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Cinema
UK Premiere/ Heroico
At the Heroic Military College, 18-year-old Luis encounters a rigid and institutionally violent system designed to turn him into a perfect soldier.
Cinema
Mapantsula + Recorded Intro
A true classic of guerrilla filmmaking, Mapantsula is now available to watch in stunning 4K after years of suppression, marking the 30th anniversary of South…
Cinema
It Always Rains on Sunday
Based on the novel by Arthur La Bern (adapted elsewhere in Hitchcock’s Frenzy), the film is a gritty drama that plays out in the rain-drenched…
Cinema
Rome, Open City
A landmark of Italian neorealism often cited as one of the greatest films ever made, Roberto Rossellini’s portrait of life under the Nazi occupation remains…
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Café Cervantes 2024
Come and practise your language skills while sharing your opinions on this year’s ¡Viva! programme. We recommend language learners have intermediate level Spanish or above.
Cinema
Our Mothers
The winner of the Cannes Film Festival’s prestigious Camera d’Or, Our Mothers is a gripping and powerfully emotional work by filmmaker César Diaz.
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Oberhausen on Tour
We’ve teamed up with Oberhausen Short Film Festival to present two programmes from the 2013 edition of the festival.
News
Collaborative Working Across the North Puts Northern Filmgoers and Filmmakers Front and Centre
As part of key changes to the UK-wide BFI Film Audience Network (FAN), the North of England is set to benefit from a share of…
Staff blog
Top 10 Films of 2016: Ushers’ Choice
2016 may not go down in history as being the best year ever but one of its few successes was the number of stand-out film…
Creatives
Filmed Up: what happened so far
As our next Filmed Up night is upon us, we thought this was an opportunity to reflect on what we've shown so far and give…
VIVA Festival
¡Viva! Film Notes – La Maternal
Dr Abigail Loxham explores Pilar Palomero’s La Maternal, screening as part of ¡Viva! Festival 2023 on 14 and 26 Mar.
News
71st Berlin International Film Festival
HOME's Director of Film & Culture Jason Wood attended Berlinale 2021 online this year, and we wanted to share with you his thoughts on the…
Artist Film
How I learned to stop worrying and love artist film
Since we set up Cornerhouse Artist Film in 2011 we’ve been investigating new methods of production, distribution and exhibition for artist film, and have released…
Artist Film
We report back from Cannes Film Festival
Our Film Programme Manager Rachel Heyward reflects on her time at the Cannes Film Festival.
Staff blog
¡Viva! Festival 2020 Intern Reba Martin shares her experience/ “Getting an insight into the decision-making process was invaluable.”
¡Viva! Festival 2020 Intern Reba Martin blogs about her experience supporting our annual Spanish & Latin American Film Festival.