This screening of 2040 (2019) is sponsored by Hexham Town Council, as part of Tyne Valley Film Festival.

A three year self-described labour of love, 2040 takes the form of a visual letter from the filmmaker to his four-year-old daughter Velvet, showing her what the year 2040 could look like “if we simply embraced the best solutions that exist today.”

"An optimists guide to saving the world." - Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian.

Led by Forum Cinema Hexham, Tyne Valley Film Festival is a community programmed film festival consisting of 29 screenings across 13 unique venues in the Tyne Valley.

All Quiet on the Western Front tells the gripping story of a young German soldier on the Western Front of World War I. Paul and his comrades experience first-hand how the initial euphoria of war turns into desperation and fear as they fight for their lives, and each other, in the trenches.

This spectacular epic based on the world renowned bestseller of the same name by Erich Maria Remarque, was nominated for 14 Bafta awards and 9 Oscars - Winning Best International Feature, Best Cinematography and Best Score.

When the geriatric ward in a small Yorkshire hospital is threatened with closure, the hospital decides to fight back by galvanising the local community: they invite a news crew to film their preparations for a concert in honour of the hospital's most distinguished nurse. What could go wrong?

Allelujah celebrates the spirit of the elderly patients whilst paying tribute to the deep humanity of the medical staff battling with limited resources and ever-growing demand.

Kicking off phase 5 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Super-Hero partners Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) and Hope Van Dyne (Evangeline Lilly) return to continue their adventures as Ant-Man and the Wasp.

Together, with Hope’s parents Hank Pym (Michael Douglas) and Janet Van Dyne (Michelle Pfeiffer), the family finds themselves exploring the Quantum Realm, interacting with strange new creatures and embarking on an adventure that will push them beyond the limits of what they thought was possible. Jonathan Majors joins the adventure as the time-travelling supervillian, Kang.

Both showings of Creature will open with a short film by regional choreographer and dance artist, Beth Veitch.

Beth will join us on March 28th to introduce her film Waiting for a Hug. Tickets to this show are FREE TO ALL FRIENDS OF THE FORUM.

Based on the acclaimed English National Ballet production, choreographed by Akram Khan and directed by Academy Award-winning director Asif Kapadia (Senna, Amy), Creature is a genre-busting collaboration that fuses film and contemporary dance.

In a dilapidated former Arctic research station, Creature is unknowingly enlisted by a military brigade into an experimental programme. Creature meets and falls in love with Marie, a cleaner who shows him kindness and compassion; together they dream of escape.

This vivid cinematic experience is a beautiful, tragic tale of an outsider’s search for belonging, the insatiable desires of the powerful, and the enduring hope found in human connection and compassion.

More on Beth's work can be found at, www.bethveitchdance.com

'Must I remember?'

Hamlet's father is dead. His mother has remarried. He is alone with his thoughts. Then, he speaks.

Haunted by grief, and with his world spinning violently out of control, Hamlet has to make some decisions: forget or remember; live or die.

Rising star Billy Howle (The Serpent, MotherFatherSon, On Chesil Beach) returns to Bristol Old Vic to play the title role.  This visceral new production directed by John Haidar (Richard III) excavates the dark subconscious of Shakespeare's greatest tragedy.

“Taut, claustrophobic and visually stunning” ★★★★★ - BRISTOL 24/7

Top 10 Best Theatre Shows of 2022 - THE OBSERVER, Susannah Clapp

Greetings, salutations. Welcome to Westerberg High, where Veronica Sawyer is just another of the nobodies dreaming of a better day. But when she’s unexpectedly taken under the wings of the three beautiful and impossibly cruel Heathers, her dreams of popularity finally start to come true. Until JD turns up, the mysterious teen rebel who teaches her that it might kill to be a nobody, but it’s murder being a somebody…

Wickedly funny and with dazzling book, music and lyrics by Kevin Murphy and Laurence O’Keefe, Heathers The Musical is based on the 1988 cult hit, that starred Winona Ryder and Christian Slater, and is one class production you can’t afford to skip.

This screening of How Green Was My Valley (1941) is presented by Forum Cinema Hexham, as part of Tyne Valley Film Festival.

At the turn of the century in a Welsh mining village, the Morgans (he stern, she gentle) raise coal-mining sons and hope their youngest will find a better life.

Based on the best selling novel by Richard Llewellyn, How Green Was My Valley is one of John Ford's finest films and his personal favourite of his long and storied career.

Led by Forum Cinema Hexham, Tyne Valley Film Festival is a community programmed film festival consisting of 29 screenings across 13 unique venues in the Tyne Valley.

This screening of If Beale Street Could Talk (2018) is presented by Forum Cinema Hexham, as part of Tyne Valley Film Festival.

A young woman embraces her pregnancy while she and her family set out to prove her childhood friend and lover innocent of a crime he didn't commit.

Based on the book by James Baldwin and lovingly retold by Barry Jenkins (Moonlight), Beale Street is a lyrically beautiful tale of love, support and hope.

Led by Forum Cinema Hexham, Tyne Valley Film Festival is a community programmed film festival consisting of 29 screenings across 13 unique venues in the Tyne Valley.

This screening of Lady Bird (2017) is presented by Forum Cinema Hexham, as part of Tyne Valley Film Festival.

Lady Bird McPherson, a strong willed, deeply opinionated, artistic 17 year old comes of age in Sacramento. Her relationship with her mother and her upbringing are questioned and tested as she plans to head off to college.

Led by Forum Cinema Hexham, Tyne Valley Film Festival is a community programmed film festival consisting of 29 screenings across 13 unique venues in the Tyne Valley.

This screening of Mo' Better Blues (1990) is sponsored by Core Music, as part of Tyne Valley Film Festival.

Talented but self-centered trumpeter Bleek Gilliam (Denzel Washington) is obsessed with his music and indecisiveness about his girlfriends Indigo and Clarke. But when he is forced to come to the aid of his manager and childhood friend, Bleek finds his world more fragile than he ever imagined.

This atmospheric and rythmic jazz film was the first collaboration between director Spike Lee and actor Denzel Washington.

Led by Forum Cinema Hexham, Tyne Valley Film Festival is a community programmed film festival consisting of 29 screenings across 13 unique venues in the Tyne Valley.

The Pythons take their shot at the Greatest Story Ever Told. Hailed by most as Monty Python’s finest parody and denounced by few as the most blasphemous film of all time.

The iconoclastic comedy group of Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin – take aim at religious dogma with this scandalous parody of the life of Christ. Chapman plays Brian Cohen, a Jewish contemporary of Jesus mistaken for the Messiah…. He’s just a very naughty boy.

Rife with the groups signature absurdity, the tale finds Brian’s life paralleling Biblical lore, albeit with many more laughs.

Revisit the side-splitting misadventure this Easter with a one off special screening.

Through a series of unfortunate events, three mummies end up in present-day London and embark on a wacky and hilarious journey in search of an old ring belonging to the Royal Family, that was stolen by the ambitious archaeologist Lord Carnaby.

This screening of My Thoughts are Silent (Мої думки тихі, 2019) is presented by Ukrainian filmmaker Svitlana Pohasiy, as part of Tyne Valley Film Festival.

Svitlana will introduce the film with a short talk on the history of Ukrainian Cinema.

Vadim is twenty-two. He's a sound engineer and a downer. He's going to Canada in three months. Forever. Before the departure he's assigned to record the voice of a very rare bird, which dwells only in the Transcarpathian mountains of Ukraine.

Led by Forum Cinema Hexham, Tyne Valley Film Festival is a community programmed film festival consisting of 29 screenings across 13 unique venues in the Tyne Valley.

David Tennant makes a much-anticipated return to the West End in a blistering reimagining of one of Britain’s most powerful, political plays.

As the world faces its Second World War, John Halder, a good, intelligent German professor, finds himself pulled into a movement with unthinkable consequences.

Olivier Award-winner Dominic Cooke (Follies) directs C.P. Taylor’s timely tale, with a cast that also features Elliot Levey (Coriolanus) and Sharon Small (The Bay). Filmed live from the Harold Pinter Theatre in London.

In cinemas 20th April with an encore screening on the 23rd April.

Puppetry, magic and storytelling combine in a unique, Olivier Award-winning stage adaptation of the best-selling novel.

After a cargo ship sinks in the middle of the vast Pacific Ocean, a 16-year-old boy named Pi is stranded on a lifeboat with four other survivors – a hyena, a zebra, an orangutan and a Royal Bengal tiger. Time is against them, nature is harsh, who will survive?

Filmed live in London’s West End and featuring state-of-the-art visuals, the epic journey of endurance and hope is bought to life in a breath-taking new way for cinemas screens.

This screening of The Personal History of David Copperfield (2019) is sponsored by Chrysalis Club, as part of Tyne Valley Film Festival and will run as a Dementia Friendly Screening.

A fresh and distinctive take on Charles Dickens’ semi-autobiographical masterpiece, The Personal History of David Copperfield, set in the 1840s, chronicles the life of its iconic title character as he navigates a chaotic world to find his elusive place within it. From his unhappy childhood to the discovery of his gift as a storyteller and writer, David’s journey is by turns hilarious and tragic, but always full of life, colour and humanity.

Our Dementia Friendly Screenings are designed for people living with Dementia and their carers, or for anyone who would benefit from a relaxed cinema environment, but all are welcome.

Providing a comfortable and welcoming environment, we turn the sound down a notch, keep the lights on low and encourage people to come and go as they want with unallocated seating.

Led by Forum Cinema Hexham, Tyne Valley Film Festival is a community programmed film festival consisting of 29 screenings across 13 unique venues in the Tyne Valley.

For our Easter Kids Club we have a special one off screening of Peter Rabbit where all tickets are only £5.

Peter Rabbit and his three sisters -- Flopsy, Mopsy and Cotton-Tail -- enjoy spending their days in Mr. McGregor's vegetable garden. When one of McGregor's relatives suddenly moves in, he's less than thrilled to discover a family of rabbits in his new home. A battle of wills soon breaks out as the new owner hatches scheme after scheme to get rid of Peter -- a resourceful rabbit who proves to be a worthy and wily opponent.

Puss in Boots discovers that his passion for adventure has taken its toll: He has burned through eight of his nine lives, leaving him with only one life left. Puss sets out on an epic journey to find the mythical Last Wish and restore his nine lives.

Nominated for Best Animated Feature at The Academy Awards Puss' new adventure is fun for the whole family.

Royal Ballet Founder Choreographer Frederick Ashton’s Cinderellacelebrates its 75th anniversary this Season. The ballet’s opening night in 1948, featuring Moira Shearer and Michael Somes in the lead roles, was received rapturously. After over a decade away from the Royal Opera House stage, Ashton’s timeless reworking of Charles Perrault’s famous rags-to-riches story returns, showcasing the choreographer’s deft musicality and the beauty of Prokofiev’s transcendent score. A creative team steeped in the magic of theatre, film, dance and opera brings new atmosphere to Cinderella’s ethereal world of fairy godmothers and pumpkin carriages, handsome princes and finding true love.

In the court of Princess Turandot, suitors who fail to solve her riddles are brutally killed. But when a mysterious Prince answers one correctly, suddenly he holds all the power – and a glorious secret. When life hangs in the balance, can love conquer all?

Puccini’s score is rich in musical marvels (featuring the famous aria ‘Nessun dorma’), while Andrei Serban’s production draws on Chinese theatrical traditionsto evoke a colourful fantasy tableau of ancient Peking. Antonio Pappano conducts Anna Pirozzi inthe title role and Yonghoon Lee as Calaf.

Ghostface takes Manhattan!

Four survivors of the Ghostface murders leave Woodsboro behind for a fresh start in New York City. However, they soon find themselves in a fight for their lives when a new killer embarks on a bloody rampage.

Featuring new and old characters from the decade spanning franchise, the once familiar slasher sequel moves forward in an exciting new direction.

Billy Batson and his foster siblings, who transform into superheroes by saying "Shazam!", are forced to get back into action and fight the Daughters of Atlas, who they must stop from using a weapon that could destroy the world.

A light and breezy superhero adventure for the whole family, that adds some exciting new members to its ensemble. Including Helen Mirren as an all powerful Greek goddess.

The Afterlight exists as a single 35mm film print. Further eroding every time it screens, the film is a living document of its life in circulation. Eventually it will disappear entirely.

Fragments of hundreds of films from around the world bring together an ensemble cast of actors with one thing in common: each is no longer alive. Together, they contend with a fragile existence lived solely through these traces of their work.

The Afterlight will be screened from it's original (and only) 35mm print.

For this special screening we are offering all Friends of the Forum a complimentary plus one ticket.

To redeem this offer simply book for more than one ticket using your Friends of the Forum membership online, over the phone or at the cinema - making sure to apply your member benefits to both tickets when prompted.

This screening of The Favourite (2018) is sponsored by Hexham Book Festival, as part of Tyne Valley Film Festival.

England, early 18th century. The close relationship between Queen Anne and Sarah Churchill is threatened by the arrival of Sarah's cousin, Abigail Hill, resulting in a bitter rivalry between the two cousins to be the Queen's favourite.

Led by Forum Cinema Hexham, Tyne Valley Film Festival is a community programmed film festival consisting of 29 screenings across 13 unique venues in the Tyne Valley.

This screening of The Lady in the Van (2015) is sponsored by Hexham Community Partnership, as part of Tyne Valley Film Festival.

The true story of the relationship between Alan Bennett and the singular Miss Shepherd, a woman of uncertain origins who ‘temporarily’ parked her van in Bennett’s London driveway and proceeded to live there for 15 years.

Led by Forum Cinema Hexham, Tyne Valley Film Festival is a community programmed film festival consisting of 29 screenings across 13 unique venues in the Tyne Valley.

This screening of The Last Picture Show (1971) is presented by Forum Cinema Hexham, as part of Tyne Valley Film Festival.

High school seniors and best friends, Sonny and Duane, live in a dying Texas town. The handsome Duane (Jeff Bridges) is dating a local beauty, while Sonny (Timothy Bottoms) is having an affair with the coach's wife.

As graduation nears and both boys contemplate their futures, Duane eyes the army and Sonny takes over a local business. Each struggles to figure out if he can escape this dead-end town and build a better life somewhere else.

Led by Forum Cinema Hexham, Tyne Valley Film Festival is a community programmed film festival consisting of 29 screenings across 13 unique venues in the Tyne Valley.

Film Club is joining up with Hexham Book Group for this month’s film – why not read the book before seeing the film and join in the post-show discussion?

Based on the lives of June and Jennifer Gibbons, and the, real-life identical twins who grew up in Wales and became known as "the silent twins" because of their refusal to communicate with anyone but each other.

Adapted from the book The Silent Twins by Marjorie Wallace.

The Forum Film Club is a monthly film screening followed by a post-film discussion in our café/bar with guest speakers and hosts.

The Forum Film Club is open to all and you do not need to sign up. Just book a ticket and come experience the best that cinema has to offer with other like-minded film lovers!

Big hearted cross cultural British rom-com starring Lily James, Shazad Latif, and Emma Thompson.

In London, an award-winning film-maker documents her best friend's journey into an assisted marriage in line with his family's Pakistani heritage. In the process, she challenges her own attitude towards relationships.

Distinctly feelgood, What’s Love Got to Do with It? Is a crowd-pleasing comedy that brings a much needed spark to British romantic comedies.

This 4K screening of Wings of Desire (1987) is sponsored by The Town Twinning Society, as part of Tyne Valley Film Festival.

Two angels, Damiel and Cassiel, glide through the streets of Berlin, observing the bustling population, providing invisible rays of hope to the distressed but never interacting with them.

When Damiel falls in love with lonely trapeze artist Marion, the angel longs to experience life in the physical world, and finds -- with some words of wisdom from actor Peter Falk -- that it might be possible for him to take human form.

Experience the classic with a gorgeous new 4K restoration.

Led by Forum Cinema Hexham, Tyne Valley Film Festival is a community programmed film festival consisting of 29 screenings across 13 unique venues in the Tyne Valley.

As a string of assaults committed by the men in their community come to light, the women of an isolated religious colony grapple with reconciling their reality with their faith. Coming together to figure out how they might move forward and build a better world for themselves and their children, they’re faced with two options: leave, or stay and fight.

Women Talking was nominated for Best Picture at this year's Academy Awards and took home the gold for Best Adapted Screenplay. Women Talking has been called "The best ensemble of the year" by critics.

"The subject matter may be sombre, yet the tone of these conversations is thrillingly vibrant and engaging." ★★★★★ Mark Kermode, The Guardian.