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Our first instincts as film lovers may be to focus on a single camera, facing away from us, and capturing what we want to see on the big screen. However, the moment we leave the comfort of the cinema, we are ignorant to the fact that we will be seen up to seventy times by CCTV cameras on the way home.
How can cinema, as a medium that only requires one camera, respond to a system consisting of over seven million surveillance devices in the UK alone?
In Order Not To Be Here turns the camera around, at us. Three short experimental films will explore different avenues of surveillance-induced psychosis and hysteria.
The screening will be followed by a Q&A with director Nick Jordan.
This programme is curated by London College of Communication BA Film & Screen Studies students (Henry Watson, Leon Richards, Kaiyang Ma, Sen Sucaldito, Theo Devaris).
Thought Broadcasting, dir. Nick Jordan, UK, 2017, 18 mins
Video Times, dir. Kevin Atherton, Uk, 1984, 32 mins
Hacked Circuit, dir. Deborah Stratman, US, 2014, 15 mins
How can cinema, as a medium that only requires one camera, respond to a system consisting of over seven million surveillance devices in the UK alone?
In Order Not To Be Here turns the camera around, at us. Three short experimental films will explore different avenues of surveillance-induced psychosis and hysteria.
The screening will be followed by a Q&A with director Nick Jordan.
This programme is curated by London College of Communication BA Film & Screen Studies students (Henry Watson, Leon Richards, Kaiyang Ma, Sen Sucaldito, Theo Devaris).
Thought Broadcasting, dir. Nick Jordan, UK, 2017, 18 mins
Video Times, dir. Kevin Atherton, Uk, 1984, 32 mins
Hacked Circuit, dir. Deborah Stratman, US, 2014, 15 mins
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06:30 pm
Thu, 29 Jan 2026
Cinema 1
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Access information
Cinema 1
- Both our Cinemas have step free access from The Mall and are accessible by ramp
- We have 1 wheelchair allocated space with a seat for a companion
- All seats are hard back, have a crushed velvet feel and they do not recline
- These are our seat size dimensions: W 42 x D 45 x H 52
- Arm rest either side of the seat dimensions: L 27 x W 7 x H 20
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