Hythe Community Cinema

7th July 2026 My Favourite Cake

My Favourite Cake was charged with ‘propaganda against the Islamic Republic’

Maryam Moghadam, Behtash Sanaeeha 2024 • Iran • 1hr 37mins
Lili Farhadpour, Esmaeel Mehrabi, Mansoore Ilkhani, Soraya Orang, Homa Mottahedin, Sima Esmaeili

Drama • Rating: 12A

A heartwarming film that gently reveals the hardships of life in modern day Iran, before the current conflict.

Mahin, a retired nurse in her 70s is lonely. She’s a widow and her children have moved abroad. Her friends, all female, visit from time to time. They talk about how lonely life is without companionship.

The following day, Mahin decides to do something about her situation. She takes lunch in one of the “pensioners” restaurants, where she can use her state coupons. While dining, she spies a a sympathetic looking man eating on his own. When he leaves the restaurant, she approaches
the staff and finds out his name (Faramarz) and learns that he works nearby as a taxi driver.

Mahin books Faramarz to drive her home and, having shared convivial conversation, she
invites him in for some homemade food, wine, dancing and cake!

Persian Love Cake: could this be the recipe for Mahin’s favourite cake? It sounds lovely. https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/persian_love_cake_8492

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

27th July 2026 People’s Emergency Briefing (extra screening)

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:
To buy a ticket in WOW, you need to show your membership card, or at least tell them your membership number. You can buy a ticket for another member if you have their membership card. This is intended so that if you’re coming to a film with a friend, partner, etc, you don’t both have to go to WOW. We would ask you not to buy more than one or two extra though.

You can occasionally bring a guest – for instance if you have someone visiting you who is unlikely to come again. But local people, especially if they are intending to come more that once, should become members.

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

Above all, please do not put the staff in WOW in the position of having to make difficult decisions on our behalf.

Tickets will remain on sale (unless sold out) until midday on the day of the film.
Please only pay using cash (to help WOW 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 WOW are doing us a massive favour by selling our tickets, purely out of good will. We hope our members will return that good will, even when they are disappointed when a film is sold out.

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. Before the pandemic, we regularly had audiences of over 100, although for the moment we’ve imposed a limit of of 88.

As well as showing a main film each month, we have sometimes also had a talk by a visiting speaker, 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 6FL. 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 WOW and bring it with you when you come to your first film. You can buy your first film ticket from WOW! 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 WOW! in the High Street, usually during the 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.