What's On Sat 27 July - Fri 2 August 2024

Family Time: Riddle of Fire 12A

Showing as part of Family-Friendly Films, Relaxed Saturdays: Family Time and Autism-Friendly Films

This week’s Family Time is one for the older, more adventurous audience, as we follow a trio of mischievous and foul-mouthed tweens on a modern fairytale quest.

English

Crossing 15

Showing as part of Audio Description, Subtitled Films

Lia, a retired teacher from Georgia, learns from her young neighbour, Achi, that her long-lost transgender niece, Tekla, has crossed the border into Turkey. In search of Tekla, Lia travels to Istanbul and explores the hidden depths of the city.

Turkish, Georgian with English Subtitles, English

Showroom Classics: Chariots of Fire PG

Showing as part of Showroom Classics

Social pressure and personal turmoil beset two very different British athletes on their way to glory in the 1924 Paris Olympics.

English

Longlegs 15

Showing as part of Audio Description, Subtitled Films

FBI Agent Lee Harker is a gifted new recruit assigned to the unsolved case of an elusive serial killer (Nicolas Cage). As the case takes complex turns, Harker discovers a personal connection to the merciless killer.

English

Relaxed Screening: Chuck Chuck Baby 15

Showing as part of Relaxed Saturdays: Family Time and Autism-Friendly Films

A musical drama of love and loss set amongst the falling feathers of a Welsh chicken factory. Helen, a reserved and gentle woman, has her mundane life interrupted by the return of her childhood crush.

English

Thelma 12A

Showing as part of Audio Description, Subtitled Films

Thelma, a feisty 93-year-old grandmother who gets conned by a phone scammer pretending to be her grandson, sets out on a treacherous quest across Los Angeles accompanied by an aging friend and his motorized scooter, to reclaim what was taken from her.

English

The Echo 12A

This gorgeous, poetic documentary from acclaimed Mexican filmmaker Tatiana Huezo (Prayers for the Stolen) could easily be mistaken for drama. In a remote village, children care for the sheep and their elders.

Spanish with English Subtitles

Janet Planet 12A

Showing as part of Audio Description, Subtitled Films

In rural Western Massachusetts, 11-year-old Lacy spends the summer of 1991 at home, enthralled by her own imagination and the attention of her mother, Janet. From Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Annie Baker.

English

I Saw The TV Glow 15

Showing as part of Subtitled Films

One of the coolest and most highly anticipated films of the year is an unsettling, supernatural coming-of-age film about a late-night TV show that has a deep impact on two suburban teenagers.

English

The Nature of Love 15

For fans of The Worst Person in the World and Sick of Myself, this fun and smart romantic comedy satirises the complexities and contradictions of love, sex, and relationships.

French with English Subtitles

Chuck Chuck Baby 15

Showing as part of Audio Description, Subtitled Films

A musical drama of love and loss set amongst the falling feathers of a Welsh chicken factory. Helen, a reserved and gentle woman, has her mundane life interrupted by the return of her childhood crush.

English

Shin Godzilla 12A

Showing as part of Showroom Classics, KaiJuly

When a creature of titanic size slithers from the deep and tears through the city, the government scrambles to form a plan to combat the menace.

Japanese with English Subtitles

About Dry Grasses 15

Showing as part of Subtitled Films

A breathtaking drama from master filmmaker Nuri Bilge Ceylan (Winter Sleep) About Dry Grasses is a daring tale of betrayal, accusations and desire.

Turkish with English Subtitles

KaiJuly Season Pass £25 12A

Showing as part of KaiJuly

This season pass entitles you to access all of the films in our Kaijuly season for just £25.

Star Nhà Ease: The Little Girl of Hanoi 12A

Showing as part of Special screenings & events, Star Nhà Ease: Vietnamese Cinema

Following the US bombing campaign in 1972, this film offers an important and alternative window into the experiences of Vietnamese families torn apart by war, told from the point of view of a child.

Vietnamese with English Subtitles

Early Doors - Monday: About Dry Grasses 15

Showing as part of Early Doors, Subtitled Films

A breathtaking drama from master filmmaker Nuri Bilge Ceylan (Winter Sleep) About Dry Grasses is a daring tale of betrayal, accusations and desire.

Turkish with English Subtitles

Baby Kino: Chuck Chuck Baby 15

Showing as part of Baby Kino, Subtitled Films

This Baby Kino screening is exclusively for parents or guardians accompanying babies aged under one year old. A musical drama of love and loss set amongst the falling feathers of a Welsh chicken factory.

English

DocNights: Agent of Happiness 12A

Showing as part of Special screenings & events, DocNights

A happiness surveyor in the Kingdom of Bhutan grapples with his own contentment in this light-hearted yet fascinating probe into how happiness can be measured.

Dzongkha, Nepali with English Subtitles

Dementia Friendly Screening: Chariots of Fire PG

Showing as part of Special screenings & events, Dementia-Friendly Screenings

Social pressure and personal turmoil beset two very different British athletes on their way to glory in the 1924 Paris Olympics.

English

Star Nhà Ease: Finding Phong 15

Showing as part of Special screenings & events, Star Nhà Ease: Vietnamese Cinema

Through intimate video diaries we follow the complexities of life as a Vietnamese transwoman, as she faces the challenge of ‘finding’ her true self through transition.

Vietnamese with English Subtitles

Early Doors - Thursday: Chuck Chuck Baby 15

Showing as part of Early Doors

A musical drama of love and loss set amongst the falling feathers of a Welsh chicken factory. Helen, a reserved and gentle woman, has her mundane life interrupted by the return of her childhood crush.

English

Sheffield Film Festival: Dead Man's Shoes 18

Showing as part of Sheffield Film Festival

Sheffield Film Festival is proud to present a special Warp Films retrospective, celebrating 20 years since their debut feature film, Shane Meadows’ modern classic Dead Man’s Shoes.

English

My Neighbour Totoro - English Dub U

Showing as part of Family-Friendly Films, Anime Screenings

Far from the bustle of the city, two sisters discover a mysterious place of spirits, magic and woodland creatures. From the legendary Studio Ghibli, the beloved classic animated tale returns to the big screen.

English

Sheffield Film Festival: This Is England 18

Showing as part of Sheffield Film Festival

Sheffield Film Festival is proud to continue the special Warp Films retrospective with Shane Meadows’ cult hit This is England.

English

Kensuke's Kingdom PG

Showing as part of Family-Friendly Films

This beautiful hand-drawn animation adapted from the modern classic novel by Michael Morpurgo (War Horse) follows a shipwrecked young boy and a Japanese soldier who must protect the remote island where they find themselves.

English

My Neighbour Totoro - Subtitled U

Showing as part of Family-Friendly Films, Anime Screenings

Far from the bustle of the city, two sisters discover a mysterious place of spirits, magic and woodland creatures. From the legendary Studio Ghibli, the beloved classic animated tale returns to the big screen.

Japanese with English Subtitles

A Story of Bones 12A

Documentary exposing the UK’s colonial past – and present – on Saint Helena Island, where the building of a new airport uncovers an unmarked mass burial ground of enslaved people.

English

Sheffield Film Festival - Opening Night Film: Threads (40th Anniversary) + Q&A 18

Showing as part of Special screenings & events, Sheffield Film Festival

Showroom Cinema is proud to present a special one-night-only encore screening of Sheffield-set masterpiece Threads with a very special Q&A to open the Sheffield Film Festival.

English

Werckmeister Harmonies 12A

Showing as part of Showroom Classics, A Béla Tarr Retrospective: Will Heaven Fall Upon Us?

Showroom Cinema’s Béla Tarr retrospective opens with a stunning new 4K restoration of Béla Tarr and Ágnes Hranitzky’s masterpiece Werckmeister Harmonies.

Hungarian with English subtitles

Spider-Man 12A

Showing as part of Special screenings & events, Family-Friendly Films

Spider-Man centres on student Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire), who gains superhuman strength and the spider-like abilities to cling to walls after being bitten by a genetically-altered spider.

English