Upcoming events

Spotlights - 5 June 2013

Whirlygig Cinema’s SPOTLIGHTS is a monthly short film night that shines a light on the work and practice of outstanding new filmmakers.

At each event, three emerging filmmakers are given just half an hour each to showcase and talk about their films, providing a gripping insight into their background, ideas and filmmaking process. At the end of the night they all take part in a Q&A, giving audiences the chance to probe further.

Tickets £5 on the door or £3 to WhirlyBadge holders & Picturehouse members / £4 advance AVAILABLE SOON

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Making Tracks - 27th July 2013

Making Tracks is a groundbreaking event that fuses live music with moving image and provides an interactive platform on which to showcase new film talent. Whirlygig Cinema will present a programme of experimental film and artist video alongside brand new scores, performed live on the night by The Cabinet of Living Cinema.

The Cabinet will use a wide range of instruments and foley to bring a fresh perspective to the films, adding a new dimension to the visuals and creating an invigorating live experience. Join the artists and filmmakers as they hear their new scores for the first time and see cutting-edge film in a totally unique context.

Tickets £10 door / £8 advance / £5 with a Whirlygig badge

Doors 7.30pm / Films 8pm

Rich Mix Bar, 35 - 47 Bethnal Green Road, London, E1 6LA

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Past events

Spotlights - 1 May 2013

Whirlygig Cinema’s SPOTLIGHTS is a monthly short film night that shines a light on the work and practice of outstanding new filmmakers.

At each event, three emerging filmmakers are given just half an hour each to showcase and talk about their films, providing a gripping insight into their background, ideas and filmmaking process. At the end of the night they all take part in a Q&A, giving audiences the chance to probe further.

Tickets £5 on the door or £3 to WhirlyBadge holders & Picturehouse members / £4 advance

Doors 7pm / Films 7.30pm

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Spotlights - 9th April 2013

Whirlygig Cinema’s SPOTLIGHTS is a monthly short film night that shines a light on the work and practice of outstanding new filmmakers.

At each event, three emerging filmmakers are given just half an hour each to showcase and talk about their films, providing a gripping insight into their background, ideas and filmmaking process. At the end of the night they all take part in a Q&A, giving audiences the chance to probe further.

Tickets £5 on the door or £3 to badge holders & Picturehouse members / £4 advance

Doors 7pm / Films 7.30pm

Hackney Attic, Hackney Picturehouse, London, E8 1HE

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Making Tracks - 12th January 2013

Making Tracks returns to the London Short Film Festival with a fresh crop of short films by up-and-coming filmmakers, ready to be re-scored live by The Cabinet of Living Cinema.

Saturday 12th January 2013, 7.30pm

Tickets £10 door / £8 advance / £5 with a Whirlygig badge
Rich Mix Bar, 35 - 47 Bethnal Green Road, London, E1 6LA

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Spotlights (LSFF Special) - January 2013

Spotlights is a bi-monthly short film night run by Whirlygig Cinema that offers new and established filmmakers the chance to screen a portfolio of work in front of a live audience.

In a special collaboration with LSFF, Whirlygig Cinema will take over Trangallan for three nights to welcome filmmakers who worked on the nine films that have won the festival over the course of its decade-long history. Directors, cinematographers and other film creatives will showcase these films within the context of their own work and at the end of each night there will a chance to ask them questions in a Q&A.

Spotlights will take place on 8th, 9th and 10th January. Doors 7pm. Tickets £4, or £10 for 3 nights (special online price). Booking is essential due to limited capacity.

Venue: Trangallan, 61 Newington Green, London, N16 9PX

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Making Tracks - 18th October 2012

Making Tracks returns with a fresh crop of short films by up-and-coming filmmakers, ready to be re-scored live by The Cabinet of Living Cinema.

Thursday 18th October 2012, 7.30pm
Rich Mix Bar, 35 - 47 Bethnal Green Road, London, E1 6LA

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Voyage Through Animation

A Voyage Through Animation celebrates historical and contemporary innovation in animation, matching films by recent artists with seminal work from the last 90 years including Man Ray’s Dadaist experiments, Lotte Reiniger’s silhouette animation, Russian collage by Ivan Ivanov and master of stop-frame Jan Svankmajer. All films receive a live score by live cinema pioneers The Cabinet of Living Cinema, who will outline the innovations in animation that have shaped the artform.

The evening will also incorporate live animation by audiovisual artist Noriko Okaku and a selection of animated short films programmed by Whirlygig Cinema to showcase emerging talent in the genre.

This event is part of the Scala Beyond season.

The Yard Theatre, Queen’s Yard, Hackney Wick, London, E9 5EN
Sunday 16th September, 7.30pm. Tickets £9 or £7 for Whirlygig Cinema badge-holders*.

*Tickets will be available on the door on presentation of Whirlygig Cinema badge. Please email hello@whirlygigcinema to reserve your ticket.

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In The Woods

Now in its 7th year, In The Woods is a special one-day music festival in an enchanted secret woodland location in South East England. Curated and pulled together by the band Laurel Collective, the festival has fast become a watershed show for new talent, including music, art and now film.

This year we are honoured to be hosting the festival’s film programme and will present an eclectic and captivating showcase of short films, offering festival goers an insight into the vast and exciting world of filmmaking.

Alongside our own nature-themed presentation Au Naturel, woodland folk will be able to indulge in guest programmes from the likes of Rushes Soho Shorts, Radar Music Videos, Straight 8 and live score connoisseurs The Cabinet of Living Cinema.

The festival itself is sold out but if you are lucky enough to have a ticket, drop into our film yurt between 4pm and 3am to see cutting-edge film programmed by some of the UK’s most innovative film groups.

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Making Tracks - 30th May 2012

Making Tracks returns in May with a fresh crop of short films by up-and-coming filmmakers, ready to be re-scored live by The Cabinet of Living Cinema.

Wednesday 30th May 2012, 7.30pm
Rich Mix Bar, 35 - 47 Bethnal Green Road, London, E1 6LA

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Whirlygiggles - 30th March 2012

Whirlygiggles is back! After a popular debut last year, we will return to The Horse Hospital with a fresh crop of of funny short films that are guaranteed to slap a smirk on everyone’s faces.

As we go about our mission to expose new and emerging filmmaking talent, we will present a hilarious programme of dramas, animations, mockumentaries and more. Join us as we explore the different ways of approaching humour through the lens of a video camera and spend the night with the next generation of comedy filmmakers. Whatever turns you on, be it witty scriptwriting, surrealist animation or silly spoofs, be sure to come down to The Horse Hospital on Friday 30th March to have the last laugh.

Friday 30th March, 7.30pm (films start 8pm)
The Horse Hospital, Colonnade, Bloomsbury, London, WC1N 1JD

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Contains Mild Peril! - Sunday 30th October 2011

An evening of scary short films by fearless filmmakers in an East London chapel! Scare yourself silly with our selection of terrifying tales, creepy music videos, blood-curdling animations and gruesome spoofs, all in the name of good fun old-fashioned horror.

The Chapel @ Gallery Café, St Margaret’s House Settlement, 21 Old Ford Road, Bethnal Green, E2 9PL

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Wychwood 2011

We were thrilled to host the film tent at Wychwood Music Festival, an excellent little festival in Cheltenham showcasing the best in national and local talent with an eclectic range of music, workshops and performing arts. Our corner of the festival featured a host of short film showreels, features, documentaries and live AV events, celebrating in particular the exciting interplay between music and film.

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Making Tracks - May 2011

Making Tracks is a groundbreaking platform on which to showcase up-and-coming filmmaking talent. In a collaboration with The Cabinet of Living Cinema, the idea is simple: we seek out top quality short films, strip them of their original soundtracks and The Cabinet rescore them live on the night.

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Whirlygiggles

Diverting temporarily from our usual film-versus-music style, in March we decided to take on the strange and immersive world of comedy through a range of sketches, mockumentaries and animations. This took place in the Horse Hospital on 11th March, and enjoyed a thrilling response from a very receptive audience.

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Making Tracks - January 2011

In January 2011, Whirlygig cinema repeated their popular Making Tracks event as part of London Short Film Festival. It presented a mixture of films; some from December, some from past and present LSFF filmmakers and a couple of brand new ones!

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Whirlygig Cinema 1

Whirlygig Cinema’s first event was at Pangea Project, Stamford Hill, London. The event was a huge success with the bar filled to capacity.

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