Join Leeds’ City Organist, and HAR-favourite Darius Battiwalla, for a Halloween double-bill of silent film classics, underscored by his signature spooky organ stylings.

Masterpiece of German expressionist silent film, The Cabinet of Dr Caligari (1919) follows the mysterious Dr Caligari who enthrals and terrifies villagers with his fairground sideshow, a sleeping man in a box who wakes only to answer people’s questions. When murders and terror seep through the town, all is not as it seems…

Dear diary…. I’ve been invited to the ultimate 90s sleepover-themed pyjama party!

We’ll start the evening with a movie (of course), so curl up with a cocktail for a screening of the unparalleled Shakespearean-teen-rom-com-classic, 10 Things I Hate About You.

After the film, twin choreographers Melissa and Martina Gumbs will teach us all a dance in iconic sleepover style. No experience needed. In fact, experience discouraged.

with introduction.

The first of FaH’s three film specials celebrating women directors

The Hitch-Hiker is based on the true story of killer Billy Cook in 1950, and is the first American mainstream film noir directed by a woman.

Set in the early 1950s in California, a hitchhiker has been robbing and killing motorists who stop to offer him a ride. The main suspect, Emmett Myers (played by William Talman), is trying to escape a police manhunt and at gunpoint forces two friends on a fishing trip to take him to where he can get a ferry to Mexico…

The multi-award winning production of Noël Coward’s provocative comedy featuring Andrew Scott (Vanya, Fleabag) returns to the big screen.

As he prepares to embark on an overseas tour, star actor Garry Essendine’s colourful life is in danger of spiralling out of control. Engulfed by an escalating identity crisis as his many and various relationships compete for his attention, Garry’s few remaining days at home are a chaotic whirlwind of love, sex, panic and soul-searching.

When Kit Vincent, a young filmmaker, receives a terminal diagnosis aged 24, his first instinct is to turn on his camera and document those closest to him. 

Kit’s divorced parents are naturally having a hard time grappling with the reality of their son’s illness, and his father, Lawrence, begins a transition of his own-a conversion to Judaism. Following along with his father’s process of grieving for his son’s upended future, Red Herring captures the absurdity of the things we do to find solace in times of inexplicable tragedy. 

Every muscle is pumped to perfection in this uplifting documentary. It follows young bodybuilder Aji, from South India, in his preparations to take on the northern musclemen and be crowned Mr India.

Mithya follows the poignant journey of eleven-year-old Mithun, as he navigates a difficult path of self-discovery and resilience after a devastating loss shatters his world.

To help him come to terms with the loss of his parents, impressionable young Mithun is sent back to his idyllic home village to live with his estranged family. As he tries to adapt to his new surroundings, with locals squabbling over his custody, he learns of secrets that will change his life forever. 

Part of the Yorkshire Indian Film Festival.