All Of This Unreal Time

Watch Aoife McArdle, Cillian Murphy and Max Porter’s mesmerising film – followed by live performances of new music inspired by the film from composers Aaron & Bryce Dessner and Jon Hopkins

A man – any man, everyman – walks alone through night and the city. From subway to pavement to wide open marshland, he confesses his failings: emotional, physical, political. To whom, and for what? Ashamed and alarmed, he considers both the smallness of human life and the scale of the world, and ultimately our most pressing obligation: to care for those alongside us, and for the earth that sustains us.

In this night of cinema and music, watch the film starring Cillian Murphy then take in live performances of new music inspired by the film from the composers of its original score – Aaron Dessner & Bryce Dessner (of The National) and Jon Hopkins.

This one-off screening is followed by a Q&A with members of the creative team, as well as live performances of new work inspired by the film from composers Aaron & Bryce Dessner and Jon Hopkins. The events in London and Manchester also mark the publication of Rough Trade Books' edition of All of This Unreal Time, with a new foreword by Cillian Murphy.