Cinema of Tomorrow

Discover two very different portraits of 50s London. Join trysting teens for a night at the Wood Green Jazz Club in Karel Reisz and Tony Richardson's superb Momma Don't Allow (1956). Then see Piccadilly Circus through a distinctly anti-romantic lens in Nice Time (1957), filmed over 25 weeks to capture the essence of a typically shady Saturday night.

This month the Mediatheque marks the BFI's 75th anniversary with a round-up of key titles from BFI Production. Make a start in the Studio with a double-bill of Free Cinema classics from the early years of the BFI Experimental Film Fund, painting very different portraits of 50s London. Join trysting teens for a night at the Wood Green Jazz Club in Karel Reisz and Tony Richardson's superb Momma Don't Allow (1956). Then see Piccadilly Circus through a distinctly anti-romantic lens in Nice Time (1957), filmed over 25 weeks to capture the essence of a typically shady Saturday night.