2024 Southend Film Festival website
will be live beginning May 2024
other festival events
Tickets for these events are available on the day or by contacting the event organiser
CULT NIGHT DOUBLE BILL
Friday 19 May : 7.OOpm OVER 18s ONLY
THE WHITE BUS CINEMA : TICKETS £5.00
Monthly double bills of the bizarre and the unusual.
ALONE IN THE DARK: over 100 years of Stalk and Slash, in association with the White Bus Cinema, presents:
This show: ‘Hail Satan’: Two Lucifer-lovin’ heavy metal horrors!
Rock and Roll Nightmare (1987) + Trick or Treat (1986)
7pm : £5 : Over 18s : The White Bus Cinema, The Old Waterworks, North Road, Southend, SS0 7AB
DAM BUSTERS' TWILIGHT TAXI-RUN
Saturday 20 May : Gates open 4.3Opm : London Southend Airport
The Vulcan Restoration Trust invites you to join them for a special twilight taxi-run to commemorate the 80th anniversary of 617 Squadron and its famous 'Dam Busters' raid, which took place on 16-17 May 1943. The evening will begin with a screening of the 1955 feature film The Dam Busters, which stars Richard Todd as Guy Gibson and Michael Redgrave as Barnes Wallis.
The Vulcan XL426, which comes from the same 'stable' as the Lancasters, having served with 617 Squadron from the 1960s to the 1980s, will taxi at twilight. There will be two taxi-runs, the second a high-speed pass. Visitors will get an unrivalled view from the Trust's exclusive area in front of its hanger. So don't forget your camera!
Event timings: Gates open 4.30pm : Film screening 5.45pm : Vulcan engines start 8pm : Twilight taxi-runs 8.30pm
Ticket prices: Adults £65 : Vulcan Restoration Trust members £35 : Under 16s (but must be over 6 years of age) £25
Further details and bookings: Avro Vulcan
MRS HARRIS GOES TO PARIS
UK : 1h 55m : Certificate 'PG'
Sunday 21 May : 7.3Opm : PALACE THEATRE : TICKETS £8.50
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris tells a humorously heart-warming tale about London housecleaner Ada Harris (Lesley Manville), who thinks her lonely life might turn around if she can become the owner of a Christian Dior gown.
Tickets: £7.00 + £1.50 booking fee
To book please go to Cliffs Pavilion website.
Palace Theatre, 430 London Road, Westcliff-On-Sea SS0 9LA · 03433100030
WHITE BUS CINEMA ARCHIVE SCREENING
Wednesday 7 and 14 June : 7.OOpm
THE WHITE BUS CINEMA : DONATION £3.00
Weekly screenings, on 16mm and 35mm, of short subjects and a full-length feature.
Programme details from David Simpson: 01702 464733 / 07754 391163
7pm : £3 donation : The White Bus Cinema, The Old Waterworks, North Road, Southend, SS0 7AB
SCREEN SIGNERS BY THE SEA
Sunday 11 June : 10am - 5.00pm
CLIFFS PAVILION : TICKETS £8.00 : UNDER 16s £4.00 : UNDER 12s FREE
Autograph signings by 11 stars of film and TV, plus traders and photo opportunities with Southend-on-Sea Ghostbusters, Essex Cosplayers, Synergy Cosplay group, Autism Allstars, Joker Squad and Graham ‘The Magic Man’.
10.00am-5.00pm : £8 adults / Under 16s £4 / Under 12s free (Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult)
Maritime Suite, Cliffs Pavilion, Station Road, Westcliff, SS0 7RA
THAT'S A WRAP: STUDENT SHORTS
Monday 12 June : 7.00pm
PARK INN BY RADISSON PALACE BALLROOM : TICKETS FREE
Short films from third year students on the BA (Hons) Film & TV programme at University Centre South Essex.
7pm : Free admission : Over 15s only
Ballroom, Park Inn Palace Hotel, Church Road, Southend, SS1 2AL
CULT NIGHT DOUBLE BILL
Friday 23 June : 7.OOpm OVER 18s ONLY
THE WHITE BUS CINEMA : TICKETS £5.00
Monthly double bills of the bizarre and the unusual.
ALONE IN THE DARK: over 100 years of Stalk and Slash, in association with the White Bus Cinema, presents:
‘A Cut Above’: These cut more than just the lawn!
The Lawnmower Man (1992 / In glorious 16mm!) + Blades (1989)
7pm : £5 : Over 18s : The White Bus Cinema, The Old Waterworks, North Road, Southend, SS0 7AB
