What’s On Week Ahead

Step into the burgeoning British youth culture of the 1950s and 60s with this selection of excerpts from the BFI National Archive’s Associated-Rediffusion collection.

Until Tue 22 Sep

It's 1985. Vincent, almost 13, fumbles through life's big questions: identity, friendship, family, first crushes... and why adults don’t seem to have things figured out either.

Until Tue 22 Sep

Writer-director Louis Paxton's debut feature sees a nervy council official attempt to evict two siblings who have never had any human contact from their outside world.

Until Thu 17 Sep

To break his writer's block, a filmmaker draws desperate inspiration from his closest relationships in this rich Almodóvar melodrama.

Until Thu 17 Sep

The Republic documents the story of Stokes Croft, portraying a diverse community that dares to defy the cold winds of corporate power and globalisation. But their greatest challenge looms as developers target this quarter and ready their wrecking balls.

Until Thu 17 Sep

A love letter to nature filmed exclusively on Super 8, Super Nature proposes a new way of seeing. A celebration of all we have and reflecting on all we have to lose, this global co-creation project journeys across 25 different countries, creating a visceral, poetic and personal meditation on the natural world.

Until Tue 22 Sep

Winner of the Silver Bear for Best Director at the 2026 Berlin Film Festival, Everybody Digs Bill Evans is a biographical drama film about the famous jazz pianist and composer Bill Evans.

Until Tue 22 Sep

Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma is a new kind of horror remake from one of the most exciting new voices in cinema, starring Hannah Einbinder and Gillian Anderson.

A 19-year-old Anthony Bourdain travels to Provincetown and stumbles into the chaotic world of a restaurant kitchen, setting off a summer that will shape the course of his life.

Move over Heartstopper... this haunting debut has some teeth to it! A chilling sensation in queer horror from director Adrian Chiarella, Leviticus follows two lovestruck teenage boys who face off against supernatural evil in the wake of harrowing 'deliverance healing'.

Fri 18 - Sat 26 Sept

Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom sees the residents of Mossy Bottom Farm looking forward to Halloween – until the clumsy Farmer trashes the Flock’s beloved pumpkin patch!

Fri 18 - Tue 22 Sept

A love story like no other, The Cycle of Love is an inspiring, heart-warming, epic true-life adventure about self-belief, destiny and the courage to risk everything for love, traversing continents in a journey spanning Delhi to Sweden.

In this Lunchtime Talk, immersive artist and researcher Tosin Olufon shares the messy, joyful and sometimes ridiculous process of turning a folktale into an interactive experience.

Fri 18 - Tue 29 Sept

A struggling primary school teacher begins to make some questionable decisions after one of her students is injured.

Fri 18 - Sun 20 Sept

Discover the brilliance of this heartwarming coming-of-age classic in 4K from the creators of My Neighbour Totoro and Kiki's Delivery Service, which we recently screened.

Pulp: What Do You Do For An Encore? is a celebration of one of Britain's most unusual bands, captured during their triumphant 2025 tour. Directed by longtime collaborator Garth Jennings and narrated by Pulp frontman, Jarvis Cocker, the film weaves together footage from their ingenious live show with four decades of never-before-seen archival material.

Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging is presented as every cinematic classic should be: on a 35mm print.

Welfare shows the nature and complexity of the welfare system in sequences illustrating the staggering diversity of problems that constitute welfare.

Please join us at the 17:40 Descriptive Subtitled screening of The Cycle of Love on Mon 21 Sept which will feature an introduction by Fern Scott, documentary filmmaker and one of the organisers of Bristol Doc Club, followed by a post-screening discussion in the Café & Bar. Featuring BSL interpretation.