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The Interference Film Festival 2026 is a two day celebration of independent cinema. From extreme shockers, camp cult classics, grindhouse madness, low budget oddities and short films by up and coming directors from around the world! With a focus on rare screenings of stone cold classics as well as forgotten gems, the event will be an experience you won't forget in a hurry! So come join our aweso...

Short Film Block #2: Sun 31st 13:15 - 14:15 Tickets are free for this event/ included in the Interference Pass. Nothing at all Dir: Leszek Cygan UK When was the last time you did something you really wanted to do? A happy couple's relationship is thrown into chaos when they discover that they may have never truly known one another. ------- Fister Dir: Anthony Moran UK In a bleak, concrete d...

From cult director Jörg Buttgereit (Nekromantik) comes SCHRAMM ... a twisted tale that follows serial killer Lothar Schramm aka the 'Lipstick Killer' as he recounts his terrible deeds and deranged decisions. Dropping two years after Nekromantik 2, Jörg Buttgereit yet again ups the ante with this grimy tale that pulls no punches whatsoever. Pushing the boundaries of acceptability once more (hammer...

Prior to the screening of TOKYO GORE POLICE, Interference is excited to announce a super rare treat in the form of Anatomia Extinction - Nishimura's first foray into the same universe of Tokyo Gore Police. Here Nishimura introduces the engineers, a group of mutants who try to control Japan's overpopulation problem in their own special way. When a man witnesses a murder on the subway, he is pursue...

The Interference Film Festival 2026 is a two day celebration of independent cinema. From extreme shockers, camp cult classics, grindhouse madness, low budget oddities and short films by up and coming directors from around the world! With a focus on rare screenings of stone cold classics as well as forgotten gems, the event will be an experience you won't forget in a hurry! So come join our aweso...

Boredom, bikinis and a blistering critique of the beauty myth. From its first seconds, Vera Chytilova’s ever-fresh Daisies kicks wickedly against the pricks and feels as if it was made today. This feminist milestone is an anarchic comedy of subversion whose approach to montage is as exuberant as the film’s two protagonists. An innovative and brilliantly absurd masterpiece of the ’60s Czech New Wa...

Melding melodrama with screwball farce, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown was Pedro Almodóvar’s international breakthrough and secured his place at the vanguard of modern European cinema. Starring frequent Almodóvar collaborators Carmen Maura and Antonio Banderas, this unimpeachable black comedy was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the Academy Awards and won five Goyas in Spain...

Counterfilms is proud to present Bicycle Theives by Vittorio De Sica and Cesare Zavattini. The classic of Neorealism, One of the most beautiful films of Italian cinema. Bicycle Thieves is the emotional journey Of a father and son, Through impoverished post-war Rome. By exploring the layers of meaning In a mundane act - A bike being stolen It lays bare the tensions and poignance Of working class li...

Presented by Bigger Than Life with a pre-recorded introduction and short film (Shitty Drum!) by director Pascal Plante. Kelly-Anne, a fashion model and online poker player, is fixated on the high-profile trial of serial killer Ludovic Chevalier, accused of live-streaming a series of murders to paying customers. We’re left guessing as to her true motives as Kelly-Anne’s spiralling obsession leads...

Humanity stands at the edge of Third Impact. Join us for a complete Neon Genesis Evangelion marathon, culminating in The End of Evangelion — the apocalyptic finale that changed anime forever! This ground breaking, action-packed series from creator Hideaki Anno has been hailed as one of the most important anime series of all time – a remarkable fusion of genres, and a powerful examination of the ...

October, 1957. Nine-year-old Hogarth Hughes hears stories of a UFO that crashed into the sea. Always on the lookout for mutant aliens, Hogarth finds a huge, metal-eating robot with an insatiable curiosity and equally insatiable appetite. But the extra-terrestrial's presence unleashes a wave of Cold War paranoia that threatens to engulf Rockwell unless Hogarth and his 50-foot friend can stop it. Lo...

Chapters by Consent Without Metaphors is a film anthology made by the young creatives of Manchester. This piece aims to spread awareness on consent by breaking taboos and being open and honest about all different aspects of consent while celebrating life, connection and the creativeness of young people. Consent Without Metaphors is all about re-educating the youth to fight against the epidemic o...

Join us in a celebration of bargain bin cinema, of the filmmaking masterpieces you see at supermarkets and think 'What? That is a real film was was made by humans and is now in front of me?'. Your Sharknado's of the world, but we're aiming for worse (or better) than that! Each film pick will be a total mystery until the first frames hit the cinema screen. Previous films have included Velocip...

We are very proud to present ARROW VIDEO CLUB, a new collaboration with the almighty lords of physical media Arrow Video; where we will present some of the best titles from their back catalogue on our lovely big screen! Expect a variety of cult classics, deep cuts, Arrow Video trailers and a raffle for Arrow Video blu-rays at every event! Adapted for the screen by acclaimed horror writer Clive Ba...

The Mellow Film Tour UK is coming to Manchester for the first time. Watch the trailer --> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCtv7xHfvjI Four films. Intimate screenings. One unforgettable night. Step inside the world’s hardest ascents with Brooke Raboutou, Sean Bailey, and Connor Herson - pushing the limits of what’s possible on rock. Then, an unexpected twist: deep in the Alaskan mountains, elit...

Welcome back to CULT SCHOOL at CULTPLEX, where the syllabus is the world of cult film! For the second session of 2026, presenter and author Nathan Lunn (@geordiefilmsclass) stomps onto the scene for Kaiju 101: Monstrous Trauma Writ Large. Delving into a body of cinema so massive its presence is globally shared, unavoidable and entirely mutable, our session will explore cinematic allegories for hi...

Godzilla (a.k.a. Gojira ) is the roaring granddaddy of all monster movies! Experience Ishirō Honda's Kaiju masterpiece which started it all. Godzilla is also a remarkably humane and melancholy drama, made in Japan at a time when the country was reeling from nuclear attack and H-bomb testing in the Pacific. Its rampaging radioactive beast, the poignant embodiment of an entire population’s fears, ...

A landmark of Japanese monster cinema, this thrilling clash of titans blends apocalyptic spectacle with environmental anxieties and moments of surprising beauty. Directed by Ishirō Honda, the visionary behind the original Godzilla , the film pits the King of the Monsters against the divine guardian Mothra after corporate greed and natural disaster unleash chaos across Japan. With dazzling miniat...

The original Godzilla team of director Ishiro Honda, special-effects supervisor Eiji Tsuburaya, and composer Akira Ifukube reunited for this kaiju extravaganza, which features no fewer than eleven monsters. Set in the remote future of 1999, when the people of Earth have achieved world peace by confining destructive creatures to Monsterland (until an alien race intervenes), Destroy All Monsters mou...

As part of Kai- June Godzilla Marathon! Our mystery GODZILLA pick... Screening as part of our iconic celebration of Kaiju's throughout June! Single tickets and All Day Passes available. All of our screenings are 18+ unless otherwise stated, and the film start time is as advertised above.