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

Light’s, camera, KONG! The award-winning remake of iconic Hollywood classic, KING KONG plays as part of our Wayback Wednesday series, celebrating the cinema of 1976.  

An oil company executive leads an expedition to an uncharted Pacific island in search of a massive hidden oil deposit. En route the expedition is joined by a stowaway primatologist and a beautiful castaway named Dwan. Upon arriving on the island, they find no oil but instead a tribe of natives who abduct Dwan and offer her as a sacrifice to their giant ape god Kong.

Adventure reaches new heights!

The Paw Patrol lands on a mysterious dinosaur island after a storm, where they meet Rex, a stranded pup. When Humdinger’s reckless mining triggers a volcano, the team faces their biggest rescue mission yet to save the island.

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.

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.

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