Liberated Film Club: Erika Balsom

Marking the twentieth anniversary of Close-Up, we are delighted to announce the return of Stanley Schtinter’s legendary Liberated Film Club.

For the second edition in this yearlong series of events, we welcome Erika Balsom to select and present her ‘liberated film’ choice. Erika Balsom is a scholar and critic based in London, working on cinema, art, and their intersection. She is Reader in Film Studies at King's College London and holds a PhD in Modern Culture and Media from Brown University.

No titles at the Liberated Film Club are announced in advance, and the films on show are unlikely to be seen anywhere else – in the case of Balsom’s selection, it is impossible for the film to be seen anywhere else.

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The Liberated Film Club will run twice monthly from July 2025 to July 2026. No film titles are announced in advance of the screenings. More info here