Programme - 2025/2026 Film Season
Titles booked for this season's Films are shown below. Please note that the programme may be subject to alteration.
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2025/2026 Programme (200kb)
| Date | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 Mon 22 Sep Tue 23 Sep |
Conclave | Come early for a welcoming glass of wine before our opening film! You’ve seen the real thing, now go back and watch the process unfold. When Cardinal Lawrence (Ralph Fiennes) is tasked with leading one of the world's most secretive and ancient events, he finds himself at the centre of a web of conspiracies and intrigue Dir: Edward Berger 2024/ UK/US Cert 15 120mins |
| 2025 Mon 6 Oct Tue 7 Oct |
The Salt Path | A couple lose their home and later discover the husband has been diagnosed with a terminal illness as
they embark on a year-long coastal trek. Docudrama with Jason Isaacs and Gillian Anderson Dir: Marianne Elliott 2024/UK/ Cert 12A 115mins |
| 2025 Mon 20 Oct Tue 21 Oct |
My Favourite Cake | Note - As of this year, the directors are on trial in Iran for making this film Multi-award-winning drama. Seventy-year-old Mahin, solitary until now, chooses to revive her love life. A chance encounter becomes an unforgettable evening. Subtitles, Dir: Maryam Moghadam/ Behtash Sanaeeha 2024/Iran/ Cert 12A 97mins |
| 2025 Mon 3 Nov Tue 4 Nov |
Mr. Burton | The story of how wild schoolboy Rich Jenkins became the biggest star Wales has ever produced. Inspired
by the English teacher who recognized his talent, Philip Burton. Starring Toby Jones, Harry Lawtey and
Lesley Manville. Dir: Marc Evans 2025/ UK/ Cert 12A 124mins |
| 2025 Mon 17 Nov Tue 18 Nov |
All We Imagine As Light | A drama set in Mumbai. Nurse Prabha's routine is troubled when she receives an unexpected gift
from her estranged husband. Her younger roommate, Anu, tries in vain to find a spot in the city to be
intimate with her boyfriend. Subtitles, Dir: Payal Kapadia 2024/India/Cert 15 118mins |
| 2025 Mon 1 Dec Tue 2 Dec |
From Hilde With Love | The tragic story of Hilde, who In Berlin 1942, is a member of an anti-Nazi group. She falls in love
with another member, Hans. The two spend a summer together until they get caught by the Gestapo and
Hilde is imprisoned, eight months pregnant. Docudrama based on her family records Subtitles, Dir: Andreas Dresen 2023/Germany Cert15 125mins |
| 2025 Mon 15 Dec |
The Tasting | This film will be preceded by a short AGM and seasonal mulled wine with mince pies. Note – one night showing only. Jacques is divorced and runs a small wine shop, on the verge of bankruptcy. Hortense, determined not to end up single and involved in providing meals for the homeless, walks into his store one day and signs up for a tasting workshop. Romantic comedy Subtitles, Dir: Ivan CalbĂ©rac 2022/France/Cert 15 92mins |
| 2026 Mon 12 Jan |
The Critic | Note – one night showing only. Suspenseful thriller. Ian McKellen as a powerful theatre critic who lures a struggling actress into a blackmail scheme, with deadly consequences Dir: Anand Tucker 2023/UK/Cert 15 101mins |
| 2026 Tue 27 Jan |
Juror #2 | Note – one night showing only. Reputedly Clint Eastwood’s final film. While serving as a juror in a high-profile murder trial, a family man finds himself struggling with a serious moral dilemma, one he could use to sway the jury verdict and potentially convict or free the wrong killer. Dir: Clint Eastwood 2024/US/Cert 12A 114mins |
| 2026 Mon 9 Feb Tue 10 Feb |
Maria | Biographical drama. Maria Callas, the world's greatest opera singer, lives the last days of her
life in 1970s Paris, as she confronts her identity Dir: Pablo Larraine 2024/US/ Cert 12A 124mins |
| 2026 Mon 23 Feb Tue 24 Feb |
Oh My Goodness! | Comedy in which five nuns set their sights on winning the cash prize in a major cycling race to raise
money to renovate a dilapidated hospice. The only hitch is that none of them can ride a
bicycle. Subtitles, Dir: Laurent Tirard 2022/France/Cert 15 86mins |
| 2026 Mon 9 Mar Tue 10 Mar |
Van Gogh: Poets and Lovers | Documentary centred on Van Gogh's revolutionary artistic style during his years in southern
France, where he transformed reality into vibrant, symbolic imagery through a passionate creative
process focused on storytelling in his paintings. Dir: David Bickerstaff 2024/UK/No Cert 90mins |
| 2026 Mon 23 Mar Tue 24 Mar |
Girls Will Be Girls | At a strict boarding school nestled in the Himalayan foothills, 18-year-old Mira first discovers
desire and romance. However, her curious, rebellious, coming-of-age is disrupted by her young mother,
who never got to come of age herself Subtitles, Dir: Shuchi Talati 2024/India/Cert 15 118mins |
| 2026 Mon 13 Apr Tue 14 Apr |
I’m Still Here | Acclaimed docudrama. A woman married to a former politician during the military dictatorship in Brazil
is forced to reinvent herself and chart a new course for her family after a violent and arbitrary
act Subtitles, Dir: Walter Salles 2024/Brazil/Cert 15 137mins# |
| 2026 Mon 20 Apr Tue 21 Apr |
Vermiglio | Period Drama. 1944, Vermiglio, a remote mountain village. The arrival of Pietro, a deserter, into the
family of the local teacher, and his love for the teacher's eldest daughter, will change the course
of everyone's life Subtitles, Dir: Maura Delpero 2024/Italy/Cert 15 119mins |
| Extra Events | Arrangements for any extra events in the season are not yet finalised. Members will be contacted
when information is available |
Previous years' programmes can be found on the previous years' programme page
Although we hand out to members and guests on the evening a short critique of the films we screen, we are often asked for more details about the films we show. Useful sources of further information on the films in this years' programme may be found on the Links page