Sunday 13 April, 10:00 & 13:30

An interactive our Shadow Play workshop for children up to 6-11 yrs old. Lights, projections, and different ways to create shadows and silhouettes with puppets. This time the focus is on the new animation ‘Flow’, so the ideas for the workshop are all based around this gorgeous film.

Saturday 12 April & Saturday 24 May

A specially designed film event for young children (3-5) with short films, free play and activities to inspire creativity and curiosity.

Organised by Small World Cinema, these events provide a welcoming, inclusive and creative space for young families to play and explore the magic of film, exploring light, shadow, colour and reflections.

10 – 22 April

Depot pays tribute to one of the most singular and influential filmmakers in American cinema history, who passed away this January. Films screening include The Straight Story; Mulholland Drive; Blue Velvet; Eraserhead; and Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (part of KINO Fest 2025).

Tuesday 15 April

Presented by Cinelogue

Technology and sexuality meet in a head-on collision in Crash-director David Cronenberg’s controversial adaptation of writer J.G. Ballard’s transgressive 1973 novel starring James Spader and Holly Hunter.

Wednesday 23 April

Screened in collaboration with Lewes Literary Society, introduced by poet and playwright Jeremy Page

A young Englishman dreams of escaping from his working class family and dead-end job as an undertaker’s assistant.

Tuesday 29 April

Includes a Q&A with director Julie Lunde Lillesæter which will be live captioned

This screening is supported by Reclaim the Frame

A group of women in Austin, Texas join forces and help build a movement of plaintiffs legally challenging the system that allowed their rapists to walk free. This is the landmark story of women fighting to hold law enforcement accountable, with resounding relevance worldwide.

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.

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.

Monday 29 May

Our tribute to Gene Hackman, introduced by Depot’s Chair of Trustees, Robert Senior

When a group of civil rights workers goes missing in a small Mississippi town, FBI agents Alan Ward and Rupert Anderson are sent in to investigate. Local authorities refuse to cooperate with them, and the African American community is afraid to, precipitating a clash between the two agents over strategy. As the situation becomes more volatile, the direct approach is abandoned in favour of more aggressive, hard-line tactics.

Sunday 8 June

Marking the centenary of the publication of Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf

The story of how the novel Mrs. Dalloway affects three generations of women, all of whom, in one way or another, have had to deal with suicide in their lives.

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

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.

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.