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Grand Theft Hamlet (2024) © Grasp The Nettle Films

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Grand Theft Hamlet

Big Screen Premiere

Sam Crane & Pinny Grylls | UK | 2024 | Unclassified (15+)
Film

When

Thu 20 Feb 2025

Join us in the cinema for a special screening of the groundbreaking machinima-doc shot entirely within Grand Theft Auto Online.

With theatres shut during the COVID-19 pandemic, two jobless actors, Sam and Mark, are uncertain about their futures and find solace in the virtual chaos of Grand Theft Auto Online. Desperate for purpose, they decide to stage Shakespeare’s Hamlet in the ruthless and unpredictable world of their favorite game.

Filmed entirely within the GTA game, Sam Crane and Pinny Grylls' funny and poignant film pushes the boundaries of documentary filmmaking to new technological terrain. The film premiered at the SXSW Film Festival in 2024 where it received the Grand Jury Award for a Documentary Feature.

Grand Theft Hamlet will be available to stream on MUBI from Friday 21 February.

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Format: DCP
Language: English
Source: MUBI
Courtesy: MUBI
Runtime: 89 mins

Event duration

89 mins

Rating

Unclassified (15+)

Viewers under the age of 15 must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian. Contains violence and coarse language.

Tickets

This event is FREE for ACMI Members.

Members will be invited to book tickets (limit of 2 per member) via email on Tuesday 11 February.

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Where

Cinema 1, Level 2
ACMI, Fed Square

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