Q&As

Photo of and audience member asking a question to Mia Hansen-Løve.
© Chelsey Cliff

Q&As

Delve deeper into the films we screen in our cinemas and event spaces with our Q&A screenings, which we're proud to host throughout the year.


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Upcoming Q&A events

Preview: The Taste of Mango
Sat 23 Nov 18:00 (AD, DS)
Film

Winner of the Best Documentary Audience Award at BFI London Film Festival 2023 and the Best Debut Director at the 2023 BIFAs, Chloe Abrahams’ debut feature documentary is an enveloping, hypnotic, urgently personal meditation on family, memory, identity, violence, and love.

Polite Society

classified 12A
Polite Society
Thu 28 Nov 18:00
Film

A merry mash up of sisterly affection, parental disappointment and bold action in writer-director Nida Manzoor's feature debut.

The Teacher

classified 12A Bristol Palestine Film Festival 2024
The Teacher
Sun 1 Dec 14:10
Film

A Palestinian school teacher struggles to reconcile his risky commitment to political resistance with his emotional support for one of his students and the chance of a new relationship with a volunteer worker.

Aida Returns

classified 18 (CTBA) S Bristol Palestine Film Festival 2024
Aida Returns
Sat 7 Dec 12:30
Film

A poignant, sometimes sad, sometimes painful, sometimes humorous, often absurd story of a multiple journey.

Thank You For Banking With Us

classified 18 (CTBA) S Bristol Palestine Film Festival 2024
Thank You For Banking With Us
Sun 8 Dec 17:00
Film

Laila Abbas’ gripping tale of two sisters racing against time to assure their inheritance is an inspiring story of unity against unfair patriarchal systems.

Frank Capra: Mr America

classified 12 Mr Capra Comes To Watershed
Frank Capra: Mr America
Tue 10 Dec 18:00
Film

The documentary uses never-before-seen footage and audio tapes from Frank Capra's life to examine his career and relationship with America, offering a portrait of a complicated man whose tales of hope in difficult times still speak to audiences today.

Cartoon Carnival

classified 18 (CTBA) Slapstick 2025
Cartoon Carnival
Wed 12 Feb 2025 11:00
Film

Cartoon Carnival is a lovingly-researched documentary telling the story of the pioneering early days of animated film and of one film preservationist's quest to rescue pre-sound cartoons from obscurity and share them with new audiences.

Keaton: Saphead

classified U S Slapstick 2025
Keaton: Saphead
Thu 13 Feb 2025 13:45
Film

Keaton stars as a pampered son of a powerful Wall Street financier. Having known no other lifestyle but privilege, he wanders through a variety of misadventures.

Smashing Melons! Robin Ince & Mark Miodownik

classified 18 (CTBA) Slapstick 2025
Smashing Melons! Robin Ince & Mark Miodownik
Fri 14 Feb 2025 17:30
Film

In this event BBC Radio 4’s The Infinite Monkey Cage co-host teams up with one of the UK’s top materials scientists Mark Miodownik, and melons of various shapes and sizes, to explore why some come apart in funnier ways than others.