6th October 2026           The President’s Cake

Hasan Hadi 2025 • Iraq • 1 hr 45

Baneen Ahmad Nayyef, Waheed Thabet Khreibat, Sajad Mohamad Qasem

Drama • Rating: 12A

A young girl is tasked with baking a cake to celebrate Saddam Hussein’s birthday. Finding the ingredients is not easy. At times beautiful, at times heartbreaking, this debut film won the Golden Camera Award at Cannes.

 

3rd November 2026    Eric Ravilious: Drawn to War

Margy Kinmonth 2022 • UK • 1 hr 27

Freddie Fox, Tamsin Greig, Jeremy Irons

Documentary • Rating: PG

A portrait of Sussex-born artist Eric Ravilious, whose plane went missing over Iceland in 1942. Using war archives and letters between him and his wife, the film tells their bittersweet story with contributions from family members and fellow artists.

 

1st December 2026        Rental Family

Hikari 2025 • Japan • 1 hr 49

Brendan Fraser, Takehiro Hira, Mari Yamamoto

Comedy/Drama • Rating: 12A

A struggling American actor in Tokyo blurs performance and reality when he joins a ‘family’ rental agency. Taking on roles in other people’s lives becomes emotionally and morally complicated when he is hired to play a young girl’s ‘real dad’.

 

5th January 2027            DJ Ahmet

Georgi Unkovski 2025 • North Macedonia • 1 hr 39

Arif Jakup, Agush Agushev, Dora Akan Zlatanova

Comedy/Drama • Rating: TBC

Ahmet lives in a small village in rural North Macedonia with his strict, conservative father and mute younger brother. This warm, uplifting coming-of-age story follows a boy who dreams of becoming a DJ and finds escape and forbidden love in dance music. Audience Award winner 2025 at Sundance.

 

2nd February 2027         Empire of Light

Sam Mendes 2022 • UK • 1 hr 55

Olivia Colman, Micheal Ward, Colin Firth

Drama • Rating: 15

1980s Britain, a decaying art deco cinema in a faded seaside town faces an uncertain future. Two jaded employees bond over music and film. Oscar-nominated screenplay. Filmed at the disused Dreamland Cinema in Margate, with local extras.

 

2nd March 2027              Kneecap

Rich Peppiatt 2024 • Ireland • 1 hr 45

Móglaí Bap, Mo Chara, DJ Próvaí

Dark comedy • Rating: 18

Bursting with the transgressive energy of Trainspotting, this BAFTA-winning biopic offers a fictionalised account of the rise of Irish hip-hop trio, Kneecap. West Belfast, 2017, two fledgling rappers join forces with a frustrated music teacher. Rapping in Irish with a dash of English slang, they become unlikely poster boys for the civil rights movement. St Patrick’s Day evening with an Irish short film.

 

6th April 2027                 The Librarians

Kim A. Snyder 2025 • USA • 1 hr 32

Suzette Baker, Weston Brown, Becky Calzada

Crime/Documentary • Rating: 15

This award-winning film examines the surge in book banning and censorship in contemporary American libraries. Multiple nominations at US film festivals and won Best Documentary Feature at Sarasota.

 

4th May 2027    Kenneth Colley Tribute Evening

Kenneth Colley 2007 • UK • 1 hr 12 + shorts/Q&A

Kenneth Colley, Ben Shockley, Henry Dunn

Horror/Drama/Thriller • Rating: 15

May the Fourth be with you! Join us for a special evening celebrating the life of Star Wars actor and Hythe resident Ken Colley. The programme highlights Ken’s ability as a writer-director and includes Greetings; a Tales of the Unexpected-style horror/thriller shot entirely at his Hythe home.

 

1st June 2027    Sirat

Oliver Laxe 2025 • Spain • 1 hr 54

Sergi López, Bruno Núñez Arjona, Stefania Gadda

Psychological drama • Rating: 15

When his daughter goes missing, a father takes his young son on a dangerous road trip. Their search leads them into the unforgiving North African desert where they encounter the rave scene and burner community. Winner of the Jury Prize at Cannes.

 

6th July 2027     Nouvelle Vague

Richard Linklater 2025 • France • 1 hr 46

Guillaume Marbeck, Zoey Deutch, Aubry Dullin

Docudrama • Rating: 12A

This homage the French New Wave is shot entirely in black and white and dramatises the making of Jean-Luc Godard’s acclaimed 1960 crime classic, Breathless. A multi award-winning production that is essential viewing for cinephiles.