Steve McQueen
Time and Experience
3 October to 13 November 2025
in the Stadtkino Basel
With Time and Experience, Stadtkino Basel presents a curated selection of works by British artist and filmmaker Steve McQueen, alongside films by other directors whose themes and storytelling resonate with his. Time and Experience explores how McQueen and others understand history – not as something confined to the past, but as something lived: shaped by emotion, memory, and the textures of everyday life.
In addition to McQueen’s most recent feature film Blitz (2024), the program includes the documentary Occupied City (2023), the film series Small Axe (2020, five films), and the series Uprising (2021, three episodes), which McQueen produced for the BBC. In addition, selected films by Bianca Stigter, Franco Rosso, and John Akomfrah will be screened.
Stadtkino is also pleased to welcome a number of distinguished guests — Steve McQueen, Bianca Stigter, Paul Gilroy, and Dennis Bovell — for conversations about the films.
The program has been developed in close collaboration with the Laurenz Foundation, Schaulager Basel, and the Department of Art History at the University of Basel, and in dialogue with the artist.
Film Screenings with Guests
Stadtkino Basel
Film Screening with Guests
6.15 PM Kadiatou Nénéin Diallo (lecturer in African studies) introduces the documentary The Stuart Hall Project.
Followed by: John Akomfrah, The Stuart Hall Project, 2013 | 103 min
MON 6 October 2025
6.15 PMStadtkino Basel
Film Screening with Guests
8.30 PM Dennis Bovell (British reggae legend, musician, and producer) in conversation with Lukas Wyniger (music journalist)
Followed by: Franco Rosso, Babylon, 1980 | 95 min
WED 15 October 2025
8.30 PM
Film Screenings
Stadtkino Basel
Film Screening
9.15 PM Steve McQueen, Small Axe: Mangrove, 2020 | 127 min
FRI 3 October 2025
9.15 PMStadtkino Basel
Film Screening
8.30 PM Steve McQueen, Small Axe: Lovers Rock, 2020 | 70 min
SUN 5 October 2025
8.30 PMStadtkino Basel
Film Screening
9.00 PM Steve McQueen, Small Axe: Red, White and Blue, 2020 | 80 min
FRI 10 October 2025
9 PMStadtkino Basel
Film Screening
6.00 PM Steve McQueen, Uprising: Fire, 2021 | 59 min
7.15 PM Steve McQueen, Small Axe: Alex Wheatle, 2020 | 66 min
MON 13 October 2025
6 PMStadtkino Basel
Film Screening
2.30 PM Steve McQueen, Occupied City, 2023 | 266 min
SAT 18 October 2025
2.30 PMStadtkino Basel
Film Screening
8.30 PM Franco Rosso, Babylon, 1980 | 95 min
SUN 19 October 2025
8.30 PMStadtkino Basel
Film Screening
6.00 PM Steve McQueen, Uprising: Blame, 2021 | 59 min
7.15 PM Steve McQueen, Small Axe: Education, 2020 | 63 min
MON 20 October 2025
6 PMStadtkino Basel
Film Screening
8.30 PM Steve McQueen, Small Axe: Mangrove, 2020 | 127 min
FRI 24 October 2025
8.30 PMStadtkino Basel
Film Screening
6.00 PM Bianca Stigter, Three Minutes: A Lengthening, 2021 | 69 min
SAT 25 October 2025
6 PMStadtkino Basel
Film Screening
8.45 PM Steve McQueen, Small Axe: Lovers Rock, 2020 | 70 min
SUN 26 October 2025
8.45 PMStadtkino Basel
Film Screening
8.30 PM Steve McQueen, Blitz, 2024 | 120 min
MON 27 October 2025
8.30 PMStadtkino Basel
Film Screening
6.30 PM Steve McQueen, Small Axe: Red, White and Blue, 2020 | 80 min
THU 30 October 2025
6.30 PMStadtkino Basel
Film Screening
7.00 PM Franco Rosso, Babylon, 1980 | 95 min
FRI 31 October 2025
7 PMStadtkino Basel
Film Screening
8.45 PM Steve McQueen, Blitz, 2024 | 120 min
SUN 2 November 2025
8.45 PMStadtkino Basel
Film Screening
6.00 PM Steve McQueen, Uprising: The Front Line, 2021 | 59 min
7.15 PM Bianca Stigter, Three Minutes: A Lengthening, 2021 | 69 min
MON 3 November 2025
6 PMStadtkino Basel
Film Screening
7.00 PM Steve McQueen, Small Axe: Alex Wheatle, 2020 | 66 min
WED 5 November 2025
7 PMStadtkino Basel
Film Screening
7.00 PM Steve McQueen, Occupied City, 2023 | 266 min
FRI 7 November 2025
7 PMStadtkino Basel
Film Screening
9.00 PM Steve McQueen, Small Axe: Education, 2020 | 63 min
SUN 9 November 2025
9 PMStadtkino Basel
Film Screening
6.30 PM Steve McQueen, Blitz, 2024 | 120 min
THU 13 November 2025
6.30 PM