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Queer 80s
A group of queer people hold each other joyously in the sun.
Queer 80s
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A journalist in a bullet proof vest looks out in the night, standing in front of yellow lights.
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Cinema

ScreenTalk: Civil War (15) + ScreenTalk with Alex Garland

We are delighted to welcome director Alex Garland in conversation with Barbican Cinema Curator Sonia Zadurian, to discuss his latest film; a thriller set in the near future during a US Civil War.

Two young people stand in a lift looking directly forward.
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Cinema

Queer East: The Missing (Iti Mapukpukaw) + Q&A

When an alien tries to kidnap him, a mouthless young animator must face up to his traumatic memories. Followed by an online Q&A with the director Carl Joseph E. Papa.

A man in pyjamas bursts through a turquoise dreamscape.
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Cinema

NT Live: NYE

Michael Sheen plays Nye Bevan in a surreal and spectacular journey through the life and legacy of the man who transformed Britain’s welfare state and created the NHS.

Two people look on in a neon soaked street
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Cinema

Queer East: Glitch! Rewind. Then we... + Intro

A glitch concerns us and surprises us. It makes us pause, rewind, and (re)view the experience again and again. With a pre pre-recorded introduction from the curators Hsieh I-Hsuan and Chen Huei-Yin.

A man in a dark room stares directly forward.
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Cinema

Preview: Stephen + ScreenTalk

We are thrilled to welcome director Melanie Manchot, actor Michelle Collins and subject of the film Ste Giddings in conversation with film critic Ben Nicholson, after this exclusive preview screening.

Two men lie in bed together, draped in orange light. They look lovingly at each other.
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Cinema

Relaxed Screening: All of Us Strangers

Paul Mescal and Andrew Scott are neighbours falling in love despite the presence of their pasts, in this intertwined fantasy romance by Andrew Haigh.

A young girl makes arts and crafts in the Barbican Cinema Cafe.
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Cinema

Family Film Club: April Workshop

Free

Join us for a free animation workshop with Nia Fekri on the last Saturday of April! 

An impressionistic illustration of a deer leaps across a dark backgrou.d
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Cinema

Family Film Club: Listen with your eyes:

In a partnership with Open City Documentary Festival, a programme of experimental films specially curated for families! 

A man stands in front of a thatched roof mud hut, holding a clay pot, with a confused look on his face.
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Cinema

Chronic Youth Film Festival: Zan Boko + Live Poetry Reading

Gaston Kaboré’s masterpiece is a celebration of ancestral traditions and searing commentary on rapid gentrification and state-controlled media.

Two women sitting in the front of a car talk to each other, in front of a moody landscape.
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Cinema

Chronic Youth Film Festival: Gush + DJ & Collage Making

Embark on an electrifying journey through Fox Maxy’s visualised consciousness as they attempt to decipher the evolving digital zeitgeist through experimental film, followed by a DJ set and workshop.

A distorted background has red lights shone across it, in a warped image.
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Cinema

Chronic Youth Film Festival: Live DJ Set & Collage Making

A free event with a live DJ set by DIGITALSAINT and collage making workshop, tools provided. 

A woman with heavy makeup takes a selfie in front of a burning building, surrounded by masked people.
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Cinema

Chronic Youth Film Festival: Anhell69

Seamlessly blending fiction and reality, Theo Montoya’s intoxicating debut feature creates a ‘trans cinema’ that follows no rules. 

Two women in gym clothes sit on the floor of a boxing ring, holding hands.
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Cinema

Members' Screening: Preview: Love Lies Bleeding

Members' event

Rose Glass directs a steamy tale of love and revenge with Kristen Stewart, Katy O'Brian, Dave Franco and Ed Harris, in a preview screening exclusively for Barbican Members! 

A dancer poses in Swan Lake
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Cinema

ROH Live: Swan Lake

Classical ballet's most powerful tale of love, treachery and forgiveness returns to the Royal Opera House stage.

An oil spill interacts with a hand nad a seascape in a warped image.
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Cinema

Chronic Youth Film Festival Shorts: Joyful Lands,... + Q&A

A collection of shorts exploring transgressive acts of reclamation, from land to gazes, followed by a live Q&A with Laisul Hoque and Maz Murray.