And if you fancy hosting your own late show, why not choose a film (subject to availability) for a Friday or Saturday late night show on a date of your choice. You need to be a Friend of the Rio (cost £20) and the cost of the late show is £275 (including VAT) which includes admission for up to 50 guests. The screening will also be open to the public, at our regular late night admission price of £6.50. Other options including private screenings are also possible. For further details contact Charles at charles@riocinema.org.uk or on 7241 9415.

VANISHED! A VIDEO SÉANCE(15) 11.15pm

(UK 1999) 75m. dirs. Brian Catling & Tony Grisoni
Julian Curry, Rosemary McHale, Victoria Seifert

‘Vanished! A Video Séance’ is a true story. In 1932 elderly parents and their young daughter came to live in isolation on a wind-swept hill on the west coast of the Isle of Man. Gef, an entity or familiar or presence, attached itself to the family for six years. It proclaimed its identity in a number of ways, one being, "I am the ghost of a mongoose with tiny yellow hands". The notoriety and investigations of the event are now all but forgotten, the house where they lived erased. Only fragments and shadows can be summoned to bear witness to that which has vanished. A rare opportunity to see this experimental film made by the poet/performance artist Brian Catling and the screenwriter Tony Grisoni in 1999 with help from the Arts Council of England.

+ a free beer with your ticket

£6/£5 Concs