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From family films, world cinema, independent films and blockbusters to a range of live and encore screenings of theatre, opera and ballet performances, enjoy an eclectic range of films right in the heart of Colchester!
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28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
Friday 13 February 2026
8:00 pm
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Expanding upon the world created by Boyle and Garland – but turning it on its head – Nia DaCosta directs 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple.
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Little Amélie (Relaxed)
Saturday 14 February 2026
11:00 am
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An enchanting tale about curiosity, courage, and the power of human connection based on Amélie Nothomb’s best-selling novel, Little Amélie.
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JFTFP26: What Should We Have Done?
Saturday 14 February 2026
2:00 pm
In What Should We Have Done?, Tomoaki confronts the painful truth his doctor parents refused to face: his sister Masako’s schizophrenia.
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28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (Captioned)
Saturday 14 February 2026
5:30 pm
Expanding upon the world created by Boyle and Garland – but turning it on its head – Nia DaCosta directs 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple.
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Rental Family
Saturday 14 February 2026
8:05 pm
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A down-and-out actor is hired as a token American guy for a Japanese rental-family company, leading him on an unexpected journey.
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Looney Tunes: The Day the Earth Blew Up
Sunday 15 February 2026
11:00 am
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Porky and Daffy are Earth’s only hope when they uncover a secret alien plan to control minds in Looney Tunes: The Day the Earth Blew Up!
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The Royal Ballet: Woolf Works
Sunday 15 February 2026
2:00 pm
Virginia Woolf defied literary conventions to depict rich inner worlds – her startling and poignant reality in The Royal Ballet: Woolf Works.
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Little Amélie
Wednesday 18 February 2026
3:30 pm
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An enchanting tale about curiosity, courage, and the power of human connection based on Amélie Nothomb’s best-selling novel, Little Amélie.
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Hamnet (Parent & Baby)
Thursday 19 February 2026
11:00 am
From Award winning Chloé Zhao, Hamnet tells the powerful love story that inspired the creation of Shakespeare’s timeless masterpiece.
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Paul McCartney: Man on the Run
Thursday 19 February 2026
7:35 pm
In April 1970, Paul released his first solo album, McCartney, alongside a shocking press release that announced the beloved band had split.
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Zootropolis 2
Friday 20 February 2026
2:00 pm
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Brave rabbit cop Judy Hopps and her friend, the fox Nick Wilde, team up again to crack a new case in Zootropolis 2!
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H Is For Hawk
Friday 20 February 2026
5:00 pm
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When Helen’s beloved father passes away, she is knocked sideways by grief and loses herself in memories of their time in H is for Hawk.
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No Other Choice
Friday 20 February 2026
7:40 pm
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After being unemployed for several years, a man devises a unique plan to secure a new job: eliminate his competition in No Other Choice.
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Looney Tunes: The Day the Earth Blew Up (Relaxed)
Saturday 21 February 2026
11:00 am
Porky and Daffy are Earth’s only hope when they uncover a secret alien plan to control minds in Looney Tunes: The Day the Earth Blew Up!
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JFTFP26: The Hotel of My Dream
Saturday 21 February 2026
2:00 pm
Rookie novelist Kayoko plots to sabotage her feared critic, but it backfires, putting her literary dreams at risk in The Hotel of My Dream!
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Saipan
Saturday 21 February 2026
8:05 pm
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Saipan explores the explosive clash between soccer star Roy Keane and manager Mick McCarthy before the 2002 FIFA World Cup.
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Saipan (Captioned)
Sunday 22 February 2026
2:00 pm
Saipan explores the explosive clash between soccer star Roy Keane and manager Mick McCarthy before the 2002 FIFA World Cup.
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H Is For Hawk (Captioned)
Tuesday 24 February 2026
2:00 pm
When Helen’s beloved father passes away, she is knocked sideways by grief and loses herself in memories of their time in H is for Hawk.
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Rental Family (Parent & Baby)
Thursday 26 February 2026
11:00 am
A down-and-out actor is hired as a token American guy for a Japanese rental-family company, leading him on an unexpected journey.
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National Theatre Live: The Audience
Thursday 26 February 2026
7:00 pm
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Returning to cinemas for the first time in over a decade, Helen Mirren plays Queen Elizabeth II in, National Theatre Live: The Audience!
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Nouvelle Vague
Friday 27 February 2026
2:15 pm
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A playful, poignant love letter to cinema, Nouvelle Vague reimagines the making of Jean-Luc Godard’s Breathless in an exuberant exploration.
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The History Of Sound
Friday 27 February 2026
5:00 pm
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Two young men during World War I set out to record the lives, voices and music of their American countrymen in The History of Sound.
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Is This Thing On?
Friday 27 February 2026
8:00 pm
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Is This Thing On? As their marriage quietly unravels, Alex seeks new purpose in the comedy scene while Tess confronts her sacrifices.
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JFTFP26: Teki Cometh
Saturday 28 February 2026
2:00 pm
Retired professor Gisuke lives a quiet life until a mysterious email plunges him into ominous visions and haunting dreams in Teki Cometh.
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Is This Thing On? (Captioned)
Tuesday 03 March 2026
2:00 pm
Is This Thing On? As their marriage quietly unravels, Alex seeks new purpose in the comedy scene while Tess confronts her sacrifices.
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Is This Thing On? (Parent & Baby)
Thursday 05 March 2026
11:00 am
Is This Thing On? As their marriage quietly unravels, Alex seeks new purpose in the comedy scene while Tess confronts her sacrifices.
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The History Of Sound (Captioned)
Thursday 05 March 2026
1:45 pm
Two young men during World War I set out to record the lives, voices and music of their American countrymen in The History of Sound.
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La Scala: Evgenij Onegin – Tchaikovsky
Thursday 05 March 2026
7:15 pm
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Teatro alla Scala presents a new production of Tchaikovsky’s masterpiece drawn from Pushkin’s novel in verse.
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My Father’s Shadow
Saturday 07 March 2026
11:00 am
My Father’s Shadow follows two brothers and their estranged father through 1993 Lagos, witnessing the city’s magnitude and their father’s struggles.
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JFTFP26: Sham
Saturday 07 March 2026
2:00 pm
Devoted teacher Seiichi faces shocking abuse allegations against a student, prompting a media frenzy and a life-shattering lawsuit in Sham.
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AURORA: What Happened To The Earth?
Saturday 07 March 2026
5:00 pm
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Norwegian alt-pop artist AURORA, plays her biggest ever headline of her music tour at Mexico City’s Palacio de los Deportes.
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One Battle After Another
Saturday 07 March 2026
7:15 pm
After 16 years a group of ex-revolutionaries reunites to rescue one of their own’s daughter in One Battle After Another.
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The Royal Ballet: Giselle
Sunday 08 March 2026
2:00 pm
The Royal Ballet: Giselle, has fallen in love with Albrecht. When she discovers that he is an unavailable nobleman, she falls in despair.
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The President’s Cake
Friday 13 March 2026
11:00 am
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Lamia, a young girl from Iraq’s Mesopotamian Marshes, is chosen to bake The President’s Cake, to celebrating Saddam Hussein’s birthday, which she must do or face the consequences.
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Wuthering Heights
Friday 13 March 2026
5:15 pm
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Wuthering Heights tells a passionate and tumultuous love story of an intense and destructive relationship set against the backdrop of the Yorkshire moors.
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JFTFP26: Silence of the Sea
Saturday 14 March 2026
2:00 pm
When renowned artist Shuzo’s work is revealed to be a forgery, the shockwaves reach his talented former rival Ryuji in Silence of the Sea.
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Exhibition on Screen: Turner and Constable
Saturday 14 March 2026
5:00 pm
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Celebrating the 250th anniversary of their births, Exhibition on Screen: Turner and Constable explores their intertwined lives and legacies
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Sentimental Value
Sunday 15 March 2026
11:00 am
Sisters Nora and Agnes reunite with their estranged father, the charismatic Gustav, a once renowned director in Sentimental Value.
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Sinners
Wednesday 18 March 2026
2:00 pm
Twin brothers return to their hometown to start their lives over, where they encounter an evil presence that’s been waiting them in Sinners.
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The Secret Agent
Friday 20 March 2026
4:00 pm
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A university professor discovers he’s being spied on by The Secret Agent, with no escape from corruption’s reach.
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London Recruits + Q&A
Friday 20 March 2026
7:30 pm
Comrade Tambo’s London Recruits is a documentary film about the true story of the young men and women who undertook clandestine missions for the ANC during apartheid South Africa.
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JFTFP26: The Real You
Saturday 21 March 2026
1:00 pm
With AI enabling people to virtually meet with the deceased, Sakuya finds himself uncovering more about his mother’s death in The Real You.
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MET Opera Live: Tristan und Isolde
Saturday 21 March 2026
3:45 pm
The electrifying Davidsen tackles one of the ultimate roles: the Irish princess Isolde in MET Opera Live: Tristan und Isolde.
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If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
Wednesday 25 March 2026
11:00 am
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A sharply funny, deeply resonant, and electrifying story of Linda as her life crashes down around her in If I Had Legs I’d Kick You.
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Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die
Wednesday 25 March 2026
2:00 pm
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“Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die” is a science fiction action-adventure comedy about a man from the future who arrives at a Los Angeles diner.
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Little Amélie (Parent & Baby)
Thursday 26 March 2026
11:00 am
The world is a perplexing, peaceful mystery to Little Amélie until a miraculous encounter with chocolate ignites her wild sense of curiosity. As she develops a deep attachment to her family’s housekeeper, Nishio-san, Amélie discovers the wonders of nature….
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Hamnet
Friday 27 March 2026
11:00 am
From Award winning Chloé Zhao, Hamnet tells the powerful love story that inspired the creation of Shakespeare’s timeless masterpiece.
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EPiC: Elvis Presley In Concert
Friday 27 March 2026
2:00 pm
Elvis sings and tells his story like never before in EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert, a new cinematic experience.
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The Testament Of Ann Lee
Friday 27 March 2026
5:00 pm
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An epic fable about Ann Lee, founder of the Shaker Movement, hailed by her followers as the female Christ in The Testament of Ann Lee.
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Sirât
Friday 27 March 2026
8:00 pm
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Sirât follows a father, accompanied by his son, as he searches for his missing daughter in North Africa.
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JFTFP26: Hakkenden: Fiction and Reality
Sunday 29 March 2026
11:00 am
When novelist Bakin’s work reaches its climax, he is struck by tragedy, jeopardising his ability to continue in Hakkenden: Fiction and Reality
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The Royal Opera: Siegfried
Sunday 05 April 2026
2:00 pm
Raised by a scheming dwarf and unaware of his true family origins, a young man embarks on an epic journey in The Royal Opera: Siegfried.
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National Theatre Live: All My Sons
Thursday 16 April 2026
7:00 pm
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Cranston and Jean-Baptiste feature in a triumphantly acclaimed new production of Arthur Miller’s classic National Theatre Live: All My Sons
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The Royal Opera: The Magic Flute
Sunday 26 April 2026
2:00 pm
Princess Pamina has been captured. Her mother, tasks the young Prince Tamino with her daughter’s rescue in The Royal Opera: The Magic Flute.
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MET Opera Live: Eugene Onegin
Saturday 02 May 2026
5:45 pm
After debuting in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, Grigorian returns as Tatiana, the lovestruck young heroine in MET Opera Live: Eugene Onegin.
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Exhibition on Screen: Frida Kahlo; the Making of an Icon
Sunday 24 May 2026
2:00 pm
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Frida Kahlo is a phenomenon. She is arguably the world’s favourite female artist in Exhibition on Screen: Frida Kahlo; the Making of an Icon.
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National Theatre Live: The Playboy of the Western World
Thursday 28 May 2026
7:00 pm
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Coughlan, Hardwicke and McSweeney in Synge’s riveting play of self-discovery, National Theatre Live: The Playboy of the Western World.
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MET Opera Live: El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego
Saturday 30 May 2026
5:45 pm
MET Opera Live: El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego, a magical-realist portrait of Mexico’s painterly power couple Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera.
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National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses
Thursday 25 June 2026
7:00 pm
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Manville joins Turner in a striking new staging of Hampton’s celebrated adaptation in National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses.
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