Agathe is a hopelessly clumsy yet charming young woman who works in the legendary Shakespeare & Co. bookshop in Paris, while she dreams of being a successful writer, and of experiencing love akin to a Jane Austen novel, she finds herself desperately single and plagued by writers block.

When Agathe’s best friend gets her invited to the Jane Austen Writers' Residency in England, she finally has her Jane Austen moment…and is caught in a very unexpected romantic triangle. Agathe must let go of her insecurities to decide what she really wants for herself, and to achieve her romantic and professional dreams.

Starring Camille Rutherford (Anatomy of a Fall), Pablo Pauly (The French Dispatch) and Charlie Anson (Death on the Nile), Jane Austen Wrecked My Life is an uplifting and heart-warming throwback to classic romance, with a modern sensibility, marking the directorial debut of acclaimed screenwriter Laura Piani.

This dreamy French rom-com is perfect for book lovers who fantasise about their own romance arc.

Written and directed by Laura Piani

Academy Award®-winning director Danny Boyle and Academy Award®-nominated writer Alex Garland reunite for 28 Years Later, a terrifying new story set in the world created by 28 Days Later.

It’s been almost three decades since the rage virus escaped a biological weapons laboratory, and now, still in a ruthlessly enforced quarantine, some have found ways to exist amidst the infected. One such group of survivors lives on a small island connected to the mainland by a single, heavily-defended causeway. When one of the group leaves the island on a mission into the dark heart of the mainland, he discovers secrets, wonders, and horrors that have mutated not only the infected but other survivors as well.

Molly, a young woman released from prison battles to regain custody of her children. When she reconnects with her childhood friend Amina, a fellow single mother trying to make a life for her family, the two women join forces and take destiny into their own hands.

Lollipop is a film about our capacity for joy even in life’s hardest moments, about finding strength through sisterhood, and what it means to have the unwavering courage to fight for your family, against a system that won't listen, even when you’ve got nothing left.

Written and directed by BAFTA Breakthrough Daisy-May Hudson, and featuring an all-female cast of mostly non-actors, Lollipop will break your heart and then put it back together, stronger and with more hope than ever.

"Deeply moving...leaves you with a sense of hope" ⭐⭐⭐⭐ – Timeout  

"Extraordinary... vibrant and moving" ⭐⭐⭐⭐– The Herald

Taking place during the events of John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum, the film follows Eve Macarro (Ana de Armas) who is beginning her training in the assassin traditions of the Ruska Roma.

40 years on from the original martial arts classic, this new Karate Kid retells the story with a whole new cast.

Yorkshire Speak Their Name Suicide Memorial Quilt

The quilt began its creation in 2022. by Anna Scott and Karen Sykes who are both bereaved by suicide are behind the project. It is a memorial made up of squares submitted by people with a connection to Yorkshire bereaved by suicide. Each square represents a lost loved one and many show a tiny glimpse into the life of the person lost. The quilt is a powerful tool for starting life saving conversations about suicide. These conversations help to wash away the stigma associated with suicide. The Yorkshire Speak Their Name Quilt is an ongoing project and as squares come in another panel is made.

Anyone bereaved by suicide can create a memorial square on fabric by embroidery, stitching, painting, or any other artistic route.  With all the squares sewn together into a quilt, a beautiful memorial is created. The idea has resonated with countless families, friends and colleagues who have lost someone to suicide; through joining a quilt group they became part of a community that supports each other. This may be from knowing that their square is part of a quilt alongside others, or from physically getting together and coming to know others who have suffered the same. They also know that the quilt is a powerful campaign tool for suicide prevention and are proud to have it displayed all over the country.

There are now suicide memorial quilts across many counties of the UK, with more being created and added to all the time. The groups can be found on www.speaktheirname.co.uk If you would like to submit a square please contact us for the guidelines.

David Cronenberg’s macabre modern love story stars Vincent Cassel as a widowed cemetery owner who invents grave cams for the grieving as a way to make sense of his loss.

A joyous genre-defying exploration of ageing and the bond between a father and son.

Renowned Swedish TV duo Filip and Fredrik embark on a trip to France, aiming to rekindle the zest for life of Filip's father.

After 40 years as a beloved French teacher at Köping, Lars Hammar retires, but becomes passive and apathetic to the dismay of his family. Looking to rekindle the spark in his life, his son Filip and best friend Fredrik load Lars into a car to head on a road trip to France.

From Hilde, With Love follows Hilde Coppi, a member of an anti-Nazi organisation who is imprisoned by the Gestapo for anti-regime activity who must fight for her freedom from her prison cell, all while taking care of her newborn child.  

Berlin, 1942. A shy Hilde falls in love with Hans and gradually finds her place in the resistance group that would come to be known as the Red Orchestra. Together, they spend a beautiful summer where their relationship entwines with quiet acts of defiance.

Inspired by an incredible true story set against the backdrop of a country torn by conflict, From Hilde, With Love is a powerful tale of love and resistance.

Language German

Subtitles English

Elio struggles to fit in until he is transported by aliens and becomes the chosen one to be Earth's galactic ambassador while his mother Olga works on the top-secret project to decode alien messages.

A couple haunted by secrets in post-war France.

1947. On a beach in Normandy, Madeleine, a waitress and young mother, meets François, a wealthy, and cultivated student.

They hit it off immediately, as though it were fate. But as their destinies intertwine, it’s obvious what Madeleine wants to leave behind, while the world that François is running from is only slowly revealed.

Language: French

Subtitles: English

Director: Katell Quillévéré

Kenny and Kerry marry with secrets that almost blow their young family apart. After their new baby is born, Kenny's PTSD is triggered by his crying. Kenny no longer knows what is real, calls it ‘the screams’.

It seems the marriage is over. But Kerry makes a choice - to return to school, study how the brain works, and discover that suffering isn’t a given - you can “use thoughts to change feelings”.

We follow their recovery over ten years, through psychiatric medication, talking therapy, horses, race-cars and ice swimming as they emerge with new insights and resilience for their life ahead.

Dir: Amy Hardie

From the filmmakers behind Top Gun: Maverick comes the high-octane, action-packed feature film F1, starring Brad Pitt.

Dubbed “the greatest that never was,” Sonny Hayes (Brad Pitt) was Formula One’s most promising phenom of the 1990s until an accident on the track nearly ended his career. Thirty years later, he’s a nomadic racer-for-hire when he’s approached by his former teammate Ruben Cervantes (Javier Bardem), owner of a struggling Formula One team that is on the verge of collapse.

Ruben convinces Sonny to come back to Formula One for one last shot at saving the team and being the best in the world. He’ll drive alongside Joshua Pearce (Damson Idris), the team's hotshot rookie intent on setting his own pace. But as the engines roar, Sonny’s past catches up with him and he finds that in Formula One, your teammate is your fiercest competition—and the road to redemption is not something you can travel alone.

Produced by Lewis Hamilton, F1 is the most highly anticipated film of the year for Formula One followers, featuring a host of real teams and drivers, alongside plenty of cinematic drama and adrenaline-pumping action to appeal to both hardcore fans and those who have never seen a race in their lives.

Told across one day, When the Light Breaks is the tender, closely-observed story of Una as she lives through the immediate aftermath of the death of her new love Diddi.

Their relationship had shifted from close friendship into romance, too quickly for word to reach Diddi’s long-distance girlfriend Klara who is now in town in the wake of his passing. Una’s mettle is tested as she faces the truth of an unbearable loss.

When the Light Breaks captures a day that changes everything, without offering any more answers than its characters’ experience.

Language: Icelandic

Subtitles: English

Director: Rúnar Rúnarsson

Please note only those with babies under 12 months can be admitted to this screening. There is no charge for the baby, and no ticket is needed, as children under 1 year old are expected to sit on an adult’s lap. These screenings offer a safe space and a relaxed environment in which you can care for and feed your baby without concern about disturbing others.

This screening will be unallocated seating to allow guests to sit where they like.  Rest assured we have 500 seats at the Picture House so there will be plenty of room for everyone to follow our current social distancing measures.

Take time-out in a relaxed and comfortable environment, and enjoy a great movie with your baby (under 12 months) for the off-peak price of £8.

Film Synopsis;

From the filmmakers behind Top Gun: Maverick comes the high-octane, action-packed feature film F1, starring Brad Pitt.

Dubbed “the greatest that never was,” Sonny Hayes (Brad Pitt) was Formula One’s most promising phenom of the 1990s until an accident on the track nearly ended his career. Thirty years later, he’s a nomadic racer-for-hire when he’s approached by his former teammate Ruben Cervantes (Javier Bardem), owner of a struggling Formula One team that is on the verge of collapse.

Ruben convinces Sonny to come back to Formula One for one last shot at saving the team and being the best in the world. He’ll drive alongside Joshua Pearce (Damson Idris), the team's hotshot rookie intent on setting his own pace. But as the engines roar, Sonny’s past catches up with him and he finds that in Formula One, your teammate is your fiercest competition—and the road to redemption is not something you can travel alone.

Produced by Lewis Hamilton, F1 is the most highly anticipated film of the year for Formula One followers, featuring a host of real teams and drivers, alongside plenty of cinematic drama and adrenaline-pumping action to appeal to both hardcore fans and those who have never seen a race in their lives.

When Papa Smurf is taken by evil wizards Razamel and Gargamel, Smurfette leads the Smurfs on a mission to the real world to save him.

With a strange illness, a mother and her daughter embark on a journey to the Spanish coast to find a cure, and along the way the daughter discovers another reality far from her controlling mother.

Featuring surrealist elements, queer romance, and sweltering summer heat, this film is a deeply immersive experience, perfect for the summer months. Emma Mackey (Sex Education, Emily) stars alongside Fiona Shaw (Killing Eve, Harry Potter) and Vicky Krieps (Phantom Thread, Corsage).

Directed by Rebecca Lenkiewicz, starring Emma Mackey.

18th century period piece from legendary filmmaker Stanley Kubrick following the rise and fall of Irish farm boy Redmond Barry (Ryan O'Neal). Traversing the battlefields of Europe, his journey is filled with deadly engagements, wreckless abandonment and fleeting romances as he ultimately seeks a place in the British aristrocracy.

Kubrick originally wanted to adapt William Makepeace Thackeray's most famous novel Vanity Fair. However, he felt he couldn't do it justice within the confines of three hours. So he settled for The Memoirs of Barry Lyndon, Esq. instead.

Bogancloch is where Jake Williams lives, nestled in a vast highland forest of Scotland.

The film portrays his life throughout the seasons, with other people occasionally crossing into his otherwise solitary life. At the heart a song, an argument between life and death, each stating their case to rule over the world.

The film is without exposition, it aims at something less recognisable, a different existence of reality observed in discrete moments. A sequel to Two Years at Sea (2011), charting a subtly changing life in a radically changing world.

Hosted by GenErika

Come for the challenge, stay for the cinema!

Join us at the Picture House for our very first film quiz, where your movie knowledge could win you popcorn, prizes and bragging rights. Hosted by the one and only GenErika, this is your chance to test your silver screen smarts in a fun, welcoming atmosphere.

Start time: 6:00 PM

Entry: £2 per person

Team size: Up to 6 people

Booking: Please pre-book online to guarantee your spot – it helps us plan seating!

What’s up for grabs?

The top team gets FREE entry to the FilmClub screening that follows the quiz, PLUS free popcorn for the whole team.

So gather your team, and enjoy a fun, film-filled evening in great company!

 A 4K Restoration of the documentary that chronicles how Apocalypse Now (1979) was plagued by extraordinary script, shooting, budget, and casting problems - nearly destroying the life and career of the celebrated director.

Francis Ford Coppola began to film 'Apocalypse Now' in February 1976. After 238 days in the jungle, filming was complete and millions of dollars had been spent (Marlon Brando was on set for three weeks at a million dollars a week). Actors had been replaced (Harvey Keitel by Martin Sheen). They had all gone a bit insane (according to Coppola) and the whole thing was documented on film by his wife, Eleanor.

Starring: Francis Ford Coppola, Eleanor Coppola, Orson Wells, George Lucas, Dennis Hopper, Harrison Ford, Marlon Branda & Martin Sheen.

🎥✨ FREE Warm Space Cinema Screenings! ✨🎥

FREE monthly Warm Space screenings, proudly funded by Hebden Royd Town Council!

These community-led events are open to all, with a special focus on those living with dementia, their families, and carers. With complimentary tea, coffee, and biscuits, it’s a great opportunity to gather in a warm, welcoming, and inclusive space.

No Adverts or Trailers - Prompt Film Start 1pm

Film Synopsis;

Billy Wilder's classic, wild comedy, stars Jack Lemmon as Jerry, and Tony Curtis as Joe, a pair of unemployed musicians who inadvertently become witnesses to the St. Valentine Day's Massacre. To escape the wrath of the gangsters, they are forced to hit the road in drag, taking the only jobs available with an all-girl band bound for Miami. En route, both men fall for lead singer and blond bombshell Sugar Kane, (Marilyn Monroe), but are unable to fulfil their desires for fear of revealing their identity. Joe tries to get around this by adopting a third identity for seduction, that of a shy millionaire. Meanwhile Jerry has his own problems, fighting off the advances of Osgood E. Fielding, a real millionaire hypnotized by his/her charms.

Jeanette Winterson

Oranges at 40

We are absolutely thrilled to welcome renowned writer Jeanette Winterson to Happy Valley Pride for a very special talk focusing on her groundbreaking debut novel Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit.

Jeanette Winterson CBE was born in Manchester. She was adopted by Pentecostal parents and raised to be a missionary.

After leaving home at 16, she did a variety of jobs while studying, and later took a degree at the university of Oxford.

Her first novel, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, was published in 1985. In 1990, she adapted it for a 3-part BBC TV series. It won a BAFTA for best Drama.

In 2011 she revisited some of that material in her bestselling memoir Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?

Jeanette Winterson has written over 20 books - fiction and non-fiction, plus endless amounts of journalism. Her work is published around the world. Fun Fact - she has a big readership in China.

Her 1992 non-binary novel Written on the Body was named one of the top 25 post-war Queer novels by the New York Times.

Fun Fact - her portrait hangs in the National Portrait Gallery next to Kate and Wills.

Her essays about AI - 12 Bytes at AI - have taken her to tech conferences all over the world.

Her latest book of short stories is Night-Side of the River. Ghost stories from the past and the future.

Jeanette's talk will be followed by a Q&A.

Please contact Happy Valley Pride with any queries about the event at info@happyvalleypride.com

Roger Waters, founding member and creative force behind the legendary Pink Floyd, brings to the screen his live show, Roger Waters This Is Not A Drill: Live From Prague - The Movie. Directed by Sean Evans and Roger Waters, the film combines iconic songs from his Pink Floyd days with those from his solo career, encompassing a timespan of sixty years. The show is a stunning indictment of the corporate dystopia in which we all struggle to survive, and a call to action to love, protect and share our precious and precarious planet home.

Dedicated to “our brothers and sisters all over the world who are engaged in the existential battle for the soul of humanity”, the movie is an extraordinary assault on the senses, not just musically and visually, but politically and philosophically as well. It captures performances of songs from some of the most influential albums of all time – The Dark Side Of The Moon, Wish You Were Here, Animals and The Wall, together with those from the most popular of Waters’ solo career, including Amused To Death and Is This The Life We Really Want? Brought together with his band and crew, the show is majestic, with performances that are powerful yet controlled.

The sense of control is emphasised by the 360° stage. It provides intimacy and allows the performers to play to all sections of the audience “in the round”. With a rectangular centre with runways extending from each side, creating an elongated cross. Above it is a set of giant LED screens configured the same way. Made up of 12 surfaces, and totalling a huge 650 square meters, they project numerous images and messages that vividly and powerfully reinforce the meanings behind the songs. Because of the size and position of the screens, they can be seen throughout the arena and promote a high-energy production with maximum audience participation.

Nicholas (Fionn O’Shea) and Isabel (Ann Skelly) are made for each other, but fate does not always choose the easiest path to true love. As destiny pulls them together, so do family, passion, and faith drive them apart.

Nicholas’ father, William (Pierce Brosnan), comes home one day to shatter his family’s quiet, modest life. He tells them that in a moment of divine intervention, God has instructed him to dedicate his life to painting. He quits his job and sets off for the coast, leaving his shellshocked wife and son to fend for themselves.

Meanwhile Isabel and her family live a charmed existence on a nearby small neighbouring island, their house full of music and poetry. When tragedy strikes and her brother suffers a terrible accident, the music stops, and Isabel’s parents (Helena Bonham Carter, Gabriel Byrne) decide in their grief to send Isabel to a convent school on the mainland.

The young lovers embark on their own individual journeys of heartache and misplaced love, before fate contrives to pull the threads of their lives together. When they meet, it will be like a miracle.

Directed by Polly Steele

In 2019, documentary filmmaker Hind Meddab flew to Sudan to film a sit-in protest at the Army headquarters in Khartoum. The people of Sudan were assembling, demanding reform after decades of military dictatorship. There she met a selection of young activists that she would continue to film over the course of 4 years, from the swell of hope and accomplishment following dictator Omar al-Bashir’s fall to the oppression of the military crackdown and subsequent civil war, which today, leaves Sudan in ruins.  

Standing in front of a powerful army, how could the civilian movement find the strength to persist? In conversations, in demonstrations, on walls, it emerges how the Sudanese tradition for poetry becomes a powerful tool for activism.

Art, music and poetry bolster every stage of the Sudanese fight for freedom. Sudan, Remember Us bears witness to a lost revolution and within it unearths a tribute to the power of creativity as a tool of survival and resistance.

The classic '90s slasher flick that both satirised and embraced the clichés of the genre. Directed by Wes Craven and starring Neve Campbell, Courtney Cox and David Arquette.

Serial killer Ghostface begins killing off teenagers and as the body count rises, a girl and her friends find themselves contemplating the "rules" of horror films as they find themselves living in a real-life one...

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS AN AUTISM FRIENDLY / RELAXED SCREENING - ACTUAL FILM STARTS PROMPTY AT 1PM (no trailers or advertisements)

Adjustments at a relaxed screening at the Picture House include:

- a relaxed environment where people understand the needs of adults, children and families with autism

- lights left on low throughout the film

- sound turned down a little

- no introductory music whilst you wait for the film

- disabled access

- bring your own food and drink if you like (but our kiosk will be open as usual)

- additional signage is put up to help you navigate a new place

- free entry for carers with valid CEA Card – please select this option when booking online

Film Synopsis;

When Papa Smurf is taken by evil wizards Razamel and Gargamel, Smurfette leads the Smurfs on a mission to the real world to save him.

Over seven hallucinatory days, a village with no name, in an undefined time and place, disappears. Townsman-turned-farmer Walter Thirsk and befuddled lord of the manor Charles Kent are childhood friends about to face an invasion from the outside world: the trauma of modernity.

The first English-language film from Attenberg director and Yorgos Lanthimos producer, Athina Rachel Tsangari, Harvest is a striking folk tale adapted from the acclaimed 2013 novel of the same name from Jim Crace, adapted for the screen with award-winning writer Joslyn Barnes (Nickel Boys). Stunning cinematography comes from Sean Price Williams, known for his work on some of the most beautiful independent films of the 21st century (Good Time, The Sweet East).

With this impressive team behind the scenes and accomplished cast on screen including Caleb Landry Jones (Get Out), Harry Melling (Harry Potter series), and Rosy McEwen (Blue Jean), Harvest is a period drama that exceeds expectations of the genre.

A searing new play from the team behind Prima Facie

Jessica Parks is smart, compassionate, a true maverick at the top of her career as an eminent London Crown Court Judge. At work she’s changing and challenging the system one case at a time. But behind the robe, Jessica is a karaoke fiend, a loving wife and a supportive parent.

While managing the impossible juggling act faced by every working mother, an event threatens to throw her life completely off balance. Can she hold her family upright?

Rosamund Pike (Saltburn) makes her National Theatre debut as Jessica. Writer Suzie Miller and director Justin Martin reunite following their global phenomenon Prima Facie with this searing examination of modern masculinity and motherhood.

From the producers of Wicked, and winner of 3 Tony Awards® and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Next to Normal is a ground-breaking musical that returns to the stage following its sold-out run at London’s Donmar Warehouse.

One of only ten musicals to ever win the Pulitzer, this critically acclaimed production offers an unflinching, intimate look at family, mental illness, and grief—centered around Diana, a suburban wife and mother living with bipolar disorder and grappling with a past that refuses to fade. Featuring an extraordinary cast including Caissie Levy (Frozen), Jamie Parker (Harry Potter), Jack Wolfe (Shadow & Bone), Olivier winner Eleanor Worthington-Cox (Matilda), Trevor Dion Nicholas (Aladdin, Hadestown), and Jack Ofrecio.

In a war-torn, modern-day Rome, love and art collide with tyranny as Tosca faces an impossible choice to save her lover in Puccini’s gripping thriller, brought to life by a star-studded cast and a bold new production.

Nadine Sierra stars as the sleepwalking Amina in Bellini’s heart-rending La Sonnambula, a tale of love lost and found set in the Swiss Alps—reimagined by director Rolando Villazón as a haunting journey through the mind, with Riccardo Frizza conducting a stellar cast.

Five-time Olivier Award winner Imelda Staunton (The Crown) joins forces with her real-life daughter Bessie Carter (Bridgerton) for the very first time, playing mother and daughter in Bernard Shaw's incendiary moral classic.

Vivie Warren is a woman ahead of her time. Her mother, however, is a product of that old patriarchal order. Exploiting it has earned Mrs. Warren a fortune – but at what cost?

Filmed live from the West End, this new production reunites Staunton with director Dominic Cooke (Follies, GOOD), exploring the clash between morality and independence, traditions and progress.  

Love defies ambition in Ashton’s La Fille mal gardée, where young Lise schemes to marry the farmer she loves instead of her mother’s chosen suitor, set to a joyful score and vibrant village charm in this beloved Royal Ballet classic.

Olivier Award-winner Jack Lowden (Slow Horses, Dunkirk) is joined by Emmy and BAFTA-winner Martin Freeman (The Hobbit, The Responder) starring in the critically acclaimed and subversively funny new play by David Ireland.

After years in the 12-step programme of Alcoholics Anonymous, James becomes a sponsor to newcomer Luka. The pair bond over black coffee, trade stories and build a fragile friendship out of their shared experiences. But as Luka approaches step five – the moment of confession – dangerous truths emerge, threatening the trust on which both of their recoveries depend.

Finn den Hertog directs the provocative and entertaining production filmed live from @sohoplace on London's West End.

Olivier Award-winner Hiran Abeysekera (Life of Pi) is Hamlet in this fearless, contemporary take on Shakespeare's famous tragedy.

Trapped between duty and doubt, surrounded by power and privilege, young Prince Hamlet dares to ask the ultimate question – you know the one.

National Theatre Deputy Artistic Director, Robert Hastie (Standing at the Sky's Edge, Operation Mincemeat) directs this sharp, stylish and darkly funny reimagining.