What’s On Week Ahead

Until Thu 19 Feb

With virtual reality, giant inflatables, feature films, projections, sketchbooks and more – this season explores family, the creative spirit, grief and togetherness. With a multimedia exhibition alongside a series of events and films in the cinema from the Kötting family.

Until Thu 19 Feb

Oscar®-winning director Chloé Zhao's (Nomadland) adaptation of Maggie O'Farrell's bestselling novel reimagines a pivotal moment in the lives of William Shakespeare's family.

Until Thu 19 Feb

Park Chan-wook (Decision To Leave, Old Boy, The Handmaiden) returns with this satirical black comedy/thriller about a husband and father who takes violent action after being laid off.

Until Thu 19 Feb

Nominated at this year’s BAFTA Film Awards in the category of 'Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer', Akinola Davies Jr.'s bold and poetic film follows a father, estranged from his young sons, over the course of a day in Lagos.

Until Thu 12 Feb

Claire Foy stars alongside Brendan Gleeson in Philippa Lowthorpe’s beautifully realised and emotionally charged adaptation of Helen MacDonald’s award-winning memoir.

Until Thu 12 Feb

A playful, poignant love letter to cinema, Richard Linklater reimagines the making of Jean-Luc Godard’s Breathless in an exuberant exploration of the youthful rebellion and creative chaos that shaped the French New Wave.

Until Wed 18 Feb

The Chronology of Water is the directorial feature debut from Oscar®-nominated actor Kristen Stewart, starring Imogen Poots in a fearless, raw and unforgettable performance.

Until Thu 12 Feb

In the Occupied West Bank of the 1980s, a Palestinian teenager is swept into a protest that changes the course of his family’s life. Reeling from its aftermath, his mother, Hanan, shares the story that led them to that fateful moment and the effects felt by her family across seven decades.

Fri 13 - Thu 19 Feb

While people across 1990s Iraq struggle to survive the war and food shortages, Saddam Hussein requires each school in the country to prepare a cake to celebrate his birthday. Despite her efforts to avoid getting picked, 9-year-old Lamia is chosen among her classmates.

Fri 13 - Thu 26 Feb

Emerald Fennell, director of 2023's provocative Saltburn, teams up again with Jacob Elordi alongside Margot Robbie to bring a stylish (and no less 'aggressively provocative') retelling of Emily Brontë's much-loved novel.

In this Lunchtime Talk, Mark Osborne will share his work running Not-Yet-Invented, a series of workshops that explore Computational Media.

Fri 13 - Thu 19 Feb

Based on Amélie Nothomb’s best-selling autobiographical novel, Little Amélie is a visually enchanting and gorgeously animated tale about curiosity, courage, and the healing power of human connection set in late 1960s Japan.

Fri 13 - Sat 14 Feb

For the very first time, experience Quentin Tarantino’s iconic double bill presented as one seamless, blood-soaked epic on 35mm. Volumes 1 & 2 unite in this ultimate director’s cut, complete with a never-before-seen scene.

Lonely prisoner and former yakuza member Minoru talks to his sole companion, a potted hosenka (balsam), about his past and the meaning of life. Betrayed and manipulated from a young age, he still clings to one thing - the hope of turning his life around - in this tender anime.

With A Ghost Story, director David Lowery offers a singular exploration of legacy, loss, and the essential human longing for meaning and connection. 

This half term we're hosting a creative tech workshop for 11-16 year olds with Pervasive Media Studio Resident and video game developer, Alistair Aitcheson.

Mon 16 & Sat 21 Feb

A riveting portrait of life inside a large city high school, where social and moral values are handed down.

Retired French literature professor Gisuke lives a quiet, solitary life - until a mysterious email plunges him into haunting dreams and growing dread, forcing him to reckon with his deepest sins as his respectable facade begins to crumble.

Make Shift Fundamentals are masterclasses for early career creatives (18-30s -ish) to come together in the Pervasive Media Studio and get their creative ideas moving. This session will be hosted by Jon Aitken Pervasive Media Studio resident and filmmaker who has freelanced for over a decade.