Part 2 of the 2025-26 Season starts on Thursday 11th January!
Thefirst half of our brand-new film programme started on Thursday 18th September, curated with care to bring you the very best in world cinema, with standout films from Brazil, France, Belgium, Denmark, and India.
The second half, starting on Thursday 8th January has been expanded to include seven films journeying through Germany, France, Italy, Norway, Switzerland, Palestine, and the USA, exploring themes of resistance, connection, identity, and reinvention. From historical dramas to thrilling tales and tributes to cinema itself, each screening is hand-picked to offer something unique and thought-provoking.
Explore the full season lineup here! | Jump straight to Part 2 | View or download the flyer for Part 2
Memberships are still open!
We’re keeping memberships open into Part 2 of the season. At just £10 for the season, a membership gives you access to all the films at the special member price of only £5 per screening.
Joining
You can easily join by going to our Membership page and following the instructions there.
If you were a member last season, please note that 2024-25 memberships expired on 31st August 2025 and your membership cards for that season are no longer valid.
Membership and ticketing
A Film Society membership will only cost £10 for the whole season! This allows our members to buy tickets for each film directly from Picturehouse at an exclusive cost of just £5 a time. Non-members are still welcome, but they would have to buy tickets at the full standard Picturehouse price (currently £10 plus any online booking fee). Our arrangement with Picturehouse means that they cover all the venue and film licensing costs and take all ticket revenue.
We administer memberships using an online platform called Membermojo. Memberships for joining or renewal are now open!
Programming our films
We split the season into two parts which allows us to take advantage of obtaining more recent films from World Cinema, which is the focus of our programme. Part 1 covers September to December and Part 2 covers January to April.
We have a Film Programming Group of film society members who meet to discuss and agree on our final shortlist of films. These are then submitted to Picturehouse’s Senior Film Programmer who obtains the necessary screening licenses. For details of last season’s films and an archive going back to 1990, go to our Archive page.
‘”Don’t worry. You’ll make it through. And you’ll have quite the ride on the way“
David Copperfield to his younger self in The Personal History of David Copperfield (2019)