In Britain’s post-punk Thatcher years, the infamous and legendary Scala cinema showed a diverse range of films, from high art to cult classics, sexploitation, horror, Kung-Fu and LGBTQIA+. Nudging boundaries of convention, it became an inspiration for future famous creatives. With interviews from nearly 50 contributors, previously unseen archive footage and film clips, Scala!!! is an anarchic, uproarious documentary telling the riotous inside story of the cinema, with an original soundtrack by celebrated musician Barry Adamson.
Credits
UK 2023
96 mins
Cert 18
Dir Jane Giles, Ali Catterall
With Barry Adamson, Stewart Lee, Cathi Unsworth, John Waters
Special events
21 February
Screening + Q&A at Cube Cinema
26 February
Screening + Q&A at The Old Market, Hove
27 February
Screening + Q&A at Walthamstow Trades Hall
Venues
February
10 February
MK Gallery
17 February
Kino Teatr
18 February
Lonsdale Alhambra Penrith
20 February
Hyde Park Picturehouse
21 February
Cube Cinema
March
1 March
Alhambra Keswick
2 March
MAC Birmingham
6 March
Courtyard Hereford
13 March
Kinokulture Oswestry
18 March
Prince Charles Cinema