SHREWSBURY FILM SOCIETY

Our Film Listings

All films are shown at the Hive, 5 Belmont, Shrewsbury SY1 1TE. Tickets are £6 on the door.
Films start at 8pm with the bar open from 7:30pm.
Sunday films start at 5pm, with the bar open from 4.30pm.

Dine-out After a Matinee

After a matinee, we will often endeavour to discuss the movie that we have just seen over food at a local resturant. Please email us for further details.

 
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Friday 26 September 2025

Here We Are

12 | Israel | 2020 | Hebrew, subtitled | 94 mins

Director: Nir Bergman
A devoted father prepares to place his autistic son in a care facility, but second thoughts spark an impulsive journey that tests their bond and independence. This tender Israeli drama balances gentle humour with emotional depth, offering a poignant look at parenthood, identity, and letting go.
Friday 10 October 2025

Luzzu

15 | Malta | 2021 | Maltese, subtitled | 91 mins

Director: Alex Camilleri
In Malta, a struggling fisherman faces a heartbreaking choice: uphold tradition or join an illegal black market to support his wife and newborn. “Luzzu” offers a powerful neorealist glimpse into modern hardship and moral conflict, blending real-life fishermen with fiction in a compelling social drama.
Friday 24 October 2025

Green Border

15 | Poland | 2023 | Polish, subtitled | 152 mins

Director: Agnieszka Holland
This gripping drama explores the harrowing plight of refugees stranded between Belarus and Poland. Through interwoven stories of migrants, border guards, and aid workers, “Green Border” offers a searing look at human rights, compassion, and geopolitical cruelty. A film that confronts conscience and challenges indifference.
Friday 7 November 2025

Perfect Days

PG | Germany | 2023 | Japanese, subtitled | 119 mins

Director: Wim Wenders
Hirayama cleans Tokyo’s toilets with serene joy. His minimalist life hides a rich inner world shaped by music, books, and fleeting encounters. Wim Wenders’ meditative film celebrates the poetry of the mundane, revealing the quiet dignity of a man who finds wonder in every day.
Friday 21 November 2025

The Promised Land

15 | Denmark | 2023 | Danish, subtitled | 122 mins

Director: Nikolaj Arcel
In 18th-century Denmark, a poor soldier embarks on an ambitious quest to cultivate unclaimed land. Battling harsh nature and class prejudice, “The Promised Land” is an epic tale of endurance, obsession, and the cost of ambition. Based on a true story, it’s a stirring historical drama.
Friday 5 December 2025

La Chimera

15 | Italy | 2023 | Italian, subtitled | 126 mins

Director: Alice Rohrwacher
A young archaeologist joins tomb raiders in 1980s Italy while haunted by the memory of a lost lover. “La Chimera” blends magical realism and romance with a critique of greed and longing, exploring what we dig up—literally and emotionally—in pursuit of what we’ve lost.
Friday 19 December 2025

The Apartment

PG | USA | 1960 | English | 125 mins

Director: Billy Wilder
In 1960s New York, an insurance clerk lends his apartment to company execs for their affairs—until love and ethics collide. Billy Wilder’s sharp romantic comedy blends satire and heart in a story of loneliness, compromise, and quiet heroism in the corporate world.
Friday 9 January 2026

Monster

12 | Japan | 2023 | Japanese, subtitled | 125 mins

Director: Hirokazu Kore-eda
After a school incident, a mother demands answers—but the truth morphs with each perspective. Hirokazu Kore-eda crafts a multi-layered narrative exploring bullying, misunderstanding, and identity, unraveling a tale where nothing is as it seems, and the real “monster” might surprise you.
Friday 23 January 2026

The Red Shoes

PG | UK | 1948 | English | 133 mins

Director: Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger
A young ballerina is torn between love and career when she’s cast in a groundbreaking ballet. “The Red Shoes” dazzles with vivid visuals and timeless themes of artistic passion, control, and self-destruction, marking a pinnacle in classic British cinema.
Friday 6 February 2026

Ceddo

12 | Senegal | 1977 | Wolof, subtitled | 116 mins

Director: Ousmane Sembène
This Senegalese classic depicts resistance against forced religious conversion and European colonisation. Through the eyes of the Ceddo people, Ousmane Sembène weaves a powerful tale of identity, sovereignty, and cultural erosion, offering bold political commentary wrapped in rich historical drama.
Friday 20 February 2026

Joyland

15 | Pakistan | 2022 | Urdu, subtitled | 126 mins

Director: Saim Sadiq
In Lahore, a man secretly joins an erotic dance troupe and falls for a transgender performer. “Joyland” explores gender, tradition, and desire with tenderness and tension, breaking cinematic ground while portraying the cost of defiance in a repressive society.
Friday 6 March 2026

The Measure of a Man

PG | France | 2015 | French, subtitled | 91 mins

Director: Stéphane Brizé
After losing his job, a middle-aged man takes a soul-crushing role as a supermarket security guard. This French drama exposes the quiet tragedy of economic survival, as personal integrity clashes with institutional exploitation. A quietly devastating look at modern precarity.
Friday 20 March 2026

Return to Seoul

15 | Korea | 2022 | Korean, French, English, subtitled | 119 mins

Director: Davy Chou
Freddie, a French woman adopted from South Korea, returns to Seoul to find her birth parents. Her journey unfolds with spontaneity and emotional turbulence in this nuanced exploration of identity, belonging, and the complexity of family across cultures.
Friday 10 April 2026

The 400 Blows

PG | France | 1959 | French, subtitled | 95 mins

Director: François Truffaut
François Truffaut’s seminal film follows a Parisian boy navigating neglect, misunderstanding, and juvenile justice. A landmark in French New Wave cinema, it offers a deeply personal and poetic view of adolescence and alienation, still resonant decades later.
Friday 24 April 2026

Summer 1993

12 | Spain | 2017 | Catalan, subtitled | 98 mins

Director: Carla Simón
After her mother’s death, six-year-old Frida moves to the countryside to live with relatives. Seen through her eyes, “Summer 1993” tenderly captures the confusion, resilience, and quiet moments of a child coping with loss and redefining family in a new world.
Friday 8 May 2026

My Favourite Cake

12 | Iran | 2024 | Persian, subtitled | 94 mins

Director: Maryam Moghaddam & Behtash Sanaeeha
A widowed woman defies social norms when she invites a charming stranger into her home for cake—and more. This warm Iranian film is a gentle yet subversive ode to companionship, joy, and the quiet rebellion of living fully, at any age.
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