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Mansel Stimpson book launch – No Drum To Beat

October 2014 · News

No Drum To Beat, book launch, is at the Cinema Museum, Kennington, at 7.30 pm on Friday, 24th October 2014.

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Mayor of Southwark attends premier screening

October 2014 · News

On September 25th, the Museum hosted the premier screening of the short film Our Walworth (2014), directed by Peter Wells-Thorpe, which explores the hidden world of the historic manor of Walworth.

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London Symphony crowdfunding campaign

September 2014 · News

Director Alex Barrett has started a crowdfunding campaign to finance his film London Symphony.

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Equipment from Fairfield Halls

September 2014 · News

Fairfield Halls in Croydon have given us their now redundant film projection equipment, as they have recently moved to digital projection.  

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French Film Festival 7-14 Nov

November 2013 · News

Ciné Lumière hosts the new "Attila Marcel", "Lola" restored, guest curator Philip French and more!

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Don’t miss our haunted live cinema encounter

November 2013 · News

 … you have until 9 Nov to catch it! Check out the tweets over at

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The Picture Palace Project

September 2013 · News · Featured Article

The Elephant & Castle was once home to an extraordinary number of picture houses and was known as the Piccadilly Circus of the South. The Cinema Museum’s Picture Palace Project is a community heritage scheme supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund.

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Archive on 4 – The Western

April 2013 · News

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Museum Co-director Martin Humphries has been interviewed for an edition of Archive on 4 that explores the British love of Westerns.

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