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.

PRINCE CHARLES CINEMA

2 October 
Twins of Evil (35mm) (1971) | 6.15pm

8 October
The House That Screamed (1969) | 6pm

22 October
Sisters (1972) | 6.15pm

TYNESIDE CINEMA

29 October
The Hunger (35mm) (1983) | 8.15pm

Get updates and book tickets via Instagram @gynophobia.film
 

Beyond | Archie Marshall

 

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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) | 6.30pm

3 November
Macario (1960) | 7pm

6 November
Nine Days (2020) | 6.10pm
+ Q&A with writer/director Edson Oda

10 November
Matter of Life and Death (1946) | 6.45pm

Get updates via Instagram @beyond.filmseason and X @archiewmarshall
 

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) | 6pm
Dir. Lynne Ramsay + Experimental Short Film: Divinations (1964) Dir. Storm De Hirsch

18 November
The Headless Woman (2008)
Dir. Lucrecia Martel + Experimental Short Film: The Very Eye of Night (1952) Dir. Maya Deren

21 November
Mustang (2015) | 6pm
Dir. Deniz Gamze Ergüven + Experimental Short Film: Glimpse of the Garden (1957) Dir. Marie Menken

28 November
A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night (2014)| 6pm
Dir. Ana Lily Ampour + Experimental Short Film: Bridges Go Round (1958) Dir. Shirley Clarke

Love in the Age of Anarchy | Cat Riley

A collection of queer punk and riot grrrl films from the 70s, 80s and 90s.

BOOKING COMING SOON AT RIO CINEMA

6 November
Fresh Kill | 6.30pm

13 November
Times Square | 6.30pm

20 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 | 6.30pm

Get updates via Instagram @catriley_ @loveintheageofanarchy
 

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 | 2.30pm

23 October
Wolfwalkers | 2.30pm

26 October
Being Me - A Collection of Animated Shorts | 2.30pm

Get updates via Instagram @conor.riley_ X @conorriley_ LinkedIn /in/conor-riley
 

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.

BOOKING COMING SOON AT ICA

17 October
Two films by Lina Yang | 6.30pm and 8.45pm
+ introduction by Project Partners and a video recorded by the filmmaker

STREAMING ON CURATE-IT

14 November - 28 November
Two films by Shu Haolun

12 December - TBC
Anachronic Chronicles: Voyages Inside/Out Asia (2021)
+1 TBC
 

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.

BOOKING COMING SOON AT CLOSE-UP FILM CENTRE

28 November
Diary of a Shinjiku Thief

29 November
Om Dar Badar

30 November
Mekong Hotel
 

Reverie Cineclub: Fairytales from around the World | Nathasha Orlando Kappler

A season of spellbinding world cinema classics for the whole family to enjoy.

BOOKING COMING SOON AT RIO CINEMA

9 November
The Cassandra Cat

10 November
The Adventures of Prince Ahmed

16 November
Kirikou and the Sorceress

17 November
The Tale of Tsar Saltan

Get updates via X @tashakappler
 

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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