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We finish our residency at George Henry Lee’s this month with two film events and a fantastic exhibition. October marks the end of our time as part of the Independents Biennial and we are ending our stint with three collaborations. Throughout the month the cinema space is transformed, thanks to TSOIT. The Library of TSOIT […]

Time past and time future What might have been and what has been Point to one end, which is always present T.S Eliot, Burnt Norton, Four Quartets   It’s 30 years since Distant Voices, Still Lives, the first full length feature by Liverpool director Terence Davies, was released. An anniversary screening at FACT will be […]

We’re pleased to announce our programme for September as part of the Independents Biennial and Scalarama Film Festival. We’ve got five films spread over two locations, with a focus on kick-ass women. We conclude our four-week run at OUTPUT Gallery with Terrence Davis’s The Long Day Closes. The 1992 British film. Set in Liverpool in mid-1950s […]

We’re delighted to be unveiling our August programme, at two venues for Liverpool’s Independents Biennial. As ever, our film programme reflect the spaces we’re in, and we’re in two very different spaces. The former George Henry Lee’s department store opened 165 years ago. Originally a bonnet warehouse, it grew into a store for the well […]

Empty Spaces Cinema is teaming up with Claremont Farm to bring a Pop-up Film Festival in Spital, Wirral on March 3rd and 4th. Farm Yard Flicks at Claremont Farm brings a range of movies to the location over two days. This is not just a film showing though, The Bonsai Hi Fi Sound System delivers a truly […]

Empty Spaces Cinema is returning to The Handymans Supermarket for a one-day film festival to celebrate The Liverpool Irish Festival. Taking place on Wednesday October 25 the cinema event will feature animation and documentaries to reflect life on the island of Ireland. At 2pm we host a family-friendly screening of the animated film The Secret […]

Empty Spaces Cinema announces two films for Sunday April 30th at the Gregson Institute on Garmoyle Road in Wavertree, Liverpool as part of The Smithdown Road Festival. First at 2pm is the classic family action comedy The Goonies (12A) A brilliant family adventure. It tells the story of a band of kids who live in the […]

MYSTERY, comedy and an out-of-control computer game are all on the bill as the Handyman Supermarket’s Hammer and Nail Pop-Up Film Festival is announced. Running over the weekend May 6th and 7th at the former cinema and DIY store on Smithdown Road in Wavertree the events are part of a series of pop-up happens at […]