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2025
2025 Programme
PREVIEW: A New Kind of Wilderness
Forum Cinema Hexham
On a small farm in the Norwegian forest, a family seeks a wild free existence. However, after a tragic event changes everything, they are forced from their idyllic farm and into the expectations of modern society.
On a small farm in the Norwegian forest, a family seeks a wild free existence. However, after a tragic event changes everything, they are forced from their idyllic farm and into the expectations of modern society.
Blinded by the Light
The Tannery Pub, Hexham
In 1987, during the austere days of Thatcher’s Britain, a teenager learns to live life, understand his family, and find his own voice through the music of Bruce Springsteen.
This film is presented by Forum Cinema Hexham and includes a live post-film performance from singer/songwriter Chris Kelly.
In 1987, during the austere days of Thatcher’s Britain, a teenager learns to live life, understand his family, and find his own voice through the music of Bruce Springsteen.
This film is presented by Forum Cinema Hexham and includes a live post-film performance from singer/songwriter Chris Kelly.
Brooklyn
Ye Olde Cross Inn, Ryton
In this lavish adaptation of Colm Tóibín's acclaimed novel, a young Irish woman in search of work emigrates to New York to start a new life.
Presented by Ryton Cross Community Cinema.
In this lavish adaptation of Colm Tóibín's acclaimed novel, a young Irish woman in search of work emigrates to New York to start a new life.
Presented by Ryton Cross Community Cinema.
Byker
Ovingham Reading Room
A partly dramatised documentary built around Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen’s photographs of the Newcastle terraced community, demolished to make way for the Byker Wall.
Byker is an intimate portrait of a community faced with redevelopment and a celebration of the richness of its culture, evoking an entire era in British working-class life.
This screening is presented by Ovingham Reading Room Film Night and is supported by additional short films from the Young Women’s Film Academy.
The Young Women’s Film Academy is a charity that provide free filmmaking activities and services for young women and the local communities across the North-East of England.
A partly dramatised documentary built around Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen’s photographs of the Newcastle terraced community, demolished to make way for the Byker Wall.
Byker is an intimate portrait of a community faced with redevelopment and a celebration of the richness of its culture, evoking an entire era in British working-class life.
This screening is presented by Ovingham Reading Room Film Night and is supported by additional short films from the Young Women’s Film Academy.
The Young Women’s Film Academy is a charity that provide free filmmaking activities and services for young women and the local communities across the North-East of England.
Clue
Moot Hall, Hexham
Clue + Murder Mystery Trail
A 40th anniversary screening of the murderously funny, Clue in the atmospheric Moot Hall.
Presented by Forum Cinema Hexham with a specially designed murder mystery town trail prior to the film – prizes to be won for those that solve the crime correctly.
Pick up your game sheet and trail map from the cinema from 2pm.
Clue + Murder Mystery Trail
A 40th anniversary screening of the murderously funny, Clue in the atmospheric Moot Hall.
Presented by Forum Cinema Hexham with a specially designed murder mystery town trail prior to the film – prizes to be won for those that solve the crime correctly.
Pick up your game sheet and trail map from the cinema from 2pm.
The Count of Monte Cristo
Forum Cinema Hexham
Presented by Hexham Town Twinning Association.
The target of a sinister plot, young Edmond Dantes is arrested on his wedding day for a crime he did not commit. After fourteen years in the island prison of Château d’If, he manages a daring escape. Now rich beyond his dreams, he assumes the identity of the Count of Monte Cristo and exacts his revenge on the three men who betrayed him.
Presented by Hexham Town Twinning Association.
The target of a sinister plot, young Edmond Dantes is arrested on his wedding day for a crime he did not commit. After fourteen years in the island prison of Château d’If, he manages a daring escape. Now rich beyond his dreams, he assumes the identity of the Count of Monte Cristo and exacts his revenge on the three men who betrayed him.
UK PREMIERE: The Courageous
Forum Cinema, Hexham
In a small town on the edge of wild country, an eccentric and delinquent mother has had enough of the rules.
Crushed by her mistakes and by a society that doesn't give a damn –or a second chance – to people like her, she'll do anything to prove to her children, and to herself, that she still is a good person.
In a small town on the edge of wild country, an eccentric and delinquent mother has had enough of the rules.
Crushed by her mistakes and by a society that doesn't give a damn –or a second chance – to people like her, she'll do anything to prove to her children, and to herself, that she still is a good person.
The Deep Blue Sea
The Wylam Institute
Terence Davies’s gorgeous post-war romance puts British values of propriety on the line, as the wife of a judge finds herself caught in a self-destructive love affair with a Royal Air Force pilot.
Terence Davies’s gorgeous post-war romance puts British values of propriety on the line, as the wife of a judge finds herself caught in a self-destructive love affair with a Royal Air Force pilot.
PREVIEW: Flow
Forum Cinema Hexham
A wondrous journey, through realms natural and mystical, Flow follows a courageous cat after his home is devastated by a great flood. Finding refuge on a boat populated by various species, they navigate the challenges and dangers of adapting to this new world.
Speaking on the fragility of the environment and the spirit of community, this animated spectacle from Latvia is a feast for the senses and a treasure for the heart unlike anything else.
Nominated for Best International and Best Animated film at this years Oscars.
Join in on a town litter pick led by Hexham Wombles, meeting at the cinema at 11:30. Participation entitles you to a free popcorn to enjoy with the film.
A wondrous journey, through realms natural and mystical, Flow follows a courageous cat after his home is devastated by a great flood. Finding refuge on a boat populated by various species, they navigate the challenges and dangers of adapting to this new world.
Speaking on the fragility of the environment and the spirit of community, this animated spectacle from Latvia is a feast for the senses and a treasure for the heart unlike anything else.
Nominated for Best International and Best Animated film at this years Oscars.
Join in on a town litter pick led by Hexham Wombles, meeting at the cinema at 11:30. Participation entitles you to a free popcorn to enjoy with the film.
Hexham Heads
Forum Cinema Hexham
Based on a series of paranormal events that took place in the early ‘70s in Hexham, this modern-day, experimental folk tale combines photographic documentation with personal archive material and dreamlike sequences to reconstruct the eerie events surrounding the unearthed stone heads.
This screening is presented by Hexham Community Partnership and is supported by exclusive additional recorded materials from filmmakers Chloë Delanghe & Mattijs Driesen.
Based on a series of paranormal events that took place in the early ‘70s in Hexham, this modern-day, experimental folk tale combines photographic documentation with personal archive material and dreamlike sequences to reconstruct the eerie events surrounding the unearthed stone heads.
This screening is presented by Hexham Community Partnership and is supported by exclusive additional recorded materials from filmmakers Chloë Delanghe & Mattijs Driesen.
I am Martin Parr
Forum Cinema, Hexham
Since the 1970s, English photographer Martin Parr has held up a sometimes tender, sometimes critical and always mischievous mirror to our times, forcing us to take a hard look at how consumer society has shaped our lives.
Discover the maverick behind some of the most iconic images of the past century on an intimate and exclusive road trip across England with the uncompromising Parr, whose subjects, frames and colours have revolutionised contemporary photography.
This screening is presented by Hexham Photography Group who will provide a short pre-film introduction.
Since the 1970s, English photographer Martin Parr has held up a sometimes tender, sometimes critical and always mischievous mirror to our times, forcing us to take a hard look at how consumer society has shaped our lives.
Discover the maverick behind some of the most iconic images of the past century on an intimate and exclusive road trip across England with the uncompromising Parr, whose subjects, frames and colours have revolutionised contemporary photography.
This screening is presented by Hexham Photography Group who will provide a short pre-film introduction.
Lady Macbeth
The Hearth Arts Centre
In 19th-century rural England, a young bride who has been sold into marriage discovers an unstoppable desire within herself as she enters into an affair with a worker on her estate.
In 19th-century rural England, a young bride who has been sold into marriage discovers an unstoppable desire within herself as she enters into an affair with a worker on her estate.
The Lady Vanishes
Haltwhistle Old Booking Hall
Travellers on a trans-European train are delayed for a night due to bad weather in a small fictional country called Mandrika. The passengers cram into the small village hotel where a young socialite befriends an old governess. Shortly after the journey restarts, the governess disappears and the young woman, questioning her own state of mind, sets out to investigate.
This screening is presented by Tyne Valley Community Rail Partnership.
Travellers on a trans-European train are delayed for a night due to bad weather in a small fictional country called Mandrika. The passengers cram into the small village hotel where a young socialite befriends an old governess. Shortly after the journey restarts, the governess disappears and the young woman, questioning her own state of mind, sets out to investigate.
This screening is presented by Tyne Valley Community Rail Partnership.
The Last Shepherds
The Sill: National Landscape Discovery Centre
A special one-off screening of the 2004 Tyne Tees series ‘The Last Shepherds’ in partnership with the North-East Film Archive. Film maker Charles Bowden was keen to document the traditional ways of life in the countryside before they disappeared. In the early 2000’s, he had his opportunity.
A captivating glimpse of a fading era, this series follows Dave, Stewart and wife Gwen as they tend their flocks on the rugged Cheviot Hills in Northumberland.
Inspirational and evocative, this fascinating look at shepherding traditions chronicles a way of life that is now becoming a distant memory.
This is a rare opportunity to experience this 4-part documentary 20 years after it was first broadcast.
A special one-off screening of the 2004 Tyne Tees series ‘The Last Shepherds’ in partnership with the North-East Film Archive. Film maker Charles Bowden was keen to document the traditional ways of life in the countryside before they disappeared. In the early 2000’s, he had his opportunity.
A captivating glimpse of a fading era, this series follows Dave, Stewart and wife Gwen as they tend their flocks on the rugged Cheviot Hills in Northumberland.
Inspirational and evocative, this fascinating look at shepherding traditions chronicles a way of life that is now becoming a distant memory.
This is a rare opportunity to experience this 4-part documentary 20 years after it was first broadcast.
Limbo
Newbrough Town Hall
On a fictional remote Scottish island, a group of new arrivals await the results of their asylum claims. Among them is Omar, a young Syrian musician burdened by the weight of his grandfather’s oud, which he has carried all the way from his homeland.
On a fictional remote Scottish island, a group of new arrivals await the results of their asylum claims. Among them is Omar, a young Syrian musician burdened by the weight of his grandfather’s oud, which he has carried all the way from his homeland.
Lucifer Rising
Star and Shadow Cinema
Accompanied by a live score from Boy Latex.
Egyptian gods summon the angel Lucifer to usher in a new occult age, in this epic short film from daring underground experimentalist, Kenneth Anger.
Boy Latex, a North-East based trio whose art and music incorporates elements of harsh noise, punk and ambient experimentation have created an original score which will be performed live.
Accompanied by a live score from Boy Latex.
Egyptian gods summon the angel Lucifer to usher in a new occult age, in this epic short film from daring underground experimentalist, Kenneth Anger.
Boy Latex, a North-East based trio whose art and music incorporates elements of harsh noise, punk and ambient experimentation have created an original score which will be performed live.
My Favourite Cake
General Havelock Inn, Haydon Bridge
Mahin lives alone in Tehran since her husband’s death and her daughter’s departure for Europe, until an afternoon tea with friends leads her to break her solitary routine and revitalize her love life.
This screening is presented by Haltwhistle Film Project, with a two-course meal served before film.
Mahin lives alone in Tehran since her husband’s death and her daughter’s departure for Europe, until an afternoon tea with friends leads her to break her solitary routine and revitalize her love life.
This screening is presented by Haltwhistle Film Project, with a two-course meal served before film.
Northern Soul
Elsdon Village Hall
An authentic and uplifting depiction of the nightclub-based movement that developed in 1970's working class Britain. 'Northern Soul' would change an entire generation of youth culture.
This screening is presented by Elsdon Film Club and includes a film quiz and gin bar open for refreshments.
An authentic and uplifting depiction of the nightclub-based movement that developed in 1970's working class Britain. 'Northern Soul' would change an entire generation of youth culture.
This screening is presented by Elsdon Film Club and includes a film quiz and gin bar open for refreshments.
The Outrun
Forum Books, Corbridge
Based on the best-selling memoir by Amy Liptrot and set in the otherworldly Orkney islands of Scotland.
The Outrun is a brutally honest drama about addiction and recovery, strength and survival, mental health and the ability of the sea, the land and of people to restore life and renew hope.
All tickets include a welcome drink and a small serving of popcorn.
Based on the best-selling memoir by Amy Liptrot and set in the otherworldly Orkney islands of Scotland.
The Outrun is a brutally honest drama about addiction and recovery, strength and survival, mental health and the ability of the sea, the land and of people to restore life and renew hope.
All tickets include a welcome drink and a small serving of popcorn.
The People's Joker
Forum Cinema, Hexham
This revolutionary DIY parody film and hilarious reimagining of the classic autobiographical coming-of-age story follows an unconfident, closeted trans girl as she moves to Gotham City to make it big as a comedian by joining the cast of UCB Live - a government-sanctioned late night sketch show in a world where comedy has been outlawed.
As mainstream success eludes our heroine, leading her to unite with a ragtag team of rejects, misfits, and a certain love interest named Mister J, "Joker the Harlequin" is born again as a confident (and psychotic) joker on a collision course with the city's fascist caped crusader.
Helmed by writer/director/editor/star Vera Drew and using her own life experiences as a basis for the film, The People’s Joker is a deeply personal journey that's as much documentary as it is parody.
This screening is hosted by drag artist Sweet Boy and is free for 16-25 Forum Cinema members.
This revolutionary DIY parody film and hilarious reimagining of the classic autobiographical coming-of-age story follows an unconfident, closeted trans girl as she moves to Gotham City to make it big as a comedian by joining the cast of UCB Live - a government-sanctioned late night sketch show in a world where comedy has been outlawed.
As mainstream success eludes our heroine, leading her to unite with a ragtag team of rejects, misfits, and a certain love interest named Mister J, "Joker the Harlequin" is born again as a confident (and psychotic) joker on a collision course with the city's fascist caped crusader.
Helmed by writer/director/editor/star Vera Drew and using her own life experiences as a basis for the film, The People’s Joker is a deeply personal journey that's as much documentary as it is parody.
This screening is hosted by drag artist Sweet Boy and is free for 16-25 Forum Cinema members.
Perfect Days
Allendale Village Hall
Hirayama lives a life of blissful contentment, spending his days balancing his job as a caretaker of Tokyo’s public toilets with his passion for music, literature, and photography. His structured routine is slowly interrupted by unexpected encounters that force him to reconnect with his past.
Complimentary glass of wine included in ticket price.
Hirayama lives a life of blissful contentment, spending his days balancing his job as a caretaker of Tokyo’s public toilets with his passion for music, literature, and photography. His structured routine is slowly interrupted by unexpected encounters that force him to reconnect with his past.
Complimentary glass of wine included in ticket price.
The Princess Bride
Kielder Primary School
The classic fairytale adventure of a farmboy-turned-pirate who encounters enemies and allies across the kingdom of Florin in his quest to be reunited with his true love, the beautiful Buttercup.
Complimentary popcorn and drink included in ticket price.
The classic fairytale adventure of a farmboy-turned-pirate who encounters enemies and allies across the kingdom of Florin in his quest to be reunited with his true love, the beautiful Buttercup.
Complimentary popcorn and drink included in ticket price.
QEHS Short Films
Hexham Town
A selection of short films made by students at Queen Elizabeth High School. Films will be shown between the hours of 10:30-12:30 at the following venues.
Forum Cinema bar/cafe, Hexham Abbey, Hexham Community Centre, Gateway into the Community.
A selection of short films made by students at Queen Elizabeth High School. Films will be shown between the hours of 10:30-12:30 at the following venues.
Forum Cinema bar/cafe, Hexham Abbey, Hexham Community Centre, Gateway into the Community.
PREVIEW: The Return
Forum Cinema, Hexham
A thrilling new take on Homer’s The Odyssey, starring Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche.
After 20 years away, Odysseus washes up on the shores of Ithaca, haggard and unrecognizable. The King has returned from the Trojan War, but much has changed in his kingdom.
Presented by Hexham Book Festival.
A thrilling new take on Homer’s The Odyssey, starring Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche.
After 20 years away, Odysseus washes up on the shores of Ithaca, haggard and unrecognizable. The King has returned from the Trojan War, but much has changed in his kingdom.
Presented by Hexham Book Festival.
PREVIEW: Satu: The Year of the Rabbit
Forum Cinema Hexham
Bo flees the capital of Laos in pursuit of a life in photojournalism. Along the way, she encounters Satu, a Buddhist orphan who might just have the story she’s looking for. The duo traverses the rich tropical landscape by motorcycle in search of answers and even themselves.
Bo flees the capital of Laos in pursuit of a life in photojournalism. Along the way, she encounters Satu, a Buddhist orphan who might just have the story she’s looking for. The duo traverses the rich tropical landscape by motorcycle in search of answers and even themselves.
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