Floating Cinema

Building on the resounding success of the Floating Cinema 2011, UP Projects will launch a brand new Floating Cinema at the end of July 2013. Designed by Duggan Morris Architects and working in partnership with artists and filmmakers Nina Pope and Karen Guthrie (aka Somewhere), the cinema will feature a new “Extra-Ordinary” programme of outdoor screenings, canal tours, workshops and events along the waterways of East London and beyond.

“We wanted this year's programme to say that it's London's ordinary people that make its culture so extraordinary, and to spotlight some of those people and what they do in life, as well as to make sure they are at the heart of the programme as an active audience. The Extra-Ordinary theme offers a celebration of the overlooked and 'ordinary' in life, and brings to the fore the brilliance to be found on our doorstep." Somewhere 2013

Film include:

It Could Only Happen Here: Jim Dahl's Unreal Boat Tour
A special one-off Live Art commission by artist Tim Bromage developed in collaboration with Live Art Development Agency. Inspired by the site of Regent’s Canal, this new commission playfully explores the facts and folklore of the London waterways. Using costume, text, and song, the unreal boat tour is an exploration and celebration of a life upon the water.

Fancy Dress 'Frankenweenie'
Join us for a dress-up summer night out, right by 3 Mills Studios where Tim Burton’s stop motion animation 'Frankenweenie' was created.

Troubled Waters
A talk illustrated with rare archive films, about the policing of London's canals and rivers through time

See official website for full list of films.