Film Program | La Haine

La Haine takes place over 24 hours following the police shooting of a young man from a deprived housing estate, and shows the world through the eyes of three friends (Vincent Cassel, Saïd Taghmaoui and Hubert Kounde) frustrated with politicians, the media and police brutality.

Mathieu Kassovitz’s electrifying second feature as a director changed the cultural landscape of French cinema when it landed at the Cannes Film Festival in 1995, winning the Best Director prize. Its stark black-and-white visuals depicting graffiti-daubed streets helped to make it one of the defining films of its generation.

In 2001, Asian Dub Foundation premiered an original live score for the film at the Edinburgh International Film Festival, before bringing it to David Bowie's Meltdown at London's Southbank Centre in 2002. To mark the film's 30th anniversary, the band returned to the same stage in 2025, where the performance was recorded as the soundtrack for the British 4K UHD release.

This Vivid LIVE screening represents the first time the film will be screened theatrically with the newly recorded Asian Dub Foundation soundtrack - a rare and unmissable event for fans of both the film and the band.

Classification MA15+ | France l 1995 l French l Thriller/Crime