What’s On Week Ahead

Until Sun 23 Aug

Pirate Captain sets out on a mission to defeat his rivals Black Bellamy and Cutlass Liz for the Pirate of the year Award. The quest takes Captain and his crew from the shores of Blood Island to the foggy streets of Victorian London.

Until Wed 19 Aug

Set in a Welsh fishing community, Helen Walsh’s low-budget queer romance traces a tender, risky affair shaped by illness, family duty and the pressures of tradition.

Until Sun 13 Sep

Open your animal eyes. An immersive exhibition of groundbreaking video games & virtual reality. A must-do this summer in Bristol's Undershed Gallery.

Until Tue 18 Aug

Joe and Angela’s marriage is on thin ice. When they invite their enigmatic upstairs neighbours for a dinner party, the night spirals into unexpected places. Have they reignited the spark or lit the match that burns it all down?

Until Thu 20 Aug

Set and filmed in Luton, Ish follows 12-year-old best friends Ish and Maram, who wrestle to hold onto their friendship in the wake of a police stop and search. Written and directed by acclaimed artist Imran Perretta, Ish also stars singer/songwriter Joy Crookes.

Until Thu 20 Aug

The Summer Book follows an intergenerational family (starring Glenn Close) spending a transformative summer at their rustic vacation home on an unspoiled, remote island in the Gulf of Finland.

Until Wed 19 Aug

With a star-studded cast including Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway, Robert Pattinson, Lupita Nyong'o, Zendaya and Charlize Theron, Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey is the most anticipated film on Letterboxd for 2026.

Set in an alternative world where everyone is an animal, Bouchra, a 35-year-old queer documentary filmmaker coyote is juggling her life in New York and her family in Morocco.

Fri 14 - Thu 20 Aug

Clémence (Vicky Krieps) has built a careful life. But when she falls in love with Sarah and finally lives as her authentic self, she finds herself fighting an unjust system that demands she prove she's fit to mother her own child.

Until Tue 1 Sep

A double bill of the first outings of Bristol's favourite animated duo Wallace & Gromit.

Fri 14 - Thu 20 Aug

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.

Fri 14 - Thu 20 Aug

Sian Clifford (Fleabag) gives a larger than life performance as a narcissistic aristocrat who hires a struggling filmmaker to record her every move, in Samuel Abrahams’ eccentric mockumentary.

Until Wed 26 Aug

When Shaun decides to take the day off and have some fun, he gets more fun than he bargained for!

A pampered pet "society mouse" Roddy St. James thinks he's got it made... until he's literally flushed away to a bustling underground world of ninja frogs, hench-rats and singing slugs.

Sun 16 & Wed 19 Aug

Mirror is the celebrated Russian director Andrei Tarkovsky’s most autobiographical work in which he reflects upon his own childhood and the destiny of the Russian people.

Until Wed 2 Sep

A double bill of the third and fourth short outings of Bristol's favourite animated duo Wallace & Gromit.

Frederick Wiseman’s film goes behind the scenes of one of the greatest knowledge institutions in the world and reveals it as a place of welcome, cultural exchange and learning.

Shaun’s second movie adventure sees Shaun become guardian to a lost little alien called Lu-La after a UFO crashes near Mossy Bottom Farm.

The Republic documents the story of Stokes Croft since, 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.