Battleship Potemkin + intro and discussion (Relaxed Screening)
Dir. Sergei Eisenstein, USSR 1926, 72 min, Digital, Cert PG
Eisenstein challenged cinematic form in his second film, an essential revolutionary classic. Dramatising the true story of the mutiny aboard the Potemkin, the filmmaker integrated bold imagery with radical use of editing that would become known as Soviet Montage and would inspire generations of filmmakers.
The post screening discussion will be led by Stims Collective.
Tickets: £3
What is a Relaxed Screening?
Relaxed Screenings are for neurodivergent audiences, with their companions and assistants. Adjustments vary between venues, however these screenings often provide the following
Unassigned seating with plenty of space. Customers can select their seats when they arrive in the auditorium, where you will be able to sit with family/friendship groups or leave space between yourself and other groups.
House lights slightly dimmed.
Film volume turned slightly down
Freedom to move around and make noise
Signposted quiet area near the auditorium.
Bird + intro and discussion (Relaxed Screening)
Dir. Andrea Arnold, UK 2024, 119 min, Digital, Cert 15
Andrea Arnold (Fish Tank, American Honey) focuses on life in working-class England, where 12-year-old Bailey seeks to escape from her tumultuous life through a friendship with a mysterious stranger. Seamlessly moving between social and magical realism, Bird is a tender fairytale of broken spirits searching for one another in a baffling and hostile world.
The post screening discussion will be led by Stims Collective.
Tickets: £3
Content warning: Contains distressing scenes of domestic violence
What is a Relaxed Screening?
Relaxed Screenings are for neurodivergent audiences, with their companions and assistants. Adjustments vary between venues, however these screenings often provide the following
Unassigned seating with plenty of space. Customers can select their seats when they arrive in the auditorium, where you will be able to sit with family/friendship groups or leave space between yourself and other groups.
House lights slightly dimmed.
Film volume turned slightly down
Freedom to move around and make noise
Signposted quiet area near the auditorium.
Eraserhead + intro and discussion (Relaxed Screening)
David Lynch’s debut feature takes us into the heart of a bleak industrial wasteland, exploring the grotesque underbelly of modern life and the nuclear family through body horror and surrealism. Join us after the screening to reflect upon the film through a neurodivergent lens.
The post screening discussion will be led by filmmaker and Stims co-founder Georgia Kumari Bradburn.
Kinds of Kindness + intro and discussion (Relaxed Screening)
Yorgos Lanthimos’ latest film takes us through a triptych fable, three materially unrelated but thematically connected stories that are steeped in surrealism, comedy and existentialism.
The post screening discussion will be led by academic and Stims co-founder Dr Ethan Lyon.