We’ve been meaning to do a programme like this for ages, and the 400th anniversary of Galileo first pointing his telescope at the sky seems as good a time as any. From Georges Melies onwards filmmakers have been looking upwards for inspiration...

It’s Friday night. To mark this momentous occasion, Floodgate Kino will be opening its doors for an evening of performance, film and music to shake your very foundations. We welcome two very special guests:

PAPER CINEMA & KORA...

A very special double-bill to launch our family programme. Firstly there’s a performance by The Paper Cinema, who use cut-out drawings to make a film before your very eyes. The story is called Night Flyer, about a boy on a bike, with live music provided by Kora.

Then we go from bikes to balloons, and a film made in Paris fifty years ago...

When not designing things like the Flatpack brochure Dave Gaskarth puts on events as part of the Cyrk collective, exploring the outer reaches of noise and computer music. This programme, exploring the intersection between experimental film...

The end! Watch the weekend gently slide away in the company of live guests July Skies and an unofficial 'best of the fest'. Presented in association with Colour...