Film Listing
Feature Films
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Byzantium
Residents of a coastal town learn, with deathly consequences, the secret shared by the two mysterious women who have sought shelter at a local resort.
Director: Neil Jordan
UK
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Birdemic II: the Resurrection
A platoon of eagles and vultures attack Hollywood, California. Why did the eagles and vultures attack? Who will survive?
Director: James Nguyen
USA
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Alter Egos
At a time when superheroes have lost government funding and public support, a superhero meets a girl who can help him overcome his own emotional crisis.
Director: Jordan Galland
USA
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Best Friends Forever
Harriet, a comic book artist with a secret, and her reckless BFF, Reba, take their '76 AMC Pacer on the open road and instead get a wild ride towards an impending nuclear apocalypse.
Director: Brea Grant
USA
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Dark Star
We're delighted to welcome Sheffield electronica duo ANIMAT to the BFI stage with a live rescore of John Carpenter's first feature, DARK STAR.
Director: John Carpenter
USA
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The Search for Simon
Thirty years ago David Jones younger brother Simon disappeared without a trace, and has never been seen since. David is still looking, and The Search for Simon has become his life.
Director: Martin Gooch
UK
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The Man from the Future
20 years ago a brilliant scientist was publicly humiliated and lost the love of his life. One day, an accidental experience with one of his inventions makes him travel in time, more precisely, to the past.
Director: Cláudio Torres
Brazil
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The War of the Worlds: Goliath 3D
A retro-futuristic epic of steam punk battle set in 1914. Its 15 years since the original HG Wells Martian invasion. Fearing another attack, the human race is prepared itself.
Director: Joe Pearson
Malaysia/ USA
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The Facility
Eight volunteers find themselves fighting for their lives when a drug trial goes horribly wrong.
Director: Ian Clark
UK
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Vanishing Waves
A neuron-transfer scientist experiments with the thoughts of a comatose young woman.
Director: Kristina Buozyte
Lithuania
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Tai Chi Zero + Tai Chi Hero
Yang travels to Chen Village to learn a powerful form of Tai Chi. Though villagers are forbidden from teaching outsiders, Yang becomes their best hope for survival when a man arrives with a plan to build a railroad through the village.
Director: Stephen Fung
China
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Dead Weight
Charlie is traveling through the wilderness to find his girlfriend, Samantha, after civilization is destroyed by widespread biological attacks. He must try to survive while dealing with other survivors and his own emotional burdens.
Director: Adam Bartlett
USA
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Vessel
An Alien interfacer, who has the ability to converse with ET's, has until the end of the day to rid himself of his gift or risk succumbing to its terrible side-effect.
Director: Adam Ciancio
Australia
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Mars et Avril
The story of an elderly musician and his instrument maker who both become obsessed with the same woman. She agrees to be the model for their next musical instrument but then gets lost in a virtual world on the way to Mars.
Director: Martin Villeneuve
Canada
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Sado Tempest
A sci-fi rock version of Shakespeare’s ‘The Tempest’, shot on Sado, one of Japan’s biggest islands.
Director: John Williams
Japan
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Piercing Brightness
A young Chinese boy and girl are sent on a mission to retrieve the 'Glorious 100' - agents who were sent to this planet millennia ago to study and observe.
Director: Shezad Dawood
UK
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Dark by Noon
A time-travel thriller set in an alternate 1993. A world where history has unfolded differently, rendering the world unrecognizable.
Director: Alan Leonard & Michael O’Flaherty
Ireland
All-nighters
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Anime All Nighter
A collection of amazing animated films, from brand new to old school.
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MST3K Laughathon
It ran for 11 years in the USA and we miss it. Those of you who know, know. Those of you who don’t, Google, then come and join the clan.
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The Defiance All Nighter
United. Divided. Defiant. We bring you a collection of films that show what us humans do best to alien creatures... we band together and kick-ass!
Special Events
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Dark Star
We're delighted to welcome Sheffield electronica duo ANIMAT to the BFI stage with a live rescore of John Carpenter's first feature, DARK STAR.
Director: John Carpenter
USA
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Dr WHO 50th Anniversary - Talk & Screening
As part of the celebration of the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who, we’re proud to host two panels celebrating the adventures of the Timelord in print.
UK
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SCI-FI-LONDON Pub Quiz
Think you know your sci-fi?
We’ll see about that... Our annual in-cinema pub quiz will test the most knowledgable fan.
Blink of an Eye
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Shorts Programme I
We feel that short films are a perfect platform for science fiction stories, many ideas just won’t stretch to a feature.
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Shorts Programme II
We feel that short films are a perfect platform for science fiction stories, many ideas just won’t stretch to a feature.
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Shorts Programme III
We feel that short films are a perfect platform for science fiction stories, many ideas just won’t stretch to a feature.
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Shorts Programme IV
We feel that short films are a perfect platform for science fiction stories, many ideas just won’t stretch to a feature.