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Tetsuo : The Iron Man
1989 64mins Japan (18) Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Directed by Shinya Tsukamoto Starring Shinya Tsukamoto, Tomorowo Taguchi, Kei Fujiwara, Nobu Kanaoka, Naomasa Musaka, Renji Ishibashi

One of the most influential cyberpunk films of all time, Tetsuo The Iron Man chronicles a salaryman's (Tomorowo Taguchi) transformation from man to metal after himself and his girlfriend (Kei Fujiwara) accidentally run down a metal fetishist (Shin’ya Tsukamoto) with their car. Soundtracked by pulsating punk, Tetsuo The Iron Man remains one of the most explosive films.

Tetsuo The Iron Man opens the season Tetsuo And Beyond, presented with the National Film and Television School’s Film Studies, Programming and Curation MA.

Titane
2021 108mins Belgium, France (18) Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Directed by Julia Ducournau Starring Garance Marillier, Agathe Rousselle, Vincent Lindon, Laïs Salameh

This provocative Palme D’or winner is equal parts horrifying and hilarious. Titane follows one person (Agathe Rousselle) along a journey seeking love and acceptance. As a child they were in a horrific car accident, and as a result have a metal plate in the side of their head alongside a lifelong obsession with vehicles. This obsession mutates in increasingly grisly ways, as their life starts to unravel around them.

Titane is playing as part of the Tetsuo And Beyond season presented with the National Film and Television School’s Film Studies, Programming and Curation MA.

Tetsuo II: Body Hammer
1992 83mins Japan (18) Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Directed by Shinya Tsukamoto Starring Tomorowo Taguchi, Shinya Tsukamoto, Nobu Kanaoka

Tetsuo The Iron Man’s sequel operates as a companion piece, a twisted tale of metallic transformation and revenge. After his son is kidnapped by a metal obsessive, a salaryman (Tomorowo Taguchi) finds his unwilling body transformed into machine. Bringing in images of body building, guns and bizarre sex rituals, Tetsuo II: Body Hammer is an entertaining cyberpunk tale.

Tetsuo II: Body Hammer is screening as part of the season Tetsuo And Beyond, presented with the National Film and Television School’s Film Studies, Programming and Curation MA.

Dandy Dust
1998 94mins Austria, UK (18) Sci-Fi / Adventure
Directed by A. Hans Scheirl Starring A. Hans Scheirl, Suzie Krüger, Leonora Rogers-Wright

Ashley Hans Scherli’s (Flaming Ears) queer, avant -garde wonderwork Dandy Dust is a transgressive transmission from the future of gender. This rare screening follows gender fluid cyborg Dust (Ashley Hans Scherli) hurtling through space and time, seeking both memory and identity. Truly transgressive, Dandy Dust invites us to ignore the limits of our bodies and the place in which we occupy them.

Dandy Dust beams into the Prince Charles Cinema as part of the Tetsuo And Beyond Season. The season is presented with the National Film and Television School’s Film Studies, Programming and Curation MA.