Inspired by the greatest love story of all time.

A passionate, tumultuous love story set against the backdrop of the Yorkshire moors, Wuthering Heights explores the intense and destructive relationship between the tempestuous Catherine Earnshaw (Margot Robbie) and her tortured counterpart, Heathcliff (Jacob Elordi).

Expanding upon the world created by Danny Boyle and Alex Garland in 28 Years Later - but turning that world on its head - Nia DaCosta directs 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple.

In a continuation of the epic story, Dr. Kelson (Ralph Fiennes) finds himself in a shocking new relationship - with consequences that could change the world as they know it - and Spike's (Alfie Williams) encounter with Jimmy Crystal (Jack O'Connell) becomes a nightmare he can't escape. In the world of The Bone Temple, the infected are no longer the greatest threat to survival - the inhumanity of the survivors can be stranger and more terrifying.

Artist Petra Szemán presents a rare screening of Makoto Shinkai’s 2007 anime alongside a selection of their own video work. A Tyne Valley Film Festival screening at Star and Shadow Cinema, Newcastle.

Petra Szemán is a moving image artist working with animation and game-like landscapes. Using a virtual version of themself as a protagonist journeying through animatic realms, they explore liminal spaces and threshold situations, looking to dissect the ways our memories and selves are constructed within a landscape oversaturated with fiction (both on- and off-screen).

In 5 Centimetres per Second, director Makoto Shinkai (Your Name, Weathering With You) tells the tale of two close friends separated by chance and reunited by determination. A journey into three interconnected tales of love and lost innocence that span the minutes and months of their lives.

Please note this screening takes place at Star and Shadow Cinema, please arrive to the venue in good time.

See our full festival programme at tynevalleyfilmfestival.com

Image from ‘About their Distance’, by Petra Szemán, 2023.

A Tyne Valley Film Festival Screening presented by Hexham Town Council at Hexham Community Centre. See our full programme here.

Set in the vast snow kingdom at the top of the world, Arctic Tale is a real-life adventure from the people who brought you March of the Penguins.

Narrated by Queen Latifa, we follow two very different arctic creatures, Nanu the polar bear cub and Seela the walrus pup. Armed only with their natural instincts and mothers’ guidance, these inspiring animals face countless trials and challenges in a beautiful icebound world that is rapidly melting beneath them.

Please note this screening takes place at Hexham Community Centre, please arrive at the venue in good time.

All tickets to this screening are just £3.

A timeless black comedy from Frank Capra and Cary Grant, Arsenic and Old Lace screens in St. Andrews cemetery chapel in this Tyne Valley Film Festival screening. See our full festival programme here.

This riotously funny farce is the story of two charming old aunts and their surprising hobby… killing lonely old men and burying them in the cellar!

A marvellous meeting of the madcap and the macabre, this 1944 comedy finds humour in the most unexpected places and is sure to tickle a funny bone or two

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Please note this screening takes place at St Andrews cemetery chapel. Please arrive to the venue in good time.  

A Tyne Valley Film Festival screening. See our full programme here:

Join us at our Tyne Valley Film Festival opening night party to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Mark Herman’s award-winning comedy, starring Ewan McGregor, Pete Postlethwaite and Tara Fitzgerald, filmed entirely on location in Yorkshire.

The Grimley Colliery Brass Band are local heroes of their small town, led by retired miner Danny. As the band prepare for national competition the local coal mine is threatened with closure and Danny has trouble maintaining the morale of the musicians. But he believes they have what it takes to win and restore pride back to their community.

Please note that Forum Cinema memberships are not valid across Tyne Valley Film Festival screenings.

Frida Kahlo is a phenomenon. She is arguably the world’s favourite female artist – beloved by young and old. Exhibition on Screen’s award-winning film – first released during covid to a restricted audience - is back by popular demand with an exciting new addition from the blockbuster transatlantic exhibition from Tate Britain and MFA Houston 'Frida Kahlo: the Making of an Icon'. Back in the cinemas in May 2026, one month before the Tate exhibition opens, allowing audiences to watch both the film and see the show.

Who was Frida Kahlo? Everyone knows her face but who was the woman behind the bright colours, the big brows and the floral crowns? Take a journey through the life of a true icon, discover her art, and uncover the true story of her rebellious, passionate and turbulent life.

Making use of the latest technology to deliver previously unimaginable quality, we take an in-depth look at key works throughout her career. Using letters Kahlo wrote to guide us, this definitive film reveals her deepest emotions and unlocks the secrets and symbolism contained within her art.

Created in close collaboration with world experts and those who knew her.

Additional new material from the curators of the groundbreaking new Tate Britain and MFA Houston exhibition.

Celebrating the 250th anniversary of their births, this unmissable new documentary explores Turner and Constable’s intertwined lives and legacies alongside the groundbreaking Tate exhibition.

Two of Britain’s greatest painters, J.M.W. Turner and John Constable were also the greatest of rivals. Born within a year of each other, both used landscape painting to reflect the changing world around them. Tate Britain is bringing these two greats together for a groundbreaking exhibition, in London from November 2025 to April 2026, and Exhibition on Screen once again has exclusive and privileged access to bring their extraordinary art and remarkable stories to the big screen in February so that you can enjoy both film and exhibition together. Discover unexpected sides to both artists with intimate views of sketchbooks and personal items and insights from leading experts.

Turner’s blazing sunsets and sublime scenes from his travels and Constable’s idealised depictions of beloved places from home whipped the public of the time into a frenzy of enthusiasm. Constable represents the very best of the old school of realism and pastoral nostalgia; Turner, an exciting new way of depicting emotion and dreamlike impressions. Critics compared their starkly different styles to a clash of ‘fire and water’. Don’t miss this opportunity to see these greats side-by-side, as they so often were in life, on the big screen for the first time.

Running time TBC

From Sony Pictures Animation, the studio behind Spider-Man™: Across the Spider-Verse and the artists that made KPop Demon Hunters, comes GOAT, an original action-comedy set in an all-animal world.

The story follows Will, a small goat with big dreams who gets a once-in-a-lifetime shot to join the pros and play roarball – a high-intensity, co-ed, full-contact sport dominated by the fastest, fiercest animals in the world. Will’s new teammates aren’t thrilled about having a little goat on their roster, but Will is determined to revolutionize the sport and prove once and for all that “smalls can ball!”

When Helen's beloved father passes away, she is knocked sideways by grief and loses herself in memories of their time birding and exploring the natural world together. She becomes obsessed with the idea of training her own goshawk, and so she brings the fearsome bird Mabel home to her life as a graduate fellow at Cambridge.

Helen fills the freezer with hawk food and turns off her phone, ready to embark on the long, strange business of trying to train this wildest of animals. But as she labours to tame Mabel, a grieving Helen undergoes an untaming of her own.

A record of a spiritual journey, H is for Hawk is a story about memory and nature and how it might be possible to reconcile death with life and love.

From Academy Award® winning writer/director Chloé Zhao, HAMNET tells the powerful story of love and loss that inspired the creation of Shakespeare’s timeless masterpiece, Hamlet.

1580 England. Impoverished Latin tutor William Shakespeare meets free-spirited Agnes, and the pair, captivated by one another, strike up a torrid affair that leads to marriage and three children. Yet as Will pursues a budding theatre career in far-away London, Agnes anchors the domestic sphere alone. When tragedy strikes, the couple’s once-unshakable bond is tested, but their shared experience sets the stage for the creation of Shakespeare’s timeless masterpiece, Hamlet

A Tyne Valley Film Festival screening. See our full programme here.

Hinter: An Apocalypse is a film rooted in the history, both recent and ancient, of the area surrounding Hadrian’s Wall in Northumberland, the northernmost county in England. Questioning the nature of enclosure and land ownership, the piece traces a common thread of self-destruction from the colonial project, stretching back to the Roman Empire, to the acts of ecological vandalism which take place on both large and small scales in the present day.

Seeking to encapsulate this quiet landscape that is at the same time a teeming repository of stories, violence, politics, and existential lessons, Hinter functions as both an elegy for an ancient tree and a protest against human rapaciousness and abuse of power.

A film by Matthew Burdis, written by Rachel Chanter, narrated by Claire Rodgerson (The Old Oak) with an original score by Barry Hyde (The Futureheads).

Tickets to this screening are just £3 or free when booked with Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves.

A Tyne Valley Film Festival screening. See our full programme here.

In Fading Light is a feature drama set within the declining fishing industry of North Shields, written by local writer Tom Hadaway and produced by Amber Films in 1989. The film centres on the upheaval caused in a traditional fishing community by the unexpected arrival of a young woman.

To authentically depict the community, Amber Films purchased and operated a 63-foot anchor seine netter, integrating themselves into the daily routines of the fishermen. Actors auditioning for roles found themselves at sea for days, gutting fish alongside seasoned fishermen. When the story required a storm sequence, cast, crew, and fishermen set sail into a force 9 gale, with tripods anchored to the deck.

The outcome is an authentic blend of drama and documentary of epic human proportions. A beautiful visual record of a once true time and place, and a vital lasting piece of independent British social-realist cinema.

Please note this screening takes place at Hexham Library, please arrive prior to the ticketed time.

Comedian James Acaster unleashes his infectious energy as he explores his love/hate relationship with stand-up - while welcoming a heckle or two.

Filmed in Truro, Dublin and Northampton, we see how this experiment panned out in front of three very different audiences.

Join us for the Kendal Mountain Cinematic Tour 2026! This exclusive film-only event brings you a handpicked selection of Kendal Mountain Festival’s award-winning adventure films, showcasing daring feats, breathtaking locations, and powerful stories of human resilience.

Experience the thrill and excitement from the comfort of your seat; whether you're a seasoned adventurer, or simply someone who loves a great story, this is your chance to escape into the world’s most stunning landscapes and be inspired by the extraordinary journeys of those who dare to explore them.

It’s time to dance, magic, dance all the way to our cinema screen as Jim Henson’s beloved musical fantasy Labyrinth celebrates its landmark 40th anniversary.

When Sarah is forced to babysit her half-brother Toby, she inadvertently summons the Goblin King who whisks Toby away to his castle at the center of a labyrinth. Sarah enters into a bargain with the Goblin King where she is given just thirteen hours to solve the labyrinth and rescue Toby, or else lose him forever.

A Tyne Valley Film Festival screening. See our full programme here.

This richly crafted, hand-drawn 2D animated adventure marks the first fully animated feature-length film in Looney Tunes history, told on a scope and scale that’s truly out of this world.

Porky Pig and Daffy Duck venture to the big screen as unlikely heroes and Earth’s only hope when their antics at the local bubble gum factory uncover a secret alien mind control plot. Faced with cosmic odds, the two are determined to save their town (and the world!) ... that is if they don’t drive each other totally looney in the process.

Anyone aged 25 or under can choose our £3 ticket option!

Please note that Forum Cinema memberships are not valid across Tyne Valley Film Festival screenings.

Celebrate 25 years of Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings in our special extended marathon.

Choose to watch one, two or all three. Booking for all three films grants you a 50% off ticket discount automatically applied at checkout.

Journey through Middle-Earth with Frodo Baggins and his trusted fellowship in their epic quest to destroy the One Ring and defeat the dark lord Sauron.

Running order;

Fellowship of the Ring: 10am

35 minute Intermission

The Two Towers: 2pm

40 minute Intermission:

The Return of the King: 6:20pm

End of event: 10.20pm

Films start promptly at times listed above, please arrive in good time.

Celebrate 25 years of Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings in our special extended marathon.

Choose to watch one, two or all three. Booking for all three films grants you a 50% off ticket discount automatically applied at checkout.

Journey through Middle-Earth with Frodo Baggins and his trusted fellowship in their epic quest to destroy the One Ring and defeat the dark lord Sauron.

Running order;

Fellowship of the Ring: 10am

35 minute Intermission

The Two Towers: 2pm

40 minute Intermission:

The Return of the King: 6:20pm

End of event: 10.20pm

Films start promptly at times listed above, please arrive in good time.

Celebrate 25 years of Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings in our special extended marathon.

Choose to watch one, two or all three. Booking for all three films grants you a 50% off ticket discount automatically applied at checkout.

Journey through Middle-Earth with Frodo Baggins and his trusted fellowship in their epic quest to destroy the One Ring and defeat the dark lord Sauron.

Running order;

Fellowship of the Ring: 10am

35 minute Intermission

The Two Towers: 2pm

40 minute Intermission:

The Return of the King: 6:20pm

End of event: 10.20pm

Films start promptly at times listed above, please arrive in good time.

Already tipped to be one of the year’s very best films, Marty Supreme is a hyperkinetic American epic. A stylish and chaotic rise to glory parable, set in the competitive world of 1950’s Ping Pong.

Timothée Chalamet plays Marty Mauser in an impressive performance reminiscent of ‘70s Al Pacino. Marty dreams of world-conquering success in the up-and-coming sport of table tennis and will do whatever it takes to capture the greatness he believes is his.

£3 tickets for our 16-25 members!

Following her acclaimed 2024 company debut in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, soprano Asmik Grigorian returns to the Met as Tatiana, the lovestruck young heroine in this ardent operatic adaptation of Pushkin. Baritone Igor Golovatenko reprises his portrayal of the urbane Onegin, who realizes his affection for her all too late. The Met’s evocative production, directed by Tony Award–winner Deborah Warner, “offers a beautifully detailed reading of … Tchaikovsky’s lyrical romance” (The Telegraph).

Sung in Russian with subtitles.

Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad) and Marianne Jean-Baptiste (Hard Truths) feature in a five-star, triumphantly acclaimed new production of Arthur Miller’s classic play, from visionary director Ivo Van Hove (A View from the Bridge).

One family, the heart of the American dream. When wartime delivers profits for Joe, it comes at a price when his partner is charged with criminal manufacturing deals, and his eldest son goes missing in action. Will peacetime bring peace of mind, or will he be confronted by the consequence of his actions?

Filmed live from the West End, Paapa Essiedu (I May Destroy You), Tom Glynn-Carney (House of the Dragon), and Hayley Squires (I, Daniel Blake) also feature in this disturbingly prescient play.

BAFTA Award-winner Lesley Manville (Phantom Thread) joins Aidan Turner (Rivals) in a striking new staging of Christopher Hampton’s celebrated adaptation of the classic novel, where among the glittering salons of the super-rich, one misstep can mean ruin.

Marquise de Merteuil is a master in the art of survival. Alongside the magnetic Vicomte de Valmont, they turn seduction into strategy and weaponise desire. But when their alliance collapses into rivalry, the battle between them threatens to destroy everyone in their path.

Filmed live on stage at the National Theatre, Marianne Elliott (Angels in America) directs this thrilling game of love, lies, and social warfare.

Final runtime TBC.

Returning to cinemas for the first time in over a decade, Helen Mirren plays Queen Elizabeth II in the Olivier and Tony Award-winning production, directed by Stephen Daldry.

For 60 years, Queen Elizabeth II met with each of her 12 prime ministers in a private weekly meeting. This meeting is known as The Audience. From Winston Churchill to Margaret Thatcher and David Cameron, the Queen advised her prime ministers on matters both public and personal. Through these private audiences, we see glimpses of the woman behind the crown and witness the moments that shaped a monarch.

Peter Morgan’s Netflix phenomenon The Crown was based on this hit play that was captured live from London’s West End in 2013 and went on to become one of the most-watched NT Live productions.

Final runtime TBC.

Nicola Coughlan (Bridgerton) joins Eanna Hardwicke (The Sixth Commandment) and Siobhan McSweeney (Derry Girls) in John Millington Synge’s riveting play of youth and self-discovery.

Pegeen Flaherty’s life is turned upside down when a young man walks into her pub claiming that he’s killed his father. Instead of being shunned, the killer becomes a local hero and begins to win hearts, that is until a second man unexpectedly arrives on the scene…

Filmed live on stage at the National Theatre, Caitriona McLaughlin directs this darkly funny tale full to the brim with secrets.

Final runtime TBC.

Shakespeare’s OTHELLO rages to life like never before in a ‘compelling’ (★★★★ Telegraph) new production starring David Harewood OBE (Homeland), Toby Jones OBE (Mr Bates vs the Post Office), Caitlin FitzGerald (Succession), Vinette Robinson (Boiling Point) and Luke Treadaway (A Street Cat Named Bob).

Directed by Tony Award-winner Tom Morris OBE (War Horse), with music by PJ Harvey, this epic story of manipulation, jealousy and toxic masculinity explores the darker side of power, rage and desire. Filmed live at the Theatre Royal Haymarket in London especially for the big screen, this is ‘an electrifying star-studded Othello.’  (★★★★ Mail on Sunday)

Final runtime TBC

A Tyne Valley Film Festival screening. See our full programme here.

In 1936, as the British Empire tightens its grip on Palestine, Yusuf is caught between his village home and his work in Jerusalem. Amidst an anti-colonial revolt, and Jewish refugees fleeing persecution from Europe, all sides converge in a decisive moment for the entire region. Palestine's Official Selection for the 98th Academy Awards.

Prior to Palestine 36 we are proud to present the short film Ana Dammi Falastini, made by North East arts collective, Zeytoun Arts. This official selection of the 2025 BFI Film Festival, delves into the life of a Palestinian in Newcastle. Separated from a culture and a way of life, this film captures the power of the human spirit in the face of adversity, offering hope, challenging narratives, and inspiring solidarity.

Please note that Forum Cinema memberships are not valid across Tyne Valley Film Festival screenings.

A Tyne Valley Film Festival screening presented by Hexham Community Partnership. See our full programme here. 

A whole decade before Get Carter would depict Tyneside’s gritty underworld to international acclaim, Payroll set the template with this overlooked Newcastle heist thriller.

The familiar winding streets and dramatic high and low levels of the city provide the perfect action setting as a vicious gang of crook’s plan to steal the wages of a local factory. When the factory unexpectedly employs an armoured van to carry the cash, the plan is botched and the men turn on each other in the ensuing fallout.

Prior to Payroll we are pleased to present Nails, a short action film made by Newcastle Film Club.

Please note that Forum Cinema memberships are not valid across Tyne Valley Film Festival screenings.

A Tyne Valley Film Festival screening at Queens Hall Studio. See our full programme here.

Child poverty at 30%. Youth services cuts at 80%. The UK’s highest crime rate committed by 10–17-year-olds. The highest suicide rate in men aged under 45 in the UK. The stark realities of life in the council estates of Sunderland, North East England.

Steven France, community activist and mixed martial arts coach (MMA), haunted by the suicide of step-father Mickey, found MMA as his saviour from the trappings of these very estates. Determined to force change from within. His objective; to do the same with a group of troubled youngsters, each facing their own unique challenges. Be it battles with drugs, unemployment and poverty, the weight of terminal illness or the trials of immigration and having to abandon family, thousands of miles away.

‘Poised’ is a high stakes, human interest tale set over a year in the lives of Steven and the four youngsters, as they battle their demons in a search for hope and to not become yet another statistic blighted by their environment.

Filmmaker Toby Robson will join us for an in person post film Q&A.

Please note this screening takes place at Queens Hall, Studio. Please arrive to the venue in good time.

A Tyne Valley Film Festival Screening. See our full programme here.

Based on a true story that’s stranger than fiction, James McAvoy’s directorial debut is the irresistible, feel-good underdog tale of Silibil N’ Brains, the Dundee rap duo, who determined to escape regional prejudice reinvent themselves as a self-confident pair of American MCs to achieve their dreams of hip-hop stardom.

In the early 2000’s, Dundee rappers Gavin Bain and Billy Boyd were talented, hungry, but dismissed for sounding "too Scottish" to make it in hip hop. So they hatched an audacious plan: fake American identities, re-record their tracks with Californian accents, and hustle their way into the heart of the UK music industry as “Silibil N’ Brains”—childhood friends of D12 and stars-in-the-making.

To their shock, the plan works. Record deals, media buzz, and gigs with hip hop legends follow. But as their deception deepens, the pressure mounts and cracks begin to show. How long can you live the dream when it’s built on a lie?

With bold humour, raw emotion, and a defiant spirit, CALIFORNIA SCHEMIN’ is a love letter to outsiders, underdogs, and the pursuit of fame—but asks, at what cost.

This is a preview screening, meaning you get to watch this film before its general release!

Please note that Forum Cinema memberships are not valid across Tyne Valley Film Festival screenings.

A Tyne Valley Film Festival screening. See our full programme here.

Legendary filmmaker Gus Van Sant returns from a 7-year hiatus with this true crime thriller that dramatises the events of a 1977 hostage crisis with “black-comic flair and cool, cruel unsentimentality.”

Starring Bill Skarsgard, Cary Elwes, Al Pacino, Myha'la, Colman Domingo and Dacre Montgomery.

The morning of February 8, 1977, Anthony G. “Tony” Kiritsis, 44, entered the office of Richard O. Hall, president of the Meridian Mortgage Company, and took him hostage with a sawed-off 12-gauge shotgun wired with a “dead man’s wire” from the trigger to Hall’s head. This is the true story of the stand-off that took the world by storm as Tony demanded $5 million, no charges or prosecution, and a personal apology from the Halls for cheating him out of what he was “owed.”

This is a preview screening, meaning you get to watch this film before its general release!

Please note that Forum Cinema memberships are not valid across Tyne Valley Film Festival screenings.

A Tyne Valley Film Festival screening presented by Hexham Town Twinning Association. See our full programme here.

Keith Jarrett’s iconic January 1975 performance nearly never happened. Based on a true story, Koln 75 follows the young, driven concert promoter Vera Brandes as she conceived and organises the event against all odds.

From securing the venue and selling tickets to persuading Jarrett to perform when the promised Bosendofer Imperial Grand piano is missing, Vera’s determination is tested at every turn. The film reveals the compelling and little-known story behind Jarrett’s one-hour, entirely improvised concert, which went to become the best-selling solo jazz album in history.

This is a preview screening, meaning you get to watch this film before its general release!

Please note that Forum Cinema memberships are not valid across Tyne Valley Film Festival screenings.

A Tyne Valley Film Festival screening. See our full programme here.

In Rose of Nevada, a long-lost fishing boat mysteriously returns to the harbour of a forgotten Cornish village. George MacKay and Callum Turner play the newly enlisted men who climb aboard and set out to sea only to find they’ve slipped back in time; the villagers greet them as if they are the original lost crew.

Rose of Nevada is one-of-a-kind filmmaker Mark Jenkin’s hotly anticipated and critically acclaimed follow up to his BAFTA award winning first feature Bait (2019) and Enys Men (2022). Unique among British feature filmmakers for the analogue way in which he crafts his films, once again Jenkin is the writer, director, director of photography, editor, sound designer and score composer.

We’re pleased to be joined by local folk vocal group The Keelers, who will get us warmed up with some pre-film Sea Shanties.

“A Cornish modern classic. Eerie,heart-breaking, wonderful.”

 - Mark Kermode

This is a preview screening, meaning you get to watch this film before its general release!

Please note that Forum Cinema memberships are not valid across Tyne Valley Film Festival screenings.

A Tyne Valley Film Festival screening. See our full programme here.

The best-reviewed film of the 2025 Berlinale, The Blue Trail is a transfixing late in life coming of age tale where the unfamiliar river bends to new routes of freedom.

In near future Brazil, elderly citizens are forced to relocate to remote retirement colonies to avoid hindering their offspring’s productivity. Having reached the fateful age, defiant Tereza instead embarks on an illegal but life-changing journey through the Amazon.

"A boisterous anti-ageism parable."

 - The Guardian

This is a preview screening, meaning you get to watch this film before its general release!

Please note that Forum Cinema memberships are not valid across Tyne Valley Film Festival screenings.

A Tyne Valley Film Festival screening. See our full programme here.

Having taken the same 350-mile walk in their youth, former best friends and roommates Chris and Lluis meet up after a decade to hike Scotland’s West Highland Way and Cape Wrath Trail. The pair hope to rekindle their once-strong friendship by spending 30 days together in the majestic, raw beauty of the Scottish Highlands.

Shot entirely on the route of the walk, and in chronological order, The North is a beautiful ode to friendship and the healing power of nature.  It’s not only a poignant and powerful drama, but also perhaps the definitive hiking film, allowing us to take in the stunning majesty of the Highlands shoulder-to-shoulder with Lluis and Chris as they reconnect with each other and with nature.

This is a preview screening, meaning you get to watch this film before its general release!

Please note that Forum Cinema memberships are not valid across Tyne Valley Film Festival screenings.

A Tyne Valley Film Festival screening presented by Hexham Book Festival. See our full programme here.

A sublime adaptation of Albert Camus’ landmark novella from multi-award winning writer/director François Ozon.

In 1930s Algeria, apathetic Frenchman Meursault shows total indifference to life. His emotional detachment leads to a murder, followed by a trial that scrutinizes both the crime and his character.

A gripping account of human absurdity elegantly captured in crisp black and white photography. Ozon has said: ‘‘The themes in the book could hardly be more topical: an emotionally absent hero detached from the world, confronting our mortality, the individual’s quest for meaning in an increasingly alienating world.”

This is a preview screening, meaning you get to watch this film before its general release!

Please note that Forum Cinema memberships are not valid across Tyne Valley Film Festival screenings.

The peasant girl Giselle has fallen in love with Albrecht. When she discovers that he is actually a nobleman promised to another, she kills herself in despair. Her spirit joins the Wilis: the vengeful ghosts of women hell-bent on killing any man who crosses their path in a dance to the death. Wracked with guilt, Albrecht visits Giselle’s grave, where he must face the Wilis – and Giselle’s ghost.

Peter Wright’s 1985 production of this quintessential Romantic ballet is a classic of The Royal Ballet repertory. Set to Adolphe Adam’s evocative score and with atmospheric designs by John Macfarlane, Giselle conjures up the earthly and otherworldly realms in a tale of love, betrayal and redemption.

Raised by a scheming dwarf and unaware of his true family origins, a young man embarks on an epic journey. Soon, destiny brings him face-to-face with a shattered sword, a fearsome dragon and the cursed ring it guards, and a Valkyrie forced into enchanted slumber...

Moments of transcendent beauty and heroic triumph sparkle in the third chapter of Wagner’s Ring cycle, brought to life under Barrie Kosky’s inspired eye following his spectacular Das Rheingold (2023) and Die Walküre (2025). Andreas Schager, in his much-anticipated debut with The Royal Opera, stars as Siegfried’s titular hero, alongside Christopher Maltman’s towering Wanderer, Peter Hoare’s treacherous Mime and Elisabet Strid’s radiant Brünnhilde. Antonio Pappano conducts, drawing out the unspoken tensions and ethereal mysticism of Wagner’s dynamic score.

New production, sung in German with subtitles.

Princess Pamina has been captured. Her mother, the Queen of the Night, tasks the young Prince Tamino with her daughter’s rescue. But when Tamino and his friendly sidekick, Papageno, embark on their adventure, they soon learn that when it comes to the quest for love, nothing is as it really seems. Guided by a magic flute, they encounter monsters, villains, and a mysterious brotherhood of men – but help, it turns out, comes when you least expect it.

Mozart’s fantastical opera glitters in David McVicar’s enchanting production. A star cast including Julia Bullock as Pamina, Amitai Pati as Tamino, Huw Montague Rendall as Papageno, Kathryn Lewek as the Queen of the Night, and Soloman Howard as Sarastro, led by French conductor Marie Jacquot in her Covent Garden debut.

Sung in German with subtitles.

Virginia Woolf defied literary conventions to depict rich inner worlds – her heightened, startling and poignant reality. Resident Choreographer Wayne McGregor leads a luminous artistic team to evoke Woolf’s signature stream of consciousness writing style in this immense work that rejects traditional narrative structures. Woolf Works is a collage of themes from Mrs Dalloway, Orlando, The Waves and Woolf’s other writings. Created in 2015 for The Royal Ballet, this Olivier-award winning ballet triptych captures the heart of Woolf’s uniquely artistic spirit.

A Tyne Valley Film Festival screening. See our full programme here.

35 years ago, the ancient and idyllic local nature spot, The Sycamore Gap was forever immortalised in Hollywood frame. See it again on our big screen in this special screening of the adventure classic, that is followed by the new short film Hinter: An Apocalypse. A film rooted in the history, both recent and ancient, of the area surrounding Hadrian’s Wall.

Purchasing a ticket to Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves entitles you to a free ticket to Hinter: An Apocalypse. Automatically applied at checkout when booked together.

Please note that Forum Cinema memberships are not valid across Tyne Valley Film Festival screenings.

Tyne Valley Film Festival is pleased to present a 30 year anniversary screening of Baz Luhrmann’s iconic contemporary re-staging of Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet in Hexham’s historic and atmospheric Abbey.

A Cappella group Wildflowers will perform select songs prior to the film.

Against the urban backdrop of Verona Beach, California, the Montague and Capulet families are embroiled in a long-running feud.

Anyone aged 25 and under can select our £3 ticket option! See our full festival programme here.

Please note this screening takes place at Hexham Abbey, please arrive at the venue in good time.

Nora, a successful stage actress, reunites with her estranged father - a once-renowned film director planning a comeback with a script based on their family. When he offers Nora the lead role, which she promptly declines, he turns his attention to a rising Hollywood starlet instead.

A raw study of generational trauma, sisterhood and healing.

"Stellan Skarsgård gives one of his best performances in this tremendous Oscar contender."

- The Telegraph

A Tyne Valley Film Festival screening. See our full programme here.

We are pleased to present a curated selection of works from the illustrious career of South Shields animator Sheila Graber.

Creator of over 100 films, Graber has enjoyed a long career in animation - she’s even responsible for bringing Paddington Bear to our TV screens, animating for the 1980s TV series.

This showcase includes well known films such as Larn Yersel’ Geordie and My River Tyne, alongside lesser known gems.

Sheila will join us at the screening for an in person post film discussion, led by North East animator, Sheryl Jenkins.

A Tyne Valley Film Festival screening. See our full programme here.

Join us for a special screening of curated short films, all made by North East talent. This is a free screening but booking is still required.

A Tyne Valley Film Festival screening. See our full programme here.

Widely believed to be the very first animated feature film, Lotte Reiniger’s astonishing 1926 adaptation of tales from “One Thousand and One Nights” uses striking silhouette cutouts and gorgeous colour tinting to bring to life the story of an Arabian prince who is whisked away on a flying horse to an enchanted land where he tangles with an evil sorcerer, rescues a princess, and joins forces with none other than Aladdin.

Painstakingly composed frame by frame by Reiniger over the course of three years, this landmark work is both an enchanting storybook saga and a retina-delighting triumph of visual imagination.

Celebrate the films 100-year anniversary with this special screening at The Forum Cinema. All tickets just £3.

Considered by most film critics as the last great comedy of the silent era, Buster Keaton’s The General celebrates its landmark 100 year anniversary in this Tyne Valley Film Festival screening, with all tickets just £3.

Taking inspiration from a real Civil War incident when Union soldiers hijacked a Confederate train, The General is silent comedian Buster Keaton’s most grandly conceived project.

See our full festival programme here.

A Tyne Valley Film Festival relaxed screening presented by Daydream Cinema. See our full festival programme here.

David Lynch’s The Straight Story stands out amongst his impressive filmography as being perhaps his most spiritual and straightforward film.

A gentle and assured, slow moving road movie inspired by the true story of Alvin Straight. An elderly war veteran who in 1994 journeyed across America’s heartland on a lawn mower to visit his estranged brother after learning of his poor health conditions.

Daydream Cinema creates and supports accessible opportunities for neurodivergent and disabled people to enjoy films in their communities and in cinema venues. To see more about what to expect from our relaxed screenings, visit here.

January 29, 2024. Red Crescent volunteers receive an emergency call. A 5-year-old girl is trapped in a car under fire in Gaza, pleading for rescue. While trying to keep her on the line, they do everything they can to get an ambulance to her. Her name was Hind Rajab.

Kaouther Ben Hania’s (Four Daughters) film is an urgent and compassionate portrait of an avoidable tragedy, featuring the filmmaker’s characteristic blend of documentary and fiction.

“The most vital film of the decade”

GQ

“Daring… essential… breathtaking… Will earn its place among the frontrunners for awards”

  TIME OUT