What’s On Week Ahead

Join us for a special screening of Atoll K (Utopia), presented in a brand-new BFI restoration that returns Laurel & Hardy’s final feature to its original clarity and charm.

In a city of humanoid animals, a hustling theatre impresario's attempt to save his theatre with a singing competition becomes grander than he anticipates even as its finalists find that their lives will never be the same.

Until Thu 19 Feb

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 12 Feb

In the Occupied West Bank of the 1980s, a Palestinian teenager is swept into a protest that changes the course of his family’s life. Reeling from its aftermath, his mother, Hanan, shares the story that led them to that fateful moment and the effects felt by her family across seven decades.

Until Thu 12 Feb

Oscar®-winning director Chloé Zhao's (Nomadland) adaptation of Maggie O'Farrell's bestselling novel reimagines a pivotal moment in the lives of William Shakespeare's family.

Until Thu 12 Feb

Nominated at this year’s BAFTA Film Awards in the category of 'Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer', Akinola Davies Jr.'s bold and poetic film follows a father, estranged from his young sons, over the course of a day in Lagos.

Guillermo Del Toro’s elegant and chilling ghost story is set in 1939, during the Spanish Civil War, with a defused bomb from Franco’s troops looming over the courtyard of a boys’ orphanage run by Republican loyalists.

Until Thu 12 Feb

Park Chan-wook (Decision To Leave, Old Boy, The Handmaiden) returns with this satirical black comedy/thriller about a husband and father who takes violent action after being laid off.

Until Thu 12 Feb

Claire Foy stars alongside Brendan Gleeson in Philippa Lowthorpe’s beautifully realised and emotionally charged adaptation of Helen MacDonald’s award-winning memoir.

Until Thu 12 Feb

The Chronology of Water is the directorial feature debut from Oscar®-nominated actor Kristen Stewart, starring Imogen Poots in a fearless, raw and unforgettable performance.

Until Thu 12 Feb

A playful, poignant love letter to cinema, Richard Linklater reimagines the making of Jean-Luc Godard’s Breathless in an exuberant exploration of the youthful rebellion and creative chaos that shaped the French New Wave.

Slapstick 2026 concludes with a big-screen return for one of the sharpest and most prescient political comedies ever made.

Jean-Luc Godard’s extraordinary debut feature was this iconoclastic crime film, which almost singlehandedly changed the face of French cinema and went on to inspire countless New Waves around the world.

Please join us at the 18:00 DS screening of Nouvelle Vague on Mon 9 Feb which will feature an introduction from a special guest, followed by a post-screening discussion in the Café & Bar. Featuring BSL interpretation.

A devoted teacher faces shocking abuse allegations from his pupil’s mother. As media frenzy and a massive lawsuit spiral out of control, his world and his core self collapse around him in this fast-paced drama based on a real incident.

Make Shift Fundamentals are masterclasses for early career creatives (18-30s -ish) to come together in the Pervasive Media Studio and get their creative ideas moving. This session will be hosted by Bella Whatley, Head of Development and Ella McDonald Talent Comms & Outreach Coordinator.

Fri 13 - Thu 19 Feb

While people across 1990s Iraq struggle to survive the war and food shortages, Saddam Hussein requires each school in the country to prepare a cake to celebrate his birthday. Despite her efforts to avoid getting picked, 9-year-old Lamia is chosen among her classmates.

Fri 13 - Thu 26 Feb

Emerald Fennell, director of 2023's provocative Saltburn, teams up again with Jacob Elordi alongside Margot Robbie to bring a stylish (and no less 'aggressively provocative') retelling of Emily Brontë's much-loved novel.

In this Lunchtime Talk, Mark Osborne will share his work running Not-Yet-Invented, a series of workshops that explore Computational Media.

Fri 13 - Thu 19 Feb

Based on Amélie Nothomb’s best-selling autobiographical novel, Little Amélie is a visually enchanting and gorgeously animated tale about curiosity, courage, and the healing power of human connection set in late 1960s Japan.

Fri 13 - Sat 14 Feb

For the very first time, experience Quentin Tarantino’s iconic double bill presented as one seamless, blood-soaked epic on 35mm. Volumes 1 & 2 unite in this ultimate director’s cut, complete with a never-before-seen scene.

Lonely prisoner and former yakuza member Minoru talks to his sole companion, a potted hosenka (balsam), about his past and the meaning of life. Betrayed and manipulated from a young age, he still clings to one thing - the hope of turning his life around - in this tender anime.