Right of Way (2022) Thursday 17 November 2022 at 3:00pm Dir. Various | UK | 1hr 30m | 12A | Archive footage & New Artist Film | Captioned for the hard of hearing We’re told we all have a right to roam in the countryside – but does that apply to everyone equally? Right of […]
Neptune Frost (2021) Saturday 19 November 2022 at 7:00pm Dir. Saul Williams, Anisia Uzeyman | USA/Rwanda | 1hr 45m | 15| Sci-fi | English subtitles An intersex African hacker, a coltan miner and the virtual marvel born as a result of their union. Afro-futurist fantasia Neptune Frost, is a wondrous, thrilling sci-fi punk musical from […]
Gateway to the Archive with Zoë Viney Join Zoë Viney, Film Curator Wessex Film and Sound Archive for a selection of footage from this regional film and sound collection based at Hampshire Record Office in Winchester. With an introduction to the vast and fascinating holdings of the archive Zoë will share footage from 1960s Southampton […]
Join us for the SFW: Shorts Screening and Awards Ceremony, one of the most anticipated events in the Southampton Film Week programme.
Selected 13 is a collection of diverse, surprising, and provocative new films by early career artists: Aqsa Arif, Dan Guthrie, Hannan Jones, Hussina Raja, Evita Remy-Benn, Daisy Smith, and Mina Heydari-Waite. The seven artists were nominated by the artists shortlisted for the 2022 Film London Jarman Award: Jamie Crewe, Onyeka Igwe, Grace Ndiritu, Morgan Quaintance, Rosa-Johan Uddoh and Alberta Whittle.
Cert 15 | 1993 | Dir. Derek Jarman | Artist Film/Documentary | UK | 80 mins To launch Southampton Film Week 2024, John Hansard Gallery and City Eye present The Blue Description Project. In 1993, Derek Jarman released Blue, an epoch-defining account of AIDS, illness, and the experience of disability in a culture of repressive […]
Get ready for an unforgettable night at SFW: Shorts 2024! As one of the most eagerly awaited events in the Southampton Film Week lineup, this screening and awards ceremony is where creativity from around the globe comes alive. Since its inception in 2012, SFW: Shorts has been a magnet for filmmakers and artists worldwide, bringing […]
At Mayflower Studios In collaboration with John Hansard Gallery, join artists and curators Simon Payne and Andrew Vallance for a programme of exciting, expanded cinema. The films they will introduce span the classic Berlin Horse (1970) by Malcolm Le Grice, through to more recent films in the tradition of experimental cinema. Jo Millet’s Surfeit (2010) […]
At Mayflower Studios Join us on the red carpet to celebrate the very best in international, regional and local filmmaking. SFW: Shorts Screening and Awards is your chance to see all films shortlisted in this year’s competition and to find out who the judges have chosen to win in each category including Best Fiction, Best Documentary, […]
John Hansard Gallery, Screening Room FREE As part of Southampton Film Week, join John Hansard Gallery for a special programme of single-screen 16mm films and videos that explore dark and light – the two poles between which the projected image exists. Lucy Harris’s Moons (2025) is a reflection on an archetypal poetic-cinematic image. In Laura […]