Award Winning Independent Cinema

It has been a long time since Caine, Bronson, Angus and Wendell, AKA, ‘The Chain Breakers,’ escaped the torturous Vietnamese POW camp. They now find themselves in The Hogan Hills Retirement Home for Returned Veterans.

Just as Lola (Bollaers) learns that she can finally have her life-changing surgery, she receives the news that her mother has passed away.

Pedro Almodóvar is on top form with this comedy-drama about a chance encounter leading to a lifelong connection.

This diverse selection of outstanding short films showcases unique stories from around the world with a strong British representation.

We are absolutely delighted to welcome back highlights from the 15th Iris Prize LGBT+ Film Festival with two wonderful shorts programmes.

Rebel Dykes follows a tight-knit group of friends who met at Greenham Common peace camp and went on to become artists, performers, musicians and activists in London.

Sociable screening for parents, grandparents and carers of babies under 12 months.

Belfast is Branagh’s most personal film to date, and is a big-hearted ode to a city, its community and to family.

Inspired by real events, Sweet Country is set in the 1920s on the Northern Territory frontier - where justice itself is put on trial.

Shot and set in Colombia, Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s meditative rumination on memory and the human condition is anchored by Tilda Swinton’s enigmatic, otherworldly presence.