What’s On Week Ahead

Until Sun 12 Apr

With virtual reality, giant inflatables, feature films, projections, sketchbooks and more – this season explores family, the creative spirit, grief and togetherness. With a multimedia exhibition alongside a series of events and films in the cinema from the Kötting family.

Until Thu 19 Mar

With her life crashing down around her, Linda (Rose Byrne) attempts to navigate her child's mysterious illness, her absent husband, a missing person, an increasingly hostile relationship with her therapist (Conan O'Brien) and her job.

Until Thu 19 Mar

Hlynur Pálmason's surrealist Icelandic dramedy captures a year in the life of a family, as a separating couple navigate their changing relationship while co-parenting their three children (played by the director's own children).

Until Thu 19 Mar

The Shepherd and the Bear is a modern folktale about tradition, community and humanity’s relationship with a vanishing natural world.

Until Thu 19 Mar

A remote German farm harbours generations of secrets. Four women, separated by decades but united by trauma, uncover the truth behind its weathered walls.

An ex-con trying to go clean ends up working for a crooked trucking company swindling money.

Until Thu 19 Mar

Featuring a bold and bouncing soundtrack by Kangding Ray, Oliver Laxe's Oscar®-nominated for Best International Feature Sirât is a staggering cinematic experience set in the dusty mountains of southern Morocco.

When their evil enemy resurfaces after 16 years, a group of ex-revolutionaries reunite to rescue one of their own's daughter.

Until Thu 19 Mar

A university professor travels from São Paulo to the seaside city of Recife during Carnival week, hoping to reunite with his son. He soon finds out he’s been tailed and spied on by neighbours in his new refuge, leaving him no possible escape from the tentacles of corruption.

Until Thu 19 Mar

From the mind of Charli XCX comes this mockumentary about a rising pop star navigating the complexities of fame and industry pressure, while preparing for her arena tour debut.

Sentimental Value is an intimate and moving exploration of family, memories, and the reconciliatory power of art.

Mon 16 & Wed 18 March

To tie in with the release of Resurrection (playing at Watershed from Fri 20 March), we're screening Bi Gan's earlier film, Long Day's Journey Into Night.

This programme of shorts, selected by filmmaker and curator Nia Childs, is for anyone who wants to explore working class Britain as it is and imagines itself to be, in the hope of discovering something new.

Is Jazz is a monthly meet-up for 18-30 (ish) year old creatives to explore collaborative creative process in a low-stakes, supportive, and informal way.

Four inner-city women, determined to end their constant struggle, decide to live by one rule — get what you want or die trying. So the four women take back their lives and take out some banks in the process.

We all have that one YouTube video we’re obsessed with. Or that one vine that we think about more than most movies. Chronically Online: A Personal History of the UK Internet is the Creative Nonfiction Film Weekend's one-night-only programme of digital delights on the big screen, showcasing the stories Britain tells about itself through the internet.

Fri 20 - Thu 26 March

Italy’s outgoing president, Mariano De Santis (Toni Servillo), navigates moral and personal crossroads with the help of his confidante and daughter, Dorotea (Anna Ferzetti). With Sorrentino’s signature poetic vision and an evocative soundtrack, this heartfelt masterwork is an intimate meditation on fatherhood, conscience, and the enduring question: who owns our days?

In this Lunchtime Talk, sound editor and designer Jonny Crew and programmer and educator Kyle Ramsey will share techniques used in sound design for their animated documentaries.

Fri 20 - Thu 26 March

Broken English is a bold documentary portrait of the inimitable singer, songwriter and icon: Marianne Faithfull.

Fri 20 - Wed 25 March

From visionary director Bi Gan (Long Day's Journey Into Night) comes this epic sci-fi drama, an ambitious ode to the beauty and power of cinema.