Independent Cinema for Everyone

It is almost Christmas so we thought we would serve up a very special and seasonal end to our Season of the Witch programme with this wonderfully wicked alternative to a white Christmas.

In this workshop you will be shown how to make your own mirror magic: to use a mirror to cast spells and to look into the inner worlds.

In this talk, local artist Ethan Pennell will share some of the strange, spooky tales of witchcraft, hauntings and the fae featured in his forthcoming Dartmoor Folklore book.

Rooted in an attack on a specific tradition – witch camps – this allegorical tale is also a blistering critique of attitudes to women. And if the details are specific to Africa, its themes are globally resonant.

Also released as Jack’s Wife; a very rare opportunity to see this “lost” Romero classic up on the big screen. With a short film from The Box archive: The only recorded television interview with Cecil Williamson (founder of the Museum of Witchc...

In this workshop with Vicky Putler from The Flax Project, you will learn how to make Corn Dollies from flax grown locally, touching on the wonderful history and folklore of corn dolly making.

The Craft has become a modern cult classic. Made in the 1990s, it subverted cinema clichés about female friendship and the power that can be gained from them.

Based on a novel by John Updike, and a huge success on its release, the film looks at how women find and use their power in a way that has new resonances in a post-Weinstein world.

Wednesday screening with Intro and post-film Q&A with Alice Krige and producer Jessica Malik. An aging film star retreats to the Scottish countryside with her nurse to recover from surgery. While there, mysterious forces of revenge emerge from the la...