Based on a remarkable true story, discover how the poor son of a miner became one of the greatest actors the world has ever known, with the help of an unlikely mentor. In the Welsh Town of Port Talbot, 1942 Richard Jenkins (Harry Lawtey) lives as a wayward schoolboy, caught between the pressures of his struggling family and his own ambitions. However a new opportunity arises when Richard's n...

Steve Coogan stars in this heartwarming adaptation of Tom Michell’s bestselling memoir. Set in Argentina in 1976, the film follows English teacher Tom Michell (Steve Coogan) as he arrives at a prestigious boarding school, only to find himself struggling with a nation in turmoil and a class of unruly students. His life takes an unexpected turn when he rescues a small penguin from an oil-slicked...

Winner of an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature In this Oscar winning animation, a cat finds a community among other animals on an epic survival journey. When a flood washes its home away, a solitary cat must seek refuge with a motley crew of animals (including a dog, a capybara, a lemur and a secretarybird), who gradually learn to get along in this endearing, Wunderkind director Gin...

David Tennant and Cush Jumbo lead a stellar cast in a new 5-star production of Shakespeare’s Macbeth , filmed live at the Donmar Warehouse in London. Unsettling intimacy and brutal action combine at breakneck speed as Max Webster directs this tragic tale of love, murder, and nature’s power of renewal.

SPECIAL EVENT DESERT ISLAND FLICKS with MICHAEL PALIN In Desert Island Flicks, host Jon Canter invites celebrated actors, writers and film people to choose clips from their favourite films and give us insights into their life and work. For our first Desert Island Flicks of 2025, we are delighted to welcome Michael Palin. Booking Information Friends of Aldeburgh Cinema – Tickets £25 Ful...

Wind, Tide & Oar is a compelling exploration of engineless sailing, shot on analogue film over three years. Huw Wahl's film delves into the experiences of those who travel solely by harnessing the natural elements alone, following a diverse array of traditional boats and uncovering the unique rhythms and motivations of engineless navigation. Journeying through rivers, coastlines, and open seas...

Fire Over Shingle Street—Fact, Fiction, or Propaganda? A new documentary by Suffolk-based filmmaker Tim Curtis ( Life on the Deben , Stanley's War ) delves into one of Britain’s most persistent Second World War mysteries, asking: Has this enduring enigma been fully accounted for, or are there still unanswered questions? For decades the Shingle Street ‘Mystery’ has divided the views of locals...

From Academy Award-winning filmmaker Kevin Macdonald, One To One: John & Yoko is a revelatory inside-look at John Lennon & Yoko Ono’s life in Greenwich Village in the early 1970s, featuring music from John & Yoko's only full-length concerts, newly remixed and produced by Sean Ono Lennon. On August 30, 1972, in New York City, John Lennon played his only full-length show after leaving The Beatles...

Based on a true story, Michael Anderson's 1954 drama captures the tension and bravery of an audacious raid on the centre of Nazi Germany's industrial complex, and the quintessentially English combination of inventiveness and dogged determination. Split into two distinct sections, the film deals first with the fraught, but ultimately successful development of a new “bouncing bomb” by Dr. Barnes N. ...

A global cinema event, taking place on Sir David Attenborough’s 99th birthday. Presented and authored by the world-renowned and beloved filmmaker Sir David Attenborough with 15 minutes of theatrically exclusive footage. After nearly 70 years of filming the natural world, Ocean is Sir David’s most powerful and urgent message yet. The powerful documentary takes viewers on a breathtaking jou...