Cinema Rediscovered on tour, UK and Ireland 2025

Stills from various films from the tour programme

Cinema Rediscovered on Tour, UK and Ireland 2025

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Following its 9th edition, in and around Bristol UNESCO City of Film, Cinema Rediscovered launches a UK and Ireland tour of highlights celebrating the return of the big screen experience, from August 2025.

Full listings can be found on this page as they are announced.

Cinema Rediscovered (23 – 27 July 2025) dedicated to the rediscovery and revival of great films launches a UK and Ireland wide touring programme available Aug 2025 – Jan 2026 supported by BFI awarding funds from National Lottery. More information on all the films touring and those being released by partner distributors can be found in this document.

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If you have any questions or are interested in any of the other strands or films presented at the festival, please get in touch with the team.

Further details & booking info (PDF)

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Explore the touring festival strands

Cinema Rediscovered across the UK and Ireland

ActOne Cinema (London)

Against The Grain: 1980s British Cinema

  • My Beautiful Laundrette  Fri 8 – Tue 12 Aug (ended)

BFI Southbank (London)

Against The Grain: 1980s British Cinema

  • My Beautiful Laundrette  Fri 8 Aug (ended)

Restored & Rediscovered

  • Killer of Sheep  Tue 12 Aug (ended)

Broadway (Nottingham)

Against The Grain: 1980s British Cinema

  • My Beautiful Laundrette  Fri 1 – Mon 4 Aug (ended)

Cambridge Picturehouse (Cambridge)

Against The Grain: 1980s British Cinema

  • My Beautiful Laundrette  Mon 11 Aug (ended)

Cameo Cinema (Edinburgh)

Against The Grain: 1980s British Cinema

  • My Beautiful Laundrette  Mon 4 – Thu 7 Aug (ended)

Ciné Lumière (London)

Restored & Rediscovered

  • Yo, La Peor de Todas (I, the Worst of All)  Sat 30 Aug – Thu 4 Sept
  • Señora de nadie (Nobody's Wife)  Sun 7 – Thu 18 Sept

Eden Court (Inverness)

Against The Grain: 1980s British Cinema

  • My Beautiful Laundrette  Tue 19 – Thu 21 Aug

Electric Picture House (Wotton-Under-Edge)

Against The Grain: 1980s British Cinema

  • My Beautiful Laundrette  Sun 12 Oct
  • Absolute Beginners  Tue 14 Oct
  • Rita, Sue and Bob Too  Sun 19 Oct

FACT Liverpool (Liverpool)

Against The Grain: 1980s British Cinema

  • My Beautiful Laundrette  Fri 8 – Mon 11 Aug (ended)

Filmhouse (Edinburgh)

Against The Grain: 1980s British Cinema

  • My Beautiful Laundrette  Fri 1 – Tue 5 Aug (ended)
  • Absolute Beginners  Sun 3 – Thu 7 Aug (ended)
  • Angel  Sun 10 – Wed 13 Aug (ended)
  • Ping Pong  Sat 23 – Thu 28 Aug
  • Rita, Sue and Bob Too  Fri 29 Aug – Mon 1 Sept

Forum Cinema Hexham (Northumberland)

Restored & Rediscovered

  • Belarmino  Tue 19 Aug

Glasgow Film Theatre (Glasgow)

Against The Grain: 1980s British Cinema

  • My Beautiful Laundrette  Fri 1 – Sun 3 Aug (ended)
  • Angel  Mon 4 – Wed 6 Aug (ended)
  • Ping Pong  Mon 11 Aug (ended)
  • Defence of the Realm  Fri 15 – Wed 20 Aug
  • In Fading Light  Sun 24 Aug

Restored & Rediscovered

  • Diva  Fri 8 – Sun 10 Aug (ended)
  • Killer of Sheep  Sat 9 – Tue 12 Aug (ended)
  • The Fall of Otrar  Sun 17 Aug (ended)
  • Chameleon Street  Mon 18 Aug

HOME (Manchester)

Against The Grain: 1980s British Cinema

  • My Beautiful Laundrette  Fri 1 Aug (ended)

Reframing Film

  • Badnam Basti  Thu 28 Aug

Hyde Park Picture House (Leeds)

Against The Grain: 1980s British Cinema

  • My Beautiful Laundrette  Fri 1 – Thu 7 Aug (ended)
  • Rita, Sue and Bob Too  Sun 7 Sept
  • The Angelic Conversation  Sun 14 Sept

Restored & Rediscovered

  • Nationalité: Immigré  Sun 31 Aug

Reframing Film

  • Badnam Basti  Sun 21 Sept – Mon 21 July (ended)

Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) (London)

Against The Grain: 1980s British Cinema

  • My Beautiful Laundrette  Fri 1 – Thu 14 Aug (ended)

Restored & Rediscovered

  • Deprisa, Deprisa (Hurry, Hurrry!)  Tue 5 Aug (ended)

Irish Film Institute (Dublin)

Against The Grain: 1980s British Cinema

  • My Beautiful Laundrette  (ended)

JW3 (London)

Against The Grain: 1980s British Cinema

  • My Beautiful Laundrette  Mon 11 – Thu 14 Aug (ended)

Lighthouse Cinema (Dublin)

Against The Grain: 1980s British Cinema

  • My Beautiful Laundrette  Sun 10 – Wed 13 Aug (ended)

MAC (Birmingham)

Against The Grain: 1980s British Cinema

  • My Beautiful Laundrette  Sun 31 Aug

Macrobert Arts Centre (Stirling)

Against The Grain: 1980s British Cinema

  • My Beautiful Laundrette  Fri 15 – Mon 18 Aug

Phoenix Picturehouse (Oxford)

Against The Grain: 1980s British Cinema

  • My Beautiful Laundrette  Mon 11 Aug (ended)

Pictureville (Bradford)

Against The Grain: 1980s British Cinema

  • Absolute Beginners  Fri 1 – Thu 7 Aug (ended)
  • My Beautiful Laundrette  Sat 2 – Tue 12 Aug (ended)
  • Ping Pong  Thu 7 – Wed 13 Aug (ended)

Prince Charles Cinema (London)

Against The Grain: 1980s British Cinema

  • My Beautiful Laundrette  Sat 2 – Thu 7 Aug (ended)

Queen's Film Theatre (Belfast)

Against The Grain: 1980s British Cinema

  • Absolute Beginners  Fri 12 Sept – Thu 14 Aug (ended)
  • Defence of the Realm  Tue 16 Sept
  • My Beautiful Laundrette  Sun 21 – Mon 22 Sept
  • Angel  Fri 26 – Sun 28 Sept

Restored & Rediscovered

  • Deprisa, Deprisa (Hurry, Hurrry!)  Sat 13 Sept
  • Señora de nadie (Nobody's Wife)  Mon 15 Sept
  • Los Golfos (The Delinquents)  Sun 21 Sept
  • Kalamita (Calamity)  Wed 24 Sept
  • Yo, La Peor de Todas (I, the Worst of All)  Thu 25 Sept
  • Northern Lights  Sat 27 Sept
  • Killer of Sheep  Mon 6 Oct
  • Nationalité: Immigré  Tue 21 Oct

Reframing Film

  • Badnam Basti  Sat 27 Sept
  • One Potato, Two Potato  Sat 27 Sept – Mon 27 Oct

Showroom Cinema (Sheffield)

Against The Grain: 1980s British Cinema

  • The Gold Diggers  Fri 19 Sept

Storyhouse (Chester)

Against The Grain: 1980s British Cinema

  • My Beautiful Laundrette  Wed 6 Aug (ended)
  • Angel  Sun 10 Aug (ended)
  • Absolute Beginners  Sat 16 Aug (ended)
  • Cal  Wed 20 Aug
  • Ping Pong  Sun 24 Aug

The Garden Cinema (London)

Reframing Film

  • Badnam Basti  Tue 29 July – Tue 5 Aug (ended)

The Little Theatre Cinema (Bath)

Against The Grain: 1980s British Cinema

  • My Beautiful Laundrette  Sun 3 – Tue 5 Aug (ended)

The Parade Cinema (Marlborough)

Against The Grain: 1980s British Cinema

  • My Beautiful Laundrette  Fri 29 Aug – Thu 4 Sept

Tyneside Cinema (Newcastle upon Tyne)

Restored & Rediscovered

  • Killer of Sheep  Fri 8 – Mon 18 Aug

Against The Grain: 1980s British Cinema

  • My Beautiful Laundrette  Thu 14 Aug (ended)

Warwick Arts Centre (Coventry)

Against The Grain: 1980s British Cinema

  • My Beautiful Laundrette  Fri 15 – Sun 17 Aug (ended)

Cinema Rediscovered on Tour is a Watershed project in collaboration with Park Circus and StudioCanal. With support fro BFI awarding funds from The National Lottery.