The season, brought to you by the BFI Film Academy Young film Programmers, looks at the representation of videogames in film to examine the relationship between the two forms of media. Screening a double bill including Edgar Wright’s Scott Pilgrim vs. The World (based on the comic book series by Bryan O’Malley) the season is the perfect cinematic experience for anyone interested in the digital realm.

The videogames in film programme will examine how games influence life and how in turn life is influenced by games. This season will take place on Tuesday 15th January, (Scott Pilgrim at 3.30pm) inviting gamers, streamers and techies of all clans and creeds to join us at the Showroom for a celebration of the 8-bit world.

Come and join us for a free board game session in our cafe ahead of the screenings, the games have been picked especially for this film season by The Treehouse board game cafe! It will take place from 2PM - 4PM, please turn up on the day to take part - our programmers will be ready and waiting to book you in for a session ahead of their film season.

Statement from the Young Programmers:

We chose these two films in order to showcase different aspects of video games and the culture surrounding them; firstly we chose Scott Pilgrim due to its heavy influence from different video games which affect all areas of the film including its story, characters, structure and visuals which all come together to make a fun, unique and captivating portrayal of video games in live action.

Scott Pilgrim vs the World

Tue 15 Feb, 15:30

Edgar Wright embraces video game aesthetics for an action-packed comic book adaptation of Scott Pilgrim. Scott Pilgrim finds he must defeat the seven evil exes of the girl of his dreams to win her over.

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Wreck it Ralph (PG)

Tue 15 Feb, 18:00

Tired of playing the role of a bad guy in his game, Ralph sets off on a journey across the arcade through multiple generations of video games to prove he’s got what it takes to be a hero.

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