Film East, Norwich (2026)

16/06/2026

🎭 OUT NOW! Art/Film is a film criticism anthology that examines the collaboration between cinema, fine art, music, theatre and the internet.

In Part 3, The Stage, writes about the 2020 French dance documentary, If It Were Love, discussing how the film functions as an extension of the stage production, transforming the show from the stage to the screen.

Shelby’s essay on the dance documentary If It Were Love is ONLY available to read in Art/Film. Get your print copy or digital download TODAY! Learn more by following the link in our bio.

14/06/2026

🎭 OUT NOW! Art/Film is a film criticism anthology that examines the collaboration between cinema, fine art, music, theatre and the internet.

UMNIA🧿 | LDN 🇬🇧 opens part 3, The Stage, with her article on the fundamental differences between stage acting and film acting. She focuses her analysis on Mike Nichols’ Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and David Lynch’s Mulholland Drive.

Art/Film includes Umnia’s article, plus 21 others! Buy your print copy of the book TODAY! Learn more by following the link in our bio.

13/06/2026

NORWICH! What a fabulous way to end the Art/Film tour!

Massive thank you to Cinema City, Norwich for partnering with us to screening Lynch’s Lost Highway, and thank you to the nearly 100 people who showed up to watch it!

If you didn’t know, Nozza is our hometown (we were founded almost a decade ago 🫪) and Cinema City had always been there to support us! They are, quite simply, incredible!

And, of course, why not buy a copy of the book?! Free shipping until Sunday if you use the code SHIP! Link in bio.

12/06/2026

🖼️🎞️ The Art/Film international tour has officially concluded! But we have one last gift for you!

We only have 4 first edition prints of Art/Film left after the tour! If you order a copy of the book by Sunday, June 14, you can get free shipping! Simply put the word SHIP in the voucher code box at checkout. Link in bio.

Don’t miss out on this chance to get a first edition print of Art/Film for only £15!

🖼️ Use code “Ship” at checkout by Sunday for free shipping!
🎞️ Link in bio or visit www.film-east.com order a book

*offer only available for UK, Europe and US addresses

11/06/2026

Thank you, East London! 🩷

Massive thank you to Rich Mix for collaborating with us on a screening of Mogul Mowgli! Shout out to independent art venues that work tirelessly to bring culture to their communities!

Last stop of the Art/Film tour is TONIGHT in our hometown! Don’t miss it!

09/06/2026

We had an incredible night last night celebrating Art/Film at the ! More photos to come… But firstly, we want to send a massive thank you to and for supplying wonderful gifts for attendees!

gifted INCREDIBLE handcrafted soaps sculpted to resemble fine art! The soaps serve as an exploration of the relationship between accessibility, touch and fine art. Plus, they smell incredible!

provided everyone a copy of their Film Ideas zine. Written by Babak Ganjei, the book includes a number of bizarre film pitches that exposes our thin, absurd media culture.

There are still a few goodie bags left, so we’ll be bringing them to on Thursday! Those who come to our pre-screening mixer in the cinema bar from 7-8 will be gifted one of these bags! Supplies is limited, so first come, first serve!

Shout out to and for organising this great addition to our events!

04/06/2026

🚗🎬 We’re heading to our hometown for the final stop of the Art/Film Tour!

Join us at in Norwich for the conclusion of our book tour. On Thursday, 11 June at 20:00, we’re partnering with our favourite local cinema to show David Lynch’s Lost Highway. PLUS, meet us in the Cinema City bar an hour before the film for a mixer! More details👇🏼 and buy tickets via the 🔗 in bio.

Anonymous videotapes presage a musician’s murder conviction, and a gangster’s girlfriend leads a mechanic astray.

Lost Highway will be introduced by the book’s editor and Film East founder, , who will give a brief presentation on how costuming reflects a character’s role in Lynch’s surreal narrative, as detailed in ’s Art/Film essay.

Join us an hour before the screening for a mixer in the Cinema City bar to mingle with the Film East team and other local film fans.

The screening will take place at Cinema City in Norwich. The cinema is located at City Centre, St Andrews St, Norwich, NR2 4AD.

Copies of Art/Film will be available to purchase at the event.

02/06/2026

🚗🎬 Join us at for the fifth stop of our Art/Film Book Tour!

We’ve partnered with Rich Mix to screen ’s Mogul Mowgli on Tuesday, 9 June at 18:30! More details👇🏼 and buy tickets via the 🔗 in bio. Film East followers get £9.50 tickets if you use code FE950 at checkout!

On the brink of his first international tour, Zed (), a British Pakistani rapper, decides to fly home to the UK to visit the family he has not seen in two years. In the midst of trying to reconnect with his parents, he is suddenly struck down by an autoimmune disease. As his condition worsens and his big breakthrough moment is in danger of vanishing into thin air, Zed descends into a physical and emotional crisis, amplified by vivid hallucinations.

The film will be introduced by , Art/Film‘s editor and Film East‘s founder, who will give a brief presentation on Riz Ahmed‘s multi-media project, The Long Goodbye, and how it connects to Mogul Mowgli‘s narrative, as explored in Art/Film’s “The Moving Exhibit.”

The screening will take place at Rich Mix in East London. The cinema is located at 35-47 Bethnal Green Rd., London, E1 6LA.

Copies of Art/Film will be available to purchase at the event.

31/05/2026

Philly! You were great! 🦅

Thank you so much for a fabulous screening of Broken Embraces! We had a full house, and lots of passionate Almodóvar fans in the audience!

Next stop: 🇬🇧

30/05/2026

🇬🇧🚗🎬 The UK leg of the Art/Film International Tour kicks off 8 May!

On Monday, 8 June from 18:30-20:00, join us at the for a panel discussion on the film criticism industry and the relationship between art and cinema. More details 👇🏼 and buy tickets via the 🔗 in bio.

The BFI Reuben Library will host Art/Film’s editor, , along with four female and non-binary critics, to discuss topics related to the book and the current state of the criticism industry.

The conversation will ask questions such as how different art mediums appear on screen and the role they play in visual storytelling, how each panellist combines writing and artmaking, how accessible the industry is for women and non-binary individuals and more. Panellists include (Art/Filmessayist, Editor-in-Chief of Obscurae), .moonz (Art/Film essayist, Intimacy Coordinator), (filmmaker and Creative Nonfiction Film Weekend curator) and (film and cultural critic).

The panel will take place at the BFI Southbank Reuben Library, located at Belvedere Road, South Bank, London, SE1 8XT.

Copies of Art/Film will be available to purchase from the BFI Shop. Get tickets via the link in our bio.

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