Special screenings & events
At the Showroom we're committed to supporting emerging film talent and bringing exciting filmmaker events to our cinema.
Here is where you'll find information on all our preview screenings, filmmaker Q&As and other special events.
Please note: These events start promptly with no adverts and trailers.
If you are collecting pre-booked tickets, please collect them at the earliest possible opportunity to avoid delays on the night.
Upcoming films & events
- Young Programmers Takeover: Wallace & Gromit for Grown-Ups 15
- English
- This screening of Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit is designed specifically for grown-up fans, and will be accompanied by a cheesy quiz and intro from superfan, comedian Luke Poulton.
- Sat 27 Apr
- 18.00
- PNYC: Portishead – Live at Roseland New York (25th Anniversary) 18
- English
- Celebrate the 25th anniversary of Portishead’s live album recorded at the Roseland Ballroom, New York City, with tracks from the albums "Dummy" and "Portishead" played by the band and a 30-piece orchestra.
- Sat 27 Apr
- 18.15
- Cinema Africa! and Maona Art present: Mapantsula + Pre-Recorded Interview 15
- English and Zulu with English Subtitles
- In apartheid-era South Africa, police arrest Panic, a petty gangster. Through flashbacks, we learn how he got caught up in the riots. Discover this important film in a stunning 4K restoration plus special interview.
- Sat 27 Apr
- 18.15
- Omen 15
- French, Swahili, Lingala with English subtitles
- In this magical realist drama, Koffi stumbles upon a bizarre spiritual world that takes him upon a dizzying collision course with his culture.
- Sat 27 Apr
- 20.45
- Sun 28 Apr
- 15.00
- Celluloid Screams Horror All-Nighter 18
- Celluloid Screams Horror Film Festival returns to Showroom Cinema to present an all-night cinema celebration of 1980s horror classics, including a special mystery screening and some surprises.
- Sat 27 Apr
- 23.00
- Yvonne Rainer: MURDER and murder 18
- English
- Yvonne Rainer’s last feature finds the filmmaker in highly personal form as she draws on her own experiences of breast cancer, in a leftfield rom com which explores the joys of late in life lesbian love.
- Sun 28 Apr
- 12.30
- Exhibition on Screen: John Singer Sargent PG
- English
- Step into the glittering world of fashion, scandal and shameless self promotion that made John Singer Sargent the painter who defined an era.
- Sun 28 Apr
- 15.00
- Wed 1 May
- 12.15
- DocNights: Red Herring + Director Q&A CTBA
- English
- When Kit Vincent, a filmmaker, receives a terminal diagnosis aged 24, his first instinct is to turn on his camera and document those closest to him. Followed by a Q&A with Kit and his father.
- Mon 29 Apr
- 18.15
- Dementia Friendly Screening: Some Like It Hot 12A
- English
- Marilyn Monroe stars in Billy Wilder’s iconic comedy about two men (Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon) on the run from the mob, who end up joining an all-female jazz band to hide their identities.
- Tue 30 Apr
- 12.00
- Preview: Love Lies Bleeding 15
- English
- MASSIVE Cinema presents a special preview of Love Lies Bleeding, an electric love story from Saint Maud director Rose Glass and starring Kristen Stewart.
- Tue 30 Apr
- 18.30
- Showroom Pub Quiz
- Tue 30 Apr 20:30
- Join us each month at the Showroom Cinema for our pub quiz. General knowledge rounds, picture rounds and music rounds to test your knowledge to its very limits!
- Film Studies Lecture: French Cinema
- Wed 1 May 18:00
- Dr Sheldon Hall of Sheffield Hallam University continues his in-depth season on cinema in 1964 with a look at the landscape of European Cinema.
- Macbeth: Ralph Fiennes & Indira Varma 12A
- English
- Tony and BAFTA Award winner Ralph Fiennes and Olivier Award winner Indira Varma star in a brand-new, critically-acclaimed production of William Shakespeare’s Macbeth, filmed live at a custom-built theatre space.
- Thu 2 May
- 19.30
- Sun 5 May
- 15.00
- Showroom Spotlight: Terrorvision - VHS 15
- English
- A bizarre cosmic accident has produced an oozing, tentacled creature which projects itself out of television sets and eats its viewers. Selected by Mel Gourlay, screened from her very own VHS copy.
- Fri 3 May
- 18.00
- Drive 18
- English
- Nicolas Winding Refn’s iconic thriller returns to screens as part of our ‘Not Just Ken: The Films of Ryan Gosling’ season. The Driver (Gosling) is a stunt driver by day, who moonlights as a getaway driver-for-hire in the criminal underworld by night.
- Fri 3 May
- 20.25
- Sat 4 May
- 18.15
- Sun 5 May
- 15.30
- Not Just Ken: Season Pass 18
- This pass entitles you to access to all eight films in our ‘Not Just Ken: The Films of Ryan Gosling’ season. Passes are £50, and are a discounted £35 for CINE 26 members.
- Fri 3 May
- 20.30
- Desert Island Film: Ferris Bueller's Day Off 12A
- English
- Selected as a Desert Island Film, this 1980’s classic follows Ferris Bueller, a high-schooler with a knack for cutting class and getting away with it.
- Sat 4 May
- 15.00
- Climate Realities: Razing Liberty Square 18
- English
- Razing Liberty Square explores the impact of rising sea levels on the Black community of Liberty Square in Miami.
- Tue 7 May
- 18.00
- NT Live: Nye 15
- English
- Michael Sheen plays Nye Bevan in a surreal and spectacular journey through the life and legacy of the man who transformed Britain’s welfare state and created the NHS.
- Tue 7 May
- 19.00
- Thu 9 May
- 12.00
- Film Studies: Onibaba 15
- Japanese with English Subtitles
- Film Studies: Sixty Years Ago season concludes with a look at Japanese cinema, with this memorable combination of period drama and horror.
- Wed 8 May
- 18.00
- Sheffield Film Festival: Kes + Introduction & Book Launch PG
- English
- Showroom Cinema is proud to present a special screening of Ken Loach’s Kes with a special introduction by Professor David Forrest, author of the newly released ‘BFI Film Classics: Kes’.
- Thu 9 May
- 18.00
- The Nice Guys 15
- English
- A special screening as part of our ‘Not Just Ken: The Films of Ryan Gosling’ season. The Nice Guys unites Gosling and Russell Crowe as unlikely investigative partners in 1970s LA after a young woman goes missing, in Shane Black’s hilarious action comedy.
- Fri 10 May
- 17.45
- Sat 11 May
- 20.15
- Sun 12 May
- 15.00
- Blue Valentine 15
- English
- Forming part of our ‘Not Just Ken: The Films of Ryan Gosling’ season, the film centres on a contemporary married couple (Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams), charting their evolution over a span of years by cross-cutting between time periods.
- Fri 10 May
- 20.15
- Sat 11 May
- 17.45
- Sun 12 May
- 12.30
- Climate Realities: Invisible Demons PG
- English and Hindi
- Invisible Demons focuses on the current impact of climate change on the 30 million inhabitants of Delhi, India.
- Tue 14 May
- 18.00
- Showroom Film Quiz
- Tue 14 May 20:30
- The finest showcase of film geekery Sheffield has to offer.
- Film Studies Lecture: Japanese Cinema
- Wed 15 May 18:00
- Dr Sheldon Hall of Sheffield Hallam University concludes his in-depth season on cinema in 1964 with a look at the landscape of Japanese Cinema.
- The Notebook 12A
- English
- A poor and passionate young man (Ryan Gosling) falls in love with a rich young woman (Rachel McAdams). They soon are separated by their social differences. Screening as part of our ‘Not Just Ken: The Films of Ryan Gosling’ season.
- Fri 17 May
- 17.25
- Sat 18 May
- 20.15
- Sun 19 May
- 15.30
- Hoard + Q&A 18
- English
- This opening-night screening will be followed by a Q&A with writer-director Luna Carmoon and producer Helen Simmons.
- Fri 17 May
- 18.00
- The Place Beyond the Pines 15
- English
- In upstate New York, two men (Ryan Gosling, Bradley Cooper), and later, their sons (Dane DeHaan, Emory Cohen) must deal with the unforeseen consequences of their actions. Screening as part of our ‘Not Just Ken: The Films of Ryan Gosling’ season.
- Fri 17 May
- 20.00
- Sat 18 May
- 17.15
- Sun 19 May
- 12.30
- Young Programmers Takeover: Clueless 12A
- English
- A stylish, sardonic 90s makeover of Jane Austen’s ‘Emma’. Come for baby-faced Paul Rudd, stay for the catty teen politics of uppercrust high schoolers.
- Sat 18 May
- 17.45
- Sheffield Chamber Music Festival: Remembering the Lindsays CTBA
- English
- In 1977 the BBC dedicated an episode of Omnibus to the Lindsay String Quartet, the world-renowned Sheffield-based chamber group. This screening features that documentary in full, followed by a panel discussion.
- Mon 20 May
- 19.00
- Climate Realities: In The Shadow of Light (A la Sombra de la Luz) 18
- Spanish with English Subtitles
- Set in the small Chilean town of Charrua, this film looks at the impact of its neighbouring electrical power plant on the local community.
- Tue 21 May
- 18.00
- Blade Runner 2049 15
- English
- Set 30 years after the iconic first film, blade runner K’s (Ryan Gosling) important discovery leads him to search for Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford), who’s been missing for decades. Screening as part of our ‘Not Just Ken: The Films of Ryan Gosling’ season.
- Fri 24 May
- 17.00
- Sat 25 May
- 19.45
- Sun 26 May
- 12.00
- La La Land 12A
- English
- Damien Chazelle’s magical, multi-Oscar-winning masterpiece returns to screens as part of our ‘Not Just Ken: The Films of Ryan Gosling’ season, and co-stars two-time Oscar winner Emma Stone. Here’s to the ones who dream…
- Fri 24 May
- 20.15
- Sat 25 May
- 17.00
- Sun 26 May
- 15.15
- Young Programmers Takeover: 24 Hour Party People 18
- English
- A vibrant depiction of the music and dance heritage of Manchester from the late 70s to the early 90s, this cult classic follows the rise, fall and rise again of promoter Tony Wilson.
- Sat 25 May
- 18.00
- DocNights: Long Distance Swimmer - Sara Mardini CTBA
- German, English, Arabic and Greek with English subtitles
- Sheffield DocFest present a special screening of Long Distance Swimmer - Sara Mardini, following the Syrian swimmer who pulled the boat that carried her and another 18 refugees to safety.
- Mon 27 May
- 18.00
- Climate Realities: You Never Know One Day You Too Might Become a Refugee + Q&A 18
- English
- Set in an imagined future, this film explores the humanitarian, ethical, legal, and political issues surrounding climate change-induced migration and displacement.
- Tue 28 May
- 18.00
- Showroom Shorts
- A night of award-winning short films by talented filmmakers, all for FREE. Run by the South Yorkshire Filmmakers Network.
- Tue 28 May
- 20.30
- Tue 18 Jun
- 20.30
- Tue 16 Jul
- 20.30
- The Rocky Horror Picture Show – Charity Immersive Screening 18
- English
- Our collaboration with University of Sheffield Horror Society returns! A special immersive screening of the cult classic, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, in support of LGBTQ+ youth charity, SAYiT.
- Sat 1 Jun
- 20.00
- Exhibition on Screen: My National Gallery, London CTBA
- English
- The National Gallery of London is one of the world’s greatest art galleries. It is full of masterpieces, an endless resource of history, an endless source of stories. But whose stories are told? Which art has the most impact and on whom?
- Tue 4 Jun
- 18.00
- Sun 9 Jun
- 14.30
- The Motorcycle Diaries (20th Anniversary) 15
- Spanish with English Subtitles
- Celebrating it’s 20th anniversary, this biopic follows a young Che Guevara (played by Gael Garcia Bernal) and his friend from Brazil to Peru on a road trip by motorcycle.
- Fri 5 Jul
- 18.00
