What's On
Film Society: The Marching Band
A world-famous orchestra conductor discovers the brother he never knew he had — a school cafeteria worker who plays trombone in a local marching band.
Gloria is sent by her power company to assess the condition of a coal mine in her former hometown. Her arrival injects a new lease of life in the local band which prepares for a national competition.
Film Society: The Voice of HInd Rajab
Red Crescent volunteers receive an emergency call. A 6-year old girl is trapped in a car under IDF fire in Gaza, pleading for rescue. While trying to keep her on the line, they do everything they can to get an ambulance to her.
John Davidson: diagnosed with Tourette's syndrome at a young age which alienated him from his peers, he struggled with a condition few people had witnessed.
On the eve of the 2002 FIFA World Cup, the Irish captain Roy Keane forfeits his place in the squad at the team's preparation base in Saipan, following a heated disagreement with the Irish manager Mick McCarthy.
Movie Matinee: Midwinter Break
Longtime retired couple Stella and Gerry realize that their relationship has reached a crossroads while on holiday in Amsterdam.
Film Society: Souleymane’s Story
A Paris food delivery cyclist and asylum seeker named Souleymane has two days to prepare his story for a make-or-break interview to secure legal residency.
Movie Matinee: Four Letters of Love
Nicholas and Isabel are made for each other, but as destiny pulls them together, family, passion and faith drives them apart.
Film Society: The President’s Cake
In 1990s Iraq, 9-year-old Lamia must bake the President's birthday cake. She scrambles to find ingredients for this compulsory task while facing potential punishment if she fails.
In 1970, Mooney and two cohorts wander into a museum in broad daylight and steal four paintings. When holding onto the art proves more difficult than stealing them, Mooney is relegated to a life on the run.
Otley Science Festival Movie Matinee: Underland
This documentary follows ‘astronauts of the underworld’ through sacred caves, melting glaciers, underwater burial chambers and a deep underground laboratory exploring the mysteries of the universe.
Film Society: Everybody to Kenmure Street
Glasgow residents abandon their daily routines to gather on Kenmure Street after learning authorities plan to deport their neighbors, sparking an impromptu grassroots movement.
Leeds Palestinian Film Festival and Otley Film Society present: All That’s Left Of You
After a Palestinian teen gets swept up into a West Bank protest, his mother recounts the family story of hope, courage and relentless struggle that led to this fateful moment.
William Shakespeare and his wife, Agnes, celebrate the birth of their son, Hamnet. However, when tragedy strikes and Hamnet dies at a young age, it inspires Shakespeare to write his timeless masterpiece "Hamlet."
The story focuses on Aurora, a Portuguese worker in a Scottish warehouse, navigating loneliness and alienation in an algorithm-driven gig economy as she seeks meaning and connection amidst solitude and workplace confines.
Lightning and Thunder, a Milwaukee husband and wife Neil Diamond tribute act, experience soaring success and devastating heartbreak in their musical journey together.
Mysterious boat returns to a village 30 years after vanishing. Two men join its crew hoping for better fortune. After one voyage, they find themselves transported back in time, mistaken for the original crew.
Otley Film Society present: It’s A Wonderful Life
After a lifetime of sacrifices for his family and community, George Bailey feels hopeless and considers ending his life on Christmas Eve, but an angel shows him how much he has meant to others, revealing how different the world would be without him.
Otley Film Society present: Zootropolis 2
Rookie cops Judy Hopps and Nick Wilde find themselves on the twisting trail of a great mystery when Gary De’Snake arrives in Zootropolis and turns the animal metropolis upside down.
A teacher in a Mexican border town full of neglect, corruption, and violence, tries a radical new method to unlock their students' curiosity, potential - and maybe even their genius.
After the sudden death of her father, a woman turns to the ancient art of falconry, training a wild goshawk named Mabel to navigate her profound loss.
Floria, a dedicated nurse, tirelessly serves in an understaffed hospital ward. However, today her shift becomes a tense and urgent race against the clock.
A charismatic criminal, while on the run from the police, hides in a hidden space of a toy store. There, he adopts a new identity and becomes involved with an employee, beginning a relationship as unlikely as it is risky.
Film Society: Sentimental Value
An intimate exploration of family, memories, and the reconciliatory power of art.
Movie Matinee: The Devil Wears Prada 2
Miranda Priestly struggles against Emily Charlton, her former assistant turned rival executive, as they compete for advertising revenue amid declining print media, while Miranda nears retirement.
After a tragic event, a woman finds herself alone while everyone else continues with their lives as if nothing had happened.
Struggling to find purpose, an American actor lands an unusual gig with a Japanese agency to play stand-in roles for strangers.