Flowerfield Arts Centre are delighted to support Palladium Portstewart — a new community film collective celebrating cinema and bringing local film enthusiasts together. 

Programming from the archives of BFI and Filmbank Media and ranging from the ridiculous to the sublime, Palladium Portstewart kicks off their first season at Flowerfield on Thursday 17 September with a screening of the 1985 action film Commando starring Arnold Schwarzenegger.

The programme continues through the autumn and into the festive season, with a mix of cult classics, horror, comedy and sci-fi. Obsession screens on Thursday 29 October for a frightful Halloween treat, followed by Joe Dante’s classic sci-fi comedy Innerspace on Thursday 19 November. The season concludes with a Christmas favourite, Gremlins, screening on Thursday 17 December.

Screenings are at 7.15pm and tickets for each screening at £6 full, £4 concession, bookable via Flowerfield.org or call 028 7083 1400. 

Full Programme

Commando | Thursday 17 September | 7.15pm (Doors 7pm) 

A retired Special Forces colonel tries to save his daughter, who was abducted by a former subordinate. Re-live the bombastic set pieces, crazy car chases and infamous one-liners. 1985 | Dir: Mark L Lester | 90mins | Cert 18

Obsession | Thursday 29 October | 7.15pm (Doors 7pm) 

A frightful and critically acclaimed Halloween screening. Baron "Bear" Bailey breaks a novelty charm to force his co-worker Nikki Freeman to love him, but the supernatural compulsion warps her mind into violent obsession, trapping him in a nightmare he cannot wish away. 2026 | Dir: Curry Barker | 109min | Cert 18

Innerspace | Thursday 19 November | 7.15pm (Doors 7pm) 

When a test pilot taking part in a secret miniaturisation experiment is accidentally injected into a hapless store clerk, the two must work together to prevent the technology from falling into the wrong hands. A classic Joe Dante comedy sci-fi thriller. 1987 | Dir: Joe Dante | 120min | Cert PG

Gremlins  | Thursday 17 December | 7.15pm (Doors 7pm) | 

After receiving an exotic small animal as a Christmas gift, a young man inadvertently breaks three important rules concerning his new pet, which unleashes a horde of malevolently mischievous creatures on a small town. A film that lurks somewhere between the dark shadows of comedy, horror and fantasy and 1980s nostalgia classic. 1984 | Dir: Joe Dante | 90min | Cert 12