This winter, we present a specially curated programme of films and events to transport you into the weird and wonderful world of science fiction. Supported by Film Hub North West Central as part of the overall BFI UK-wide Sci-Fi season, Days of Fear and Wonder.
“We have had the end of the world with us ever since the world began.” Anthony Burgess, Apocalypse and After
Previously in this season
Cinema
2001: A Space Odyssey
50 years on from its original release, Stanley Kubrick’s masterpiece is a regular fixture on greatest films polls and is widely regarded as the touchstone…
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Peaches Christ’s Bearbarella plus screening of Barbarella
We said it would happen again...and we meant it! San Francisco drag superstar, filmmaker, and cult (movie) leader Peaches Christ returns to the UK following…
Cinema
When Worlds Collide
The dinosaurs were the last victims of a comet crashing into the Earth, but that hasn’t stopped us worrying about it happening again. This special…
Cinema
Things to Come
As the acknowledged pioneer of science fiction in literature, H.G. Wells’s ideas and themes have been hugely influential. Based on Wells’s novel The Shape of…
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Talk/ 50 Years of Dr. Strangelove: Still Crazy After All these Years?
This discussion will explore the lasting impact of Dr. Strangelove as we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the release of this Kubrick classic. Peter Krämer…
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Insomniac Invasion: A Sci-Fi All-Nighter
Join us for Insomniac Invasion, twelve hours of classic and cult Sci-Fi. Settle into Cinema 1 for a night of cyborgs, monsters and post-apocalyptic worlds.
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Discussion: Science Fiction and Apocalypse
Alien invasions, outbreaks of pestilence, natural disasters and man-made nuclear destruction all feature in the bleak apocalyptic fantasies of writers, artists and filmmakers. In conjunction…