Our films are hosted at Chester Picturehouse in their 218-seat Screen 1. Film Society membership costs only £10 for the season, and member tickets for each film must be bought in person, either in advance or on the night, for £5.00 on the production of your 2025/26 Chester Film Society membership card (either digital or printed).

18th September 2025

I’m Still Here
(2024, Brazil, Director: Walter Salles)
Brazil 1971: a country in the grip of a military dictatorship. A mother is forced to reinvent herself when her family’s life is shattered by an act of arbitrary violence. Based on Marcelo Rubens Paiva’s best-selling memoir. “Carried along by Fernanda Torres’ superb performance, I’m Still Here poignantly explores a nation’s upheaval through one family’s search for answers.” (Rotten Tomatoes)
In Portuguese | Cert 15
More on IMDB | Watch the trailer on Youtube


9th October 2025

Misericordia
(2024, France, Director: Alain Guiraudie)
A man visits his childhood village for the funeral of a family friend and upends the lives of the local eccentrics in the French director’s weird and earthy return to form. “Navigating a diabolical story with fleet-footed tonal mastery, Misericorida is another superb foray into the dangers of desire” (Rotten Tomatoes)
In French |Cert 15
More on IMDB | Watch the trailer on Youtube


30th October 2025

The Girl with the Needle
(2024, Denmark, Director: Magnus von Horn)
Copenhagen 1919. A young woman worker finds herself unemployed and pregnant. She meets Dagmar, who runs an underground adoption agency. A strong connection grows, but her world shatters when she stumbles on the truth behind her work. “Threading its grim tale through sumptuous black-and-white photography, The Girl with the Needle is a haunting parable made with superb craft.” (Rotten Tomatoes)
In Danish | Cert 15
More on IMDB | Watch the trailer on Youtube


20th November 2025

Santosh
(2025, India, Director: Sandhya Suri)
Newly widowed Santosh inherits her husband’s job as a police constable in the rural badlands of Northern India. When a girl’s body is found, she’s pulled into the investigation under the wing of charismatic feminist inspector Sharma. “Shahana Goswami bristles with unforgettable intensity in Santosh, a nervy procedural that asks the hard questions about a culture’s social hierarchy.” (Rotten Tomatoes)
In Hindi | Cert 15
More on IMDB | Watch the trailer on Youtube


11th December 2025

The Marching Band
(2025, Belgium, Director: Emmanuel Courcol)
Two long-lost brothers, an orchestra conductor and a worker at a struggling factory, find common ground in their talent and love for music in this French comedy-drama. “This film may not surprise, but it’s a sincere and uplifting tale that is in tune with the spirit of underdog crowd-pleasers Brassed Off and The Full Monty.” (Linda Marric)
In French | Cert 15
Watch the trailer on Youtube


Part Two of the 2025-26 Season will be announced in early December