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Thanks to funding from BFI Film Hub Midlands we are able to offer this special project between June 2026 and March 2027.Â
Promoters who are part of our Big Picture Show film network can select any of the titles below to screen in their community at a special subsidised price.Â
The current menu of films below is for bookings from October 2026 - December 2026.Â
To find out more about this project please email [email protected]Â
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A group of London-based LGBT activists offers its support to a village of Welsh miners and the two form an unlikely bond during the 1984 strike. As friendships develop, the activists and villagers discover common ground through their shared experiences of discrimination, hardship, and resilience, in this uplifting and warm-hearted true story | Cert: 15 | Runtime: 2hrs | Stars: George MacKay, Bill Nighy | Director: Matthew Warchus
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The story of young Huw Morgan and his Welsh mining family as they face love, hardship and social change. Through Huw's memories, the film explores the impact of dangerous mine work, labour disputes and economic decline on a close-knit community, while celebrating family, resilience and the fading beauty of a cherished way of life | Cert: U | Runtime: 1hr 58m | Stars: Maureen O'Hara, Roddy McDowall | Director: John Ford
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A quirky coming-of-age comedy-drama about Oliver Tate, an eccentric 15-year-old in Swansea who navigates first love with his classmate, Jordana, while trying to save his parents' troubled marriage. Blending humour, romance and adolescent angst, the film explores the awkward challenges of growing up and finding identity | Cert: 15 | Runtime: 1hr 37m | Stars: Sally Hawkins, Paddy Considine | Director: Richard Ayoade
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An adaptation of the memoir of best-selling celebrity biographer Lee Israel, who made her living in the 1970’s and 80’s profiling the likes of Katharine Hepburn, Tallulah Bankhead, Estee Lauder and journalist Dorothy Kilgallen. When Lee is no longer able to get published because she has fallen out of step with current tastes, she turns her art form to deception, abetted by her loyal friend Jack | Cert: 15 | Runtime: 1hr 47m | Stars: Richard E. Grant, Melissa McCarthy | Director: Marielle Heller
Dating back to Neolithic times, few culinary traditions have survived as long as the hearty bowl of morning porridge. Despite its simple recipe of oats, salt and water, there is a lot that can vary. Each year the sleepy highland village of Carrbridge hosts the World Porridge Making Championship. This charming documentary film follows porridge makers from across the globe as they compete for the coveted title | Cert: PG | Runtime: 1hr 15m | Director: Constantine Conti
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Set in 1980s Dublin, Sing Street follows teenager Conor, who forms a band to impress the enigmatic Raphina. As he navigates family struggles, friendship and first love, music becomes an escape and a path to self-discovery, ambition and hope for a brighter future | Cert: 12A | Runtime: 1hr 46m | Stars: Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Lucy Boynton | Director: John Carney
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Comedy classic in which Dr. Frederick Frankenstein, grandson of the infamous Victor Frankenstein, inherits his family’s Transylvanian estate. Determined to escape his ancestor’s reputation, he soon finds himself repeating the experiments that created a monster, with hilarious results | Cert: 12A | Runtime: 1hr 46m | Stars: Gene WIlder, Teri Garr | Director: Mel Brooks
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Three hundred years after the Sanderson Sisters were sentenced to death in the town of Salem, three friends accidentally break the spell and bring them back to life. The tricky witches terrorise the town’s trick or treaters on Halloween as they set out to cast a spell on the inhabitants and reclaim their youth | Cert: PG | Runtime: 1hr 36m | Stars: Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kathy Najimy | Director: Kenny Ortega
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Once an architect, Frank Bannister lives a lonely life following the death of his wife in a car accident. He passes himself off as an exorcist of evil spirits, since he apparently has the gift of being able to communicate with ghosts. When a sinister spirit begins targeting the living, he must confront his past and uncover the truth before more lives are lost | Cert: 15 | Runtime: 1hr 50m | Stars: Michael J. Fox, Trini Alvarado | Director: Peter Jackson
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A reclusive writer finds herself opening her heart to a young evacuee in a war-torn Britain. After her initial reluctance, accepting him allows her to rediscover not only joy but also a long-lost love | Cert: 12A | Runtime: 1hr 39m | Stars: Gemma Arterton, Gugu Mbatha-Raw | Director: Jessica Swale
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Two young British privates during the First World War are given an 'impossible' mission: to deliver an urgent message to another battalion that will avert them from stepping straight into an ambush. The film's unique technique of one seemingly continuous take, brings us right in to the action and gives us a real-time, step-by-step journey for survival alongside the actors | Cert: 15 | Runtime: 2hrs | Stars George MacKay, Richard Madden | Director: Sam Mendes
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A poignant drama based on Vera Brittain’s memoir. Set during the First World War, it follows Vera’s journey from ambitious student to wartime nurse as she endures love, loss and sacrifice, shaping her lifelong commitment to peace and remembrance | Cert: 12A | Runtime: 2hr 9m | Stars: Alicia Vikander, Kit Harrington | Director: James Kent
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Festive animated adventure that reveals the high-tech operation behind Santa’s annual gift delivery. When one child is accidentally missed, Santa’s clumsy but kind-hearted son Arthur races against time to deliver the present and save Christmas morning | Cert: U | Runtime: 1hr 37m | Stars: Sarah Smith, James McAvoy | Director Sarah Smith
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After World War II, entertainers Bob and Phil team up with sisters Betty and Judy for a festive holiday show. When the guys discover their former general's struggling Vermont inn, they rally friends and performers to stage a spectacular Christmas revue and save the business. In this timeless classic, Irving Berlin's songs and dances, a little love and romance, plus a Christmas Eve snowfall, make everyone's dreams come true | Cert: U | Runtime: 2hrs | Stars: Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye | Director: Michael Curtiz
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George Bailey has spent his entire life working from his modest building and loan company and supporting the people of Bedford Falls. But on Christmas Eve, the business’s $8,000 is lost and George’s troubles begin. Unable to contemplate a way out, he finds himself poised on a bridge about to jump, when an angel appears and takes him on a journey to reveal what the world would have looked like if he had never been born | Cert: U | Runtime: 2hr 10m | Stars: James Stewart, Donna Reed | Director: Frank Capra
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