Young Programmers 2024
The Young Programmers are aged between 18 and 25. The group meets once a month and assist with the curation of Showroom Cinema's film programme. They focus on programming indie films, particularly British ones, world cinema, cult cinema and classic cinema in line with Showroom’s audience.
Our Young Programmers will:
Host takeover screenings to exhibit films of their choice at Showroom Cinema.
- Receive free tickets to the Showroom Cinema and get a free +1 each week
Curate talks and events around their selected films, and budget for these accordingly
- Take part in low budget filmmaking workshops
- Help increase engagement among our young audiences (Cine26; ages 16 to 26)
- Develop a diverse cinema programme which is representative of the world we live in.
- Have exclusive access to new releases
- Assist with the marketing and distribution of new films.
Find out more about the group here: Showroom Young Programmers
Upcoming films & events
- Young Programmers Takeover: Wallace & Gromit for Grown-Ups 15
- English
- This screening of Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit is designed specifically for grown-up fans, and will be accompanied by a cheesy quiz and intro from superfan, comedian Luke Poulton.
- Sat 27 Apr
- 18.00
- Young Programmers Takeover: Clueless 12A
- English
- A stylish, sardonic 90s makeover of Jane Austen’s ‘Emma’. Come for baby-faced Paul Rudd, stay for the catty teen politics of uppercrust high schoolers.
- Sat 18 May
- 17.45
- Young Programmers Takeover: 24 Hour Party People 18
- English
- A vibrant depiction of the music and dance heritage of Manchester from the late 70s to the early 90s, this cult classic follows the rise, fall and rise again of promoter Tony Wilson.
- Sat 25 May
- 18.00
