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Based in Bracknell, Bracknell Film Society is a not-for-profit, volunteer-run film society. Our screenings are open to members and non-members.

Bracknell Film Society is a not-for-profit, volunteer-run film society set up to encourage interest in film as an art form, and to promote the study and appreciation of films. We screen on the second Tuesday of every month at the South Hill Park cinema, often adding a further film later in the month. We show interesting and unusual features, documentaries, shorts and classics not readily available

in the local area and we meet in the bar afterwards to talk about the film and cinema generally. We run a Film Society Study Group that meets monthly.

10/06/2026

Showboat (U)
Monday 13 July @ 2pm

Dir George Sidney, US, 1951, 108 mins
Kathryn Grayson, Ava Gardner, Howard Keel

The daughter of a riverboat captain falls for a charming gambler, but their fairy tale romance is threatened after his luck turns sour. Memorable songs include Ol' Man River, Why Do I Love You? and Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man.

10/06/2026

Arco (PG) at South Hill Park
Tuesday 11 August - South Hill Park Cinema @ 7:30pm

Directed by Ugo Bienvenu | Animation | 85 mins | France/USA/UK | 2025 | French with English subtitles

Voices of: Margot Ringard Oldra, Oscar Tresanini, Nathanaël Perrot

Arco, a 10-year-old boy from a peaceful, distant future, accidentally travels back to the year 2075 and discovers a world in peril. As Arco develops a friendship with a young girl named Iris, they band together and, along with her trusted robot caretaker Mikki, set out on a quest to get Arco home.

This is primary-colour, major-key storytelling. It is disarming, charming and unafraid to be sincere – especially when it comes to the sparks of inspiration, creativity and connection that are so fundamental to human existence – LITTLE WHITE LIES

05/06/2026

Breathless (12A) at South Hill Park
On the Big Screen – In Partnership with South Hill Park
Thursday 11 June – South Hill Park Cinema – 7:00pm

There is simply no other film which demonstrates so perfectly what it feels like to be young and in love. GUARDIAN

Directed by Jean-Luc Godard | Drama | 90 mins | France | 1960 | French with English subtitles

Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Seberg, Jean-Luc Godard

A small-time crook, hunted by the authorities for a car theft and the murder of a police officer, attempts to persuade a hip American student to run away with him to Italy. The architype of the French New Wave, Godard’s gritty and engaging first feature had an almost revolutionary impact when first released. If you’ve never seen it, here is a rare opportunity to enjoy this classic on the big screen.

Jean-Luc Godard’s cock-of-the-walk calling card, mixing pulp pastiche and upstart rebellion with Jean-Paul Belmondo’s footloose Parisian delinquent. BFI

05/06/2026

Ran (15) at South Hill Park
On the Big Screen – In Partnership with South Hill Park
Wednesday 15 July - South Hill Park Cinema - 7:00pm

By turns achingly delicate and bracingly violent, Ran is the last great masterpiece of Akira Kurosawa - GUARDIAN

Directed by Akira Kurosawa | Historical epic | 161 mins | France/Japan | 1985 | Japanese with English subtitles

Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu

After a lifetime of brutal rule, ageing feudal lord Hidetora tells his three sons Taro, Jiro and Saburo that he intends to abdicate, leaving the kingdom divided between them. Baffled, Saburo derides this plan, earning banishment, and the remaining two brothers, greedy and duplicitous in ways they have clearly inherited from their now fatuously sentimental father, plunge the country into chaotic civil war, incited by Taro’s wife Lady Kaede. Hidetora loses his mind with anguish and horror, and roams the vast plain, with his jester Kyoami and his loyal vassal Tango.

There is not a wasted second... Kurosawa is a director who becomes godlike rather than gaga in old age – FINANCIAL TIMES

05/06/2026

California Schemin’ (15) at South Hill Park
Tue 14 July - South Hill Park Cinema - 7:30pm

James McAvoy’s canny directorial debut carves a crowd pleaser out of a real life hip hop scam - VARIETY

Directed by James McAvoy | Docudrama/Dark Comedy | 107 mins | UK/USA | 2025

James McAvoy, Samuel Bottomley, Seamus McLean Ross

This irresistible, high-energy directorial debut tells the stranger-than-fiction underdog story of Dundee rappers Gavin and Billy - who pose as Californians 'Silibil N' Brains' in the hopes of making it big in the world of music.

Ultimately, California Schemin’ is fun. The jokes are great, and the narrative tightly constructed – FILM IRELAND MAGAZINE

25/05/2026

The Belles of St. Trinians (U)
Mon 08 June, 2:00pm
South Hill Park cinema

Dir Frank Launder, UK, 1954, 91 mins
Alistair Sim, Joyce Grenfell, George Cole

High jinks a-plenty from both teachers and pupils as a new term begins at 'St Trinian's School for Young Ladies', an event that strikes terror into both local residents and police – but WPC Ruby Gates has got it covered.

28/04/2026

Redoubt (12A) at South Hill Park
Tue 09 Jun | South Hill Park Arts Centre

Directed by John Skoog | Drama | 85 mins | Sweden/Denmark | 2025 | Swedish with English subtitles

Denis Lavant, Agnieska Podsiadlik, Livia Millhagen, Aron Skoog

Skoog immerses us in the remarkable true story of Karl-Göran Persson, a farm worker in a small village who, inspired by a government Cold War pamphlet, spent decades fortifying his home against nuclear attack. Exquisitely shot in black and white using a recreation of the home bunker that Persson created, Skoog shows us the lengths he went to in order to secure scrap for his project, not to keep out his local community but in a bid to protect them.

This measured and meticulous cinema triumph is a celebration of eccentricity and determination – Glasgow Film Theatre

17/04/2026

DJ Ahmet (PG)
Tue 12 May 7:30pm

Dir Georgi M. Unkovski, North Macedonia/Czech Republic/Serbia/Croatia, 2025, 99 mins

Arif Jakup, Agush Agushev, Dora Akan Zlatanova

In this endearing, coming-of-age comedy-drama, 15-year-old Ahmet, a shepherd in rural North Macedonia, escapes conservative traditions and parental expectations through electronic music. The film follows Ahmet’s quest to win over his crush, Aya, by DJ-ing at a village festival.
An unforgettable ensemble, laugh-out-loud comedy – VARIETY

17/04/2026

Bohemian Rhapsody (12A)
Mon 11 May 2pm
Dir Bryan Singer / Dexter Fletcher, UK/US, 2018, 134 mins
Rami Malek, Lucy Boynton, Gwilym Lee
A foot-stomping, box-office-smash celebration of Queen and their extraordinary lead singer Freddie Mercury who leads the band in one of the greatest performances in the history of rock music. Includes much-loved Queen hits We Will Rock You and Bohemian Rhapsody.

12/03/2026

Breakfast at Tiffany’s (PG)
Monday 13 April 2pm

Dir Blake Edwards, US, 1961, 115 mins

Audrey Hepburn, George Peppard, Patricia Neal, Mickey Rooney

Holly Golightly, a young, enigmatic and eccentric New York socialite becomes interested in a young man who has moved into her apartment building, but her past threatens to get in the way. Winning performances from Hepburn and Peppard.

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