This year, Andre Rieu celebrates a spectacular milestone - the 20th anniversary of his iconic summer concerts on the magnificent Vrijthof square. Captured live in his beloved hometown, this brand-new cinema event marks two decades of music and unforgettable magical summer nights.

Viva Maastricht! is a joyful tribute to the city where it all began. Joined by his world-renowned Johann Strauss Orchestra and a vibrant ensemble of artists, Andre brings the spirit, culture, and warmth of his hometown to life in a dazzling new concert filled with emotion and wonder.

From timeless waltzes to soul-stirring classics, this landmark anniversary concert promises an evening of passion, joy and togetherness. Be part of this historic celebration as the Vrijthof once again transforms into a breathtaking open-air ballroom - only in cinemas this summer.

Set on Vancouver Island in the late 1990s, Blue Heron follows eight‑year‑old Sasha and her Hungarian immigrant family as they attempt to build a new life, only to be destabilised by the increasingly dangerous behaviour of her older brother, Jeremy. Drawing on her own memories, filmmaker Sophy Romvari shapes a deeply personal portrait of childhood, family fractures, and the fragility of recollection.

“Sombre and sophisticated portrait of childhood trauma in 1990s Canada,” - The Guardian

The Cosmic Frequencies Festival returns to Hexham - A celebration of space science, UFOs + music in the dark skies capital of the UK.

Please note each film is externally ticketed - follow links below to book your seats.

11.00 – 12.30: Rendez Vous With The Future

Steve Crabtree will present the first episode of Rendez Vous With The Future, a three part documentary series he produced which explores the science behind the science fiction of writer Liu Cixin (author of the acclaimed book and Netflix series 3 Body Problem). While Steve’s series has won awards in China, this will be the first time UK audiences will see this fascinating insight into how science fact influences fiction. Followed by Q&A. Buy tickets £10

12.30 – 14.10: The UFOs of Soesterberg

In another UK premiere, Bram Roza will present his documentary The UFOs of Soesterberg. Roza is the founder of the Dutch UFO reporting center but also has an interest in historic cases. His film examines a remarkable case from 1979, when twelve soldiers encountered a mysterious object hover over Soesterberg Airforce Base – far from the only unusual sighting in this region of the Netherlands. Join us for the first ever Dutch documentary ever made about the UFO/UAP topic. English subtitled. Followed by Q&A. Buy tickets £10

The Cosmic Frequencies Festival returns to Hexham - A celebration of space science, UFOs + music in the dark skies capital of the UK.

Please note each talk is externally ticketed - follow links below to book your seats.

11.00 – 12.00: What is the Universe made of?

Join Durham University Professors Carlos Frenk and Philip Goff as they share different perspectives on the nature of the Universe. Carlos, a world renowned particle physicist and cosmologist, will provide an overview of current astronomical views about the origin and make-up of the Universe, what we still don’t know, and the implications of dark matter for life elsewhere. Philip is a philosopher who researches how consciousness fits in with our overall view of reality. He will explain the difference between the scientific method and ‘scientism’, and provide an overview of theories (such as panpsychism and cosmopsychism) that postulate consciousness precedes matter. Followed by Q&A. Buy tickets £10

12.00 – 1.00: Artists and Space

Join local artists Professor Fiona Crisp‍ and Luis Bernardo Guzmán (Northumbria University) as they talk about their work in space. Fiona will discuss  the difference between citizen-led space research and science/ corporate approaches, and why artists need to take a leading role. Luis will share how his work combines art, biotechnology, and space exploration, and discuss how and why the International Space Station commissioned some of this work. This session will be hosted by SETI Institute artist-in resident Daniela De Paulis. Followed by Q&A. Buy tickets £10

2.00 – 3.00: Cockpit Visions

Join Dr Bill Garrett (former pilot and cognitive neuroscientist) and Graeme Rendall (aviation historian and author of 20 books) discussing the science of how pilots see and the history of strange lights in the skies. Bill will explain the basics of how the brain interprets visual information, and the technologies contemporary pilots use to help them identify what is in the sky around them.   Graeme will be looking at UFO reports from WW11 (including one from Northumberland in 1944) even before the term was invented, and what analysis was carried out by air intelligence experts. Followed by Q&A. Buy tickets £10

3.00 – 4.00: Close Encounters

Join Ryan Sprague (American author, media presenter and UFO podcaster) and Holly Wood (a leading voice for UK people who have had UFO encounters) discuss their work. Ryan will  focus on the different ways ordinary people interpret contact with ‘non-human intelligence’. Holly will discuss the Nanu app and platform (Network Advancing New Understandings), a global digital space dedicated to documenting anomalous experiences, and provide an overview of the diversity of the UK experience. Followed by Q&A. Buy tickets £10

The Cosmic Frequencies Festival returns to Hexham - A celebration of space science, UFOs + music in the dark skies capital of the UK.

19:00 - 22:00: Are we alone in the Universe?

An immersive evening of talks interwoven with music by SKX Funkanauts. Astronomer Dan Pye, astrophysicist Beatriz Villarroel, UFOlogist Ryan Sprague, and TV & film producer Steve Crabtree will take the story forward from last year, joined by SETI Institute artist in residence Daniela De Paulis. Buy tickets £25/£23.

22.00 – 22.30: VIP Meet & Greet in the Forum bar.

A chance to meet and chat with the evening’s speakers in an intimate setting. Very limited numbers (25).  Buy tickets £20

After his Oscar-winning portrait of Robert Oppenheimer, Christopher Nolan moves from the atomic to the mythic with his long-awaited ambitious adaptation of Homer's foundational saga. With a starry cast led by Matt Damon and a strenuous shoot across the world, The Odyssey promises an immersive big screen experience to defy the Gods.

Odysseus, the legendary King of Ithaca, embarks on a long and perilous journey home following the Trojan War. Throughout his voyage, he is forced to confront the whims of gods, mythological monsters, and trials that stretch both his cunning and his humanity to the breaking point.

Written and directed by acclaimed artist Imran Perretta and set and filmed in Luton, Ish follows 12-year-old best friends Ish and Maram, who wrestle to hold onto their friendship in the wake of a police stop and search. As the ripples take hold, the boys try to make sense of the men they are becoming - and how letting go can be the hardest part of growing up.

Free for Friends of the Forum and 16-25 Members.

“A poignant and poetic urban pastoral’

- The Guardian

“A remarkably beautiful film’

- Sight and Sound

Extend your GlastonAbbey weekend with the only film that puts you inside the real Glastonbury.

The year is 1993. The BBC cameras haven’t arrived yet. A hundred thousand people are in a Somerset field, completely unobserved, completely themselves.

Shot in Panavision CinemaScope, Glastonbury The Movie captured the real festival, not the headline acts, but the stone circle at sunrise, the rave tents, the wandering poets, The Verve at their very first festival appearance. No voiceover. No presenter. Just Glastonbury, as it was. Now rebuilt in 4K for the big screen, thirty years on.

The 3rd edition of GlastonAbbey takes place Friday 31st July and Saturday 1st August. See more at their website!

On the night of the screening the first 55 guests to arrive will receive an exclusive Glastonbury gift! Our bar will be open prior to the film so get down early.

“You won’t get a more accurate feel for what Glastonbury is... the soundtrack is superb.”

— ★★★★ NME

We are pleased to be joined by The Beau Chumps for our 4th annual Laurel and Hardy celebration event - this time presenting 4 of the comedy duo’s classics where Stan and Ollie get to work!

Your line up includes, Towed in a Hole (1932), Busy Bodies (1933), Dirty Work (1933) and the academy award winning The Music Box (1932).

There will be an intermission with special souvenirs and merchandise available, as well as a charity raffle.

The Beau Chumps are the Sunderland based Laurel and Hardy tent - an international organisation devoted to keeping the lives and works of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy before the public. Find out more at beauchumps.wordpress.com

Since October 2023, Gaza has been sealed from the world-except for one group, international doctors. While global media are barred from reporting and governments look away, doctors breach the blockade and what they find is not just a humanitarian crisis, but a calculated dismantling of life itself.

Covering the entire two years of the genocide, their firsthand accounts and visceral footage offer a rare and vital chronicle of the daily struggles of healthcare workers as they navigate bombed-out hospitals, dwindling supplies, starvation and the overwhelming influx of casualties— predominantly women and children.

This is the rambunctious, ridiculous and totally true story of how the Minions conquered Hollywood, became movie stars, lost everything, unleashed monsters onto the world and then banded together to try and save the planet from the mayhem they had just created.

Startlingly prescient in its anticipation of today’s outrage-driven news cycle, the seminal satire Network screens for one night only this summer as part of our Wayback Wednesday series, celebrating the cinema of 1976.

At a struggling television network, ambitious executive Diana Christensen (Faye Dunaway) finds herself with a hit on her hands when disgruntled newscaster Howard Beale (Peter Finch) goes off script, transforming himself into a mad-as-hell prophet railing against the ills of modern society.

Winner of four Academy Awards® (including Best Actor for Peter Finch and Best Actress for Faye Dunaway), Lumet's film remains as powerful and urgent almost fifty years after its release.

After breaking the mysterious “One Wish Willow” to win his crush’s heart, a hopeless romantic finds himself getting exactly what he asked for but soon discovers that some desires come at a dark, sinister price.

Audaciously visceral and at times painfully funny Obsession adds to a recent wave of next generation horror debuts that have far outperformed their expectations.

A new film from the National Emergency Briefing - a public information initiative to ensure the UK is fully briefed on the climate and nature crisis.

Last November, ten of the UK’s leading experts briefed an invited audience of over 1,200 politicians and leaders from business, culture, faith, sport and the media. The briefing set out the implications of climate and nature breakdown for health, food systems, national security and the economy. The People’s Emergency Briefing presents the national implications of climate and nature breakdown - along with credible, positive responses - in a single, accessible account.

A new film featuring Chris Packham, leading scientists, a former general and Jennifer Saunders - all being far too frank about where things are heading and what can be done about it.

The film will be followed by a discussion led by members of Hexham’s Climate Cafe, learn what you can do at a local level.

Tickets are pay as you feel, if you’d like to claim a free ticket and avoid the online processing fee book via our cinema box office.

Psalms of the people or Sailm nan Daoine invites audiences along on an intimate and heartfelt road trip which explores one of the most emotionally resonant and culturally significant musical traditions: Gaelic psalm singing.

Musician Rob MacNeacail embarks on a journey through Scotland and Ireland, following ancient paths that unravel threads of music and ideas. The pilgrimage brings up many questions in Rob’s mind about identity, culture and community as he immerses the audience in a new perspective through his music and portable sound recorder.

Rob also composes the soundtrack to the film, incorporating melodies, field recordings and musical encounters he makes along the way. The combination of harmonium, whistle, guitar and synthesised drones give the music a futuristic tone, whilst being steeped in tradition. A recording of a supermarket freezer in Broadford becomes the soundscape for a futuristic rendition of the Ossianic Ballad, Duan na Ceàrdaich.

Spoken part in English, part in Gaelic, the film approaches psalm singing not as an artefact or historical curiosity, but as something communal and fiercely alive.

We are pleased to be joined by Rob MacNeacail and filmmaker Jack Archer for a post-film Q&A before audiences are invited to participate themselves in the collective power of psalm singing with an introductory workshop led by Rob himself.

When an unexpected and ruthless adversary strikes too close to home, Kara Zor-El, aka Supergirl, reluctantly joins forces with an unlikely companion on an epic, interstellar journey of vengeance and justice.

£3 for 16-25 members!

Joe and Angela’s marriage is on thin ice. When they invite their enigmatic upstairs neighbors for a dinner party, the night spirals into unexpected places. Have they reignited the spark or lit the match that burns it all down?

“Two couples, played by Olivia Wilde, Seth Rogen, Penélope Cruz and Edward Norton, connect and collide in a movie that keeps you laughing and never stops surprising.”

- Variety

£3 for 16-25 Members! £5 for Friends of the Forum Members!

A crowd-pleasing comedy full of eccentric characters, stories and adventures. Carlobianchi and Doriano, two broke, rogue-ish fifty somethings with a ‘never skip the last drink’ philosophy, meet Giulio, a shy architecture student adrift in life. What starts as a chance encounter turns into a chaotic road trip through the Venetian plains - where bad advice, hangovers, and unexpected friendship redraw Guilio’s plans for life and love.

After his Oscar-winning portrait of Robert Oppenheimer, Christopher Nolan moves from the atomic to the mythic with his long-awaited ambitious adaptation of Homer's foundational saga. With a starry cast led by Matt Damon and a strenuous shoot across the world, The Odyssey promises an immersive big screen experience to defy the Gods.

Odysseus, the legendary King of Ithaca, embarks on a long and perilous journey home following the Trojan War. Throughout his voyage, he is forced to confront the whims of gods, mythological monsters, and trials that stretch both his cunning and his humanity to the breaking point.

The Summer Book follows an intergenerational family spending a transformative summer at their rustic vacation home on an unspoiled, remote island in the Gulf of Finland.

Adapted from Tove Jansson’s beloved novel, the film explores grief, nature, and the delicate bonds between a young girl, her wise grandmother (Glenn Close), and her grieving father (Anders Danielsen Lie).

“A masterpiece that appeals to the senses.”

- Third Coast Review

The toys are back in Disney and Pixar’s “Toy Story 5,” and this time it’s Toy meets Tech. Buzz, Woody, Jessie and the rest of the gang's jobs are challenged when they go head to head with this all-new threat to playtime.

Based on Virginia Woolf’s funniest novel and filmed in the North-East, Night & Day is an un-romantic comedy about the passionate astronomer, Katharine Hilbery who does everything she can to avoid romantic love and marriage.

Fun and contemporary in tone, this refreshing film showcases an ensemble of humorous performances against the ravishing backdrop of London in 1910, advances in science and technology and crumbling Edwardian patriarchy.

“dreamy adaptation reaches for the stars”

★ ★ ★ ★ - The Guardian

In 1985, WHAM! made history as the first Western pop act to perform in communist China. George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley’s concerts in Beijing and Guangzhou were a cultural milestone - East meets West, music meets politics.

Now, newly restored footage reveals the untold story of the iconic tour that helped launch WHAM! to global superstardom.