Fri 30 – Sat 31 October 2026
Donnie Darko
25th Anniversary screening + Dummy Run (short film)
Event details
Please note: There will be no adverts or trailers. The event will begin at the advertised time with a special screening of the short film Dummy Run (17 mins).
Directed By Richard Kelly
Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Mary McDonnell, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jena Malone, Drew Barrymore
Celebrate the 25th anniversary of the cult sci-fi horror classic this Halloween.
Donnie is a troubled high school student: in therapy, prone to sleepwalking and in possession of an imaginary friend, a six-foot rabbit named Frank, who tells him the world is going to end in 28 days, 06 hours, 42 minutes and 12 seconds. During that time he will navigate teenage life, narrowly avoid death in the form of a falling jet engine, follow Frank’s maladjusted instructions and try to maintain the space-time continuum.
Fifteen years before Stranger Things combined science fiction, Spielbergian touches and 80s nostalgia to much acclaim, Richard Kelly set the template – and the high-water mark – with his debut feature, Donnie Darko. Initially beset with distribution problems, it would slowly find its audience and emerge as arguably the first cult classic of the new millennium.
About Dummy Run
In this comedy-horror short by Marc Riley and Jason Read, a sinister music lawyer offers to help two former band mates claim their fortune in unpaid royalties. Starring Maxine Peake, Graham Duff, Jah Wobble and Marc Riley.
Members: £8.90
Non-members: £9.90
Member Under 16: £5.75
Non-members Under 16: £6.35
£5 for Young Members
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