Exhibition on Screen: Turner & Constable + Q&A

The 3.30pm screening on Sat 14 Mar will be followed by an in-person Q&A with director David Bickerstaff.

Celebrating the 250th anniversary of their births, this unmissable new documentary explores Turner and Constable’s intertwined lives and legacies alongside the groundbreaking Tate exhibition.

Two of Britain’s greatest painters, J.M.W. Turner and John Constable were also the greatest of rivals. Born within a year of each other, both used landscape painting to reflect the changing world around them. Tate Britain is bringing these two greats together for a groundbreaking exhibition, in London from Nov 2025 to Apr 2026, and Exhibition on Screen once again has exclusive and privileged access. Discover unexpected sides to both artists with intimate views of sketchbooks and personal items and insights from leading experts.

Turner’s blazing sunsets and sublime scenes from his travels and Constable’s idealised depictions of beloved places from home whipped the public of the time into a frenzy of enthusiasm. Constable represents the very best of the old school of realism and pastoral nostalgia; Turner, an exciting new way of depicting emotion and dreamlike impressions. Critics compared their starkly different styles to a clash of ‘fire and water’.

Don’t miss this opportunity to see these greats side-by-side, as they so often were in life, on the big screen for the first time.

You may also like the following events from Queen's Film Theatre, Belfast:

• This Friday, 13th February, 09:45 am, Baby Pictures: "Wuthering Heights" in Belfast
• This Saturday, 14th February, 06:15 pm, When Harry Met Sally in Belfast
• Next Wednesday, 18th February, 09:00 pm, NISF X LUMI: Tetsuo: The Iron Man in Belfast

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