Scala Beyond
Saturday 18th August – Sunday 29th September
Scala Beyond is a 6-week nationwide film season celebrating all forms of cinema exhibition
Following the success of 2011’s Scala Forever film season in London, the team behind it are back with Scala Beyond (18th August – 29th September 2012), a six week season celebrating all forms of cinema exhibition across the UK, from film clubs to film festivals, picture palaces to pop-up venues and even venturing into homes and schools.
With over 100 (and rising!) different exhibitors from Newcastle to Birmingham, Glasgow to Brighton, putting on over 175 screenings of 250+ films, including double and triple bills, outdoor screenings, interactive events and live rescores, and of course the legendary all-nighters, this year’s season promises to offer something for everyone, with all of the tie-in events featured on a new site at www.scalabeyond.com
This year, Scala Beyond has widened its scope to include a more diverse range of films and exhibitors into the season, with a focus on the people and methods behind what makes a screening special. As part of this, exhibitors will be making ‘Declarations’ highlighting what makes their events unique, available to read on fillthelandwithcinemas.wordpress.com.
Plus, there’s the chance for anyone to get involved, by taking part in the first Home Cinema Day on Saturday 1st September, supported by MovieMail and Film4. Simply pick a film or two, invite some friends or family round to watch them and let us know about it via our social media links including @HomeCinemaDay and #hcd2012.
Joint season organiser Roxy Bar and Screen will again be the ‘home’ of the season in London and this year will host 14 different programmers with 28 different screenings and events over the 6 week period. Check out their website for full details, but don’t miss in the first weeks Animat’s live rescore to John Carpenter’s Dark Star on the 26th plus Filmbar70’s World Wide Action all-nighter on the 1st Sep!!
Other highlights for the first 2 weeks include:
Saturday 18th Aug, 8pm, FREE entry
Scala Beyond Launch Night: FILM JAM
Scala Beyond launches with the inaugural FILMJAM, a tag team style presentation of wild, weird and wonderful selections by TEN of London’s film clubs!
Monday 20th Aug, 7pm, £5 tickets
Filmbar70 and El Diabolik’s Night of the Psychotronic Soundtrack
Partake in an adventure in audio as Filmbar70 and El Diabolik take you by the ear and trawl the wild and way-out grooves of the Psychotronic soundtrack.
Tuesday 21st Aug, 7pm, £5 tickets
Savage Cinema presents The Company of Wolves + Paperhouse
Growing up is hard to do in this double-dose of chilling 1980s British horror with two rarely-screened grown-up fairytales.
Saturday 25th Aug, 10pm, £6.50 advance tickets
Midnight Movies Nightcap presents… Disco is Dead Double-Bill
R.I.P Donna Summer and Robin Gibb, long live disco fever! Midnight Movies’ Nightcap celebrates this most glam genre of music with two of its most glam (and outrageously fun) films – ‘Xanadu’ (’80) and ‘The Apple’ (’80). Expect live music, disco balls and dry ice!
Sunday 26th Aug, 8pm, £8 tickets
Dark Star with Live Rescore by Animat
The brilliant Animat return with a live rescore to John Carpenter’s ‘Dark Star’. Probably our most eagerly-awaited event of the whole season!
Monday 27th Aug, 8pm, FREE entry
Second Run DVD presents… Our Beloved Month of August
A tantalizing mix of documentary, fiction and everything in-between, Miguel Gomes’ multi-award winning film is his intoxicating love song to rural Portugal… and to cinema.
Tuesday 28th Aug, 7pm, £5 tickets
Filmbar70 presents A Very British Apocalypse double
Societies are sundered and man becomes animal in a double bill that celebrates Britain’s despairing take on the art of collapse with two visions infused by the sensibility of the kitchen sink – the ‘70s eco plight of ‘No Blade of Grass’ and the ‘80s nuked nightmare of ‘Threads’
Wednesday 29th Aug, 7pm, £6 tickets (£4 early bird)
VTSS presents Terror Down Under Double (part 1)
VTSS present the psychotic sounds of Australian Genre Film – a double bill of noisy innovation in Terry Bourke’s ‘Night of Fear’ (‘72) & Rolf de Heer’s notorious ‘Bad Boy Bubby’ (’93).
Thursday 30th Aug, 7pm, £5 tickets
Filmbar70 presents Eerie Down Under Double (part 2)
Australian cinema gets glacial with two examples of out-back eeriness informed by the beauty of the barren – the meticulously crafted spook fest ‘Next of Kin’ and the unclassifiable and disturbing ‘Wake in Fright’
Saturday 1st Sep, 11pm, £15 tickets
Filmbar70 presents the World Wide Action all-nighter
Filmbar70 gets rough and tough as they trot the globe in a quest to bring you the most exhilarating and outrageous action on the planet. From the glitz of the US, to the wilds of Indonesia, onward to the expanses of Australia, and finally to the transitional milieu of Hong Kong, take a journey around four chaotic continents that speak the universal language of action. Adding to the breathless excitement, they’ll be counting down their top ten greatest action moments throughout the evening.
Commando (1985) + Lady Terminator (1989) + Mad Max 2 (1981) + Mafia Vs Ninja (1985) + Filmbar70’s Top Ten Action Scenes of All Time!
MORE INFO:
Roxy Bar & Screen
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