Maisha Maene’s short film Mulika follows an ‘afronaut’ as he emerges from the wreckage of his spaceship. Descending into the city below the volcanic crater of Mount Nyiragongo he begins to understand what he must do to change the future for his people.
In director Miguel Llanso’s Crumbs, a figurine sized superhero embarks on an epic journey that will take him across a post-apocalyptic, Ethiopian landscape. In search of a way to reach a hovering spacecraft, that for years has become a landmark in the skies, our hero must traverse barren and sulphurous wastelands, plains and marshes.
Doors: 19:00. Screening: 19:30.
Journey through sci-fi and post-apocalyptic worlds in FACT’s Afrofuturist Film Season. Screening every Tuesday in February. Discover the full programme here: fact.co.uk/afrofuturist
Afrofuturist fantasia Neptune Frost is a wondrous, thrilling sci-fi punk musical from multidisciplinary artists Saul Williams and Anisia Uzeyman.
Set between states of being – past and present, dream and waking life, colonised and free, male and female, memory and prescience – Neptune Frost is an invigorating and empowering direct download to the cerebral cortex and a call to reclaim technology for progressive political ends.
Doors: 19:00. Screening: 19:30.
Journey through sci-fi and post-apocalyptic worlds in FACT’s Afrofuturist Film Season. Screening every Tuesday in February. Discover the full programme here: fact.co.uk/afrofuturist
Based on Nalo Hopkinson’s award winning Afrofuturist novel ‘Brown Girl in the Ring’, this post-apocalyptic tale follows a young Black woman trapped in a world forced upon her.
Directed and written by Sharon Lewis, the film follows a young Ti-Jeanne as she sets out to resurrect Caribbean spirits, become a priestess, and embrace her other-worldly powers in the hopes of saving her people.
Doors: 19:00. Screening: 19:30.
Journey through sci-fi and post-apocalyptic worlds in FACT’s Afrofuturist Film Season. Screening every Tuesday in February. Discover the full programme here: fact.co.uk/afrofuturist
Avant-jazz mystic, Sun Ra, brought his pioneering Afrofuturist vision to the screen within this 1974, John Coney directed film.
Derived from Ra’s concept album, the film is a wild, kaleidoscopic whirl of science fiction and sharp social commentary, in which the pharaonic Ra and his Arkestra lead an intergalactic movement to resettle the Black race on their utopian space colony.
Doors: 19:00. Screening: 19:30.
Journey through sci-fi and post-apocalyptic worlds in FACT’s Afrofuturist Film Season. Screening every Tuesday in February.
Discover the full programme here: fact.co.uk/afrofuturist
From Oscar-nominated filmmaker Brett Morgen, director of Cobain: Montage of Heck, Moonage Daydream is an immersive cinematic experience – an audio-visual space odyssey that not only illuminates the enigmatic legacy of David Bowie but also serves as a guide to living a fulfilling and meaningful life in the 21st century.
The film has the full support of Bowie’s estate and features many of his greatest tracks, as well as previously unseen concert footage.
Following his BAFTA Best Film winner 1917, Sam Mendes returns with this majestic, personal work, set in a 1980s English coastal town. Empire Of Light is a powerful and poignant story about human connection and the magic of cinema.
Featuring organ prelude from resident organist Dave Nicholas.
Director Sam Mendes
Starring Olivia Colman, Monica Dolan, Micheal Ward, Tom Brooke, Tanya Moodie, Hannah Onslow, Crystal Clarke, Toby Jones, Colin Firth
From the producers of Sing-a-Long-a Sound of Music and Sing-a-Long-a Frozen, the brand new smash hit film musical of 2021 about the Family Madrigal with lyrics on screen that everyone can’t stop singing.
Cheer on Mirabel as she tries to save the magic surrounding the Encanto.
Sing your heart out with our live host, who will teach you some dance moves, help you create some magic and show you how to use your free props bag.
Those of you not familiar with Encanto, it is a tale of the Madrigals; an extraordinary family who live hidden in the mountains of Colombia in a charmed place called the Encanto.
The magic of the Encanto has blessed every child in the family with a unique gift – every child except Mirabel. However, she soon may be the Madrigals last hope when she discovers that the magic surrounding the Encanto is now in danger.
It couldn’t be easier or more fun! The first rule of Sing-a-long-a is THERE ARE NO RULES! Fancy dress is strongly encouraged and full audience participation essential. You, the audience, are the stars!
And remember we don’t talk about Bruno, no, no, no!
T A P E; are a cross-arts curatorial collective based in London, and thrilled to announce a special screening of A Tale of Love and Desire at FACT Liverpool on 14th December.
The event includes a spoken word performance by Yousra Imran.
The screening is part of our special season Found in Translation, which celebrates the incredible work of Isabel Sandoval, US-based Filipina filmmaker and actress, and Tunisian screenwriter-director Leyla Bouzid.
The films, in line with T A P E’s previous work, explore culture clashes, language barriers and attitudes towards immigrants and bring films from the festival circuit, without UK distribution, back to the big screen.
If you’re in the need of some festive cheer this Christmas, then it has to be Elf! After finding out he’s human, adopted elf Buddy heads to New York – where everyone he meets is in serious need of some festive fun.
Celebrate the joy of the season as Will Ferrell reminds us all that Christmas is not just for kids! And remember, the best way to spread Christmas cheer is…
Part of The Luna Winter Cinema season, see here for full listings.
The grand opening of Liverpool Lighthouse will take place on Saturday 3rd December at 2pm screening The Greatest Showman Sing-along free to the community and invited VIP guests
LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION!
- Charlie Brown opened and managed the Gaumont from 1931 to 1935. The building operated as a Gaumont cinema until November 1960. His grandson Andy Brown will be at the official opening on December 3rd
- Based in a refurbished former Gaumont cinema in high-deprivation North Liverpool, Liverpool Lighthouse are a registered charity working with the local community to create thriving communities of people living more fulfilled lives
- Tickets can be booked on EventBrite https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lighthouse-cinema-launch-greatest-showman-sing-a-long-tickets-461211113857
- Guests are encouraged to come in fancy dress, inspired by show business and circus
- Guests who came to it when it was the Gaumont Palace will be attending
The cinema aims to promote well-being for the local community which has the highest levels of deprivation nationally at a time when people are struggling with the cost of living crisis, bring people together in positive shared experience and provide creative, cultural opportunities to promote connection and improved mental health and wellbeing.
Liverpool Lighthouse with support from Awards for All, LFC, Liverpool Mayoral Fund and Crowd Funding purchased and installed a cinema-quality AV system and screen in the auditorium along with other equipment to help create an authentic cinema experience. Liverpool Lighthouse was established in 1998 in a former Gaumont Cinema building and is now a Creative Sanctuary for its local communities and artists with a creative wellbeing programme.
