An evening dedicated to independent cinema, showcasing films and filmmakers from the Leeds City Region on the big screen, complemented by networking opportunities.

Fellini’s masterpiece La Strada is 70 years old and still packs a punch.

Federico Fellini’s fourth feature, La Strada, follows young and innocent Gelsomina (Giulietta Masina) who is sold as a performing assistant to an itinerant circus strongman (Anthony Quinn). Eagerly learning the ropes, Gelsomina is repeatedly beaten down by her thuggish master as they tour the towns of central Italy.

One of the biggest scandals in cinema history, the notoriously decadent film is finally presented in the manner it was always intended to be seen.

“When I’m in the sea I feel happy and free”.

Gaza Surf Club was filmed 2012-2016 when it was still possible to escape the grind and hardship of living in the “world’s largest open-air prison” and find personal freedom in the waves of the Mediterranean.

We are screening this double bill of fascinating films about Gaza's 2018 March of Return protest movement on two dates.  At the second screening (May 1st) there will be a Q&A facilitated by Juman Quneis, a Palestinian Filmmaker and teacher of journalism.

'Gaza Fights for Freedom' provides exclusive footage of The Great March of Return, Gaza’s peaceful mass protest movement of 2018 when 40-50,000 people gathered at the fence between Gaza and Israel. Filmed during the height of the protest.

A screen presentation about Bank House Horsforth and the troubles of the Stable family, and maybe a walk if the weather is kind. 

Delve into the archive of Horsforth Museum on screen, with this 45 minute journey of suprises.

On the auspicious occasion of director Peter Greenaway's 81st Birthday (5th April), we present his groundbreaking masterpiece.

Identical twins lose their wives in a car crash caused by a white swan, but Alba, the driver survives with a leg amputation. Both brothers are zoologists and become obsessed with the death and decay of animals as they develop a strange and unusual relationship with the woman driving the car, who is now an amputee.

Stolen documents the Mother and Baby Homes scandal that ricocheted around the world and sparked a government inquiry into the fate of unmarried women who fell pregnant in 20th century Ireland. 

CASSIUS X: Becoming Ali is the extraordinary story of how one young boxer from Louisville, Kentucky became a cultural icon for the ages, forever to be known thereafter as “The Greatest”.