Every Saturday & Bank Holiday Sunday, May – September 2026

The best Saturday night out in Lewes is back for the summer! Dalliance is Depot’s weekly live music & street food extravaganza, which has been bringing those summer festival vibes to Lewes since 2021!

We strive to bring you the best screenings from The Royal Ballet & Opera, the National Theatre and a range of other live art events throughout the year.

Tuesday 19 – Saturday 30 May

A new screening series bringing bold, contemporary Caribbean films to cinemas across South East England, curated from standout titles at the Trinidad+Tobago Film Festival.

Sunday 31 May, 11:00

This is an event screening with a total duration of approximately 8 hours 50 mins including comfort and lunch breaks.

Employing a cast of thousands and an array of innovative camera techniques, director Sergei Bondarchuk conjures a sweeping vision of grand balls that glitter with rococo beauty and breathtaking battles that overwhelm with their expressionistic power.

Tuesday 9 June, 17:45

Q&A screening with director Gillian Mosely, hosted by Naomi Salaman.

After October 7th the world was shocked following the Hamas attacks in Israel. Within a few months the world recoiled in horror at the brutality of the Israeli response to those attacks.

As a British-American Jew, Gillian wanted to understand how Israelis, living in a country created as a place of safety from oppression, see the ongoing conflict and the devastation of Gaza and its inhabitants.

Thursday 11 June, 18:00

As part of this year’s Winelands Festival in Lewes, enjoy a special one-off screening of Sour Grapes at Depot cinema, accompanied by a post-film wine tasting in the auditorium and an afterparty in the Depot garden.

Monday 15 June, 17:30

UK premiere, screened as part of Refugee Week and Sama Brighton Film Festival 2026.

Followed by a live Q&A with director Roya Sadat, founder of Roya Film House and co-founder of the International Women’s Film Festival in Afghanistan, currently taking place in exile after being outlawed by the Taliban.

Suraya and her inseparable friend, the talented singer Sima, try to cope in Afghanistan‘s unstable political landscape at the end of the 1970s.

Wednesday 17 June, 20:30

Presented by Cinelogue

In a small Castilian village in 1940, in the wake of Spain’s devastating civil war, six-year-old Ana attends a traveling movie show of Frankenstein and becomes possessed by the memory of it.

30 June –  15 July 2026

Depot screens four films from the Italian master filmmaker: L’Avventura; Blow-Up; Zabriskie Point; and The Passenger. Featuring an introduction to the season from Depot’s Chair of Trustees, Robert Senior.

Thursday 16 July

Includes a post-film Q&A with David Bramwell

The story of a mysterious inheritance, seances, psychedelics and Brighton’s 1990s alt-cabaret scene is woven together with inimitable charm, writer David Bramwell recalls his UK odyssey to find the origins of the moustache inherited from Great Aunt Sylvia.

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.

Depot’s strand dedicated to screening arthouse, independent and cult films while engaging in discussion on issues surrounding film and cinema culture.

KnitFlicks screenings offer relaxed, sociable cinema events for crafters! Expect lighthearted movie selections chosen to create a fun atmosphere, perfect for unwinding while working on your knitting, crochet, or hand sewing project.

We’re proud to work in partnership with Small World Cinema to bring you our interactive workshops for toddlers and film events.

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.