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Peckham and Nunhead Free Film Festival

Peckham and Nunhead's annual film festival - free to attend and powered by dedicated local volunteers.

This is a publicly contributed event and not a council event. If you would like, you can submit your own event and have it appear on our website (subject to review).
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Description

Join us for ten days of totally free Hollywood blockbusters, rarely seen gems, inspiring documentaries and family-friendly entertainment in indoor and outdoor venues across SE15.

All powered by dedicated volunteers.

Wednesday 27th August

  • Pre-festival film quiz - a themed edition of the community pub's famous quiz night.
    • @ Ivy House, 40 Stuart Road, SE15 3BE, 8 pm

Friday 29th August:

  • The Texas Chainsaw Massacre - Five friends encounter the terrifying Leatherface and his cannibalistic family
    • @ Peckhamplex Cinema, 95A Rye Lane, SE15 4ST, 8:30 pm

Saturday 30th August:

  • One-minute film challenge workshop (booking required) - filmmaking workshop for any experience level. Free - book via our website
    • @ Mountview, 120 Peckham Hill Street, SE15 5JT, 10 am - 2 pm
  • Paradise Now - An empathetic tale  of childhood friends recruited as suicide bombers
    • @ SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, SE15 4NP, 3:30 pm
  • Phantom of the Open - A novice golfer gatecrashes a top tournament in this comedy drama
    • @ Aquarius Golf Club, Marmora Road, SE22 0RY, 8:30 pm
  • PNFFF Late Night Freakout Presents: Battle Royale - Kinji Fukusaku's ultra-violent cult classic that shocked the world
    • @ Beer Rebellion, 129 Queens Road, London, SE15 2ND, 10 pm

Sunday 31st August:

  • Rushmore - Cult Wes Anderson Film, teen's obsession with teacher sparks vendetta
    • @ Peckham Pelican, 92 Peckham Road, SE15 5PY, 6 pm
  • Medusa - Evangelical teenage girls turn into rage-fuelled vigilantes by night
    • @ Feminist Library, Sojourner Truth Community Centre, 161 Sumner Road, SE15 3BE, 7 pm
  • Harder Than The Rock: The Cimarons Story - Documentary capturing the legacy and final chapter of British reggae legends
    • @ Ivy House, 40 Stuart Road, SE15 3BE, 7:30 pm

Tuesday 2nd September

  • Eve's Bayou - Secrets, lies and mystic forces swirl in this twisting gothic drama
    • @ Peckham Palms, 14 Bournemouth Close, SE15 4PB

Wednesday 3rd September

  • Hobo - Documentary charting unique, evocative hitch across 1990's American railroads
    • @ Peckham Arches, Unit 6, Dovedale Business Estate, SE15 4QN, 8:15pm
  • Short Film Night -  our curated selection of shorts from talented local filmmakers showcased on the big screen
    • @ Peckhamplex Cinema, 95A Rye Lane, SE15 4ST, 8:15 pm

Thursday 4th September

  • Eraserhead - Surrealist body horror, David Lynch's first feature-length film
    • @ SET Social, 55a Nigel Road, SE15 4NP, 7 pm
  • Fitzcarraldo - Werner Herzog's jungle-set epic about an opera-obsessed rubber baron
    • @ Mundania Court, Forest Hill Road, Se22 0NQ, 8 pm
  • Coming to America (1988) - Pampered African prince poses as a penniless immigrant in this romantic comedy
    • @ Livesey Exchange, 567 Old Kent Road, SE1 5EW, 8 pm

Friday 5th September

  • The Color Purple -  Story of love and resilience, based on the novel and broadway musical
    • @ Copleston Centrem Copleston Road, SE15 4AN, 7:30 pm
  • Wild Robot - Animated adventure. A shipwrecked robot bonds with island wildlife.
    • @ Clifton Estate Basketball Court, junction of Consort Rd and Hanover Park, SE15 5JD 8.30 pm

Saturday 6th September

  • Nosferatu (2024) - Robert Eggers' hauntingly beautiful reimagining of classic gothic horror
    • @ Nunhead Cemetery, Linden Grove, SE15 3LP 8.30 pm 

Sunday 7th September

  • Brazil - Terry Gilliam's Orwellian dark comedy, released 40 years ago
    • @ Braynards Road Estate, SE15 2DF 8 pm 

 

 

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Peckham Palms
Peckham Palms Arcade,
1-14 Bournemouth Cl
London
SE15 4PB
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