What’s On Week Ahead

Fri 7 - Thu 13 Aug

The Summer Book follows an intergenerational family (starring Glenn Close) spending a transformative summer at their rustic vacation home on an unspoiled, remote island in the Gulf of Finland.

Until Sun 16 Aug

A pampered pet "society mouse" Roddy St. James thinks he's got it made... until he's literally flushed away to a bustling underground world of ninja frogs, hench-rats and singing slugs.

Until Sun 13 Sep

Open your animal eyes. An immersive exhibition of groundbreaking video games & virtual reality. A must-do this summer in Bristol's Undershed Gallery.

Until Thu 13 Aug

With a star-studded cast including Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway, Robert Pattinson, Lupita Nyong'o, Zendaya and Charlize Theron, Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey is the most anticipated film on Letterboxd for 2026.

Until Thu 13 Aug

Set and filmed in Luton, Ish follows 12-year-old best friends Ish and Maram, who wrestle to hold onto their friendship in the wake of a police stop and search. Written and directed by acclaimed artist Imran Perretta, Ish also stars singer/songwriter Joy Crookes.

Fri 7 - Thu 13 Aug

Set in a Welsh fishing community, Helen Walsh’s low-budget queer romance traces a tender, risky affair shaped by illness, family duty and the pressures of tradition.

Until Thu 13 Aug

Joe and Angela’s marriage is on thin ice. When they invite their enigmatic upstairs neighbours for a dinner party, the night spirals into unexpected places. Have they reignited the spark or lit the match that burns it all down?

Until Wed 12 Aug

Spike Lee documents the former Talking Heads frontman's brilliant, timely 2019 Broadway show, based on his album and tour of the same name.

Fri 7 - Thu 13 Aug

Set in an alternative world where everyone is an animal, Bouchra, a 35-year-old queer documentary filmmaker coyote is juggling her life in New York and her family in Morocco.

Until Wed 2 Sep

A double bill of the third and fourth short outings of Bristol's favourite animated duo Wallace & Gromit.

Sat 8 & Mon 17 Aug

Frederick Wiseman’s film goes behind the scenes of one of the greatest knowledge institutions in the world and reveals it as a place of welcome, cultural exchange and learning.

Sun 9 - Sat 29 Aug

From our local animation studio comes the sequel to the highest-grossing stop-motion animated film of all time.

Sun 9 & Wed 12 Aug

Director Andrei Tarkovsky transcends conventions of the science fiction genre, resulting in a moving and unsettling vision of memory and humanity which has often been compared to Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Until Fri 28 Aug

When one of 600 million children to receive a gift from Santa on Christmas Eve is missed, it is deemed ‘acceptable’ to all but one—Arthur Claus.

Tue 11 - Sun 30 Aug

Animation's most frightening chicken - ahem penguin - Feathers McGraw returns with a vengeance in the second feature-length Wallace and Gromit film.

A 19-year-old Anthony Bourdain travels to Provincetown and stumbles into the chaotic world of a restaurant kitchen, setting off a summer that will shape the course of his life.

Until Mon 24 Aug

Fall back in love with those crafty hens (and one smooth-talking rooster) with Aardman's classic Chicken Run!

Sian Clifford (Fleabag) gives a larger than life performance as a narcissistic aristocrat who hires a struggling filmmaker to record her every move, in Samuel Abrahams’ eccentric mockumentary.