This preview screening of A Clever Woman (2023) is presented by Forum Cinema Hexham, as part of Tyne Valley Film Festival.

Unfortunately we have had to cancel the in person Q+A with the filmmakers for this event, but we will instead have a specially recorded introduction to the film.

Phoebe and Dot have returned to their family home on the Isle of Wight a year after the death of their composer mother. As they prepare the house for its sale, clearing decades of family clutter, they have started to work on a site-specific performance piece about their complex relationship with their mother and her serial infidelities.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.