What’s On Week Ahead

Until Thu 18 Dec

Winner of the Palme d’Or at Cannes, It Was Just an Accident is a fearless tour-de-force from cinematic luminary Jafar Panahi. Both urgently political and deeply humane, this new moral classic confronts truth and uncertainty, revenge and mercy, head-on.

Until Thu 18 Dec

Contemporary cinema’s favourite detective Benoit Blanc returns in Rian Johnson’s sharply penned and devilishly fun reinvention of the classic whodunit.

Until Thu 11 Dec

In a UK immigration removal centre, Nigerian migrant Isio finds hope in an unexpected love that gives her the strength to fight a broken system.

Until Thu 11 Dec

Going behind the scenes of her administration and her private life, Prime Minister follows Jacinda Ardern for seven years as she is catapulted to the top of New Zealand politics, becomes a feminist political icon, resigns suddenly from office and continues to champion the fight against isolationism, fear, and the distortion of truth.

Until Thu 18 Dec

A shy young man finds his place in the world as the submissive to a handsome biker, in Harry Lighton’s charming, sexy and tender debut.

Hafsia Herzi’s sensitive and affecting coming-of-age drama The Little Sister tells the story of Fatima, a devout young Muslim woman, as she struggles to balance the dictates of her religion with her sexuality.

Oliver Laxe’s Cannes Jury Prize winner Sirât tells the story of Luis (Sergi López), a committed father who embarks on a journey with his son to search for his eldest daughter, Marina, after she disappears at a rave deep in the mountains of Morocco.

In this Lunchtime Talk we'll hear from multi-disciplinary creative, production manager and researcher Emmanuella Morsi who'll be demystifying her way of working from sharing impact stories of recent work to work-in-progress.

Fri 12 - Thu 18 Dec

A writer takes a job as a winter caretaker at an isolated (and haunted) hotel. After he and his family move in for the winter, the hotel's spirits slowly drive the writer mad.

Fri 12 - Thu 18 Dec

Cover-Up is a political thriller that traces the explosive career of Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter Seymour Hersh.

At a boarding school, specialising in sports, talented young boxer Camille is narrowly saved from a fatal accident by his best friend Matteo. But after a swift recovery, an inexplicable pain gradually takes hold of him, threatening his dreams of greatness and his relationship with the team.

Fri 12 - Thu 18 Dec

A retail employee infiltrates the inner circle of an artist on the verge of stardom. As he gets closer to the budding music star, access and proximity become a matter of life and death.

Fri 12 - Sun 14 Dec

A gripping thriller set against the backdrop of the British rave scene, Game stars Marc Bessant and Jason Williamson (Sleaford Mods) in their first leading roles.

French Film Festival on Tour 2025 presents a restored copy of Harry, He’s Here to Help, to mark the 25th anniversary of Dominik Moll’s Hitchcockian thriller.

Jodie Foster’s impeccable French and comedic skills are on full display in this mystery thriller, which sees her character journey down a rabbit hole to investigate a suspicious death.

Marking the 30th anniversary of Todd Haynes’ psychological drama Safe (1995), this screening is an opportunity to explore the representation of disabled women within melodrama.

Following the life of Marcel Pagnol, a playwright, novelist, and filmmaker who grew up in a middle-class household in Marseille and became one of the world's most inventive and prolific artists from the 1930s to the 1950s.

François Ozon’s sterling adaptation of Albert Camus’ landmark novel is a gripping account of human absurdity in 1930s French-colonised Algeria

Olivier Award-winner Jack Lowden (Slow Horses, Dunkirk) is joined by Emmy and BAFTA-winner Martin Freeman (The Hobbit, The Responder) in the critically acclaimed and subversively funny new play by David Ireland.

Tue 16 - Wed 17 Dec

Todd Haynes’ homage to Douglas Sirk’s style of social critique by way of melodrama, masterfully tells the story of a well-to-do suburban couple in 1950s America, straitjacketed by convention, yet desperate to lead lives they are seemingly denied.