The Cinema Museum, London

Past Events Archive

The UK Buster Keaton Society, 1st Quarterly Meeting

Sat 15 Jan 2011 · Events

The UK Buster Keaton Society, The Blinking Buzzards, are holding a quarterly meeting for members at the Cinema Museum, from 4-7pm.

Exotic Europe: The Past in the Present, Film Screening and Q&A

Fri 14 Jan 2011 @ 19:00 · Events

The Cinema Museum is screening a selection of specially restored archive short films from the Exotic Europe project, portraying Europe between 1909 and 1921, accompanied by specially commissioned 2010 film responses from students of the London Film School. The student filmmakers will be present following the screenings for a Q&A.

Exotic Europe Screening

Wed 8 Dec 2010 @ 18:30 at Europe House, Smith Square · Events

The European Commission is hosting a screening of a selection of specially restored archive footage from the Cinema Museum’s collection, portraying Europe before the First World War, accompanied by specially commissioned responses directed by students of the London Film School.

Burt Kwouk in Conversation

Thu 18 Nov 2010 @ 19:30 · Events

Most famous for playing Cato, Inspector Clouseau’s energetic manservant in the Pink Panther films, the legendary Burt Kwouk will be in conversation with the film historian Barry Littlechild. During his long and varied career, Burt has appeared in three separate James Bond films and many UK television productions, most recently Last of the Summer Wine.

A Conversation with Angela Allen

Thu 4 Nov 2010 @ 19:30 · Events

Join British film industry treasure, and honorary Member of the Guild of British Camera technicians, Angela Allen MBE, in conversation with film historian Tony Sloman. Angela worked on hundreds of films for over 50 years and trained as a script supervisor (formerly known as Continuity Girl) at the Korda Studios, working on The Third Man.

Clapperboard: Graham Murray

Thu 21 Oct 2010 @ 19:30 · Events

Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, film historian Graham Murray devised, wrote and compiled over 500 episodes of Granada Television’s legendary weekly programme Clapperboard. Presented by Chris Kelly, the series covered all aspects of filmmaking and cinema history. Graham will talk about the making of the programme and present a 45-minute compilation of the show’s highlights.

Home Movie Day 2010

Sat 16 Oct 2010 @ 11:00 · Events

The Cinema Museum is proud once again to be the London host for the annual Home Movie Day, at which the public can bring their home movies (e.g. on super 8, 8mm, 9.5mm or 16mm) for inspection by a trained archivist.

Julie Harris

Thu 7 Oct 2010 @ 19:30 · Events

Award-winning costume designer, Julie Harris, talks to BFI fiction curator Jo Botting about a glittering career that began in 1947 at Gainsborough Films and continued until her retirement in 1991. Julie worked on over seventy films and won an Oscar for Darling and a BAFTA for The Wrong Box.