# Event Details - **Event Name**: UCL East Community Cinema - Desert Hearts - **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 26 Nov, 2025 at 07:00 pm – Wed, 26 Nov, 2025 at 09:00 pm - **Event Description**: Celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, Donna Deitch’s tender, ground-breaking directorial debut is a landmark of queer cinema.About this EventBefore Portrait of a Lady on Fire and Carol, there was Desert Hearts! Celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, Donna Deitch’s tender, ground-breaking directorial debut is a landmark of queer cinema and a triumph of independent filmmaking. Based on Jane Rule’s novel, the film follows Vivian Bell (Helen Shaver), an uptight professor who travels to Reno for divorce; her world is changed however when she is thrown into the orbit of Cay (Patricia Charbonneau), a confident, free-spirited younger woman. With luminous desert landscapes and Robert Elswit’s striking cinematography, Desert Hearts remains a radical classic of LGBTQ+ cinema.Entirely self-financed and made with just $800,000, Desert Hearts broke new ground as one of the first American features to centre lesbian love without tragedy or sensationalism. 40 years later, the film is celebrated as both a cult classic and a landmark in queer cinema. The film has enduring power as an example of a sensual romance that remains as vital and radical today as it was upon release.This film has been selected by Hope Bhargava a student from BA Creative Arts and Humanities.UCL East Community CinemaThis screening is part of the UCL East Community Cinema, a series of free screenings on Wednesday evenings with films specially selected by our students, academics and community partners.DonationsThis screening is supporting AKT, the national LGBTQ+ youth homelessness charity. To this day, 24% of young homeless people aged 16-25 identify as being LGBTQ+, emphasising the crucial need for AKT's services. If you'd like to donate, you can do so here: https://donate.supportedgiving.com/akt?qrCode=Lj9gif7l0sRF&visitor=99d54bf1-cf3d-408d-9d8f-ac70ecd41def There will also be posters in the cinema where you can donate on the night. Thank you for your support. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/london/ucl-east-community-cinema-desert-hearts/100001738489050549 - **Event Categories**: entertainment, nonprofit, lgbt-pride, charities, art - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket URL**: https://consumer.pxf.io/c/1339408/3151484/39691?partnerpropertyid=1191892&MediaPartnerPropertyId=1191892&svlink=14105511&level=1&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Fucl-east-community-cinema-desert-hearts-tickets-1738489050549 - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: GBP ## Event venue details - **city**: London - **state**: EN - **country**: United Kingdom - **location**: UCL East Cinema, UCL East - **lat**: 51.5384432 - **long**: -0.00964600000000000 - **full address**: UCL East Cinema, UCL East, 1 Pool Street, London, United Kingdom ## Event Organizer details - **affiliate_id**: 10 - **organizer**: UCL School for the Creative & Cultural Industries (https://allevents.in/org/ucl-school-for-the-creative-and-cultural-industries/25065494) ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: banner - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/2d092adbdb0f84b9491286ddafd79d002ef84eab55bbe26de1b6f6de36d82799-rimg-w1080-h608-dc171416-gmir.jpg?v=1760090558 - **Alt text**: thumbnail - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/8ecd1ea36518c1cc3e57bca0afc110824d4649e74de2774e87fe1cde050cac18-rimg-w400-h400-dc080808-gmir.jpg?v=1760090557 ## FAQs - **Q**: When is the event happening? - **A:** Wed, 26 Nov, 2025 at 07:00 pm - **Q**: Where is the event happening? - **A:** UCL East Cinema, UCL East, 1 Pool Street, London, United Kingdom - **Q**: What is the ticket price? - **A:** starting from 0 up to 0 GBP - **Q**: Who is organizing the event? - **A:** UCL School for the Creative & Cultural Industries - **Q**: What type of event is this? - **A:** entertainment, nonprofit, lgbt-pride, charities, art - **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about UCL East Community Cinema - Desert Hearts ? - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents. ## Structured Data (JSON-LD) ```json [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Event", "name": "UCL East Community Cinema - Desert Hearts", "image": "https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/2d092adbdb0f84b9491286ddafd79d002ef84eab55bbe26de1b6f6de36d82799-rimg-w1080-h608-dc171416-gmir.jpg?v=1760090558", "startDate": "2025-11-26", "endDate": "2025-11-26", "url": "https://allevents.in/london/ucl-east-community-cinema-desert-hearts/100001738489050549", "location": { "@type": "Place", "name": "UCL East Cinema, UCL East", "address": { "@type": "PostalAddress", "streetAddress": "1 Pool Street", "postalCode": "E20 2AF", "addressLocality": "London", "addressRegion": "EN", "addressCountry": "GB" }, "geo": { "@type": "GeoCoordinates", "latitude": "51.5384432", "longitude": "-0.00964600000000000" } }, "eventAttendanceMode": "https://schema.org/OfflineEventAttendanceMode", "description": "Celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, Donna Deitch’s tender, ground-breaking directorial debut is a landmark of queer cinema.", "offers": [ { "@type": "AggregateOffer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "GBP", "availabilityStarts": "2026-04-05", "availabilityEnds": "2025-11-26", "validFrom": "2026-04-05", "lowPrice": "0.00", "highPrice": "0.00", "price": "0.00", "url": "https://allevents.in/london/ucl-east-community-cinema-desert-hearts/100001738489050549" }, { "@type": "Offer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "GBP", "availabilityStarts": "2026-04-05", "availabilityEnds": "", "validFrom": "2026-04-05", "url": "https://allevents.in/london/ucl-east-community-cinema-desert-hearts/100001738489050549", "price": 0, "name": "General Admission" }, { "@type": "Offer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "GBP", "availabilityStarts": "2026-04-05", "availabilityEnds": "", "validFrom": "2026-04-05", "url": "https://allevents.in/london/ucl-east-community-cinema-desert-hearts/100001738489050549", "price": 0, "name": "UCL staff" }, { "@type": "Offer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "GBP", "availabilityStarts": "2026-04-05", "availabilityEnds": "", "validFrom": "2026-04-05", "url": "https://allevents.in/london/ucl-east-community-cinema-desert-hearts/100001738489050549", "price": 0, "name": "UCL student" } ], "organizer": [ { "@type": "Organization", "name": "UCL School for the Creative & Cultural Industries", "url": "https://allevents.in/org/ucl-school-for-the-creative-and-cultural-industries/25065494", "description": "The creative and cultural industries are the UK’s fastest growing sector and a major contributor to the economy. 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