What’s On Week Ahead

Until Thu 19 Nov

This searching, Palme d’Or-winning moral dilemma pits preaching conservative Christian parents against a holier-than-thou liberal system.

Until Thu 19 Nov

Directed by Academy Award® winner Siân Heder (CODA) and based on true events, Being Heumann is the revolutionary, irreverent and deeply human story of the least likely people trying to pull off the impossible and change the lives of millions.

Freelance journalist Pierre (Jean-Luc Bideau) and his friend Paul (Jacques Denis), a poet, join forces to pen a screenplay about Rosemonde (Bulle Ogier), who may or not may not have shot her uncle many years earlier.

Until Thu 19 Nov

La Bola Negra tells the story of three men whose lives are intimately connected through desire, pain and inheritance, across three different eras – 1932, 1937 and 2017.

Until Thu 19 Nov

On the cusp of dictator Augusto Pinochet taking power in Chile, a trio of CIA agents snipe and bicker as they await the ‘go’ date on their part in yet another military coup. However, against the stunning natural beauty and mysterious ancient artefacts of Easter Island, their plan starts to unravel.

Until Thu 19 Nov

From Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, two of the 2024 Oscar® winning directors of No Other Land, comes NAZA, a film examining the systems behind Israel’s mass killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza.

Until Wed 18 Nov

Censored for more than half a century, Ken Russell’s visionary masterpiece returns to the big screen fully restored in 4K and cut to Russell’s direction - the first publicly released version of the film as intended by the filmmaker.

Don't miss this rare opportunity to see Robert Altman's sprawling epic, showing as one of the few final outings from an original 35mm print as part of the Short Cuts 35mm Roadshow Tour.

Until Thu 19 Nov

Primetime stars Robert Pattinson as Chris Hansen, the host of Dateline NBC's To Catch a Predator, the mid-2000s sting show where adult decoys posing as teenagers lured men to a suburban house and Hansen strolled out to confront them on camera.

After her baby brother is abducted by a murder of crows, a headstrong teenager and her unlikely companion undertake a daring rescue mission inside an enchanted forest on the outskirts of Portland, Oregon.

Across a single day in Lagos, Clarissa prepares to host a high society party at her home, as her complicated past begins to consume her, in the form of now-distant friends and loves from her youth. Simultaneously, Septimus, a young soldier, is haunted by his own memories of the horrors he has witnessed and endured.

Watershed and BFI Film Academy South West Hub are inviting people working in education and supporting 16-25 year olds to a Discovery Morning to find out about skills and talent development opportunities for young people in the South West.

Fri 20 Nov - Thu 10 Dec

Thirty-four days before she's sent to prison, notorious Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes invites a skeptical film crew to document her every move. What begins as an intimate portrait becomes a mind-bending three-year journey.

In this Lunchtime Talk Dr. Rosie Poebright will share the case for embodied storytelling in the age of screen addiction.

Fri 20 - Thu 26 Nov

Josephine is a suspenseful and devastating film following a child trying to navigate life after witnessing a sexual assault.

When both his parents are thrown into prison, 17-year-old Robert is left to look after his four younger siblings on his own, juggling daily life, odd jobs, school exams and concert stages, determined to follow his dream.

Fri 20 - Thu 26 Nov

Bassam Tariq follows up Mogul Mowgli with this gripping, inventive action/thriller about a Muslim contract killer who sets off on a desperate journey to protect his family.