Opening Season // Aug–Oct 2026

The first season.
Four strands, one room.

Established films and documentaries with curated post-screening discussion. Specific dates and ticketing confirmed closer to launch — join the list for first access.

FIRST SEASON · AUG–OCT 2026 32 BELVEDERE · CENTRAL BATH
DIRECTOR RETROSPECTIVE · QUARTERLY SEASON

Season 1 — Krzysztof Kieślowski

Four films across twelve weeks. The Three Colours trilogy — Kieślowski's meditation on liberty, equality, and fraternity — anchored by The Double Life of Véronique. Each evening followed by curated discussion.

Three Colours: Blue

1993

Kieślowski (dir.) · with Juliette Binoche. The opener of the trilogy — liberty as a story of grief, music, and the freedom to feel nothing.

Date TBC · Aug 2026

Three Colours: White

1994

Kieślowski (dir.) · with Zbigniew Zamachowski. Equality reframed as a black comedy of post-Wall reinvention.

Date TBC · Sept 2026

Three Colours: Red

1994

Kieślowski (dir.) · with Irène Jacob. Fraternity told through chance, surveillance, and quiet connection.

Date TBC · Oct 2026

The Double Life of Véronique

1991

Kieślowski (dir.) · with Irène Jacob. The bridge between the Decalogue and the Three Colours — luminous, melancholy, in conversation with itself.

Date TBC · Oct 2026
FIRST SUNDAY DOC CLUB · MONTHLY

Opening trio — documentaries with discussion.

Sunday-afternoon documentary followed by thirty minutes of facilitated discussion. Discussion lead rotates — local journalists, academics, and subject-matter guests where the film invites it.

20 Days in Mariupol

2023

Mstyslav Chernov (dir.). Oscar-winning frontline documentary from the first weeks of the siege.

Sunday · Sept 2026

Hoop Dreams

1994

Steve James (dir.). Five years following two Chicago teenagers chasing the NBA — the canonical American documentary.

Sunday · Oct 2026

Will & Harper

2024

Josh Greenbaum (dir.). Will Ferrell and Harper Steele drive across America — friendship as the long-form documentary subject.

Sunday · Nov 2026
WORLD CINEMA FRIDAY · MONTHLY

Recent work without a UK wide release.

Cannes and Oscar International Feature contenders that didn't reach Bath. Aimed at the international and student demographic. Programming partnership target: Bath Spa University Modern Languages.

Drive My Car

2021

Ryūsuke Hamaguchi (dir.). Japan. Oscar Best International Feature. Three hours that earn every minute.

Friday · Sept 2026

Anatomy of a Fall

2023

Justine Triet (dir.). France. Cannes Palme d'Or. A courtroom drama that's really about language, marriage, and being heard.

Friday · Oct 2026

1976

2022

Manuela Martelli (dir.). Chile. Quiet, slow-burn portrait of an upper-class woman under Pinochet.

Friday · Nov 2026
BATH ON FILM · SEASONAL

Films shot in or set in Bath.

Programmed around the Bath Festival and the Jane Austen Festival. Local-pride angle; resident–visitor overlap.

Persuasion

1995

Roger Michell (dir.) · with Amanda Root and Ciarán Hinds. The understated Austen adaptation, much of it filmed in central Bath.

Jane Austen Festival tie-in

The Duchess

2008

Saul Dibb (dir.) · with Keira Knightley. Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire — filmed across the Royal Crescent and Holburne Museum.

Bath Festival tie-in

Vanity Fair

2004

Mira Nair (dir.) · with Reese Witherspoon. Thackeray's social satire — Pump Room and Royal Crescent locations.

Seasonal special

Bridgerton — selected episodes

2020–

Filmed at the Royal Crescent. A one-evening "Bridgerton in Bath" event programmed for the broader local-and-visitor audience.

Seasonal special

Ticketing opens closer to launch.

Specific dates, times, and per-screening tickets will be announced through the Picture House list. Friend memberships (£60/year) open at the same time — Friends get priority booking one week ahead of public release.

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