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The Floating Cinema: Extra-Terrestrial London - OPEN AIR WEEKENDER: HUMANS IN SPACE - Sept 17-20

17 Sep 2015 – 20 Sep 2015

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Programme runs from Sept 17-20 for full event details incl all times please visit the website: http://bit.ly/Extra-T

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On board events £5-£12; open air events are free.
Full Details: http://bit.ly/Extra-T

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CANALSIDE STEPS, GRANARY SQUARE

London
Greater London, United Kingdom

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A four-day programme of FREE events - open air film featuring sci-fi cult classics and rarities alongside talks and artist installations which explore the race for planet colonisation, visions of cosmic utopias and future intergalactic worlds. AND a fancy dress screening of 1980’s classic Flash Gordon! | BOOK NOW: http://bit.ly/Extra-T!

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PROGRAMME OVERVIEW:

 

FREE OPEN AIR SCREENING:
Silent Running (Dir. Douglas Trumbull, 1972, U, 89 mins)
 

ON BOARD TALK:
The Knowledge with Dr Lewis Dartnell - You’re marooned on an alien world: what would you most need to know to build a civilisation from scratch…? Research fellow and author Dr. Lewis Dartnell discusses his book The Knowledge: How to Rebuild Our World from Scratch.

 

FREE OPEN AIR SCREENING:
Metropolis (Dir. Fritz Lang, 1927, PG, 118 mins).

 

FREE ON BOARD FILM SCREENINGS
Cosmic Shorts: On board rolling programme of short films exploring artist’s interpretations of space.

 

FREE OPEN AIR SCREENING
Fancy dress screening of 1980’s classic Flash Gordon (Dir. Mike Hodges, 1980, PG, 111 mins) Prizes for the best dressed on our space runway!

 

CANALCON – THE FLOATING CINEMA PAYS HOMAGE TO ‘COMICCON’….


FREE ON BOARD WORKSHOP - Wham! Out of this World - Comic Book Masterclass with Merlin Evans. Blast into space with illustration workshops on-board The Floating Cinema.

 

FREE OPEN AIR COMIC FAIR & OPEN AIR TALK
Comics in Space! Canalside Q&A with Dave Gibbons in conversation with Comica’s Paul Gravett

 

BOOK NOW: http://bit.ly/Extra-T  [On board events £5-£12; open air events are free.]
 

 

LIMITED CAPACITY, BOOK TODAY TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT

 

MORE EVENTS: (21 Aug- 20 Sept) http://floatingcinema.info/events/2015/extra-terrestrial

 

REVIEWS: "A magical idea...The Floating Cinema is hard to beat." The Observer;   "From art shows to films, our canals are awash with culture." The Daily Telegraph;   "Super eclectic and thoughtful." Time Out

 

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FULL DETAILS: http://bit.ly/Extra-T

 

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UP Projects

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Merlin Evans.

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