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Sat 12 Sept
|ESEA Community Centre
ESEA Film Night: Collab Programme Sept–Oct 2026
A season of five collaborative screenings from ESEA Film Night, the volunteer-led microcinema hosted at ESEA Community Centre, running 12 September to 4 October 2026. It takes in Lan Hongchun's Dear You with a gongfu tea session, a Ray Yeung double bill of Suk Suk and All Shall Be Well with a director Q&A, Chinatown Cha-Cha with a community dance floor, and a closing shorts programme curated by Suyin Haynes. Each date is booked separately.
Time & Location
12 Sept 2026, 17:00 – 04 Oct 2026, 18:00
ESEA Community Centre, ESEA Community Centre, 12-14 Englefield Road, London N1 4LS
About the event
ESEA Film Night are excited to present a series of collaborative screenings this September and October! Four of our screenings this September are part of ESEA Offshoots Festival @o.f.f.s.h.o.o.t.s as a part of ESEA Heritage Month. We also are extremely grateful to celebrate a special farewell screening on Oct 4th with @brixtoncommunitycinema as part of their “When The Stars meet the Ocean” film season.
Please check our respective collaborators’ pages for additional info!
OVERVIEW
Sat 12 Sept, 17:00-20:30 — ESEA Community Centre
Dear You 《給阿嬤的情書》(2026), dir. Lan Hongchun
(w/ traditional Gongfu tea session hosted by Zhudi and Shiyi from @yanwu.official; screening presented in collaboration @trinitycineasia)
Fri 25 Sept, 18:30-20:30 — ESEA Community Centre
Suk Suk 《叔叔》(2019), dir. Ray Yeung
Sat 26 Sept, 18:30-21:00 — ESEA Community Centre
All Shall Be Well 《從今以後》(2024), dir. Ray Yeung (w/ director and producer Q&A)
Sun 27 Sept, 14:00-18:30 — ESEA Community Centre
Chinatown Cha-Cha 《女人世界》(2024), dir. Luka Yuanyuan Yang (w/ director Q&A and book signing with Luka Yang, ESEA community dance performance, and an open dance floor hosted by Congee Sounds @congee_sounds and Celestial Peach @celestialpeach_uk)
Sun 4 Oct, 16:00-18:00 — ESEA Community Centre
The Sea Is a Blue Memory shorts programme (with @brixtoncommunitycinema) (curated by Suyin Haynes @suyinsays)
The 12-27 September screenings are part of Offshoots Festival 2026, three weeks of sculpture, film, food and workshops at ESEA Community Centre in Hackney, held as part of ESEA Heritage Month.
The 4 October farewell screening doubles as an ESEA Community Centre fundraiser and is booked separately through Brixton Community Cinema at https://bccwhenthestarsmeettheocean.eventive.org/schedule/6a6a2d6016bdd62ce0f747e9
Find out more info or book your tickets on https://www.tickettailor.com/events/offshootsfestival
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