ALIEN: Women In Film Fest @ FOMO Cineme Tbilisi
Saturday 4. April at 21:00 - 23:00
FOMO Secret Cinema, Tbilisi
Ridley Scott | 1979 | USA | 1h57m | English language with English subtitles
ALIEN is film #21 in FOMO’s extended Women in Film Week, a program built around female performance, female subjectivity, and the many ways women’s stories are written, performed, directed, and brought to life on screen.
ALIEN begins as a story about a working crew on a commercial spaceship, but it becomes something else once Sigourney Weaver steps forward as Ripley. The lead was originally written without a fixed gender, and the cast initially reads as an ensemble.
Weaver’s performance changed the trajectory of what a female lead could be in this kind of film. At a time when most roles of this scale went to men, ALIEN placed a woman at the centre of a film built on endurance, fear, and physical confrontation, and treated that as normal rather than exceptional.
This is the performance that made Sigourney Weaver an international figure. Everything that followed, the sequels, the status, the idea of the female action lead as something viable, can be traced back to this film.
WHY IT’S INCLUDED IN THIS WEEK’S PROGRAM: I'm showing ALIEN because Ripley remains one of the clearest examples of a female character carrying a film of this scale without compromise. ALIEN helped open the door for more women to take on physically demanding and central roles in genre cinema.
LOCATION: FOMO Secret Cinema, Bazari Orbeliani, Tbilisi. A five minute walk from Liberty Square metro.
HOW TO FIND FOMO: Enter the Bazari via Atoneli St above Carrefour and take the stairs on your left as soon as you enter next to the karaoke booth. FOMO is one flight up. Video instructions here: https://www.instagram.com/stories/highlights/17933106294029235
T&Cs: Guests must enter the Bazari by 23:00 to gain access to the FOMO Cinema Lounge Bar. If the Atoneli St entrance is locked you can get in via the side entrance on Sulkhanishvil St between 21:00 and 23:00. We close at 02:00 each evening. No refunds are issued unless we cancel the screening ourselves.
FOMO Secret Cinema • Bazari Orbeliani, 0105 Tbilisi, Georgia