Ciné-Real at the Castle Cinema is the only UK film club that screens exclusively on 16mm stock. Our friends at Great Big Story have made a short documentary all about it…
On a fateful night in 2011, Oscar long-listed Director Liam Saint-Pierre found an old super 8 projector in a bin. Taking it to a curious little shop (Ümit & Son) nearby, packed to the rafters with film cannisters, projectors and cinematic bits and bobs, the store’s proprietor, Ümit Mesut, persuaded him to upgrade to 16mm. Saint-Pierre, in turn, persuaded him to help him run a regular film night.
13 years later, Ciné-Real is still going strong. With regular screenings of classic films like Chinatown, Night Of The Living Dead and whatever other masterpieces have been crammed into a film cannister, the heart of film-on-film in the UK might just lie in the London borough of Hackney…
And if that’s peaked your interest, check out the full 8-minute documentary our pals at Great Big Story have made all about it. For the squeamish amongst you, be warned: contains descriptions of film burn-outs…
Films showing at Ciné-Real this October include Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds (1963), Night Of The Living Dead (1969) and Silence Of The Lambs (1991). A full schedule and tickets are available here.
