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SciScreen is a FREE year round film festival presented by Newcastle University exploring science and health in film.

Join us for FREE film screenings and panel discussions hosted at independent cinemas around the North East.

This month we're screening cult classic The Matrix to celebrate Brain Awareness Week. With a massive soundtrack , stunning visuals, philosophical conundrums and fast action, this film is ageless.

Book your FREE ticket now.

When a beautiful stranger leads computer hacker Neo to a forbidding underworld, he discovers the shocking truth--the life he knows is the elaborate deception of an evil cyber-intelligence.

After the film - a panel discussion with researchers and experts from Newcastle University on all things brain.

We'll chat about movement neuroscience, virtual reality, and more real science explored in The Matrix.

The film will start at 6.30 prompt - Star and Shadow's Bar will be open from 6pm, so come down early, grab a drink and help support independent cinema programming in Newcastle and get the best seat in the house.