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.
Wine Tasting Sessions
From January 2025
Our wine tasting sessions in Robert’s Bar are back for 2025! Join us as our guest wine experts take us on a journey through some the worlds best and most underappreciated wine regions.
Supper Clubs
From October 2024
Step into a world where film meets flavor at Depot’s exclusive Supper Club—a monthly event designed for those who seek more than just a night out.
QueerFest
1 – 28 February
QueerFest returns for a third year at Depot! This year’s programme will explore the theme of desire through a diverse programme of contemporary and classic Queer cinema.
Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme 2025
13 February – 8 March
The UK’s largest festival of Japanese cinema, the Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme (JFTFP25), returns with its biggest showcase ever! We invite you to join us at Depot for another year of exciting screenings.
BFI Future Film Festival Presents
South East Shorts + Beyond the Basics: Mastering Visual Storytelling in Film
Wednesday 26 February
A special one-off screening celebrating a selection of films from BFI’s Future Film Festival that have been shot across the South East. As well as the films, hand picked by our own KINO Collective young programmer group, the evening will also include a Q&A with some of the filmmakers, networking opportunities and an intensive masterclass in directing, led by award winning director and experienced lecturer, Robert Dee.
The Magnificent Ambersons
Monday 3 March
Introduced by Depot Chair of Trustees Robert Senior
Orson Welles’ acclaimed drama follows two generations in a well-to-do Indianapolis family. Isabel Amberson receives a proposal from dashing Eugene, but opts instead to marry boring Wilbur. Time passes, and Wilbur and Isabel’s only son, George, is loathed as a controlling figure in the town.
Pure Clean Water
Wednesday 5 March
Followed by a panel discussion hosted by Natasha Padbury, Director at Love our Ouse, with Peter King, Director at Ouse and Adur Rivers Trust, Jan Knowlson, Biodiversity Officer at South Downs National Park, Christopher Bibb, Senior Specialist Green Consultancy at Lewes and Eastbourne Councils and Helen Meade, CEO at Railway Land Wildlife Trust
Is the Cambridge growth phenomenon about to be derailed by a shortage of water? For 250 years a chalk stream, diverted into the town centre, provided Cambridge with drinking water. Today, pumping from underground chalk aquifers brings potable water at great convenience. But in the process springs are drying up and precious chalk streams are disappearing.
Health in the Himalayas
Sunday 9 March
Q&A fundraising screening with director Tania Lindon, editor Cesca Eaton and executive producer Kate Yarrow.
This short documentary follows a team of medical professionals from the charity Doctors for Nepal, as they travel to the remote Karnali district in western Nepal to deliver a women’s health camp. It is the first ever camp of its kind to be run by the charity, bringing together Nepalese doctors and nurses, all of whom are Doctors For Nepal scholarship holders, alongside Lewes local and the charity’s founder Dr Kate Yarrow, and her NHS colleague Dr Rasana Bajracharya.
Cinelogue: Goodbye Dragon Inn
Wednesday 12 March, 18:00
A celebration of the cinema as a place of worship, reflection and silent kinship, Goodbye, Dragon Inn is director Tsai Ming-liang’s love letter to the movies.
At an old Taipei cinema about to close its doors for good, we are treated to the stories of the few people left sitting in a screening of King Hu’s Dragon Inn; from the usher with a steamed bun and the projectionist who it’s meant for, to the actor in the audience and the lonely tourist just behind him.
Here’s proof that even seeing a film becomes a touching story of wandering souls, bound together fleetingly by the power of cinema
Tennessee Williams Season
20 April – 5 May
A season of films celebrating the iconic American playwright Tennessee Williams, including A Streetcar Named Desire, Suddenly Last Summer, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Sweet Bird of Youth, and Night of the Iguana. Accompanied by a talk by Depot Chair of Trustees Robert Senior.
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.
