WINTER SEASON 2026

7TH FEBRUARY - 28TH MARCH 2026

Join us this Winter Season for an assortment of entertaining and varied films at the beautiful Electric Picture Palace. To book please email boxoffice@southwoldcinema.co.uk Bookings are dealt with in the order we have received them on Monday 2nd February.

DOWNTON ABBEY - THE GRAND FINALE

Saturday, 7 February, 2026

Including an appearance by "Noel Coward", this is a very worthy final outing for the team led by Hugh Bonneville

Running Time:
PG minutes
Year of Release:
2025
Rated:
124

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THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION

Friday, 13 February, 2026

Superlative prison story featuring a professional man, Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins) who is wrongly incarcerated. With Morgan Freeman.

Running Time:
142 minutes
Year of Release:
1994
Rated:
15

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STRICTLY BALLROOM

Saturday, 14 February, 2026

A young ballroom dancer pursues an original attitude to the approved steps with a new partner. This is the Baz Luhrmann film that begat the BBC TV programme. Romantic tale for Valentine's Day with Paul Mercurio and Tara Morice.

Running Time:
94 minutes
Year of Release:
1992
Rated:
PG

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DELIVER ME FROM NOWEHERE

Friday, 20 February, 2026

Bruce Springsteen story focussing on the creation of his album Nebraska featuring the song Born in the USA recorded with the E.Street Band.

Running Time:
119 minutes
Year of Release:
2025
Rated:
12A

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BABY BOOM

Saturday, 21 February, 2026

As a tribute to Diane Keaton this film features a high powered executive whose life changes direction when she inherits a baby girl from a distant relative. Charming.

Running Time:
110 minutes
Year of Release:
1987
Rated:
15

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THE GRADUATE

Friday, 27 February, 2026

Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft and Katherine Ross in this classic comedy directed by Mike Nicholls about a young man's amorous adventures played out against the timeless music of Simon and Garfunkel.

Running Time:
106 minutes
Year of Release:
1967
Rated:
12A

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FITZCARRALDO

Saturday, 28 February, 2026

Accompanied by Claudia Cardinale, Klaus Kinski plays the Irish rubber entrepreneur trying to build an opera house on the Amazon involving moving a boat over a hill.

Running Time:
157 minutes
Year of Release:
1982
Rated:
PG

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ELVIRA MADIGAN

Friday, 6 March, 2026

A married army officer falls in love with a circus trapeze artiste. Very notable deployment of Mozart's Piano Concerto No 21 which adds to the ambience of this poetic piece. Featuring Pia Degermak and Thommy Berggren. Danish/Swedish with subtitles.

Running Time:
91 minutes
Year of Release:
1967
Rated:
PG

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MASTER AND COMMANDER

Saturday, 7 March, 2026

Russell Crowe plays Aubrey in this very authentic portrayal of a naval fighting ship of the early 19th century. Good looking and atmospheric. Our member, Viktor Wynd, who is the step grandson of Patrick O'Brian, who wrote the Jack Aubrey books, will introduce the film.

Running Time:
138 minutes
Year of Release:
2003
Rated:
15

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ROAD TO PERDITION

Friday, 13 March, 2026

Paul Newman, Tom Hanks, Daniel Craig and Jude Law in excellent action film set in 1930s Illinois wherein a mob enforcer's son witnesses a murder and goes on the run with his father.

Running Time:
117 minutes
Year of Release:
2002
Rated:
15

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AMADEUS

Saturday, 14 March, 2026

F.Murray Abraham is Salieri in this film version of the brilliant play be Peter Shaffer. With Tom Hulce as Mozart plus Simon Callow and Roy Dotrice. Musical treat.

Running Time:
161 minutes
Year of Release:
1984
Rated:
PG

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THE SECRET IN THEIR EYES

Friday, 20 March, 2026

Compelling Argentinian film in which a retired prosecutor, now a writer, re-investigates an unsolved murder/rape with unexpected results. Features Ricardo Darin, Solledad Villamil and Pablo Rago. Spanish with subtitles.

Running Time:
128 minutes
Year of Release:
2009
Rated:
15

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THE CHORAL

Saturday, 21 March, 2026

Ralph Fiennes plays Dr Guthrie, a choirmaster, who assembles a teenage choir during the Great War when its male members have enlisted. Written by Alan Bennett, directed by Nicholas Hytner.

Running Time:
113 minutes
Year of Release:
2025
Rated:
15

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MINI FILM FESTIVAL: THE LADYKILLERS: 2.30PM

Friday, 27 March, 2026

Alec Guinness, Peter Sellers, Herbert Lom and Katie Johnson in the story of an almost perfectly conceived crime set in the grimy environs of Kings Cross. 2.30pm

Running Time:
91 minutes
Year of Release:
1955
Rated:
U

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MINI FILM FESTIVAL: WHISKY GALORE: 5PM

Friday, 27 March, 2026

A cargo ship loaded with whisky runs aground near a Scottish island much distressed by an absence of suitable restoratives. With Basil Radford, Joan Greenwood. 5pm

Running Time:
82 minutes
Year of Release:
1949
Rated:
U

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MINI FILM FESTIVAL: THE LAVENDER HILL MOB:7.30PM

Friday, 27 March, 2026

Alec Guinness, a meek blank clerk and an eccentric confederate (Stanley Holloway) plan a gold bullion heist. With an uncredited Audrey Hepburn. bw. 7.30pm

Running Time:
78 minutes
Year of Release:
1951
Rated:
U

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MINI FILM FESTIVAL: PASSPORT TO PIMLICO: 2.30PM

Saturday, 28 March, 2026

With Stanley Holloway, Betty Warren, Barbara Murray and Margaret Rutherford, a tale in which the London area of Pimlico is discovered to be French territory. bw. 2.30pm.

Running Time:
84 minutes
Year of Release:
1949
Rated:
U

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MINI FILM FESTIVAL: CARRY ON UP THE KHYBER: 5PM

Saturday, 28 March, 2026

A classic Carry On adventure with the usual gang including Sid James, Charles Hawtrey and Kenneth Williams as the Khasi of Kalabar. 5pm

Running Time:
88 minutes
Year of Release:
1968
Rated:
A

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MINI FILM FESTIVAL: I'M ALL RIGHT JACK: 7.30PM

Saturday, 28 March, 2026

Peter Sellers, Margaret Rutherford, Terry-Thomas, Ian Carmichael, Richard Attenborough and Irene Handl in a brilliant comedy satirising many things. 7.30pm

Running Time:
105 minutes
Year of Release:
1959
Rated:
U

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2026 Season Dates

WINTER

7TH FEBRUARY - 28TH MARCH 2026

SPRING

TBA

SUMMER

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AUTUMN

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Seasons

The Society runs three ten week seasons a year, Autumn, Winter and Spring, with films on Friday and Saturday nights. Also a five week summer season showing films on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Friday and Saturdays. There is a break of about three weeks between seasons with entertaining tours of the building being organised during those periods. Occasionally we have a one day Film Festival, recent examples being “Ealing”, “Hitchcock”, and “Westfest”. In the summer we usually have a silent film accompanied by Tom Horton at the organ.

Ticket Prices

Stalls - Front Row = £6.00

Stalls - B-H = £7.00

Circle = £8.00

Royal Box = £15.00

Membership is required to book tickets.

Become a member

We run as a club, but there is no waiting list and anyone over 16 can join. Under 16s can attend as guests. The annual subscription is £10 but you can join for a season for £3.

Take the tour

Entertaining tours of the building are organised in our out of season periods . Click here to find out when the next one is.