rip it up

Rip It Up is a UK-wide season, supported by BFI National Lottery funding, exploring and celebrating the changing face of youth rebellion, culture and expression on screen in the UK.

Rip It Up: A Hard Day's Night + Samira Ahmed & Glenn Patterson Q&A

Join Samira Ahmed at QFT for a screening of the Beatles' classic film and a discussion about how a film made to capture a pop phenomenon became...

26 May 2026

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Rip It Up: Dance Craze

The legendary concert film Dance Craze captures the best of 2 Tone Records, the iconic label that emerged from Coventry in 1979 to release the best...

29 May 2026

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Rip It Up: Northern Soul: Still Burning

Northern Soul: Still Burning charts the history of Northern Soul, from its birth at the world-famous mecca, Wigan Casino, right through to the...

05 June 2026 until 08 June 2026

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Rip It Up X LUMI Presents: If....

Lindsay Anderson’s If.... is a daringly anarchic vision of British society, set in a boarding school in late-sixties England. Chosen...

09 June 2026

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Rip It Up: Rave Culture: A New Era

Late '80s. In an England suffocated by unemployment and Margaret Thatcher’s policies, a generation found refuge and a voice in electronic music.

13 June 2026

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Rip It Up: Quadrophenia

The Who’s classic rock opera Quadrophenia was the basis for this invigorating coming-of-age movie and depiction of the defiant, drug-fueled mod...

21 June 2026 until 22 June 2026

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Rip It Up: Young Soul Rebels

Youth culture meets identity politics in this part-thriller, part-gay love story set in London in 1977. The hedonistic world of pirate DJs Chris and...

24 July 2026

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