CINECITY at Brighton Festival
Since 2011, CINECITY has been working with Brighton Festival to curate their film strand in association with the festival’s Guest Directors. This has involved cinema exhibitions, curated film seasons, director retrospectives, live events, Q&As and exclusive previews of upcoming releases.
Underground Cinema (2011)
POP-UP CINEMA at The Basement, 24 Kensington Street ‘Underground Cinema’ has been used to describe film-makers’ exploration of the political, transgressive and poetic possibilities of...
Hangover Square (2012)
University of Brighton Gallery Saturday 5 – Sunday 27 May 2012 To mark the 50th anniversary of the death of Patrick Hamilton – iconic author,...
Vanessa Redgrave On Film (2012)
To complement a BAFTA event celebrating her contribution to cinema, CINECITY presented a short selection of Guest Director Vanessa Redgrave’s films from the 1960s. Across...
Weimar Berlin (2013)
CINECITY presented People on Sunday, the highly influential semi-documentary which presents a snapshot of Weimar Berlin with a live piano accompaniment from Neil Brand plus...
Cinema of Childhood (2014)
Acclaimed director, presenter and critic Mark Cousins curated an international film season focusing on the depiction of children. A life-affirming and thought-provoking feast of cinema.
Agnès Varda (2015)
Novelist and Guest Director Ali Smith oversaw the selection of the 2015 programme. This included key works and a Screen Talk from the legendary French...
Home Movies (2016)
A programme of films based around the theme ‘Home Movies’ connected with the festival’s themes of place and home and the work of Guest Director...
Kelly Reichardt (2017)
Working with Guest Director Kate Tempest, CINECITY presented a retrospective of Kelly Reichardt, a film-maker renowned for her empathy and tender humanism in telling stories...
May ’68 (2018)
To mark the 50th anniversary of the events of May ’68, CINECITY curated a season of British Cinema classics shot in 1968 and paired them...
Brighton Festival (2019)
With Rokia Traore as Guest Director, CINECITY presented a key work of Malian cinema on 35mm and a pair of highly distinctive docs. YEELEN (Brightness)...