Three evenings of outdoor film screenings will transform Shoreham’s streets and public spaces into a night-time moving image experience on 3, 10 and 17 March 2026.
Taking place across consecutive Tuesday evenings, the free events invite audiences to follow guided walking routes through Shoreham town centre, encountering a curated programme of short films by LGBTQIA+ artists projected onto buildings and walls of the town.
Bringing together animation, documentary, experimental film and poetic fiction, the programme explores identity, memory, grief, desire and belonging through bold, imaginative and deeply personal storytelling. The films create a shared public space for queer voices, inviting audiences to walk together, pause together and experience the town as a site of collective reflection and imagination.
The film trails have been co-curated by videoclub together with young people from Esteem Youth Charity, following an international open call that received hundreds of submissions from LGBTQIA+ artists and filmmakers.
Andy Nall-Cain, Head of Programmes & Communications from Esteem, says:
“At Esteem, young people can belong and make a difference regardless of the challenges they face. Seeing young people lead the curation of these trails has been inspiring. It produced a fantastic programme and directly supported their growth in confidence, skills and wellbeing.”
Projected across buildings and public spaces at night, the film trails will transform Shoreham into a cinematic landscape, inviting audiences to encounter moving image work outside traditional gallery or cinema contexts.
Videoclub Director, Jamie Wyld, says:
“We’re thrilled to be presenting these film trails in Shoreham – a town with such a rich cinematic history. Outdoor screenings are a great way to engage audiences and we know these joyous evenings will help people come together and see the town in new ways.”
Each evening presents a different route and a different programme of films. The events are free to attend, welcoming audiences of all backgrounds, and aim to create an accessible and inclusive shared cultural experience in the heart of the town.
About the Films
The selected films span continents, generations and artistic approaches, from London-based Greek artist Alexandra Olympia Peristeraki, whose work explores the hidden lives of our digital technologies and the global labour that sustains them, to Buenos Aires–born filmmaker Julieta Tetelbaum, whose acclaimed film Black Chalk offers an intimate portrait of a neurodivergent woman navigating everyday life and social exclusion.
Elsewhere in the programme, London-based Portuguese animator Mariana Leal explores how LGBTQIA+ communities have reimagined rituals of grief and care in the wake of the AIDS crisis, while Huddersfield animator and printmaker Oran O’Sullivan uncovers a largely forgotten moment of northern queer history, the 1981 Huddersfield Pride march.
Other works move through themes of drag, memory, disability, migration, sport, transformation and self-acceptance, from poetic reflections on goodbye and belonging, to joyful celebrations of queer community and resilience.
Event details
Tuesday 3 March 2026, 7 pm
Meet at St Mary de Haura Church, Church St, Shoreham-by-Sea BN43 5DQ
Tuesday 10 March 2026, 7 pm
Meet at Esteem Youth Charity, The Old School House, Ham Rd, Shoreham-by-Sea BN43 6PA
Tuesday 17 March 2026, 7 pm
Meet at St Mary de Haura Church, Church St, Shoreham-by-Sea BN43 5DQ
Free (booking required)
