Presented in Somerset House’s 18th century courtyard on a giant 17 x 8 metre screen with full surround sound, the 12 night programme of classic, cult and contemporary films includes three premieres with two films hot from Cannes Film Festival.

The full line-up is as follows:

Thursday 16 August

21.00 UK Premiere: On the Road

Friday 17 August

19.00 Behind the Screen: The Genius of Hitchcock
Somerset House and the BFI team up to present insights into Britain’s most influential and iconic filmmaker.

21.00 The Birds
The new digital print of Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds will be screened for the first time in the UK, introduced by star Tippi Hedren.

Saturday 18 August

19.00 Behind the Screen: A Trip to the Movies
A look at how cinema can go beyond rational thought to create experiences unique to the art form. With Adam Smith, director of Chemical Brothers: Don’t Think.

21.00 Double-Bill: Enter the Void and Chemical Brothers: Don’t Think

Sunday 19 August

21.00 People’s Premiere: The Watch

Monday 20 August

19.00 Behind the Screen: BAFTA Shorts
Highlights from 2012 BAFTA nominations for short film and short animation including the live action and animation winners. In association with BAFTA

21.00 Apocalypse Now

Tuesday 21 August

19.00 Behind the Screen: Nothing So Strange As Ordinary Folk
In conjunction with BAFTA, we present a discussion on realism in British cinema, and how the approach has evolved in recent years, through genre-mixing, formal devices and the demonstration of Britain’s other great historical talent, black humour.

21.00 Bicycle Thieves

Wednesday 22 August

19.00 Behind the Screen: The Magic of Paris, Texas
In appreciation of the iconic 80’s film, with a panel of musicians, artists and filmmakers

21.00 Paris, Texas

Thursday 23 August

19.00 Behind the Screen: Film4 Shorts
A specially curated programme of short films that have emerged through Film4 Productions.

21.00 Pretty in Pink

Friday 24 August

19.00 Behind the Screen: Long Live Cinema!
An examination of the recent rise in rep cinemas, cinema societies, independent programming and the art of the ‘double-bill’.

21.00 Double-Bill: Boogie Nights and Beyond the Valley of the Dolls

Saturday 25 August

21.00 Double-Bill: Sexy Beast and Drive

Sunday 26 August

21.00 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

Monday 27 August

21.00 UK Premiere: Lawless

Tickets go on general sale at 10am tomorrow, available online at somersethouse.org.uk/film.