Booking fees
£1.50 booking fee per online/phone transaction.
No fee when tickets are booked in person.
Booking fees are per transaction and not per ticket. If your booking contains several events the highest booking fee will apply. The booking fee may be reduced on certain events. Members do not pay booking fees.
Let our screens bring you closer
So come for a date, come solo, come with your grandparents, come with your little one... And let our screens bring you closer.
Programme
Desi Oon
Deccani wool is a testament to tradition and the sacred bond between humans, animals and nature – neglected and nearly forgotten today in the shadow of industrialisation.
India 2025 Dir: Suresh Eriyat 8min
Two Black Boys in Paradise
Eden(19) and Dula(18) are two Black boys on a journey of self-acceptance. Their love for each other, and their refusal to hide it, lands them in a paradise free from shame and judgement. Based on the poem by Dean Atta.
UK 2025 Dir: Baz Sells 8min 50secs
Machini
Using chalk drawings, stones and repurposed materials, Machini talks about the influence that mining has on the city, and the pollution and the slow destruction of man by man.
Belgium, DR Congo 2019 Dir: Frank Mukunday and Tetshim 9mins 45secs
Fiente
A blue giant is disturbed by a bird's faeces as it suddenly becomes alive.
UK, France 2016 Dir: Jonathan Djob Nkondo 4mins 35secs
Dede (Ancestor)
The divine female figure in West African sculpture is viewed through an exploration of the director’s Bété ancestry, drawing upon the spiritual iconography of the Bété people and other tribal groups on the Ivory Coast.
UK 2024 Dir: Yasmine Djedje-Fisher-Azoume 3mins 10secs
Mental Roots
Mental Roots places you in the shoes of a first-generation black Brit coming to terms with reaching his 'breaking point'.
UK 2021 Dir: Nathan Addai 4mins
Riot
A young black man is killed during an altercation with a vigilante neighbour and the police. An outraged crowd gathers. The sense of injustice is great. A group isolates itself. Emotion breeds a riot…in the absence of words, can the body take revenge?
France 2017 Dir: Frank Temier 13mins 25secs
Love in the Age of EU
Sometimes, we are like marionettes in the hands of those whom we have either consciously or unconsciously chosen to please. A visual adaptation of the poem "Love in the Age of EU” by Björn Kuhligk.
Nigeria, Germany 2014 Dir: Ebele Okoye 3mins
Apple Gatherers
Two workers in an apple-cider factory move through a labour-intensive world of monotony and detachment. Amid the machinery and routine, a fleeting spark of human connection reminds them what it means to feel alive.
UK 2025 Dir: Danielle Rhoda Addae-Boateng 8mins 45secs
Only a Child
An Oscar®-shortlisted visual poem created by over 20 animation directors which gives shape and colour to the original words spoken by Severn Cullis-Suzuki at the UN Summit in Rio in 1992, a child’s desperate call to action for the future of our planet.
Switzerland 2021 Dir: Simone Giampaolo 6mins 45secs
Meow or Never
In a madcap musical, a catstronaut travels the galaxy looking for the meaning of life - only to encounter an overeager space pup who causes trouble at every turn! The duo go on an unexpected journey together and she discovers a lot more than she expected to find.
UK 2020 Dir: Neeraja Raj 9mins 40secs
Cinemas
Location
Barbican Cinema 1 is located within the main Barbican building on Level -2. Head to Level G and walk towards the Lakeside Terrace where you’ll find stairs and lifts to take you down to the venue floor.
Address
Barbican Centre
Silk Street, London
EC2Y 8DS
Public transport
The Barbican is widely accessible by bus, tube, train and by foot or bicycle. Plan your journey and find more route information in ‘Your Visit’ or book your car parking space in advance.
