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Art of Action

Taking place from October-December 2024, Art of Action is a major UK-wide celebration of big screen action done for real, focusing on the actors and stunt performers risking life and limb to create some of the most memorable on-screen action. Supported by National Lottery and BFI Film Audience Network.

Art of Action: LUMI Presents: Calamity Jane + Introduction

Chosen by our LUMI programmers, we celebrate the pioneering stuntwoman Donna Hall with a screening of Calamity Jane.
13 October 2024
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Art of Action: Fast and Furiosa: The Story of the Female Action Star

Join film journalist Helen O’Hara for an illustrated talk about the history of women in action movies, followed by a screening of Helen’s Art of Action pick: Mad Max: Fury Road.
14 October 2024
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Art of Action: Mad Max: Fury Road + Introduction

Chosen for Art of Action by Northern Irish film critic and Empire magazine editor-at-large Helen O’Hara, Mad Max: Fury Road is the rollicking story of one woman’s rebellion against a tyrannical ruler.
14 October 2024
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Art of Action: Yes, Madam!

The first starring role for both Michelle Yeoh and Cynthia Rothrock, Yes, Madam! is one of the most important and influential action films of its era.
19 October 2024
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Art of Action: The Panther Women

The Panther Women (Las mujeres panteras) will plunge you into the wild world of 1960s Mexican pulp cinema, where (brilliantly named) fierce female wrestlers Loreta Venus and The Golden Rubi find themselves caught in a whirlwind of dark magic.
20 October 2024
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Art of Action: Once Upon a Time in Uganda

Set in the heart of Uganda, Once Upon a Time in Uganda celebrates a universal love and passion for movies through the story of the world-famous Wakaliwood studios, creators of Who Killed Captain Alex.
21 October 2024
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Art of Action: Hot Fuzz

The second instalment in the Cornetto Trilogy, Hot Fuzz follows a London cop who is involuntarily transferred to a quaint English village and paired with a witless new partner.
23 October 2024
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Art of Action: Wakaliwood Double Bill: Who Killed Captain Alex? + Bad Black

Welcome to the world of Wakaliwood, with a special double bill presentation of two films from the one-of-a-kind, DIY Ugandan action studio.
24 October 2024
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Art of Action: The General

When union spies steal his locomotive (along with his girlfriend), a plucky railway engineer pursues them doggedly across enemy lines in Buster Keaton’s masterpiece.
25 October 2024 , 27 October 2024 , 30 October 2024
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Art of Action: Scott Pilgrim vs. The World

Bass playing Scott Pilgrim must battle the seven Evil Exes of his crush in order to win her heart in Edgar Wright’s creative and kinetic action-comedy.
27 October 2024 , 29 October 2024
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Art of Action: Point Break

Newly restored in 4K, Point Break stars Keanu Reeves as FBI agent Johnny Utah, who goes undercover with a gang of bank-robbing surfers, led by Patrick Swayze’s Bodhi.
08 November 2024 until 13 November 2024
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Art of Action: Everything Everywhere All at Once

Featuring an Oscar-winning performance from star Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All at Once is a hilarious and big-hearted sci-fi action adventure.
22 November 2024 , 24 November 2024
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Art of Action: The Raid + Live Combat Performance

A special forces rookie fights for his life against a building full of baddies in Welsh filmmaker Gareth Evans’ skull-splinteringly violent martial arts action movie.
23 November 2024
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Art of Action: The Bat Woman

The Bat Woman (La mujer murciélago) takes you on a rollicking ride through 1960s Mexican pulp cinema, where lucha libre meets superheroes meets The Creature from the Black Lagoon.
24 November 2024
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Art of Action: Police Story

A policeman must protect a witness from a Hong Kong drug lord in Jackie Chan’s hard-hitting ‘80s action classic.
29 November 2024
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Art of Action: LUMI's Action-Packed All-Nighter

Strap in tight and hold on to your hats, our LUMI programmers have selected five action-packed flicks with enough thrills to keep your heart pumping right through until breakfast.
30 November 2024
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Art of Action: Police Story 2

Jackie Chan kicks and punches his way back on to the force in an exhilarating, action-packed sequel.
07 December 2024
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Art of Action: SCREEN/PRINT: Tank Girl (35mm)

One of cinema’s greatest action heroes, Tank Girl is a fiercely feminist freedom fighter taking on a corrupt system in Rachel Talalay's bonafide cult classic.
08 December 2024
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Art of Action: Police Story 3: Supercop

Action superstar Michelle Yeoh joins Jackie Chan for the third instalment of the Hong Kong action masterpiece franchise.
14 December 2024
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Art of Action: Seven Samurai

Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai is immensely influential and arguably the defining work of Japanese cinema. Screening from a new 4K restoration.
27 December 2024 until 29 December 2024
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Art of Action: The Wild Bunch

An aging group of outlaws look for one last big score in Sam Peckinpah’s classic action-western.
27 December 2024 until 28 December 2024 , 30 December 2024
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