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.
Pre/Post-Screening Activity Information
Pre-Screening Pom-Pom Workshop
Sat 9 May, 10am–11am
Cinema Café
Free (no booking required)
Come along before the screening from 10am to create your own pom-pom accessories and decorations – Clara will have all the things you need to make a woolly keyring for your bag, a bobble for your hat or a badge for your coat!
Clara is a London-based knitter and artist-facilitator currently researching collaborative, dialogue- and practice-based approaches to art education and interpretation as part of her studies at Institute of Education, UCL (MA Art Education, Culture & Practice).
Post-Screening Craft Swap Table
Sat 9 May, 11.45am–2pm
Cinema 2&3 Foyer
Free (no booking required)
Calling all quilters, crafters, knitters and more!
If you’re keen to update your stash, refresh your materials and limit your environmental impact – drop by to our craft swap table in the Cinema Foyer as part of The Old Ways season.
Bring along your fabric scraps, unused balls of wool, thread or spare haberdashery and then take something else home from the table – one person’s leftovers are another’s treasure!
Please only bring clean/usable textiles or haberdashery. Anything not claimed after 2pm will be used for further crafting workshops or donated to charity.
Programme
Two Balls of Wool (Czechoslovakia 1962 Dir Hermína Týrlová 8 min)
On the table in front of the director’s own cottage, the top of a sewing basket pops open and two balls of wool jump out, followed by a pincushion, snapping scissors and more.
Battery Daddy (South Korea 2021 Dir Seung-bae Jeo 6 min)
When a trip to the countryside goes awry, it's up to Battery Daddy to save the day.
Hush Hush Little Bear (Latvia 2022 Dir Māra Liniņa 3 min, Latvian with English subtitles)
This delightful musical animation features knitting sheep, mummy and daddy bears foraging for honey and berries, and two naughty baby bears who get tangled up in a ball of yarn.
Battery Mummy (South Korea 2023 Dir Seung-bae Jeon 8 min)
Battery Mummy is always busy at the nursery where she works. But one day she’s needed like never before: while everyone’s napping, the Christmas tree has caught fire.
Bobel's Kitchen (Belgium 2024 Dir Fiona Rolland 10 min)
Poisonous mushroom Bobel dreams of having a food stall at his local farmer’s market but has not counted on the prejudices of the villagers.
Desi Oon (India 2025 Dir Suresh Eriyat 7 min) Hindi with English subtitles
For little ones, a toe-tapping treat featuring a singing ball of wool; for their grown-ups, this musical animation tells the story of Indian Deccani sheep, local shepherding traditions, and the sacred role of wool in daily life – all threatened by imports and the arrival of nasty acrylic.
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Cinema 2
Location
Barbican Cinema 2 & 3 are located on Beech Street, a short walk from the Barbican’s Silk Street entrance. From Silk Street, you’ll see a zebra crossing that will take you across the road to the venue.
Address
Beech 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.
