Festive Season
December 2025 to January 2026
Christmas 2025 is bursting with exciting new releases, alternative indie offerings, crimbo classics to bring comfort and joy, and family favourites for all ages. Plus, see in the new year with a selection of filmmaker Q&As!
Wine Tasting Sessions
New sessions added for 2026!
Our wine tasting sessions in Robert’s Bar are back! Join us as our guest wine experts take us on a journey through some the worlds best and most underappreciated wine regions.
Paul Greengrass Season
November 2025 – January 2026
Featuring a live, in-person conversation with Paul Greengrass, hosted by Tom Shone
A season celebrating the work of the iconic British director, including film screenings plus an appearance by Greengrass himself. Films screening include Captain Philips, The Lost Bus, The Bourne Supremecy, The Bourne Ultimatum, and Jason Bourne.
Menus-Plaisirs, les Troisgros
Sunday 4 January 2026, 13:30
Founded in 1930 in central France, the Troisgros family restaurant has been holding 3 Michelin stars for 57 years over four generations. Michel Troisgros, the third generation to head the restaurant, has turned over the responsibility for the cuisine to his son César, the fourth generation of Troisgros chefs.
An immersive experience, four hours long, without interviews, narration or music, Menus-Plaisirs – Les Troisgros shows the great artistry, ingenuity, imagination, and hard work of the restaurant staff in creating, preparing, and presenting meals of the highest quality.
Power Station
Thursday 8 January 2026, 17:45
Q&A screening with director Daniel Edelstyn, Chris Rowland from Ovesco, and Kayla Ente from Bhesco, hosted by Howard Johns (People Owned Power & OneZero)
Two artists in Walthamstow set out to take their street off the grid, kickstarting a solar-powered energy revolution.
Inspired by lockdown mutual aid initiatives, artist-activists Hilary Powell and Dan Edelstyn decided to turn their street into an energy-generating powerhouse – a prototype for a new way of living, with the hope of galvanising a wider push towards sustainable alternatives.
Captured Souls: In Conversation with Graham Humphreys
Wednesday 21 January 2026, 17:30
Q&A with artist Graham Humphreys, actor Madeleine Smith, journalist and curator Peter Fuller, moderated by journalist Billy Chainsaw
An intimate documentary about Graham Humphreys, the UK’s most iconic horror illustrator—the man behind the original posters for The Evil Dead, A Nightmare on Elm Street, and countless other films that defined a generation of horror cinema.
Bulk
Saturday 24 January 2026, 17:00
Includes a Q&A with director Ben Wheatley
When an over zealous scientist pushes his experiments with string theory too far – his brane explodes. That’s “brane” not “brain” – but that means someone has to sort out the mess he has created. Our hero Corey Harlan is sent in – kicking and screaming – to find the heart of the brane and its creator Anton Chambers.
Music with Movingsounds
Tuesday 27 January 2026
Movingsounds is inviting carers and those they look after with dementia to join us for uplifting musical fun with this interactive and varied workshop, bringing a mix of light heartedness, huge musical talent and spontaneity to each session.
Desperate Journey
Wednesday 28 January, 17:30
Screened for Holocaust Memorial Day, with introduction from Lewes Holocaust Memorial Day Group
The true story of Freddie Knoller, a young Jewish man who flees Vienna following the Nazi occupation in 1938 and finds solace in the vibrant world of Paris’s burlesque scene.
A Life in Tandem
Thursday 29 January 2026, 20:00
Q&A with director Mike Rumsey and Editor James Burt, hosted by Holly Atkins
When Luke Grenfell-Shaw turns 24, his whole life is in front of him. Until he is diagnosed with incurable stage-four cancer. Weeks later, while he begins chemotherapy, his brother dies in a freak accident. As his family shatters, Luke makes a decision: he has to survive. He sets himself an extraordinary challenge – to cycle 20,000 miles from Bristol to Beijing on a tandem bike, inviting others living with incurable cancer to join him.
Badlands
Saturday 14 February, 20:30
Valentine’s Day screening
Kit Carruthers, a young garbage collector, and his impressionable girlfriend Holly Sargis leave their South Dakota hometown on the run after killing Holly’s father. On their way towards the Badlands of Montana they leave a trail of dispassionate and seemingly random murders in their wake.
Gentle, Angry Women
Thursday 12 March 2026, 17:30
Screened for International Woman’s Day 2026. Q&A with director Barbara Santi + more guests to be announced
A new generation of young female activists awakens to a powerful, forgotten chapter of women’s history. As they navigate the complexities of teenage life and social activism, three young women – Poppy (16), Xanthe (17), and Evie (19) – discover the remarkable Greenham Common Women’s Peace Movement.
Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme 2026
23 February – 11 March 2026
The UK’s largest festival of Japanese cinema, the Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme (JFTFP), is back again. This is the place where cinema comes alive! We invite you to join us at Depot for another season of exciting screenings.
The Hotel of my Dream Image: Ⓒ 2012 Asako Yuzuki/Shinchosha Ⓒ 2024“The Hotel of my Dream“Film Partners
Homegrown
Join us at Depot once a month for the latest in British Independent Cinema. We will be handpicking films that show the diversity and skill present across the industry – and inviting the filmmakers and actors themselves to join us and provide first hand personal insight into the process of making a film.
Cinelogue
Depot’s strand dedicated to screening arthouse, independent and cult films while engaging in discussion on issues surrounding film and cinema culture.
Cinemas of the Mind
A screening with post-film discussion facilitated by Dr Jake Harvey, a forensic psychiatrist, and Jenny Leeburn, a psychoanalytic psychotherapist, focusing on the psychological aspects of the film, and the emotional impact on the viewer.
Kino Collective
A group of young people dedicated to sharing an enthusiasm and knowledge of cinema through the hosting of specially selected screenings and events for young adults.
Book to Film Club
Depot’s Book to Film Club is a relaxed and open space to talk about books and movies. With classics, horror, and sci-fi on the shelf, there’s something for everyone to get their reading glasses on for.
