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We’re joining up with Rambling Cinema to present a powerful double bill chronicling the ongoing conflict in Ukraine

*Please note, donations will be taken in cash on the night or via QR codes provided. Please do not donate using the donation page during the booking process. Donations can be made here in advance, or at the venue. Funds raised will go to Ukraine Relief

20 Days in Mariupol (18) – 5.30pm

An AP team of Ukrainian journalists trapped in the besieged city of Mariupol struggle to continue their work documenting atrocities of the Russian invasion. As the only international reporters who remain in the city, they capture what later become defining images of the war: dying children, mass graves, the bombing of a maternity hospital, and more.

*Winner- Best Documentary Film Feature at the 96th Academy Awards

“Film-maker Mstyslav Chernov risked everything to document Russia’s attack from within the besieged city” Guardian ★★★★★

— Short Interval —

2000 Meters to Andriivka (15) – 7.30pm

A Ukrainian platoon’s mission: traverse a heavily fortified mile of forest to liberate a strategic village from Russian forces. A journalist accompanies them, witnessing the ravages of war and the growing uncertainty about its conclusion.

Guardian ★★★★★

*Please note, these films contain distressing scenes including war, graphic depictions of injury, medical procedures and bodily harm.

*This work also contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.

From the highly anticipated adaptation of master storyteller Stephen King’s first-written novel, and Francis Lawrence, the visionary director of The Hunger Games franchise films (Catching Fire, Mockingjay – Pts. 1 & 2, and The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes), comes The Long Walk, an intense, chilling, and emotional thriller that challenges audiences to confront a haunting question: how far could you go?

“Don’t walk, run to your nearest cinema to see this!” Filmhounds ★★★★★

Directed by Francis Lawrence
With Cooper Hoffman
1hrs 48 mins // US 2025

Free tickets are now available for our latest Escapes film I Swear

From a teenager struggling to fit in to a present day advocate, this is John Davidson’s journey. 

I Swear tells the “remarkable and life-affirming” true story of John Davidson, following his journey from a misunderstood teenager growing up with Tourette syndrome in 1980s Britain to adulthood, finding inspiration in his experiences and discovering his purpose in advocating for others.

Be first to see I Swear on 6 – 7 October for FREE, ahead of its official release on 10 October. Book your tickets today and get ready for a film that will stick with you!

Supported by British Film Institute awarding National Lottery funding.

When a meteor crashes into Colepepper Zoo, it unleashes a virus that transforms the zoo animals into zombies. Gracie, a quirky young wolf, teams up with a gruff mountain lion named Dan to lead a wacky team of animals on a perilous mission to escape the virus and rescue their zoo, on one spooky Night of the Zoopocalypse!

Directed by Rodrigo Perez-Castro, Ricardo Curtis
1hrs 34 mins // CAN/FRA/BEL 2025

Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale, the cinematic return of the global phenomenon, follows the Crawley family and their staff as they enter the 1930s. When Mary finds herself at the centre of a public scandal and the family faces financial trouble, the entire household grapples with the threat of social disgrace. The Crawleys must embrace change as the staff prepares for a new chapter with the next generation leading Downton Abbey into the future.

“Hilarious, tear-jerking send off” Express ★★★★

Guardian ★★★ Telegraph ★★★ Independent ★★★

Directed by Simon Curtis
With Hugh Bonneville, Laura Carmichael
2hr 2 mins TBC // UK/US 2025

Some doors bring you to your past. Some doors lead you to your future. And some doors change everything. Sarah (Margot Robbie) and David (Colin Farrell) are single strangers who meet at a mutual friend’s wedding and soon, through a surprising twist of fate, find themselves on A Big Bold Beautiful Journey – a funny, fantastical, sweeping adventure together where they get to re-live important moments from their respective pasts, illuminating how they got to where they are in the present…and possibly getting a chance to alter their futures.

“A powerful and ultimately heart-warming tale that captures the essence of life in a way that’s universally relatable.” Filmhounds ★★★★

Directed by Kogonada
With Margot Robbie, Colin Farrell
1hrs 49 mins // US 2025

A widowed fisherwoman (Emma Thompson), travelling alone through snowbound northern Minnesota, interrupts the kidnapping of a teenage girl (Laurel Marsden). Hours from the nearest town and with no phone service, she realises that she is the young girl’s only hope.

“Emma Thompson lights up icy country thriller”  Guardian ★★★★★

Directed by Brian Kirk
With Emma Thompson
1hrs 38 mins // US/GER 2025

Returning to the painstaking stop-motion animation he employed with amazing success in The Nightmare Before Christmas, Tim Burton presents a hair-raising legend based on a 19th-century Russian folktale, in which a young man mistakenly weds a corpse while on a two-day trek to the village of his real bride-to-be. It is up to the groom’s flesh-and-blood fiancée, who has been pining for the arrival of her intended, to face her wraith-like rival and make peace with her by promising to live her dreams for her and by vowing to remember her always. Only then are the living bride and groom free to proceed with their own wedding ceremony in the warmhearted fable Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride.

Directed by Tim Burton, Mike Johnson
1hrs 17 mins // US 2005

Interested in crafting? Join our Corpse Bride workshop before the screening!

*This film contains a sequence of flashing lights which might affect customers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.

Join artist Grace Calloway for a fun, interactive art workshop, followed by a 20th anniversary screening of Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride!

There’s no need to book for the film, we’ll reserve you some seats! However if there are specific seats you’d prefer, please feel free to email us at bonington.theatre@gedling.gov.uk with the subject ‘Corpse Bride Workshop’

The workshop will start at 3.30pm, and last for around 45 minutes. It will take place in the bar and materials will be provided.

We would love you to join us for this once a month opportunity for adult members of the community to come together for fun, camaraderie, learning, sharing food and film.

10.30 – Exploration workshop examining the themes, context, characters, ideas and plot of the film as well as examining the acting styles and direction.

12.30 – A light buffet style lunch, teas and coffees

13.30 – Watching the film explored in the workshop

15.15 – End of Film

Monday 6^th October – Downton Abbey

Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale, the cinematic return of the global phenomenon, follows the Crawley family and their staff as they enter the 1930s.

In the first episode of Downton Abbey 15 years ago in 2010, we were introduced to the Crawley family on the day after the sinking of the Titanic in 1912 as they received the news that the heirs to Downton had perished. After 6 seasons on ITV through WW1, postwar recovery, social changes, the rise of socialism and the decline of aristocracy and 2 films taking us towards the end of the 1920s, ‘The Grand Finale’ picks up the narrative as the family move into the 1930s.

When Mary finds herself at the centre of a public scandal and the family faces financial trouble, the entire household grapples with the threat of social disgrace. The Crawleys must embrace change as the staff prepares for a new chapter with the next generation leading Downton Abbey into the future.

“Hilarious, tear-jerking send off” Express ★★★★

Guardian ★★★ Telegraph ★★★ Independent ★★★

Directed by Simon Curtis
With Hugh Bonneville, Laura Carmichael, Michelle Dockery, Elizabeth McGovern and new additions, Imelda Staunton, Simon Russell Beale and Joely Richardson.

The film should finish at 3.32pm