Dalliance at Depot
Every weekend from Saturday 3 May
Depot’s weekly live music & street food extravaganza, which has been bringing those summer festival vibes to Lewes since 2021!
Each Saturday from May to September, we host live music and delicious street food vendors on our beautiful open terrace, guaranteed to give you that great festival experience. Mix that with a great selection of local beers and ciders, and you’ve got an unforgettable night out planned.
Artwave: Exhibition Open Call
As part of the 2025 Artwave festival (5 – 21 September) Depot will be holding an open exhibition of art created by the public in the Studio.
The theme of this year’s open exhibition at Depot is Structures. We are inviting artists of all ages and experience to submit works of art inspired by this theme.
Complicit: A Michael Haneke Retrospective
June – July 2025
Haneke has developed a style that articulately fuses social critique with a cinema of transcendent beauty in its precision, purpose and humanity. In his worlds, we are all complicit – even him, even you. This season includes many of Haneke’s most acclaimed works.
Four Letters of Love Q&A
Friday 18 July
Post-film Q&A with director Polly Steele
Nicholas and Isabel are made for each other, but fate does not always choose the easiest path to true love. As destiny pulls them together, so do family, passion, and faith drive them apart.
Barry Lyndon
Sunday 20 July
50th anniversary screening: New 4K restoration
Forced to leave Ireland after killing an English officer in a duel, handsome young Redmond Barry seeks his fortune as a soldier in Prussia, as a spy then as a gambler living among the elite of Europe. He changes his name and marries an aristocrat for her wealth, but the acceptance he seeks finally eludes him.
Music and Movement with Movingsounds
Tuesday 29 July
Movingsounds invites those with dementia and their carers to join us for uplifting musical fun, with this interactive and varied workshop. Also welcome are any elders whose health will benefit.
Cinelogue: Big Film Quiz
Wednesday 30 July, 19:30
Join Cinelogue as they test your knowledge and patience on all things film. From Audrey Hepburn to Austin Butler and Georges Méliès to George Miller – and everything in between.
But, in true Cinelogue fashion, don’t expect this quiz to be your run-of-the-mill pub quiz, because the team will make sure this is unlike any quiz you’ve ever played before…
Board Game Night
31 July, 28 August, 25 September
These monthly meet-ups in the Depot Studio will provide a welcoming space for adults of all experience levels to connect, compete, and unwind over some great games.
Sudan, Remember Us
Thursday 31 July
Virtual Q&A with director Hind Meddeb, hosted by documentary filmmaker Jerry Rothwell
In 2019, documentary filmmaker Hind Meddab flew to Sudan. There she met a selection of young activists that she would continue to film over the course of 4 years.
Wild Coast Warriors
Monday 4 August
Part of Greenpeace Lewes’ 50th Anniversary, introduced by Executive Director Gary Janks
For centuries, indigenous people have lived sustainably while resisting invaders on South Africa’s Wild Coast.
In this documentary about a David and Goliath court-case struggle against Shell, these communities succeeded in halting oil and gas exploration, winning ongoing protection for their ocean and culture.
How to Chance the World
Monday 11 August
Part of Greenpeace Lewes’ 50th Anniversary, with introduction by Jerry Rothwell
In 1971, a group of friends sail into a nuclear test zone, and their protest captures the world’s imagination.
Everybody Friendly Screening: Wicked
Wednesday 13 August
Elphaba, an ostracized but defiant girl born with green skin, and Glinda, a privileged aristocrat born popular, become extremely unlikely friends in the magical Land of Oz. Everybody-Friendly Screenings are less intense than everyday screenings with the auditorium lights at half-setting and the sound slightly lower. All films are subtitled.
Dogspiracy
Tuesday 26 August
Followed by a Q&A with Dr Marc Abraham OBE, Paul Crompton and Karen Lippitt from Helping Paws
Follows British vet, author and animal welfare campaigner Marc Abraham as he investigates puppy mils, canine fertility clinics and puppy smuggling.
Women Over 50 Film Festival 2025
Saturday 13 September
Women Over 50 Film Festival (WOFFF) champions and showcases the work of older women on screen and behind the camera with an annual short film festival and year-round events and film screenings, and we’re delighted to be hosting their 2025 festival right here at Depot.
This is the 11th edition of the festival and it promises to be a joyful day for anyone – all ages and genders welcome – who loves to watch fascinating and surprising films
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.
