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We hope you enjoyed Season 14 as much as we did. Have a great summer and we’ll see you again in September for Season 15
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Coming soon: season 15
September 2026 - July 2027
We’re still finalising the programme for Season 15, but all dates and the first few films are confirmed — see below. We’ll add more details as we kow them.
Provisional Season 15 Programme*
Films are screened at The Merlin Theatre, beginning at 8pm (no adverts or trailers)
9 September 2026
Rebuilding
Dir: Max Walker-Silverman
USA 2025 | 96 minutes | Cert PG
English
After wildfires take his ranch, cowboy Dusty winds up in a FEMA camp, finding community with others, including his daughter and ex-wife.
“Filmed against the rapturous backdrop of southern Colorado, Rebuilding is a ruminative, moving portrait of resilience and human connection in the wake of loss.” – Rotten Tomatoes
14 October 2026
The Last Viking
Dir: Anders Thomas Jensen
Denmark 2025 | 116 minutes | Cert 15
Danish with English subtitles
A bank robber released from jail must unlock his traumatised brother's memory to recover stolen loot.
“**** Warmth, empathy and severed fingers in the same film? Scandi noir is back” — Phil de Semlyen, Time Out
4 November 2026 ** Bonus film **
Film Club Extra: A Matter of Life and Death
Dir: Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger
UK 1946 | 104 minutes | Cert PG
English
This season we are delighted to be able to screen a bonus 11th film:
Following our showing of ‘Made in England - The films of Powell and Pressburger’ in Season 13 we present one of their most famous and best-loved films, on the 80th anniversary of its release.
An apparently doomed British airman, about to bail out over the ocean without a parachute, shares what he believes to be his final moments with a radio operator. Miraculously he survives, they meet, and fall in love.
A problem arises when a messenger from the Other World arrives to correct an oversight and balance the books.
11 November 2026
The Secret Agent
Dir: Kleber Mendonça Filho
Brazil 2025 |161 minutes |Cert 15
Portuguese with English subtitles
Amid the social and political turmoil of 1977 Brazil, a technology expert attempting to flee his past is forced to he is forced to live in hiding under the protection of an underground resistance.
This stylish and thought-provoking thriller was showered with awards and nominations, winning both Best Actor and Best Director at Cannes 2025.
“***** This Brazilian Oscar contender has the best acting you will see this year” — Patrick Smith, The Independent
13 January 2027 - tba
10 Febuary 2027 - tba
10 March 2027 - tba
14 April 2027 - tba
12 May 2027 - tba
9 June 2027 - tba
14 July 2027 - tba
* Please be aware that late changes to the programme may be needed for technical or licensing reasons *
