Dir. Justin Kerrigan
1999 | 99 mins (+ 34 mins) | UK, Ireland | English
John Simm, Lorraine Pilkington, Shaun Parkes

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The weekend has landed. All that exists now is clubs, drugs, pubs and parties…
To celebrate youth culture’s involvement within the British rave scene we have married two very iconic films that chronicle this euphoria and escapist counter culture with a nostalgic lens.

Human Traffic
Brilliant and non-judgemental. Human Traffic follows one wild weekend in the lives of five friends in Cardiff who dive headlong into the drug-fuelled counterculture of the British rave scene, escaping from boring 9-5 jobs, bad relationships, and dysfunctional families.

Join Jip, Koop, Nina, Lulu, and Moff (Nice one, bruvver!) as they kick back for a 48-hour bender.

Featuring the exhilarating soundtrack, curated by Pete Tong and presenting a legendary cast in their early careers, including John Simm, Shaun Parkes, Andrew Lincon and Danny Dyer. This remastered version of Human Traffic serves up a cult classic music movie serving up 99 minutes of nostalgic-1990s euphoria and ecstatic escapism from bleak modern Britain – for both the rave generation and a new generation.

Party hard!
‘The Milky Bars are on me! Yeah’

W: A RETURN TO OZ + Director Q&A
Dir. Daniel Howard Baker
34 mins, 2025.

Witness the rise and fall of The Warehouse, a rave venue from Plymouth and times gone by now reduced to a derelict shell. We explore its history, its people and the future. An amateur filmmaker-explorer finds the building in an empty derelict state, long after the prosperous life and energy it endured through the 90s. Through a combination of archives and stories of people who lived there, the film explores through the medium of analogue what once was and how even a now silent derelict shell can become the centre of the universe.

About Rip It Up Season

Youth. Music. Culture.

Three films. Three generations. One shared story of youth culture, music and the need to find your people.

From the pirate radio DJs of late-70s London, to the rave-fuelled chaos of 90s Cardiff and Edinburgh, to the legendary Warehouse in Plymouth, these films capture moments when music became more than a soundtrack — it became a way of life.

Young Soul Rebels, Trainspotting, Human Traffic and W: A Return to Oz take us inside the clubs, streets and spaces where young people found freedom, friendship, rebellion and escape. From punk and pirate radio to rave and the dancefloor, these are stories about the sounds that shaped generations — and the generations that shaped the culture around them.

Whether you were there or you’re discovering it for the first time, turn it up and experience these defining moments of British youth culture on the big screen.

BBFC Rating
Rated 15 – drug misuse, very strong language, strong sex, sex references

Venue: Studio 74, Exeter Phoenix

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