Until 12 April
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.
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Until Thu 26 March
Featuring a bold and bouncing soundtrack by Kangding Ray, Oliver Laxe's Oscar®-nominated for Best International Feature Sirât is a staggering cinematic experience set in the dusty mountains of southern Morocco.
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Until Thu 26 March
The Shepherd and the Bear is a modern folktale about tradition, community and humanity’s relationship with a vanishing natural world.
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Today at 18:00
We all have that one YouTube video we’re obsessed with. Or that one vine that we think about more than most movies.
Chronically Online: A Personal History of the UK Internet is the Creative Nonfiction Film Weekend's one-night-only programme of digital delights on the big screen, showcasing the stories Britain tells about itself through the internet.
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Until Thu 19 March
From the mind of Charli XCX comes this mockumentary about a rising pop star navigating the complexities of fame and industry pressure, while preparing for her arena tour debut.
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Until Thu 26 March
Hlynur Pálmason's surrealist Icelandic dramedy captures a year in the life of a family, as a separating couple navigate their changing relationship while co-parenting their three children (played by the director's own children).
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Fri 20 - Thu 26 March
Italy’s outgoing president, Mariano De Santis (Toni Servillo), navigates moral and personal crossroads with the help of his confidante and daughter, Dorotea (Anna Ferzetti).
With Sorrentino’s signature poetic vision and an evocative soundtrack, this heartfelt masterwork is an intimate meditation on fatherhood, conscience, and the enduring question: who owns our days?
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part of Oscars® 2026
Until Thu 26 March
Sentimental Value is an intimate and moving exploration of family, memories, and the reconciliatory power of art.
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part of Lunchtime Talks
Fri 20 March 13:00
In this Lunchtime Talk, sound editor and designer Jonny Crew and programmer and educator Kyle Ramsey will share techniques used in sound design for their animated documentaries.
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part of Oscars® 2026
Until Thu 26 March
When their evil enemy resurfaces after 16 years, a group of ex-revolutionaries reunite to rescue one of their own's daughter.
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Fri 20 - Thu 26 March
Broken English is a bold documentary portrait of the inimitable singer, songwriter and icon: Marianne
Faithfull.
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Fri 20 - Wed 25 March
From visionary director Bi Gan (Long Day's Journey Into Night) comes this epic sci-fi drama, an ambitious ode to the beauty and power of cinema.
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part of Oscars® 2026
Until Tue 24 March
Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back.
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part of Wiseman of the Month
Sat 21 & Mon 30 March
An absorbing study of daily life in one of Chicago’s poorest housing projects.
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Sat 21 March 17:30
As they navigate the complexities of teenage life and social activism, three young women embark on a journey of discovery, following in the footsteps of over 30,000 women who forty years earlier united in peaceful, liberating protest, the remarkable Greenham Common Women's Peace Movement.
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part of Driven to Extremes
Sun 22 March 14:00
Three years after his girlfriend disappears, a young man continues his obsessive search for her whereabouts.
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Mon 23 March 20:30
Join us at the 17:40 screening of the 2026 Best Picture Oscar® winner, One Battle After Another, on Mon 23 March which will feature Descriptive Subtitles and an introduction from Nathan Hardie, fellow audience member and Bristolian film critic.
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part of Listening to Britain
Until Tue 24 March
Following a spate of tragic knife crime deaths in Bristol, this documentary film looks at how young people in the city are responding.
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Thu 26 March 18:00
A young Black lesbian filmmaker probes into the life of The Watermelon Woman, a 1930s Black actress who played ‘mammy’ archetypes.
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Fri 27 March - Thu 2 April
Working in collaboration with the Orwell Estate, acclaimed director Raoul Peck seamlessly interweaves historical clips, readings from George Orwell's diary, cinematic references, and dynamic modern day footage to craft a definitive portrait of the writer himself, and an entirely fresh take on how remarkably relevant and prophetic his work has become.
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part of Lunchtime Talks
Fri 27 March 13:00
In this Lunchtime Talk, Dr. Max Haiven will explore how games have shaped 21st century capitalism and how to use social movements using games to fight back.
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Fri 27 March - Thu 2 April
Denis Lavant delivers an astonishing physical performance in John Skoog’s beautiful and inventive story of community and obsession, inspired by true events.
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Fri 27 March - Thu 2 April
Sheep hit the dancefloor in Georgi M. Unkovski’s disarming feature debut, a touching, comic and radiantly colourful coming-of-age story - and Sundance award-winner - about the unifying power of music.
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part of Double Tap
Fri 27 March 17:40
In 1989 action maestro John Woo unleashed The Killer, a spectacular blend of explosive gunfights and dramatic performances, including the magnetic Chow Yun-Fat in one of his most memorable roles.
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part of Double Tap
Fri 27 March 20:30
With a fiery coalescence of electrifying performances, elaborate narrative and operatic gunfights, Hard Boiled has been exalted as the undisputed champion of Hong Kong action films.
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Sat 28 March 15:00
Join us for a celebration with hot food from The Mazi Project, games, and a chance to see The Everyworld as we mark the end of a year of making, experiencing and sharing ideas of Home.
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Sat 28 March 18:00
Working again with his daughter Eden, the artist and filmmaker Andrew Kötting explores notions of memory and recall as interpreted through the precarious lens of neurodiversity.
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part of Driven to Extremes
Sun 29 March 14:00
A man searches for his missing wife after his car breaks down in the middle of the desert.
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Tue 31 March 18:00
Behind the loud and intimidating motorcycles of the "Bangladeshi Bad Boys" is a group of second-generation Bangladeshi men who find in their bikes a sense of identity and a way to overcome racism.
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Tue 31 March 18:00
Is Jazz is a monthly meet-up for 18-30 (ish) year old creatives to explore collaborative creative process in a low-stakes, supportive, and informal way.
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Thu 2 - Wed 15 April
Based on Robert Macfarlane's bestseller, Underland is a cinematic voyage beneath the surface of the earth.
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The Drama opens April 2026.