To save paper, cut costs and give us flexibility in selecting films at short notice, we no longer produce printed programmes. All of our films are listed on the Buxton Opera House Cinema website as well as our own. If you’d like to receive a weekly alert for our Monday film please subscribe to our newsletter.
Here is our diary – we update it as soon as new films are confirmed. You won’t find a more varied and interesting programme anywhere!
| Monday 18/8/25 | The Last Journey (PG) | Well known Swedish TV filmmaking duo embark on a trip to France aiming to rekindle the zest for life of Filip’s ailing and pessimistic 80-year-old father Lars. They drive him to the French coastal town where they used to spend their holidays as children in an iconic classic car like the one they had then. As well as being a much-loved dad, Lars was an inspiring teacher of French and archival audio and video clips are used, along with 8mm home movie material and photos, to suggest something of what those original holidays were like. A funny but touching road movie to open Buxton Film’s summer/autumn season. |
| Monday 25/8/25 | Red Path (15) | Featuring remarkable performances from its young cast, this is brilliant filmmaking and an indelible snapshot of the impact of conflict on children. Based on a true story and rooted in the turbulent reality of rural Tunisia, the film follows 13-year-old Ashraf, a young shepherd, coming to terms with a tragedy at the hands of bandits while out in the mountains with his cousin. Ashraf returns home alone and finds himself struggling to cope with the psychological aftermath while his family strives for justice. Highly recommended. |
| Monday 1/9/25 | Motherboard (15) | At the age of 38, Victoria Mapplebeck found herself single, pregnant and broke. Unable to combine motherhood with freelance directing, she was forced to abandon her career in TV, instead turning the camera on herself and her son, Jim. Filmed over 20 years, Victoria has recorded hundreds of hours of footage, capturing each twist and turn in Jim’s life, from the thumbs-up he gave her during her first pregnancy scan to his first day at college. Honest, funny and infinitely relatable, MOTHERBOARD is the antidote to the unrealistic expectations we have about motherhood, and a film for anyone who wants to see family life in all its unfiltered glory. |
| Monday 8/9/25 | Unmoored (15) | A familiar face on Swedish television screens, Maria’s life capsizes when shocking accusations are levied against her husband (Thomas W. Gabrielsson). Initially fleeing the resulting media firestorm together, an unexpected confrontation subsequently inspires Maria to travel alone to Exmoor. But once there, her seeming idyll quickly turns to paranoia, forcing her to examine her own self-deception and her complicity in the events of the past. A suspenseful slow burn noir, based on Hakan Nesser’s bestselling crime novel The Living and the Dead in Winsford. |
| Monday 15/9/25 | Central Station (15) | Bitter former schoolteacher Dora writes letters for illiterate people in Rio de Janeiro’s main railway station. One day, the son of one of her clients is left alone when his mother is killed in an accident. Reluctantly taking him in, Dora joins the boy on a road trip to find his long-missing father. Winner of a Golden Globe, a BAFTA and nominated for an Oscar and one of our favourite and most compelling films, Central Station has been re-released in 4K – not to be missed. |
| Monday 22/9/25 | Paul and Paulette Take A Bath (15) | An unconventional romantic comedy about a young American photographer and a French woman with unusual tastes. Their chance encounter on a Parisian boulevard sparks an unusual relationship that grows around a dark historical game. For Paul, the game is a way of getting closer to Paulette. For Paulette, it’s a way of escaping a painful break-up. As their road trip approaches the more recent past it becomes more uncomfortable, blurring the lines between reality and fantasy, but finding a surprising joy in the darker corners of humanity. Winner: Critics’ Week Audience Award and Cinema & Arts Award, Venice Film Festival 2024 Winner: Best Actress Award, Marie Benati, Monte Carlo Comedy Film Festival 2024 |
| Monday 29/9/25 | Put Your Soul In Your Hand and Walk | Filmmaker Sepideh Farsi originally tried to enter Gaza but was turned away so she began interviewing Fatima Hassouna, a young Palestinian woman, from April 2024 holding a number of video conversations. During these meetings, which were often interrupted by poor connection or Israeli bombings, we see the joyful and endearing Hassouna and her family living day to day, month to month trying to survive as the city around them falls apart. For Hassouna, Farsi became her connection to the outside world and they kept this line of life going for more than 200 days. The bits of pixels and sounds that they exchanged constitute the honest and moving film we see. Fatema's assassination on April 16, 2025, following an Israeli attack on her home has forever changed its meaning. |
| Monday 6/10/25 | Young Mothers (12A) | Receiving a 10-minute standing ovation and winning the Best Screenplay prize at Cannes this year, the latest social-realist drama from the Dardenne brothers follows five adolescent mothers living at a maternal support home in Belgium. Far from bleak or depressing, the uplifting script evokes a real sense of community, as the characters support one another, taking turns preparing meals, and stepping in when one of them is overwhelmed. "Compassion and love are the keynotes of this quietly outstanding new movie. " Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian |
| Monday 13/10/25 | Deaf (12A) | Living in rural Spain, where she works in a pottery studio, Angela, who is deaf, and her hearing partner Hector, are thrilled at the prospect of having their first baby. They are also very aware that there is a 50 percent chance their baby will be deaf but they won’t be able to find out for sure until after the child is born. The film portrays the realities of being a deaf parent to an infant. Angela cannot hear her baby cry, is unable to talk or sing to comfort baby Ona but is determined to be the best mother she can. A compelling drama that that brings home the extraordinary implications of deafness in a hearing world. |
| Monday 20/10/25 | Little Trouble Girls (15) | Introverted 16-year-old Lucia joins her Catholic school's all-girls choir and befriends Ana-Maria, a popular and flirty student. But when the choir travels to a countryside convent for a weekend of intensive rehearsals, Lucia’s interest in a dark-eyed restoration worker tests her friendship the other girls The film is a tender portrayal, sensuously shot and beautifully scored, of the sexual awakening of a young chorister. |
| Monday 27/10/25 | Islands (15) | Between drinking sessions and one-night stands, washed-up tennis pro Tom (BAFTA nominee Sam Riley) clings to a job coaching holidaymakers at a hotel in Fuerteventura. When an enigmatic English couple arrive, their presence sets off a chain of events that leads to a mysterious disappearance. Islands is a contemporary, intelligent thriller with noirish undertones and stylistic echoes of Alfred Hitchcock and Patricia Highsmith, stunningly shot against the sun-drenched volcanic landscapes of the Canary Islands. |