Beset with personal and professional problems, George Bailey (James Stewart) finds his previously happy life falling apart around him on Christmas Eve. Seeing no way out, George considers suicide from the edge of a bridge - but Clarence, his guardian angel, intervenes and shows George what his beloved hometown of Bedford Falls would be like without him. Shocked by what he sees and at the unfore...

Ingrid (Julianne Moore), a best-selling writer, rekindles her relationship with her friend Martha (Tilda Swinton), a war reporter with whom she has lost touch for a number of years. The two women immerse themselves in their pasts, sharing memories, anecdotes, art, movies—yet Martha has a request that will test their newly strengthened bond. Pedro Almodóvar’s finely sculpted drama, his first Eng...

Steve McQueen’s visually dazzling tour de force is a moving and expansive tapestry of British life during the decisive moments of the Second World War. In the face of nightly air raids, East End mum Rita (yet another impressive turn by Saoirse Ronan) grows increasingly worried about her son George’s safety. Under the counsel of her father, Gerald (Paul Weller), she makes the heart-wrenching dec...

Van Gogh: Poets & Lovers Directed by David Bickerstaff – Produced by Phil Grabsky 200 years after its opening and a century after acquiring its first Van Gogh works, the National Gallery, London is hosting the UK’s biggest ever Van Gogh exhibition. Van Gogh is not only one of the most beloved artists of all time, but perhaps the most misunderstood. This film is a chance to reexamine and bet...

Paddington in Peru brings Paddington's story to Peru as he returns to visit his beloved Aunt Lucy, who now resides at the Home for Retired Bears. With the Brown Family in tow, a thrilling adventure ensues when a mystery plunges them into an unexpected journey through the Amazon rainforest and up to the mountain peaks of Peru.

OPENING NIGHT | SNEAK PREVIEW This illuminating documentary offers a new perspective on the remarkable partnership of Oscar-winning director James Ivory and Indian producer Ismail Merchant. Footage from more than fifty interviews, clips and archival material gives voice to the family of actors and technicians who, together with screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala and composer Richard Robbins, tra...

EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW The Contestant is the incredible true story of a man who lived for 15 months trapped inside a small room, naked, starving and alone - and completely unaware that his life was being broadcast on national TV in Japan to over 15 million viewers a week. The film has recently received a BIFA (British Independent Film Awards) nomination 2024: Best Debut Director – Feature Documen...

EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW Ashley Gething’s film commemorates the 20th anniversary of one of the greatest natural disasters in history - the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami. Told through the stories of seven individuals in Indonesia, Thailand and Sri Lanka, the film documents the events of that terrible day and follows the fortunes of these survivors. Charting the pain and loss they suffered, we also see the re...

UK PREMIERE Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Errol Morris (The Fog of War and The Thin Blue Line) incisively probes Trump's covert policy of separating migrant children, including babies, from their families at the US-Mexican border. Merging narrative vignettes of one migrant family’s plight with hard-hitting interviews with government officials, Morris paints a jaw-dropping picture of the stat...

SATURDAY NIGHT CENTREPIECE | WORLD PREMIERE Author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy , polymath Douglas Adams was a pioneer of science fiction, comedy, technology and environmental activism. Campaigning for endangered species and climate change, he was ahead of his time. Featuring interviews with family and friends including John Lloyd, Stephen Fry, Griff Rhys-Jones, Mary Allen and Jon Ca...