Screening: Sleep Furiously + Who Killed Brown Owl Thursday 17 June

miniciné at armley mills is a community cinema project bringing innovative and thought provoking films to west leeds and re-using the bijou Edwardian film theatre of the Leeds Industrial Museum.

our events take place once a month on every third thursday, admission £4, next screening Thursday 17 June:

Who Killed Brown Owl? // Dir Christine Molloy, Joe Lawlor / 10 mins / 2004

inspired by classical paintings of village life, the film is about a sunny Sunday afternoon that goes horribly wrong.

Shot in one continuous take and part of a collaborative project with local residents and community groups, this film captures the essence of Englishness displayed in a public park.

Sleep Furiously // Dir Gideon Koppel / 94 mins / 2009

ordinary life is transformed into the sublime in this documentary that describes the current issues facing a west Wales farming community. As the population ages, the schools face closure, and the mobile library signals a resistance to move into the 21st Century, Koppel's camera stands as a silent observer and the music of Aphex Twin washes over the viewer.

filmed in and around the village of Trefeurig, where the director was raised, but there isn’t an ounce of nostalgia or sentiment here, merely a reflection of the unavoidable march of progress and the often-contradictory circularity of life.

Getting to Armley Mills:
situated two miles west out of Leeds city centre on Canal Road off the main A65 road to Kirkstall. look out for the shell petrol station.
Walk - easily accessible from the Armley, Bramley, Burley, Hyde Park, Headingley areas
Cycle - there is small provision for cycle parking at the front of the musuem building
Train - armley is not serviced by a local train line, nearest station is Burley Park, served every 30 mins on the Harrogate Line (and a 15 min walk approx thereafter)
Bus (from Leeds city centre) - The 5A, X6, 14, 66 and 67 buses stop nearby. for timetables see the West Yorkshire Metro website
Car: free parking available close to the entrance

Disabled Access:
The museum has full disabled access throughout, disabled parking and drop off is available directly outside the museum entrance.

for more information see our website

for some reason the url for our website didn't display but it is minicine.org.uk