It's A Wonderful Life - 80th Anniversary 4K Restoration It’s A Wonderful Life is a 1946 American holiday classic directed by Frank Capra. The film tells the story of George Bailey (James Stewart), a selfless man who has spent his life helping others in his small town of Bedford Falls. On the brink of despair and considering suicide, George is visited by his guardian angel, Clarence (Henry Trave...

Richard Hawkins’ powerful, award-winning period drama tells the story of six disparate souls who are sent on a secret government mission in 1943 to make propaganda pornographic films for the boys on the frontline. Each with a price to pay, the group bears witness to the toll of war far away from the battlefield. In summer 1943 six disparate people find themselves on a remote Orkney island taske...

At the height of the Cold War, the writer Thomas Mann and his daughter—actress, writer, and rally driver—Erika embark on a road trip in a black Buick cruiser across a divided Germany in ruins, traveling from the Allied-occupied city of Frankfurt to Soviet-controlled Weimar. "At just 80 minutes, Fatherland is small but perfectly formed and packed with more ideas and infused with more heartbreak ...

A world-famous children’s author under threat, a battle of wills in the wake of scandal and one chance to make amends, GIANT tells the story of Roald Dahl and the true scandal that shook his legacy. GIANT stars Tony, Golden Globe, and Olivier Award-winner John Lithgow ( Conclave , The Crown ) as author Roald Dahl; Aya Cash ( The Boys , The Franchise , You’re the Worst ) as US Publisher Jessie S...

This moving documentary follows legendary broadcaster Jon Snow over the course of one year as he comes to terms with his diagnosis of Alzheimer’s. With the support of his wife Dr Precious Lunga, a neuroscientist, Jon embarks on one last big story. PANEL DISCUSSION Chair: Jonathan Rugman , BAFTA-winning foreign correspondent at Channel 4 News, where he has worked for 27 years. Laura Warner , d...

OPENING NIGHT - EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW Iranian actress and filmmaker Pegah Ahangarani’s astonishing film traces the parallel story of her family and her country. Drawing from personal archives, home movies, oral testimonies, and even animation, she creates an extraordinary mosaic of four decades of Iran’s tragic history - from the revolution in 1979 to the war that began in 2026. Winner of the Be...

In 2023, Norwegian mountaineer Kristin Harila stunned the climbing community by attempting to summit the world’s fourteen highest peaks faster than anyone before her. With Tenjen Lama Sherpa (her climbing partner), she accomplished what many had thought impossible. However, their achievement was overshadowed by footage from K2 that raised troubling questions about their ascent, sparking global cri...

When thousands of dead crabs wash ashore along the North East coast, fisherman Stan Rennie finds himself leading a grassroots fight for answers and a future. This extraordinarily warm and powerful film conveys the dilemma facing one of our island’s traditional industries. PANEL DISCUSSION Chair: Amber Rudd , former Home Secretary, former Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and former Secr...

Undeterred by armed soldiers, evasive politicians and riot police, Amy Goodman has reported some of the most consequential stories of our time. This documentary explores the life and astonishing career of this trail-blazing American independent investigative journalist and her work on the news programme Democracy Now! At a time when speaking truth to power is more at risk than ever, this important...

UK PREMIERE David Lean is one of the greatest film directors of all time. His films, Brief Encounter (1945), The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), Lawrence of Arabia (1962), Doctor Zhivago (1965), Ryan’s Daughter (1970) and A Passage To India (1984), mark him out as a master of both the large-scale epic and the more intimate romantic drama. Yet his personal life was often messy, difficult, rootl...