What&rsquo;s On Week Ahead

Mon 7 July

12:00 (ends 12:45) AD, GBaby

This is a Gallery Babies session

For parents/carers with babies under 12 months – sorry but no baby no entry.

13:00-15:00 (last entry 14:30) AD 15:30-17:30 (last entry 17:00) AD 18:00-20:00 (last entry 19:30) AD

This is a Masked and Socially Distanced Visit

Wearing a mask is mandatory throughout this screening unless you are exempt.

13:00-15:00 (last entry 14:30) AD 15:30-17:30 (last entry 17:00) AD 18:00-21:00 (last entry 20:30) AD

Fri 11 July

12:00-15:00 (last entry 14:30) AD 15:30-17:30 (last entry 17:00) AD 18:00-21:00 (last entry 20:30) AD

Sat 12 July

10:30 (ends 11:15) AD, RV

This is a Relaxed Visit

No trailers or adverts are shown and the event will start promptly at its advertised start time.

Our Relaxed Visits are designed to benefit our customers with additional needs (such as people living with dementia, autism, or other neurodivergent people and their personal assistants, friends and family) or anyone who wants to enjoy a film in a more relaxed, spacious environment. Everyone is welcome.

11:30-14:00 (last entry 13:30) AD 14:30-17:00 (last entry 16:30) AD 18:30-21:00 (last entry 20:30) AD

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Until Thu 10 Jul

Inspired by an incredible true story set against the backdrop of a country torn by conflict, From Hilde, With Love is a powerful tale of love and resistance.

Sun 6 July

11:20 (ends 13:40) 16:40 (ends 19:00)

Mon 7 July

15:00 (ends 17:20)

Tue 8 July

20:10 (ends 22:30) Bite

Wed 9 July

11:20 (ends 13:40) 17:40 (ends 20:00) DS

Thu 10 July

15:00 (ends 17:20)

Until Thu 10 Jul

Eccentric lottery winner Charles (Tim Key) dreams of getting his favourite musicians, McGwyer Mortimer (Tom Basden and Carey Mulligan), back together.

Sun 6 July

11:30 (ends 13:24) AD 16:50 (ends 18:44) AD

Mon 7 July

17:30 (ends 19:24) AD, DS

Tue 8 July

14:50 (ends 16:44) AD, Bite, MSD

This is a Masked and Socially Distanced Visit

Wearing a mask is mandatory throughout this screening unless you are exempt.

17:30 (ends 19:24) AD, Bite

Wed 9 July

11:30 (ends 13:24) AD 20:40 (ends 22:34) AD

Thu 10 July

14:40 (ends 16:34) AD 20:30 (ends 22:24) AD

Tuesday screenings are part of our Cinébites meal deal - get 30% off main dishes from our menu.

Until Mon 14 Jul

Based on Deborah Levy’s acclaimed novel and set on the sun-soaked Spanish coast, tensions simmer as a mother and daughter’s bond is tested by the arrival of a mysterious stranger.

Sun 6 July

11:40 (ends 13:27) AD, DS 19:10 (ends 20:57) AD

Mon 7 July

20:20 (ends 22:07) AD

Tue 8 July

15:10 (ends 16:57) AD, Bite 17:50 (ends 19:37) AD, Bite

Wed 9 July

20:20 (ends 22:07) AD

Thu 10 July

20:50 (ends 22:37) AD

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Set in the aftermath of upheavals like the Vietnam War and Watergate, The Yakuza – which turns 50 in 2025 – reflects the sense of uncertainty that characterised 1970s America.

Sun 6 July

14:00 (ends 15:47)

Until Thu 10 Jul

The Salt Path is the profound true story of husband and wife, Raynor and Moth Winn’s 630-mile trek along the beautiful but rugged Cornish, Devon and Dorset coastline.

Sun 6 July

14:10 (ends 16:20) AD

Mon 7 July

14:40 (ends 16:50) AD 20:10 (ends 22:20) AD

Wed 9 July

14:50 (ends 17:00) AD

Thu 10 July

17:40 (ends 19:50) AD

Showcasing the best new short films from South West LGBT+ filmmakers.

Sun 6 July

14:30 (ends 16:05) Intro

This screening will be introduced by Harriet Taylor, Queer Vision Film Festival Producer.

Join BFI NETWORK South West after the screening for a chance to connect with LGBT+ filmmakers.

Until Thu 10 Jul

Is this the greatest screen adaptation of Shakespeare? Kurosawa’s take on Macbeth is the thrilling work of a director at the height of his powers.

Sun 6 July

16:30 (ends 18:35)

Tue 8 July

20:40 (ends 22:45) Bite

Thu 10 July

14:50 (ends 16:55)

The Fri 4 July 17:40 screening will be introduced by season co-curator Jojo Myers-Insole.

Until Thu 10 Jul

They are the young Sudanese yearning for freedom. Their revolution is poetic, driven by the power of words. As the film intertwines their stories, Sudan, Remember Us reassembles fragments of a revolution, a battle pitting the voices of youth against the military's might.

Sun 6 July

19:20 (ends 20:51) DS

Mon 7 July

18:00 (ends 19:31) DS

Tue 8 July

15:00 (ends 16:31) DS, Bite

Wed 9 July

15:00 (ends 16:31) DS

Thu 10 July

18:10 (ends 19:41) DS

Until Thu 10 Jul

Wes Anderson's latest film is the story of a family and a family business. Starring: Benicio del Toro as Zsa-zsa Korda, one of the richest men in Europe; Mia Threapleton as Liesl, his daughter/a nun; Michael Cera as Bjorn, their tutor.

Sun 6 July

19:30 (ends 21:26) AD

Mon 7 July

20:00 (ends 21:56) AD

Tue 8 July

20:20 (ends 22:16) AD, Bite

Wed 9 July

20:30 (ends 22:26) AD

Thu 10 July

20:10 (ends 22:06) AD

Sat 5 - Wed 9 July

Kurosawa’s classic about a drifting samurai who plays two gangs off against each other, famously remade as A Fistful of Dollars.

Mon 7 July

17:40 (ends 19:45)

Wed 9 July

11:00 (ends 13:05) Baby

This is a Cinébabies screening

For parents/carers with babies under 12 months – sorry but no baby no entry.

15:10 (ends 17:10) Intro

The Wed 9 July 15:10 screening will be introduced by season co-curator Jojo Myers-Insole.

Figuring it Out: Queer Crip Perspectives Onscreen

A short film programme curated in partnership with Sense & Accessibility exploring the intersectionality of queer crip identities in love, relationships and selfhood.

Tue 8 July

18:00 (ends 20:05) DS, QA, Bite, Intro, RV, BSL

This is a Relaxed Visit

No trailers or adverts are shown and the film will start promptly at its advertised start time.

Followed by a panel discussion, hosted by Florence Grieve (Sense & Accessibility), with panellists:

Megan Belcher: Director at BDEF CIO (Bristol Disability Equality Forum) and Vice Chair at Bristol Disability Equality Commission
Jesse Cooper: Writer, curator, and trustee at BDEF (Bristol Disability Equality Forum)
Lorine Plagnol: Founder of the London based independent production company, Sungazer; Producer for Dope Fiend.

The introduction and Q&A will feature BSL interpretation.

The House of Xtravaganza lives on as two families unite in a fight for justice.

Wed 9 July

18:00 (ends 19:45) Intro

This screening will be introduced by Harriet Taylor, Queer Vision Film Festival Producer.

This collection of audio works, curated by local sound maker and storyteller Christina Hardinge, explore time, landscape and the soil beneath our feet.

Wed 9 July

18:30 (ends 20:05)

Two Brooklyn baristas indulge in a sensuous modern love affair.

Thu 10 July

18:00 (ends 20:21) DS, QA, Intro, BSL

Followed by an in-person Q&A with writer/director Anaiis Cisco, hosted by Bristol-based writer, performer and creative producer Malaika Kegode.

The introduction and Q&A will feature BSL interpretation.

Fri 11 - Thu 17 July

After 15 years together, Ale and Alex have come up with the crazy idea of throwing a party to celebrate their break-up - like a wedding but the other way around.

Fri 11 July

11:00 (ends 13:09) ES 20:30 (ends 22:39)

Sat 12 July

11:40 (ends 13:49) 17:50 (ends 19:59)

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In this Lunchtime Talk, Amelia Winger-Bearskin will share her experience of working in immersive storytelling and ethical AI to address climate change, housing, and the design of Indigenous-led systems of care and kinship.

Fri 11 July

Book for in venue event

13:00 (ends 14:00)

Take part your way

Tune in, wherever you are, online (no need to book). If you want to take part in person please book in advance.

Fri 11 - Sun 13 July

One of cinema’s best behind-the-scenes documentaries, Hearts of Darkness chronicles the notoriously plagued production of Francis Ford Coppola’s 1979 epic Apocalypse Now.

Fri 11 July

14:50 (ends 16:26) AD

Sat 12 July

15:00 (ends 16:36) AD, DS

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Pride not prejudice: a lesbian bar owner takes a stand against the narrow-minded rural community she came from.

Fri 11 July

17:30 (ends 19:42) Intro

This screening will be introduced by Harriet Taylor, Queer Vision Film Festival Producer.

Fri 11 - Thu 17 July

As Pavement reunite for their sold-out 2022 tour, a Hollywood biopic, stage musical, and museum exhibition emerge in tribute—blurring fact and fiction in a genre-bending chronicle of the band’s legacy directed by Alex Ross Perry.

Fri 11 July

20:10 (ends 22:33)