Bowiefest
Legendary rock star David Bowie has been involved in films as long as he has been making music. We celebrate the best of his celluloid appearances with Bowiefest: 3 days of screenings, talks and Q+As.
Renowned for consistently remaking his image and assuming alter-egos in his music, over the last 40 years Bowie has also played a fantastically wide range of characters in his films.
Bowiefest will also feature entertainment and DJs in the bar on Friday and Saturday nights. Come dressed as your favourite era Bowie.
Bowiefest is curated by Natasha Dack and Oli Harbottle.
Multibuy offer: book three or more tickets for selected screenings for £8 each.
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Bowiefest Opening Night
31 August 2012
Join us for the Opening Night of the UK’s first ever Bowie Film Festival, celebrating 40 years of David Bowie’s work in film, with a special screening of Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders From Mars followed by late-night partying to the sounds of the legend’s expansive career.
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Bowiefest presents: Labyrinth
31 August 2012 - 2 September 2012
Perhaps Bowie's most famous role, Labyrinth is a fantasy film featuring a cast of puppets from director Jim Henson's Creature Shop, and revolving around the quest of teenage Sarah to rescue her infant brother Toby, kidnapped by Jareth, the Goblin King.
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Bowiefest presents: The Hunger
1 September 2012 - 2 September 2012
The Hunger is a neo-gothic horror telling the story of a love triangle between a doctor and a vampire couple.
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Bowiefest presents: Christiane F
1 September 2012
Now an established cult movie featuring Bowie performing in concert and a soundtrack from his ‘Berlin era' albums (Low, Heroes, Lodger), Christiane F follows the escapades of a 12-year old girl as she gets drawn deeper and deeper into the 1970s drug scene in West Berlin.
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Bowiefest presents: Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence
1 September 2012
The film Bowie called his "most credible performance", Ôshima's 1983 Cannes Palme D'Or entry deals with the relationships among four men in a Japanese prisoner of war camp during the Second World War.
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Bowiefest presents: Cracked Actor: Alan Yentob in conversation with Jeremy Deller
2 September 2012
To close the festival, Alan Yentob joins us in conversation with artist Jeremy Deller about the influential BBC Omnibus documentary, Cracked Actor, directed by Yentob, which follows an alienated Bowie during the Diamond Dogs tour of America in 1974.
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Bowiefest presents: Absolute Beginners
2 September 2012
Julien Temple's unconventional rock musical adaptation of Colin MacInnes' novel about life in late 1950s London divided audiences on its high-profile release, but has gone on to acquire cult status.