

Pay What You Can

Their seventh screening!

Cinema In The City: Iris Prize ‘...

This screening is part of Cinema in the City. FACT’s experiential film programme features the best of independent cinema screened in unexpected and unique locations. Ahead of each film screening, attendees are treated to a screening of short films from emerging filmmakers from across the North West.

FACT has teamed up with The Iris Prize, an international LGBTQ+ film prize and festival, to bring their ‘Best of Iris 2023’ and ‘Falling In Love’ short film programmes to Liverpool.

Watch a curated collection of extraordinary short films that have been honored and celebrated at the 2023 Iris Prize Film Festival. Based in Cardiff, Iris are home to the largest short film prize in the world and work all year round to represent the best LGBTQ+ storytelling through their prize, festival, community outreach and partnership with Film 4 and Channel 4.

The back-to-back short film night will be introduced by Iris Prize Festival Manager, Grant Vidgen, and conclude with a Q&A from Realness with a Twist director, Cass Virdee and lead actor, Kenzo Miyake-Mugler.

Doors: 18:00. Screening: 19:00.

Cinema In The City: Queendom

This screening is part of Cinema in the City. FACT’s experiential film programme features the best of independent cinema screened in unexpected and unique locations. Ahead of each film screening, attendees are treated to a screening of short films from emerging filmmakers from across the North West.

Queendom follows the remarkable story of Gena Marvin, an artist from a small town in Russia who dresses in otherworldly costumes and protests on the streets of Moscow. She stages radical performances in public, which becomes a new form of art and activism and puts her life in danger. Director Agniia Galdanova’s stirring documentary spotlights how a trans performance artist can stand up to the Russian government, serving as “an urgent reminder that art can be dangerous”.

Attendees will be treated to short film Looking For Barbara (2021) directed by Helen Kilbride before the main feature begins.

Doors: 18:00. Screening: 19:00.

Cinema in the City: Monica

This screening is part of Cinema in the City. FACT’s experiential film programme features the best of independent cinema screened in unexpected and unique locations. Ahead of each film screening, attendees are treated to a screening of short films from emerging filmmakers from across the North West.

Monica is an intimate portrait of a woman who returns home after a long absence to confront the wounds of her past.

Reconnecting with her mother and the rest of her family for the first time since leaving as a teenager, Monica embarks on a path of healing and acceptance. The film delves into Monica’s internal world and state of mind, her pain and fears, her needs and desires, to explore the universal themes of abandonment and forgiveness.

Co-written and directed by Andrea Pallaoro, Monica stars Trace Lysette, Patricia Clarkson and Emily Browning in what is set to be one of the best performances of 2023.

Attendees will be treated to short film Betty and Jean (2023) directed by Elinor Randle before the main feature begins.

Doors: 18:00. Screening: 19:00.

It’s a Wonderful Life Film Scree...

Beset with problems, George Bailey – played by James Stewart – finds his previously happy life falling apart around him on Christmas Eve. His impish guardian angel shows him what his hometown would be like without him, and shocked by what he sees, George begs to return to the problems of the present. Beautifully crafted, its humour and gentleness imbued at times with an almost Dickensian darkness, the film is now a cult classic and one of the most enduring of all Christmas traditions.

Ahead of each screening, enjoy an organ introduction from resident organist Dave Nicholas, who performs as our unique Walturdaw cinema screen rises from the stage.