Visions of Europe X LUMI Presents: Alice
Schedule
Mon, 16 Mar, 2026 at 06:20 pm
UTC+00:00Location
Queen's Film Theatre, Belfast | Belfast, NI
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Czech surrealist Jan Švankmajer adapts Lewis Carroll's classic, combining a live-action Alice (Kristýna Kohoutová) with creepy stop motion animated characters. Chosen by our LUMI Programmers.While around forty film versions exist, as well as numerous TV adaptations, the version that Czech stop motion master Jan Švankmajer fashioned in 1988 stands alone in its dark and original take on Carroll’s light-hearted tale.
In Alice, Kohoutová plays the role close to Carroll’s original, mischievous Alice from the novel. Yet, in the context of 1988 socialist Czechoslovakia, rebellious Alice is not just a historical image of resistance against communist conformism but also represents a craving for freedom from socialist stricture.
Visions of Europe returns for its 5th edition, celebrating the breadth of European cinema with a handpicked selection of new releases, previews, festival hits and classics returning to the big screen.
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