KIXOTT

Kixoween Movie Nights: The Hunger
2022-10-12 19:30 - 21:30 (Europe/Paris) | Kixott, 169 Triq Il-Kbira •, • Mosta, Malta
Before he changed the world of blockbusters as we know it with Top Gun, Tony Scott made his blisteringly stylish and unashamedly sensual debut with this vampire love-triangle fantasia that wears its gothic bonafides firmly on its rigidly shoulder-padded sleeve.
(I mean, Bauhaus themselves appear in the opening scene, with Peter Murphy bellowing out Bela Lugosi’s Dead straight at the audience)
Catherine Deneuve and David Bowie channel the sexiest possible version of the, “My girlfriend and I saw you from across the bar and were really digging your vibe. Can we buy you a drink?” lifestyle as they inveigle the fatally curious scientist Sarah (Susan Sarandon) into their thrall.
Yes, it’s totally style over substance. But by the gods… what style!
So pick a drink, head on upstairs and submit to the gorgeously rendered guilty pleasures that are about to unspool before you.

Kixoween Movie Nights: The Cabinet of Dr Caligari
2022-10-05 20:30 - 22:30 (Europe/Paris)
Nothing like a German Expressionist masterwork to kick off the spooky season… and on film, no less!
Kixott is proud (and super, super happy) to present The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, on glorious film reels as god (once) intended, courtesy of our own in-house silent film collector Malcolm Demicoli.
Come experience what Roger Ebert called “the first true horror film”, as Robert Weine’s 1920 classic silent feature takes you down a dark psychic corrior that has gone on to influence the likes of David Bowie, Tim Burton and many, many others.
BUT THAT’S NOT ALL! Ahead of the main event, Malcolm will also be regaling us with two short — and equally chilling — film from the silent era: Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923, dir. Wallace Worsley; 8 mins) and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920, dir. John S. Robertson; 8 mins).
So snuggle up with your favourite Kixott cocktail for a haunted house ride that has well and truly stood the test of time!
(And keep your eyes peeled for similarly scary film screenings at Kixott in the coming weeks)
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Kixott Movie Nights: Bande à part
2022-09-21 21:00 - 22:30 (Europe/Paris)
It’s only apt.
Not that the late, great cinematic iconoclast Jean-Luc Godard ever made much of meal of propriety, mind.
But given the recent passing of the shining beacon of the Frencn New Wave, we only thought it appropriate to regale you with a screening of one of his most joyous and beloved features.
Have our barmen fix you only your very favourite drink and walk on upstairs, so you may toast the Master in true style — which was the only way to be for him.

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Vintage Shorts (Extended Edition) – Ecstasy (1933)
2022-09-07 20:00 - 22:00 (Europe/Paris)
Come witness the very first non-pornographic move to show sexual intercourse and the female orgasm, on sexy old-fashioned film reels too!
Directed by Gustav Machatý and starring the legendary Hedy Lamarr, Ecstasy tells the torrid tale of Eva, who leaves a loveless marriage to pursue a love affair with a virile young engineer.
Ecstasy will be presented on glorious film reels as god (once) intended, courtesy of Kixott’s own in-house silent film collector Malcolm Demicoli. Coming in at 120 minutes, it’ll be the longest one in this ongoing bi-weekly series.
So grab a drink, sit back and enjoy this steamy spectacle from times of yore!
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Film screening: Gaza Surf Club
2022-09-01 19:30 - 21:30 (Europe/Paris)
For our upcoming film screening, we will be showing Gaza Surf Club.
The documentary follows the lives of several surfers from Gaza and it looks into how they navigate their lives and hobbies around and through the highly restricted social, legal and political situation they find themselves in. While at first glance this documentary on surfing might seem to be just that, it quickly becomes an investigation into how meaningful connections and freedoms may be kept alive under highly adverse conditions.
In addition to the film, one of our exec members will be speaking about her ethnographic fieldwork which explores surfing in Malta, as well as some comments and insights into the film above.
Event will take place at Kixott, Mosta.
Don’t forget to DM us to secure your spot!

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Kixott Movie Nights: Her Smell
2022-08-31 20:30 - 23:30 (Europe/Paris)
We all know Elisabeth Moss can nail compelling, morally ambiguous characters like few others in the business, and Alex Ross Perry’s ‘Her Smell’ allows her to feast and flaunt her abilities with squeamishly compelling delight.
A whirlwind trip of self-destruction and (maybe) redemption, it charts the peaks and troughs of punk rock musician Becky Something, and the trail of agony and ecstasy that follows her wherever she goes.
Come join us for a flick that most certainly won’t judge you for glugging a drink (or ten) as you experience its dizzying, darkly funny ride.

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Vintage Shorts #02
2022-08-24 20:00 - 22:00 (Europe/Paris)
As an old-school style INTERMISSION spliced between our bi-weekly movie nights, Kixott invites silent era film collector Malcolm Demicoli to regale you with classics and oddities from yore – all projected on film reels as god (once) intended.
Our second screening presents eclectic selection that is bound to amuse and inspire:
👉 Sloppy Jalopey – Mr. Magoo (200 ft that is aprox 8 minutes)
👉 Two Tars – Laurel & Hardey (was released 3rd November 1928) 1 x 400ft reel, 18 mins approx.
👉 A Dog’s Life starring Charles Chaplin (was released in 14th April 1918) 1 x 400ft reel.
👉 Man Handled starring Gloria Swanson (was released on 4th August 1924 – 98 years and 10 days ago) 2 x 400ft reels, 40 mins approx.
Grab a drink and take the stairs up to the time warp!
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Kixott Photo Week
2022-08-18 11:00 - 2022-08-21 21:00 (Europe/Malta)
Kixott Photo Week is finally here! From Thursday 18 to Sunday 21 August Kixott welcomes photography enthusiasts to exchange or sell second-hand photography equipment and even prints. We will also have a qualified repair technician in attendance who can have a look at your gear and offer advice about film cameras. If you’d like to exhibit a few prints or have a lot of equipment to sell, please send an email to info@kixott.com before Aug 14 because space is limited.
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Kixott Movie Nights: Out of Sight
2022-08-17 20:30 - 23:00 (Europe/Paris)
George Clooney. Jennifer Lopez. Steven Sodenbergh. Elmore Leonard.

A cooler tonic for the summer swelter you’ll scarcely find.

The chemistry between the leads sizzles in this delightful and smartly funny story of a robber and a marshal who fall for each other.

Come join us for a welcome revisit of this smooth & sexy heist-and-kidnapping caper, delivered up at the unexpectedly high quality crest in the wave of late-90s Hollywood.

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Kixott Movie Nights: The Graduate
2022-08-03 20:30 - 23:00 (Europe/Paris)
“Mrs Robinson, you’re trying to seduce me!”

Just ahead of a short summer break for the Kixott crew, we present a vintage seasonal viewing of a coming-of-age classic.

Mike Nichols’ The Graduate (1967) has since become a staple romantic drama: a taboo busting exploration of rebellious youth and its oddly subversive older counterpart, personified in the iconic Mrs Robinson lusting after a young Dustin Hoffman.

Both timeless and undeniably of its time, The Graduate still retains its ability to shock and amuse in equal measure.
Certainly one to take in at leisure with a funky drink in hand — so come on up!

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Vintage Shorts
2022-07-27 20:00 - 22:00 (Europe/Paris)
As an old-school style INTERMISSION spliced between our bi-weekly movie nights, Kixott invites silent era film collector Malcolm Demicoli to regale you with classics and oddities from yore – all projected on film reels as god (once) intended.
We’ll be kicking it all off with an eclectic selection that is bound to amuse and inspire:
The Dog Snatcher (Mr Magoo Cartoons 1952 / 200 ft reel / 12-14 minutes)
Early Days of Motoring (from the 1900s on / 250 ft reel / 16-19 minutes)
Easy Street by Charles Chaplin (released in 1917 / 1 x 400 ft reel / 26-29 minutes)
Grab a drink and take the stairs up to the time warp!
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Marco Vera: 'Random'
2022-07-08 18:00 - 2022-07-23 23:30 (Europe/Paris)
Come take a zany trip down an artist’s memory lane, where high school doodles get a quirky new lease on life.
Mexican-American illustrator, painter and graphic designer Marco Vera will exhibit a series of drawings at Kixott, as ‘Random’ takes you back where it all began. Former notebook doodles – characterised by comical sketches anchored by the recurring image of the ‘Moon Man’ – are re-imagined for an experience ideally consumed with a drink of choice in your hand and a smile on your face.
Now based in Malta, Marco invites you to take a peek into a version of his early work and passion. A passion that was first sparked as a child when he’d watch his father paint in their garage in San Jose, California.
‘Random’ will be on display at Kixott from 8th July 2022 until 23rd July 2022, inaugurating a new series of pop-up exhibitions at the venue which will aim to give space to a varied and interesting selection of artists based in Malta.
Opening hours:
Friday 8 July opening – 18:00 – 00:00Saturday 9th – 18:00 – 00:00Sunday 10th – 10:30 – 15:30
Wednesday 13th – 18:00 – 00:00Friday 15th – 18:00 – 00:00Saturday 16th – 18:00 – 00:00Sunday 17th – 11:00 – 17:00
Wednesday 20th – 18:00 – 00:00Friday 22nd – 18:00 – 00:00Saturday 23rd closing event – 18:00 – 00:00
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Kixott Movie Nights: Sexy Beast
2022-07-06 20:30 - 22:30 (Europe/Paris)
“Oh, yeah. Bloody hell. I’m sweating in here. Roasting. Boiling. Baking. Sweltering. It’s like a sauna. Furnace. You can fry an egg on my stomach. Ohh, who wouldn’t lap this up? It’s ridiculous. Tremendous. Fantastic. Fan-dabby-dozy-tastic.”

Sound familiar? FEEL familiar? The heat will do strange things to us all, and former gangster Gal (Ray Winstone) is no exception. But thankfully, most of us will not have to endure a surprise visit from memorably psychotic mob recruiter Don Logan (Ben Kingsley) forcing us into the classic ‘one last job’ that plucks us out of what passes for an idyllic retirement in Spain.

The debut feature film of idiosyncractic talent Jonathan Glazer (Under the Skin, Birth, countless cult music videos), Sexy Beast is a British crime film shot sunny side up and angled on ‘crazy’ — anchored by a blistering performance from Ben Kingsley that will have you screwed tight to your seat.

LORANNE VELLA: MARTA MARTA
2022-06-10 19:30 - 23:30 (Europe/Paris)
The author Loranne Vella will be reading extracts from her latest work – Marta Marta – at Kixott on 10 June from 19:30. Vella will also be signing copies of the novel, which will be on sale at the venue.
A polyphonic novel in Maltese, Marta Marta plunges the reader into varied and opposing viewpoints, paving the way for a political and cultural discussion that enriches the discourse in Malta on topics such as sexuality, abortion, feminism, gender identity and the prevalence of the Catholic and patriarchal hegemony.
About the author
Loranne Vella is a Maltese novelist and short story writer. She translates plays and children’s books from French, German and Spanish into Maltese, and directs the performance collective Barumbara Collective in Belgium. Her most recent publication was the collection of short stories mill-bieb ‘il ġewwa (Ede Books, 2019), translated into English by Kat Storace as what will it take for me to leave (Praspar Press, 2021). In 2018 Vella won the National Book Prize with her novel Rokit (Merlin Publishers, 2017).
Marta Marta is published by Ede Books, aided by the Book Fund of the National Book Council.
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Kixott Movie Nights: Angel-A
2022-06-08 20:00 - 22:00 (Europe/Paris)
A beautiful and mysterious woman helps an inept scam artist get his game together… but is their meeting purely coincidence?
You know French auteur Luc Besson for his slick Euro-blockbusters like Leon: The Professional, The Fifth Element and Lucy. But now’s your chance to catch him in a more reflective mood, with a life-affirming riff on Wings of Desire/It’s a Wonderful Life that sacrifices none of his trademark cool.

Featuring Jamel Debbouze and Rie Rasmussen.
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PRINT SALE
2022-06-05 11:30 - 19:00 (Europe/Paris)
Hand printed silver gelatin prints by Zvezdan Reljic at Kixott.
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Kixott Movie Nights: The Company of Wolves
2022-05-25 21:00 - 23:00 (Europe/Paris)
Who’s afraid of the (metaphoric) Big Bad Wolf?

For the next edition of the Kixott Movie Nights, we present a cult classic with a deep bite.

The Company of Wolves (1984) adapts Angela Carter’s short story of the same name – itself in turn a feminist retelling of Little Red Riding Hood, taken from that seminal collection of them, ‘The Bloody Chamber’. Before this kind of stuff was melted into the mainstream pot and forged into the likes of Disney’s ‘Frozen’, it was a sharp tonic of cheeky subversion, and it’s very much on display in its undiluted form here.

Co-written with Carter and its director Neil Jordan (who would go on to make Interview with the Vampire) and starring the likes of Stephen Rea, David Warner and Angela Lansbury (Murder, She Wrote), The Company of Wolves is a playful and ornate gothic fairytale – by turns dark and gorgeous, disturbing and playful.

Come indulge in this heady oddity over at Kixott!

Kixott Movie Nights: The Big Lebowski
2022-05-13 20:00 - 22:00 (Europe/Paris)
Life may be a complicated case, with lots of ins and outs. But Kixott will always be at the ready with a strict liquid regimen to keep your mind limber. And now, it will add an audiovisual component to that mix with the Kixott Film Nights – starting this Friday with the Coen Brothers’ cult classic film noir parody The Big Lebowski!

Sit back and let the highly quotable slice of delectable absurdity wash over you, all the while nursing your favourite Kixott-prepared beverage. Apropos of the occasion, DUDE’s will be discounted to 5.00 EUR (5.90 EUR)… so you can sip along at the White Russians all night, without worrying about being forcibly bundled into a millionaire’s limousine for an impromptu interrogation.

Remember, the bums will always lose, so resist joining their number and hop on over this Friday!

DOUBLE FOTOBOOK LAUNCH - ISSUES #13 AND #14
2022-02-23 19:00 - 23:30 (Europe/Paris)
Fotobook #13: Misha Pavlovsky, Kaat Stieber, Sarah Bonaci, Emir Sevim, Lisa Bukreyeva and Freke Schrikkema
Fotobook #14: Roberto De Mitri, Mary Bertossi, Alexandra Avlonitis and Dragana Rankovic.

in habit in print // Eyes to Argus X YMCA Malta // Pop Up
2022-02-06 11:00 - 22:00 (Europe/Paris)
Eyes to Argus’s album ‘in habit’ involved a wonderful collaboration with YMCA Malta and six local artists, who created artworks for each song. To celebrate this collaboration, the band is hosting a pop-up event at Kixott on February 6. This event will see the launch of limited-edition A3 poster versions of the song artworks, and new exclusive merch (screen-printed tote bags + t-shirts), which will be on sale to raise money for YMCA Malta’s new music room in Valletta.
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Arnaud Griggio: Slanted Landscapes
2021-12-29 18:00 - 2022-01-13 23:59 (Europe/Paris)
A series of hand printed silver gelatin lith prints by Arnaud Griggio.

FOTOBOOK #12 LAUNCH
2021-12-29 18:00 - 23:30 (Europe/Malta)
Fotobook #12 presents works by Ioana Cobzaru, Cristina Coral, Arnaud Griggio, Koushik Sinha Roy, Gyoza and Bogdan Gulyay.

Raconteurs - Drawings by Seb Tanti Burlò
2021-11-20 - 2022-01-15
A series of thirty pen and ink caricatures of writers who influenced me by the age of thirty.
“It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, or who had ever been alive.”
– James Baldwin.

Anthropology and Ethnography: A talk by Anthropologists
2021-11-12 07:30 - 22:00 (Europe/Malta)
Join us and our three speakers at Kixott this Friday evening in our first edition of talks devoted to the various aspects that make up anthropology. This time, we will host a discussion about what it means to be an anthropologist in the field today, with our guests outlining their experiences, focusing on ethnographic techniques- which are the backbone to all anthropological works.
Discussion will be led by:
Prof. Jean Paul Baldacchino
Senior Lecturer, Department of Anthropological Sciences at the University of Malta
Dr. Ibtisam Sadegh
Lawyer and resident lecturer in the Civil Law Department at the University of Malta.
Dr. Rachel Radmilli
Faculty member at the Department of Management (FEMA) and the Mediterranean Foodways Platform (Med.Institute) at the University of Malta.
Whether you’re a first-year student just delving into the roots of what anthropology entails, or whether you’re someone who has conducted their own anthropological fieldwork before, this talk is great for anyone interested in the social sciences!
The event will be open to fully vaccinated patrons only. Temperature checks will be done by the door.
To book place, please contact organiser using details listed below.

KIXOWEEN
2021-10-29 19:30 - 23:30 (Europe/Malta)
As lovers of both terrible puns and terrible terribility, Kixott invites you to KIXOWEEN – an event that does what it says on the tin (provided the tin is an inspiringly cocktailed witches’ brew left on a Mosta road to be imbibed only by those who choose to take the plunge).
The event will commemorate Halloween in the ways we love best: we’ll be screening some scary favourites all throughout the night, and our bar crew will be on hand to ply you with the quality drinks you know they can cook up… and as particular lovers of the creepy season, they are sure to come up with some notable goodies for you to enjoy.
Come dressed up – or not – but do come ready for a great time!
The event will be open to fully vaccinated patrons only. Temperature checks will be done by the door.

FOTOBOOK #10 LAUNCH
2021-10-27 18:00 - 23:30 (Europe/Malta)
Fotobook #10 presents works by Justine Tjallinks, Lisa Toboz, Ritty Tacsum, Nemanja Ledenski and Ed Muscat Azzopardi

HALLOWEEN Book Sale + Author Meet & Greet
2021-10-24 10:00 - 18:00 (Europe/Malta)
As you get your costume ready for the Halloween party of your choice, Kixott will be prepping the literary variant of this year’s spooky revels!
On Sunday, 24th October from 10:00 to 18:00, we will be hosting a MONSTER MASH edition of our second-hand book sale. Not only will our collection of used books once again be offered at ridiculously discounted prices yet again, but NEW horror and horror-adjacent titles will also have their cover price SLASHED to ribbons – get them in your tote or paper sack before someone else does!
PLUS: From 16:00 to 18:00 on the same day, we will be hosting our very own SPECIAL GUEST – author Keith Borg, who will be selling & signing editions of his latest short story collection, Il-parabboli tal-imġienen (Merlin) – fresh as they are discomfiting, these tales will be the deliciously rancid cherry on top of our bookish addition to Malta’s Samhain celebrations.
