A celebration of science fiction films is forming part of Kent’s biggest arts festival.

A selection of cult movies will be shown at Folkestone Quarterhouse, linking the town’s Triennial up with the British Film Institute’s Days of Fear and Wonder nationwide film festival from Friday, October 10, until Wednesday, October 22.

The Man Who Fell to Earth, starring David Bowie, will be screened on Monday, October 13, at 7.30pm.

Bowie portrays a humanoid alien who comes to Earth because of a drought on his home planet. An inspired piece of casting in what was Bowie’s feature film debut, he plays Thomas Jerome Newton who wants to use his advanced technological gifts to ship water back home but finds himself lost in an unfamiliar, corrupt and sometimes hostile society.

Slow Action will be shown on Wednesday, October 15, at 7.30pm and The Fall on Wednesday, October 22, at 7.30pm.

Visit www.quarterhouse.co.uk or call 01303 760750.