Book Tickets For NFTS Student-Curated Indie Film Seasons
Brand new independent film seasons are coming to screens across London and the UK with unique, inspiring and challenging themes from depictions of the afterlife to celebrating storytelling for children, covering folklore, anarchy, sound and score and much more!
Developed by second-year students on the Film Studies, Programming and Curation MA at the National Film and Television School, each project is an opportunity to combine their theoretical and practical knowledge gained in their studies to date into the exploration of a chosen subject or specialist area.
This year’s series of screenings, talks and Q&As are hosted by the following cinemas and independent arts centres: Close Up Film Centre, the Genesis Cinema, the ICA, the Lexi Cinema, the Prince Charles Cinema, the Rio Cinema and the Tyneside Cinema, as well as Curate-It and will run from October to December 2024.
Explore the seasons
*Information subject to change so stay tuned for more info!*
- Gynophobia: Monstrous Femininity in 70s and 80s Horror | Faye Effard
Depictions of the Monstrous Feminine in 70s and 80s horror.
2 October
Twins of Evil (35mm) (1971) | 6.15pm8 October
The House That Screamed (1969) | 6pm22 October
Sisters (1972) | 6.15pm29 October
The Hunger (35mm) (1983) | 8.15pmGet updates and book tickets via Instagram @gynophobia.film
- Cinema for Young Explorers | Conor Riley
A celebration of (animated) storytelling designed to invite young audiences back into the magic of cinema, showcasing how stories can not only reflect the world around us but also help children explore and understand themselves.
THE LEXI CINEMA
19 October
The Last Garden + Sirocco and the Kingdom of the Winds | 2.30pm23 October
Wolfwalkers | 2.30pm26 October
Being Me - A Collection of Animated Shorts | 2.30pmGet updates via Instagram @conor.riley_ X @conorriley_ LinkedIn /in/conor-riley
- Beyond | Archie Marshall
A film season exploring how the afterlife is portrayed in cinema. The afterlife is truly unknowable. There’s no one definitive answer to ‘this is what it is’ or ‘this is what it looks like’. BEYOND will examine how filmmakers and art departments go about visualising this unknowable idea, celebrating the creativity and craft required to bring the afterlife to life.
GENESIS CINEMA
30 October
After Life (1998) | 6.30pm3 November
Macario (1960) | 7pm6 November
Nine Days (2020) | 6.10pm
+ Q&A with writer/director Edson Oda10 November
Matter of Life and Death (1946) | 6.45pmGet updates via Instagram @beyond.filmseason and X @archiewmarshall
- Love in the Age of Anarchy | Cat Riley
A collection of queer punk and riot grrrl films from the 70s, 80s and 90s.
6 November
Fresh Kill | 6.30pm13 November
Times Square | 6.30pm20 November
GRRRLS In Revolt Shorts Collection | 6.30pm
Girl Power (1992), Guerillere Talks (1978), I Was A Teenage Serial Killer (1993) and The Yo-Yo Gang (1992)27 November
Jubilee | 6.30pmGet updates via Instagram @catriley_ @loveintheageofanarchy
- Reverie Cineclub: Fairytales from around the World | Nathasha Orlando Kappler
A season of spellbinding world cinema classics for the whole family to enjoy.
RIO CINEMA
9 November
The Cassandra Cat (1963) | 12.30pm10 November
The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926) | 1.30pm16 November
Parent and child film animation workshop with Lydia Beilby | 2.30pm17 November
The Tale of Tsar Saltan (1967) | 1.30pmGet updates via Instagram @reveriecineclub X @tashakappler
- Deviant Traditions of Desire: Asian films at the intersection of folklore and transgressive desire | Kunal Chandra
A season of Asian films existing at the intersections of folklore, transgressive desires and formal experimentation.
28 November
Mekong Hotel | 8.15pm29 November
Diary of a Shinjuku Thief | 8.15pm30 November
Om Dar Babar | 8.15pm
- Psymphony: Exploring States Of Mind Through Sound In Cinema | Molly Freeman
Film that represents altered states of mind through sound and score, all directed by women.
BOOKING COMING SOON AT GENESIS CINEMA
14 November
You Were Never Really Here (2018) | 6.30pm
Dir. Lynne Ramsay + The Leaden Echo and The Golden Echo (1955) Dir. Margaret Tait18 November
The Headless Woman (2008) | 6.45pm
Dir. Lucrecia Martel + Experimental Short Film: The Very Eye of Night (1952) Dir. Maya Deren21 November
Mustang (2015) | 6.30pm
Dir. Deniz Gamze Ergüven + Experimental Short Film: Glimpse of the Garden (1957) Dir. Marie Menken28 November
A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night (2014) | 6.45pm
Dir. Ana Lily Ampour + Experimental Short Film: Bridges Go Round (1958) Dir. Shirley ClarkeGet updates via Instagram @Psymphony_films_
- FirstPersonFilms: Narratives From China | Wifak Gueddana
A season celebrating Indie Chinese cinema and personal storytelling. It frames personal films as alternative cinema, a home mode of film production and emphasises the expression of subjective storytelling.
17 October
Two films by Lina Yang | 6.30pm and 8.45pm
+ introduction by Project Partners and a video recorded by the filmmakerSTREAMING ON CURATE-IT
14 November - 28 November
Two films by Shu Haolun12 December - TBC
Anachronic Chronicles: Voyages Inside/Out Asia (2021)
+1 TBC
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These innovative and creative seasons were made as part of the graduation project on the NFTS Film Studies, Programming and Curation MA.
2 Years | Full-time
Main Campus (Beaconsfield) | In person
Learn how to build a successful career in film exhibition, programming, criticism or archival work.
This is a ground-breaking MA delivered in partnership with the British Film Institute (BFI). It is delivered by film professionals in exhibition and distribution, festivals, archives and film criticism, alongside academics and filmmakers.
Apply by 26 September 2024 to start January 2025
nfts.co.uk/film-studies-programming-and-curation