17 April 2025
LUMI Programmer Shannon Goodfellow chews the cud over our next LUMI Presents pick, First Cow.
22 March 2025
LUMI programmer Steven Burrows takes a closer look at The Stimming Pool ahead of its upcoming release at QFT.
22 March 2025
Ahead of its release at QFT, LUMI programmer Neil Cadieux offers his thoughts on The Stimming Pool.
28 February 2025
Los Angeles is the city of angels. New York is the city that never sleeps. But Las Vegas is The City of Second Chances. And that is exactly what The Last Showgirl celebrates.
14 February 2025
We've brought back Pay What You Can for this year’s Visions of Europe season, find out what this means for your ticket.
12 February 2025
LUMI Programmer Rena McGauley considers LUMI's NISF pick Ghost in the Shell alongside the concept of cyborg feminism.
20 January 2025
LUMI Programmer Dylan Kelly honours the late master director David Lynch by looking at his short film, Premonitions Following an Evil Deed.
16 January 2025
LUMI Programmer Dylan Kelly explores the life of Roland Topor ahead of our LUMI Presents screening of Fantastic Planet.
31 December 2024
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As we say goodbye to 2024, we’re taking a moment to reflect on the year at QFT: it's been a five-star year
10 December 2024
Stuck on what to get the cinephile in your life? Or wondering what hints to drop for yourself? We've got you covered.
30 November 2024
Join LUMI Programmer Molly Qualter as she explores the exciting line up of high-octane films included in LUMI's All-Nighter.
11 November 2024
LUMI Programmer Conor McCusker dives into Irish horror history to review Belfast Film Festival opening night feature, Fréwaka.
11 November 2024
LUMI Programmer Steven Burrows explores Sarah Friedland's moving debut feature film, Familiar Touch, at Belfast Film Festival.
11 November 2024
Examine the Art of Action screening of The Hunted at Belfast Film Festival with LUMI Programmer Dylan Kelly.
11 November 2024
Embark on a cinematic adventure as LUMI Programmer Neil Cadieux reviews Grand Tour for Belfast Film Festival.
11 November 2024
LUMI Programmer Rena McGauley reviews tense Norwegian drama, Armand, for Belfast Film Festival.
07 November 2024
LUMI Programmer Kate Nuttall reviews Lush: A Far From Home Movie at Belfast Film Festival.
07 November 2024
LUMI Programmer Shannon Goodfellow reviews Second Chance at Belfast Film Festival.
29 October 2024
LUMI Programmer Reidy introduces us to all things Radu Jude ahead of Belfast Film Festival 2024.
08 August 2024
Along with the rest of the Queen’s University Belfast campus, QFT will be closed tomorrow, Friday 9 August. All customers with bookings for tomorrow will be refunded.
24 June 2024
LUMI Programmer Caitlin Sahin explores the shared themes of international solidarity in Docs Ireland films The Black and the Green and The Ban.
19 June 2024
LUMI Programmer Molly Qualter explores Palestinian documentaries at the Docs Ireland festival.
14 June 2024
LUMI Programmer Molly Qualter shares her top recommendations from this year's Docs Ireland festival.
03 June 2024
LUMI Programmer Katherine Harris shares her favourite films to help heal a broken heart 💔
29 April 2024
LUMI Programmer Molly Qualter investigates the symbolism in our latest LUMI Presents film, Black Girl.
26 February 2024
LUMI Programmers Katherine Harris and Leeza Isaeva continue their interview with filmmaker Karimah Zakia Issa about her Iris Prize winning short film, Scaring Women at Night. Read part one here.
26 February 2024
LUMI Programmers Katherine Harris and Leeza Isaeva interview filmmaker Karimah Zakia Issa about her Iris Prize winning short film, Scaring Women at Night.
21 February 2024
LUMI Programmers Leeza Isaeva and Katherine Harris review four short films from the Best of Iris Prize 2023 showcase.
13 February 2024
For this year’s Visions of Europe season, we’re testing out a new Pay What You Can model, find out what this means for your ticket.
08 February 2024
Ever wondered what it's like to attend one of the best LGBTQ+ film festivals in the world? LUMI Programmer Katherine Harris shares her experience of attending the 2023 Iris Prize LGBTQ+ Festival.
31 December 2023
From 1 Jan 2024, we've increased some of our prices to meet rising costs.
30 November 2023
Maternal Echoes & Familial Ghosts: A review of Johanna Hogg’s The Eternal Daughter by LUMI Programmer Molly Qualter.
22 November 2023
Conor McCusker reviews Silent Roar, which screened as part of the Belfast Film Festival at QFT.
16 November 2023
Conor McCusker reviews Double Blind for our second review from the Belfast Film Festival at QFT.
16 November 2023
Conor McCusker reviews Fingernails for our first review from the Belfast Film Festival at QFT.
30 October 2023
Conor McCusker reviews Birth/Rebirth, which screened at QFT as part of the BFI London Film Festival.
04 October 2023
Rabie Mustapha lets his mind roam through the LFF programme, which will transport you into new lives and new places.
07 June 2023
LUMI Programmer, Conor McCusker, brings us a spoiler-free review of Ari Aster's latest feature, Beau Is Afraid.
05 June 2023
Did you spot us on the bus? Or did Barbie on a billboard catch your eye?
30 January 2023
Special trials of the London Review of Books for all levels of QFT membership.
23 November 2022
It's time to put your baby in the buggy and head down to the cinema. Baby Pictures is our new strand of carer and baby screenings starting this December.
30 September 2022
We're increasing some of our ticket prices from Fri 30 Sep 2022. We know it's no one's favourite thing to hear, but we wanted to let you know and explain why.
22 July 2022
Few filmmakers develop such a unique and striking style as to have a term dedicated to their films and those they inspire, but David Lynch is one such filmmaker. A career spanning genres and encompassing features, television, music, and art, he is a limitless creative for whom the term “Lynchian” only scratches the surface. Nowhere is this more evident than in the collection of his short film work screening at the QFT on 23 July as part of the Film Feels Curious season.
11 July 2022
We've got not one, not two, not three, but three vacancies currently at QFT.
08 July 2022
LUMI presents the Film Feels Curious Audio Tour - a podcast showcasing the film season taking place in QFT throughout July.
07 June 2022
LUMI young programmer Fionntán Macdonald reviews Bergman Island
30 May 2022
LUMI young programmer Fionntán Macdonald reviews the audience favourite Everything Everywhere All at Once.
27 May 2022
LUMI young programmer Fionntán Macdonald reviews a new release. This week, the French film Between Two Worlds starring Juliette Binoche.
20 May 2022
LUMI young programmer Fionntán Macdonald reviews a new release. This week, revered filmmaker Terence Davies' latest film, Benediction.
14 April 2022
Screening as part of QFT's Visions of Europe season, Ingmar Bergman's Cries and Whispers is reviewed by LUMI young programmer Fionntán Macdonald.
13 April 2022
After its screening at QFT as part of the Visions of Europe season, LUMI young programmer Fionntán Macdonald reviews Never Gonna Snow Again.
08 April 2022
Fionntán Macdonald, LUMI young programmer, reviews Catarina Vasconcelos' The Metamorphosis of Birds, screening as part of QFT's Visions of Europe season.
06 April 2022
LUMI programmer Fionntán Macdonald reviews Compartment No. 6, screening as part of the Visions of Europe season.
04 April 2022
From 8-21 April, we’re celebrating the breadth of vision of European cinema, and bidding a fond farewell to Europa Cinemas, with a season of 21 handpicked films.
25 March 2022
In the final article of his Our City on Celluloid series, LUMI young programmer Fionntán Macdonald examines the film that inspired the series in the first place - Kenneth Branagh's Oscar-nominated Belfast.
21 March 2022
A chance for newly arrived and settled migrants/refugees/asylum seekers and the organisations supporting them to see Belfast for free at QFT.
15 March 2022
For the latest article in his Our City on Celluloid series, Fionntán Macdonald - LUMI young programmer - focuses on a newer entry to the canon of Belfast-set films - the recently released Young Plato.
07 March 2022
LUMI programmer Fionntán Macdonald gives his take on The Godfather Part II and the great debate over which Godfather film is the best.
03 March 2022
As it celebrates its 50th anniversary, LUMI programmer Fionntán Macdonald looks at the influence The Godfather has had on cinema.
02 March 2022
LUMI programmer Fionntán Macdonald brings his Our City on Celluloid series up to the present day with Stacey Gregg's Here Before.
21 February 2022
Fionntán Macdonald, LUMI programmer, is back with another installment of his Our City on Celluloid series, with Mark Cousins' I Am Belfast in the spotlight.
18 February 2021
Thank you for entering our giveaway with Pushkin Press for a copy of The Wonders by Elena Medel.
08 February 2022
LUMI programmer Fionntán Macdonald returns with the next installment of Our City on Celluloid, this time looking at Good Vibrations.
07 February 2022
As anime Belle opens at QFT, LUMI programmer Jack Carlile discusses how director Mamoru Hosoda has updated Beauty and the Beast for the online generation.
27 January 2022
As we continue to celebrate the release of Kenneth Branagh’s Belfast at QFT, LUMI programmer Fionntán Macdonald takes a look back at the city’s storied history on the silver screen. This week, Fionntán studies Steve McQueen's Hunger.
21 January 2022
As we celebrate the release of Kenneth Branagh’s Belfast at QFT, LUMI programmer Fionntán Macdonald takes a look back at the city’s storied history on the silver screen. This time Fionntán studies Alan Clarke's Elephant.
20 January 2022
As we celebrate the release of Kenneth Branagh’s Belfast at QFT, LUMI programmer Fionntán Macdonald takes a look back at the city’s storied history on the silver screen. In this article he studies two works from prolific documentarian John T. Davis.
17 January 2022
As we look forward to the release of Kenneth Branagh’s Belfast at QFT, LUMI programmer Fionntán Macdonald takes a look back at the city’s storied history on the silver screen. In this article he discusses one of Belfast's more obscure and unappreciated precursors, Odd Man Out.
05 January 2022
We're increasing some of our ticket prices from Fri 14 Jan. We know it's no one's favourite thing to hear, but we wanted to let you know and explain why.
09 December 2021
In the run-up to Christmas, LUMI programmer Fionntán Macdonald examines what is Christmassy about a film featuring vests, violence and volatile villains.
24 November 2021
LUMI programmer Fionntán Macdonald writes about the cult following of Big Trouble in Little China, the first ever LUMI Late screening.
16 November 2021
As we adapt to life during a pandemic we have been reviewing our measures. Here is the most up-to-date information about mitigations at QFT.
05 November 2021
LUMI programmer Michael McConway discusses the classic horror film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari.
30 September 2021
Following the announcement from the Northern Ireland Executive this week regarding social distancing, we have been reviewing our social distancing measures and planning the next step for our return to full capacity.
30 August 2021
Off the back of a brilliant Film Review Workshop with Helen O'Hara, Jake Abatan reviews Chloé Zhao's The Rider, which screened on QFT Player as part of Film Feels Hopeful.
28 July 2021
Coming of age – re-writing the canon with Cocoon
20 July 2021
LUMI announces its participation in Film Feels Hopeful.
01 June 2021
Design Council Expert and Board Member for Action Deaf Youth, Richard Dougherty reviews Sound of Metal, looking at how the film represents deafness and more.
01 June 2021
We wanted to provide some clear information on our gift vouchers and which vouchers remain valid after our closures this past year.
24 May 2021
In collaboration with Reimagine Remake Replay and Zeppo Arts, LUMI are delighted to launch the Playback Film Festival, a three day virtual festival featuring films, workshops and talks.
18 May 2021
It's been a loooong five months but we're getting ready to open back up. We want to make sure you have the most up to date information about how QFT will be operating when we open back up again. Read on to find out more.
18 May 2021
LUMI programmer Lydia Rostant writes about the grand reveal...
17 May 2021
LUMI Programmer Conor Murray reviews Barry Jenkins's Moonlight for LUMI Film Club. Did it live up to the hype?
10 May 2021
Jospeh A. Adesunloye’s first feature film White Colour Black is an unexpected elegy writes Lydia Rostant
19 April 2021
Lydia Rostant delves into Eastern, now available on QFT Player.
18 March 2021
LUMI have teamed up with Reimagine Remake Replay for Northern Ireland’s very own creative Virtual Film Festival, designed and delivered by young people, for young people.
08 March 2021
To mark International Women's Day, LUMI's Young Programmers have chosen four of the best female directed films available to stream right now.
24 February 2021
In 2019/20 there were 936 reported racist incidents in Northern Ireland [see survey]. We’ve put together some resources which may help anyone who has experienced any kind of racism in Northern Ireland. We’ve also highlighted some projects which focus on increasing understanding and celebrate multiculturalism in Northern Ireland.
22 February 2021
According to a 2018 study, nearly half of all young people in Northern Ireland have experienced a mental health problem. Below are some resources which may be helpful to anyone going through mental health issues or supporting others who are.
18 February 2021
Each person has their own personal experience of growing up LGBTQ in Northern Ireland. We understand that each experience is unique. Below are some resources which may be helpful to anyone going through LGBTQ issues and also to help encourage understanding and respect for the LGBTQ community.
04 February 2021
A new docuseries exploring some of the issues facing young people in Northern Ireland today.
17 December 2020
A brief overview of QFT Player's new streaming service.
17 December 2020
#WeAreQFT is here with another merry round of questions for our patrons on their fave festive films. Today, Margaret Carlin takes the test, picking her top five Christmas movies, telling us why Harry Potter feels like a Christmas film even though it isn't and what the best thing about going to the cinema is.
14 December 2020
Our #WeAreQFT sleigh keeps rolling on and today's reindeer is Daniel Newton, who tells us who he thinks is the best on-screen Santa, why he loves laughing at David Niven stuck in a chair and what Christmas film he thinks is a complete turkey.
14 December 2020
Director Éanna Mac Cana, whose film Yellowstone: A Brief History Of Belfast City Hospital will be streaming on QFT Player from Thurs 17 - Sun 20 Dec, writes about the cinematic education QFT provided him during the toughest of times.
11 December 2020
Needless to say, this has been a strange year. We were so happy to reopen in August, but to do so we had to make some changes to reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmission. We decided to survey audiences after their visit to check what was going well and what could be improved. Here are the results from the first couple of months.
11 December 2019
Shortly after we re-opened in August we started to survey audiences after their visits to QFT to work out how well QFT had adapted to the new environment we are all living in. Here are the results from the first couple of months.
09 December 2020
Christmas at QFT would be nothing without our patrons, so we asked LUMI programmer Conor Murray to tell us his favourite on-screen Santa and what Christmas film he thinks is a turkey, in this festive #WeAreQFT.
10 December 2020
QFT reopens again on Fri 11 December. Here is a reminder of how we've adapted in order to reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmission, and what you can do to help us out.
07 December 2020
#WeAreQFT has pulled a cracker and put on our Santa hat for a festive edition. Up first, filmmaker Solène Guichard whose film Kelly is currently streaming on QFT Player. Solène takes us through her favourite festive films.
22 October 2020
Historian Sam Manning takes a look at QFT's near closure in 1972 and how the cinema has dealt with challenging times.
25 September 2020
LUMI Programmer Conor takes a first look at Hong Khaou’s beautiful new film Monsoon.
18 September 2020
Happy start of term! To welcome you back to the cinema we're offering students a popcorn for a pound until the end of September.
10 September 2020
In the first of a new series looking at the themes behind the films, Dr. Ashley Harris, Lecturer in French Studies at Queen's University, takes a look at how the banlieue is represented on screen in films like Les Misérables and La Haine.
10 September 2020
James Hall, a LUMI Programmer, gives his thoughts on Rocks.
01 September 2020
Zara, one of the first generation of LUMI Programmers, rates Babyteeth, Shannon Murphy's genre-expanding debut.
28 August 2020
With cinemas around the UK reopening and film release schedules filling up again we take a look at what is coming soon to QFT in the inaugural edition of Coming Up at QFT.
30 July 2020
#WeAreQFT has been taken over by our friends at HAPP (School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics). Dr. Elodie Fabre, lecturer in Politics and International Studies, tells us why she doesn't believe in guilty pleasures, the best thing about going to the cinema and what film she was too snobby about upon first viewing.
21 July 2020
We’re so excited to be opening again on Friday 7 August. It’s been almost 5 months since we closed. Five long months. But we’re back, well, almost! Here's the lowdown on the new normal at QFT.
30 November 2019
We hear from Front of House angel Mike McKenna for this #WeAreQFT.
01 July 2020
For this week's #WeAreQFT we hear from our QUB colleague Rhys Huws about the film his daughter made him love and which actor has appropriately sad eyes to play him in the film of his life.
23 June 2020
Friend of QFT Anita Mulherin steps up to the #WeAreQFT plate to let us know which controversial 2019 hit is on her lockdown watch list and which much loved franchise she's finally coming round to.
15 June 2020
Michael Delaney returns to the Monday Medicine blog this week to sing the praises of a hero too often unsung: Oscar Micheaux.
09 June 2020
Author and friend of QFT Jan Carson is this week's #WeAreQFT guest. Find out what era of James Bond films is Jan's guilty pleasure, why she would love to see a new adaptation of Midnight Children and what film is the worst thing her eyes have ever seen.
26 May 2020
For today's #WeAreQFT, our Film Hub NI colleague and brilliant academic Jennie Carlsten fills us in on the films that have been keeping her company and the legend she'd get to play her in the film of her life.
19 May 2020
Today's #WeAreQFT catches up with former Belfast Telegraph film critic Andrew Johnston as he lays out the films he wants to catch up on during lockdown.
18 May 2020
In his last blog before furlough, Michael Delaney looks at the career of Crystal, an actor whose name you may not recognise but whose grin you definitely will.
15 May 2020
In this volume of #WeAreQFT Stephen Mullan tells us about his eventful early cinema going experience, why Hugh Grant was robbed of an Oscar and why he lied to QFT (tsk, tsk).
14 May 2020
Patron Hugh Yeaman is answering the questions in this edition of #WeAreQFT. Read on to find out his favourite film villain, what he has against merlot and which Ken Loach character he would buy a pint.
13 May 2020
QUB MA student Natalie Metz is the next passenger on the steam train that is #WeAreQFT. Discover what three words she would use to describe QFT, why an antagonistic Leslie Knope is too good to resist and why she doesn't feel all that guilty about liking Cheaper by the Dozen.
12 May 2020
In a first for #WeAreQFT we present to you a joint edition with familial flair. QFT Marketing co-ordinator Ellen and her mum Fionnuala tell us their five quarantine films, how they both had their first cinema-going experience in the same venue and which of them loves the Trainspotting soundtrack while the other prefers the works of Jon Brion.
11 May 2020
Freelance graphic designer and QFT regular Laura Craig is today's #WeAreQFT focus. Find out her lockdown films and what she'd love to see on the big screen when we return.
11 May 2020
Inspired by some New Hollywood books he's been reading, Michael Delaney has been learning about the complicated relationship between Anjelica and John Huston, once a key Hollywood family.
07 May 2020
Director Nicky Larkin (Ten Plagues; Becoming Cherrie) tells us what he loves about cinema in this edition of #WeAreQFT. Discover what 90s comedies make Nicky "highly embarrassed", why he hates popcorn munchers and why Wesley Snipes and Dame Judy Dench should fight for the same role.
07 May 2020
Banterflix deputy editor and QFT regular Joseph McElroy is the focus of this edition of #WeAreQFT. Find out what Stephen King novel he wants Ben Wheatley to adapt, what film he would love to see on the big screen at QFT and what is his go-to hangover film.
06 May 2020
Patron Paul Skillen is the next recipient of the #WeAreQFT grilling. Find out what comedy he can't turn off, what soundtrack has been on his playlist for 25 years and what director he thinks of when he thinks of QFT.
05 May 2020
Film academic Sam Manning is in the #WeAreQFT hot seat. He tells us who his favourite film villain is, why he would like to spend an evening in a Ferness pub and why he likes any film with puppets, regardless of quality.
04 May 2020
For this edition of #WeAreQFT we turned the bright lights on patron Jack McFadden. Find out what guilty pleasure Jack passionately defends, his two favourite movie quotes and his idea for how Breakfast at Tiffany's could be remade.
04 May 2020
At QFT, we love a film set in outer space. “The spacier, the better” you’ll often hear around the office. “Is it set in outer space? No? Don’t want to see it”, someone will cry. We say, why limit ourselves to what’s here, on planet Earth, when there are two thousand and one possibilities out there? So, strap yourselves in as we blast off to a world of never-ending debate with our list of the best (Apollo) 11 outer space movies.
01 May 2020
Made in Canada but settled in Belfast, this edition of #WeAreQFT focuses on our projectionist Patricia Donohue. Discover what she would change about Duck Soup, where she says is the best place to sit for sound and picture and what she has in common with John Wick.
30 April 2020
Patron James Stafford is next up in the #WeAreQFT hot seat. James tells us what film is daft, harmless fun, where in the cinema he always sits and why a young Brad Pitt might be just handsome enough to play him.
29 April 2020
#WeAreQFT turns its focus on our Front of House staff as Lauren McCune takes on the questions. She tells us why Danny DeVito holds a special place in her heart, which previously great film she now thinks is boring and why we should all "act accordingly".
28 April 2020
QUB alumnus and QFT regular Steven Armour tells us why he is weirdly nostalgic about Shallow Hal, what Brendan Gleeson film is "one of the best Irish films ever made" and what classic he thinks he should give another chance in this edition of #WeAreQFT.
27 April 2020
This edition of #WeAreQFT focuses on film producer Louise Gallagher. She tells us her five lockdown films, which Mexican wrestling comedy is her guilty pleasure, and what musical made for a great remake.
27 April 2020
Michael Delaney goes digging in the archive this week to uncover an old programme about the workers at Harland and Wolff for this week's Monday Medicine.
24 April 2020
Hailing from parts unknown, festival freelancer and QFT regular Andrew Moore is the focus of this #WeAreQFT. Discover his law enforcement themed guilty pleasure, why he thinks Super Mario is ripe for a remake and what character he believes would give good life advice.
23 April 2020
This #WeAreQFT features a QFT alumni. Alisha Ratcliffe tells us how she loves a sick burn, why she can't really be bothered with The Matrix and why her Dad shedding tears made her laugh.
22 April 2020
Food blogger Holly Murdock steps up to the #WeAreQFT mantle. Find out what film series she must watch in a particular order, which film character would be part of her book club and what classic film she thinks is "awful and cringey".
21 April 2020
#WeAreQFT stays close to home as Film Hub's glorious leader Hugh Odling-Smee answers the questions. Discover what genre he is shamefully fascinated with, why he hates Steven Spielberg and what two actors would play him in a biopic.
17 April 2020
We talk to screenwriter Susie Farrell (Sulphur & White, Dirty God) about the films to tide her over during a lockdown, which much loved romcom she doesn't have much love for, and more for our latest #WeAreQFT profile.
12 April 2020
As we think about Faith for this week's Monday Medicine, Hugh Odling-Smee writes about John T. Davis's documentary Power in the Blood.
09 April 2020
We return to our loyal customers with this edition of #WeAreQFT. Chris Beattie tells us about the joys of going to the cinema and which Linklater soundtrack can beat Tarantino.
08 April 2020
We're sticking with some more of the QFT team for this #WeAreQFT. We talk to Aine Owens Fisher, part of our lovely Front of House team, about the classic film she can't abide, and the 5 films for every lockdown mood.
07 April 2020
Today we've got a treat for #WeAreQFT, Head of QFT Joan Parsons is in the hot seat, picking her lockdown films and telling us which terrible film provoked her love of karaoke.
06 April 2020
Today we talk to filmmaker Jeanie Finlay, director of Game of Thrones: The Last Watch, Seahorse and Orion: The Man Who Would Be King, a QFT fan from her Belfast days, about her film loves and loathes for #WeAreQFT.
05 April 2020
Michael Delaney continues to explore the journey of a film to the screens of QFT, delving into the darkened world of the projectionist's booth.
05 April 2020
Michael Delaney takes us through the hero's journey of a film making its way to the hallowed screens of QFT. Read Part II here.
03 April 2020
Ahead of Belfast Film Festival's #BFFSofaShortsDay and his own interview with legendary producer Jeremy Thomas, festival chair Mark Cousins talks to #WeAreQFT about Alfred Schittke’s music, Imamura Shohei's The Insect Woman and seeing Herbie Rides Again at the Ritz.
02 April 2020
Queen’s Film Theatre launches new QFT Player with online premiere of Abomination: A DUP Opera, in partnership with The Belfast Ensemble and Outburst Queer Arts Festival.
02 April 2020
#WeAreQFT continues with another look at those people who keep Belfast Film Festival running. This edition features Docs Ireland programmer Stuart Sloan who, in a first, offers up video references for some of his favourite (and not-so-favourite) film moments.
01 April 2020
Today's edition of #WeAreQFT celebrating the Belfast Film Festival features Shorts Co-ordinator Rose Baker who tells us what five (or more) films she'd watch while stuck at home, why she'd love to meet any Margaret Dumont character and what movie quote gets her every time.
31 March 2020
#WeAreQFT continues to celebrate the Belfast Film Festival. Today's edition puts the spotlight on Simeon Costello, the festival box office manager who chats us through his quarantine films, memories of cinema projection booths and why he'll forever stand by Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging.
30 March 2020
This edition of #WeAreQFT is the first in a series celebrating our friends at Belfast Film Festival. Up first, Head of Programming Stephen Hackett, who reminisces about cinematic ice lollys, why he wants Michael Bay to remake Holy Mountain and which film character seems like a top bloke.
30 March 2020
We've been scouring the internet and our WhatsApp group chats for the best of the isolation inspired comedy clips.
30 March 2020
The first of our Monday Medicine newsletters went out today and with it our Audience Development Assistant, Michael Delaney, has taken a look at the enduring appeal of the screwball comedy. Why is it the genre we need with now and where should you begin?
30 March 2020
From the Official Selection and In Competition short films of Belfast Film Festival 2020, LUMI will award one film the newly established title.
27 March 2020
For today's #WeAreQFT, we speak to QFT regular El McCullough about the wise words of Agnès Varda and the films she'll be watching while her favourite cinema is closed.
26 March 2020
This edition of #WeAreQFT celebrates on the local talents blazing a trail in the film world - writer and director Aislinn Clarke. A former QFT usher, Aislinn tells us her five stuck-at-home films, what film quote she uses on her dogs and why she loves a ropey horror movie marathon.
25 March 2020
Former QFT volunteer Stephen Hutchinson talks us through his cinema experience in this edition of #WeAreQFT. He tells us why the Austin Powers series is his guilty pleasure, why he liked The Irishman more the first time he saw it and what films he would love to see when QFT reopens.
24 March 2020
QFT would be nothing without its fantastic team. In this edition of #WeAreQFT we celebrate one of those staff members - Deputy Front of House Manager Emma Bainbridge - as she talks to us about Meryl Streep and butter, Jurassic Park tattoos, the Mayor from Jaws and the starring role she has lined up for Patrick Stewart.
23 March 2020
We wouldn’t want our fans to go without brilliant cinema for too long, so while we’re closed, we’ve set up a new deal with our friends at Curzon Home Cinema #StayHome
23 March 2020
In this edition of #WeAreQFT Adam Moore talks about his "holy trinity of comedy", why Joaquin Phoenix needs a box of doughnuts and who should star as the OS in a sequel to Her (spoiler, it's Danny DeVito).
20 March 2020
We've teamed up with the Seamus Heaney Centre to bring you a QUB crossover to rival the Avengers. In this edition of #WeAreQFT Centre Co-ordinator Rachel Brown tells us what film script is full of gems, why nostalgia is important and what's great about a vampire called Sex Machine.
19 March 2020
If we can't watch films together then let's talk about films together. Caleb Roberts tells us which faceless character he would give a hug, his favourite movie quote and which two (yes, two) people would play him in a film in this edition of #WeAreQFT.
18 March 2020
A closure of QFT isn't going to stop the #WeAreQFT train rolling on. Now, more than ever, it is vital we celebrate the patrons, staff members and friends who make us what we are. We do it for you and it is nothing short of a pleasure. So, it's up to customer Tony Heron to tell us why his favourite film villain is a piece of clothing, why he likes Step Up 2: The Streets and why he dislikes the greatest film ever made (says our Audience Development Assistant).
10 March 2020
Going one-on-one with the #WeAreQFT questions of doom this week is Ross Cullen, who lets us know which film made him throw up as a child, why he has always been a middle man and what actor he would love to see do stunts.
03 March 2020
We are sticking close to home with this week's #WeAreQFT as Film Hub NI's Sara Gunn-Smith tells us which rabbit she thinks is a badass feminist icon, why she doesn't believe in guilty pleasures and which film she (controversially) thinks was the best of 2019.
25 February 2020
After a brief hiatus while we changed our website #WeAreQFT returns with QFT regular Rob Moore who tells us that Braveheart is overrated, Dewey Finn is an inspiration and how much he misses the Twin Peaks table.
17 February 2020
Noticed some talk about new memberships at QFT? Get the low down about the changes and the new additions.
17 February 2020
You might have noticed there’s been a lot of changes around QFT in recent months. We’ve got one more to explain to you now.
22 May 2019
Head of QFT Joan Parsons tells us what it is like to attend the world's most prestigious film festival.
31 October 2018
Joan Parsons, Head of QFT, looks back on the 50th Anniversary, and forward to the future for independent cinema.
30 October 2018
Dr. Sam Manning, film scholar, looks back at the cultural significance of QFT
22 October 2018
Amanda Doherty; actor, artist, and activist, looks at the legacy of the female lens.
17 October 2018
Andi looks at QFT staying true to mission through the lens he knows best.
15 October 2018
As we approach our 50th Anniversary Night, writer Jan Carson reflects on her 20 year friendship with QFT
12 October 2018
Becky Booth, QUB and MA Film, dissects women's voice in the horror genre.
11 October 2018
Victoria Brown, MA Film and Editor at The Gown looks at indie cinema engaging with a 'younger' generation.
08 October 2018
Holly Tarquini, Executive Director of FilmBath, discusses the development of the F-Rating
05 October 2018
Aislinn Clarke is the director of The Devil's Doorway and also a former QFT usher!
01 October 2018
In the run up to QFT50, Mervyn Marshall discusses The 16 Club, a film society officially founded in 1951.
25 September 2018
Find out the full story behind the Queen's Special Collections/QFT brochure archive.
19 September 2018
Hot on the heels of the #QFT50 programme announcement, Film Hub NI have dedicated the third Film Hub NI podcast to the Queen's Film Theatre.
13 September 2018
A month long series of exclusive films and events at Queen's Film Theatre.
11 September 2018
On 16 October 1968, Queen’s Film Theatre (QFT) opened in a converted lecture theatre at QUB