27th July 2026    People’s Emergency Briefing (special screening) + Q&A

An addition to this season’s programme to tackle a highly important issue

People’s Emergency Briefing

Ben Long  2026  •  UK  •  120 mins including discussion
Documentary  •  Rating: 12 (but recommended for 16+)
Chris Packham, leading scientists, Jennifer Saunders

In partnership with local town and district councillors, Hythe Community Cinema brings you a community screening of the People’s Emergency Briefing. 

Based on the National Emergency Briefing in Westminster, this eye-opening film features nine leading UK scientists and experts who share the latest evidence on what’s happening with climate and nature and its impacts on everyday national life. After the film there will be a short, open discussion about what we can do and what it means locally with support from Hythe Environmental Community Group.

The event is free to attend. You will however need to register your place in advance via eventbrite: https://HCC27July2026.eventbrite.co.uk.

Any questions, please email the team at: hythecommunitycinema@gmail.com

A brief reminder about buying tickets:
Tickets are available from Best Wishes, 83 High Street, Hythe, Kent, CT21 5JH. You will need to show your membership card, or at least tell them your membership number to purchase. You can buy a ticket for another member if you have their card. You don’t both have to go to Best Wishes. Please don’t buy more than one or two extra though.

You can occasionally bring a guest – for instance if you have someone visiting who is unlikely to come again. But locals, especially those who like our films, should become members.

Non-members can buy a ticket for a film from Best Wishes, but need to get a membership form from them and bring it to us (completed) when they come to the film. Membership is free.

Above all, please respect the staff at Best Wishes, who are acting on our behalf but shouldn’t be made to make uncomfortable decisions. Please direct any membership queries to us at: hythecommunitycinema@gmail.com

• Tickets will remain on sale (unless sold out) until midday on the day of the film.
• Please only pay using cash (to help Best Wishes keep the ticket money separate from their own sales).
• Please note we no longer sell tickets on the door on film night.
• We would like to emphasise that the staff at Best Wishes are doing us a massive favour by selling our tickets, purely out of goodwill. We hope our members appreciate this, even when they are disappointed when a film is sold out.

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Hythe Community Cinema

Our aim is to screen films from around the world and to promote enjoyment of the artistic medium of film.

We have a reputation for being friendly and welcoming. Our audiences have steadily grown since we started in 2011 as The Hythe Film Society. The society is popular, pre-pandemic audiences exceeded 100. Today, we are able to comfortably accommodate up to 88 people.

As well as showing a main film each month, we try to pick up on topical themes, local issues and encourage talks by a visiting speakers, some extra short films or a get-together over a drink after the film.

Wine and soft drinks are for sale before the films.

New members (there is no charge for membership) are always welcome – more details below.

Where

The Hythe Community Cinema is at the Tin Tabernacle, Portland Road, Hythe, Kent, CT21 6BD. Full disabled access, but please let us know if you have particular requirements.

For map, directions and information about parking, please click here.

When

7.30 on the first Tuesday of the month, from October to July. Doors open at 7.00.

Membership

We are a film society and so, to come to a film, you need to join the Hythe Community Cinema. Membership is free and every member will receive a membership card. The minimum age is 16. To join, please:

• either email us your details (hythecommunitycinema@gmail.com)
• or get a membership form from Best Wishes and bring it with you when you come to your first film. You can buy your first film ticket from Best Wishes before you have received your card. 
  

When you join, we will need your name. We will also ask for contact details (address, email, phone number) which are useful both for you and us (for instance in the unlikely event of a change of date), but giving these is optional. We will never pass on your details to a third party without your permission.

Entry

Tickets are £5, bought in advance from Best Wishes, 83 High Street, Hythe, CT21 5JH, usually for three weeks up to midday on the day of  the film.

We are no longer selling tickets on the night.

We regret we are unable to refund the cost of unused tickets.

Guests

As we are a society, we expect the great majority of people who come to our films to be members. However, there will be occasions when, for instance, members have someone staying with them from elsewhere who will only ever be coming to a single film. In such cases guests will be welcomed, but will need to be signed in by a member.

About us

For more information about us, please click here.

Contact us

For information about how to contact us, please click here.

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The photograph at the top of this page incorporates the Hythe Crest. The crest is reproduced courtesy of Hythe Civic Society and designed by ARC Creative.

 

 

Tickets to our films are sold at Best Wishes, 83 High Street, Hythe, CT21 5JH.