Make & See
Films, art and the people making them.
Chosen by Circuit · Monthly · Updated 11 October
01
Category H Film Club
You follow it like a season, not a listing. Each month's pairing is a small argument about the Rio's archive, and the crowd comes back to see the next move.
Dalston (Rio Cinema)Good alone
02
Kino London (Short Film Open Screen)
The bill is different every single month by design, and watching a room react honestly to work made by the person standing next to you never gets old.
Shoreditch (Strongroom Bar)Good alone
03
Exploding Cinema
The bill is different and unpredictable every time, and regulars keep coming because sooner or later they, or someone they know, are on it. Screening your own film is how you join.
Elephant & Castle (Cinema Museum)Good alone
04
Nicer Tuesdays (It's Nice That)
A new line-up of speakers every month, and it doubles as the closest thing London design has to a recurring town hall.
Hackney (EartH)Good alone
05
Drink & Draw Balham
The teaching genuinely progresses month to month, and the class is small enough that the instructor learns your name and your drawings visibly improve.
Balham (Balham Bowls Club)Great alone
06
Zine Club at Photobook Cafe
You leave each session with a finished object in your pocket, and the drop-in format means the faces change just enough while the ritual stays the same.
Shoreditch (4 Leonard Circus)Great alone
07
Out-Spoken
Anthony Anaxagorou's programming mixes prize-winners with new voices, so the bill changes every month while the standard stays high.
South Bank (Purcell Room)Good alone
08
Burley Fisher Books events
The same authors, editors and readers cycle between stage and audience, so regulars come back to keep up with the scene rather than for a fixed format.
HaggerstonGood alone
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