Screen & Stage
Screen Culture's live festival day — film, music, poetry and performance, all in one room.
This year the experiment steps off the screen. Alongside two blocks of independent film, the day fills with live performance — dancers, poets, comedians and other independent artists — all carried by a live band between the screenings. Not just a festival of experimental films, but an experimental day in itself.
Full line-up, timings and admission details will be posted here as they're confirmed — check back closer to the day.
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Take a Look at Our Past
2025
Eighth edition
Our eighth edition came in two halves. First, Scream Culture — a Halloween-night special of dark sci-fi and horror, streamed on 31 October. Then the main live event on 15 November, back at The Raven Footlights by Tower Bridge for a night of films and performance. The live programme streamed on YouTube the following day, as ever.
2024
Seventh edition
Our seventh edition, at The Raven Footlights — a basement stage room under a pub by Tower Bridge, built for live performance. Films on the big screen, popcorn at the bar, and a proper crowd. The festival, comfortably in its stride. The day after, the programme streamed on YouTube for our remote filmmakers.
2023
Sixth edition
A quieter one, in a beautiful building. We screened at Hornsey Library, a listed 1960s modernist landmark in Crouch End. Not our biggest edition, but one of the warmest — films in a room built for culture. As always, the programme went online the day after for those who couldn't attend.
2022
Fifth edition
Back in a room, and what a room. We came back in person at TT Liquor in Shoreditch — a Victorian former liquor shop with a private cinema hidden in its cellar. Brick, low light, and films on a proper screen again. The day after, we streamed the programme on YouTube for filmmakers who couldn't be there.
2021
Fourth edition
Still online, but finding new shapes. Our second streamed edition brought filmmakers and guests together on screen from wherever they were. A festival held at a distance, without losing the room.
2020
Third edition
The lockdown edition. With cinemas shut, we took the whole festival online — a streamed programme people watched from their living rooms. Strange circumstances, but the films kept coming, and so did the audience.
2019
Second edition
Back under the arches. For our second edition we returned to Whirled Cinema in Loughborough Junction — same brick vaults, same red seats, a bigger programme and a fuller room. The year the festival started to find its rhythm.
2018
First edition
Where it started. Our very first edition ran at Whirled Cinema — a screening room built into a Victorian railway arch in Loughborough Junction, South London. Red velvet seats, exposed brick, and a room full of people who'd turned up to watch work by emerging filmmakers. A small beginning, and the reason everything since exists.
