Drag Race star Peppermint takes centre stage in this up close and personal documentary about her journey with fame, identity, and the art of drag. Sharing her story alongside a close network of trans individuals, one of the world's favourite drag performers takes you inside her rise from humble beginnings to her current reign as outspoken trailblazer for the trans community.
Jack has been married to Maggie for over half his life. He works as a Hand Raker on the mussel beds in North Wales alongside his younger brother, Dyfan, and Dyfan's three sons. Jack has always assumed that his own boy, Tom, will join the family business on leaving school but Tom's resistance to follow in his footsteps creates familial tension. Tensions are further inflamed by the arrival of an iti...
Preview: Love Me Tender + Intro from Gay's the Word
Wed 5 Aug
This screening will be introduced by Gay's the Word. They will be bringing copies of the book Love Me Tender by Constance Debré to sell before and after the screening. At the end of summer, Clémence tells her ex-husband that she’s had relationships with women. Her life is turned upside down when he files to strip her of their son’s custody. Then begins a struggle of several years for Clémence to ...
The Trans Creative Collective Presents: Tomorrow's Too Late + Q&A & Live Performance
Thu 6 Aug
The Trans Creative Collective is proud to present the final London screening of Terry Loane’s award winning documentary, ‘Tomorrow’s Too Late’, starring Dylan Holloway. Proudly hosted by the UK's LGBTQ+ cinema, The Arzner, the screening will be followed by a panel hosted by trans music artist and ‘Sex Education’ star, LEXA, featuring Dylan and the Moon, Iz Hesketh (star of Russell T Davies' 'Tipt...
Wrestling with writer’s block for her first film, Bouchra, a queer Moroccan jackal living in NYC, starts having difficult yet overdue phone calls with her mother in Casablanca that begin influencing the project. Balancing the precarity of working as an artist, the rift in her cultural identity and an array of romantic interests, Bouchra’s emotional reckoning becomes her path to expression.
At the end of summer, Clémence tells her ex-husband that she’s had relationships with women. Her life is turned upside down when he files to strip her of their son’s custody. Then begins a struggle of several years for Clémence to defend her right to be a mother and a woman – free to make her own choices. Content Warning: Contains distressing and upsetting themes and scenes.
10% of ticket sales will be donated to UK Black Pride. After this exclusive preview screening, we will have a live-streamed Q&A with director Sandulela Asanda. Black Burns Fast is a queer and quirky coming of age film set in at a prestigious boarding school in South Africa. 17-year-old adorkable Luthando is on track for a normal academic year, until Ayanda arrives at the school and forces her to...
Free Community Screening: The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson
Sat 8 Aug
This is a free community screening to commemorate UK Black Pride. Please reserve your seats. Describing herself as a 'street queen,' Johnson was a legendary fixture in New York City’s gay ghetto and a tireless voice for LGBT pride since the days of Stonewall, who along with fellow trans icon Sylvia Rivera, founded Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (S.T.A.R.), a trans activist group base...
This screening and event is in partnership with Get Busy to close out our UK Black Pride Weekend. After this screening, we are then clearing out the bar and hosting a ballroom event in collaboration with Get Busy. Buying a ticket for the screening gives you entrance to the ballroom. 25 years after Paris is Burning, we dive back into the fierce world of voguing battles in the Kiki scene of New Y...
This screening will have a prerecorded introduction by some of the cast with a speical announcement. Sally and Gillian Owens, born into a magical family, have mostly avoided witchcraft themselves. But when Gillian's vicious boyfriend, Jimmy Angelov, dies unexpectedly, the Owens sisters give themselves a crash course in hard magic. With policeman Gary Hallet growing suspicious, the girls struggle ...
Screening to celebrate the release of Jane Schoenbrun's Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma on Friday 21st August. Before the screening, we will have a couple of surprise short films that celebrate trans voices. Teenager Owen is just trying to make it through life in the suburbs when his classmate Maddy introduces him to a mysterious TV show. In the pale glow of the television, Owen's view of r...
Eduardo, an 18-year-old kid from a small village in Jalisco, travels to Guadalajara. In this big and strange city, away from the eyes of his parents, he experiences his first encounters in love and sex.
Sally and Gillian Owens, born into a magical family, have mostly avoided witchcraft themselves. But when Gillian's vicious boyfriend, Jimmy Angelov, dies unexpectedly, the Owens sisters give themselves a crash course in hard magic. With policeman Gary Hallet growing suspicious, the girls struggle to resurrect Angelov -- and unwittingly inject his corpse with an evil spirit that threatens to end th...
Screening to celebrate the release of Jane Schoenbrun's Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma on Friday 21st August. Jane Schoenbrun’s (I Saw the TV Glow) debut feature film.. Reality and fantasy begin to blur when a teenager, alone in her attic bedroom, immerses herself in a role-playing horror game online.
Best friends and train stewardesses Tess and DeeDee trade their dreary shifts on the Stank Rail for the glitzy Glamazonian Express. However, when a catastrophic Stormaganza threatens to crash the high-speed train into Celebration, Florida, the duo in coach must join forces with the snobby first-class attendants, a hot but dimwitted co-conductor, and fabulous US President Judy Gagwell to save the d...
Kicking off Cinema in the Square is Nimona, courtesy of Netflix. Cinema in the Square is The Arzner's outdoor queer cinema event. Cinema in the Square takes place across the last three weekends of August, including Bank Holiday Monday on the 31st.. From Madonna to Mary Poppins, we have 28 queer & queer-adjacent films for you to enjoy in the summer heat in Bermondsey Square. Seating is unallocat...
Cinema in the Square is The Arzner's outdoor queer cinema event. Cinema in the Square takes place across the last three weekends of August, including Bank Holiday Monday on the 31st. From Madonna to Mary Poppins, we have 28 queer & queer-adjacent films for you to enjoy in the summer heat in Bermondsey Square. Seating is unallocated. All ticket holders will receive wireless headphones. Membership ...
Cinema in the Square: KPop Demon Hunters: A Sing-A-Long Event
Sat 15 Aug
Cinema in the Square is The Arzner's outdoor queer cinema event. Cinema in the Square takes place across the last three weekends of August, including Bank Holiday Monday on the 31st.. From Madonna to Mary Poppins, we have 28 queer & queer-adjacent films for you to enjoy in the summer heat in Bermondsey Square. Seating is unallocated. All ticket holders will receive wireless headphones. Membership...
Cinema in the Square is The Arzner's outdoor queer cinema event. Cinema in the Square takes place across the last three weekends of August, including Bank Holiday Monday on the 31st. From Madonna to Mary Poppins, we have 28 queer & queer-adjacent films for you to enjoy in the summer heat in Bermondsey Square. Seating is unallocated. All ticket holders will receive wireless headphones. Membershi...