07/09/2026
Sheffield Film Festival 2026 kicks off, alongside Shaun the Sheep and a Ramones invasion! This week's Special Screenings at Showroom:
📽️ Perspectives: Lomu (12A) | Mon 7 Sep @ 18.00
Rugby’s first global superstar, Jonah Lomu was a 'Freight Train'. 10 years on from his untimely passing, the All Black’s youngest ever player, gets an extensive and deserved profile.
📽️ WTF: The Legend of the Stardust Brothers (15) | Thu 10 Sep @ 20.00
A cult classic musical-mockumentary of the biggest 80s musical group... that never existed.
📽️ SFF: Music Video Preservation Society (15) | Thu 10 Sep @ 20.15
This celebration of the music video form comes to Sheffield for the first time. Host David Knight is joined by two directors Peter Care (Cabaret Voltaire: Sensoria) and Piers Dennis (Self Esteem: 69, Deep Blue Okay, Big Man) for a very Sheffield-centric spotlight.
📽️ SFF: Sheffield on Film (12A) | Fri 11 + Sat 12 Sep
With footage from early moving-image pioneers and local filmmakers, alongside expert commentary from co-director Graham Relton, The Yorkshire Film Archive tell the story of our city across 90 years.
📽️ SFF: PROTEST! | From Sat 12 Sep
From young council's on ecological activism, to 90 year olds protesting Sheffield's tree felling campaign, the 1926 General Strike told through the words of workers and a dip into the BFI's archive, see it all at Sheffield Film Festival.
📽️ SFF: Misshapes, Mistakes, Misfits | From Sat 12 Sep
Director Paul Fraser discusses Scummy Man, his short film inspired by the Arctic Monkeys' 'When the Sun Goes Down'; followed by one-off DJ set marking 30 years of Offbeat in the Café Bar. Saturday night, sorted.
📽️ Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom [Preview] (U) | Sat 12 + Sun 13 Sep
Shaun goes full mad scientist, unleashing a creature onto Mossingham in in this Halloween-inspired adventure from Aardman.
📽️ SFF: Billy Liar [+ Intro] (PG) | Sun 13 Sep @ 12.00
A cornerstone of the 1960 British new wave, about a young man escaping from his drab life into fantasy. Features an introduction by PHD researcher Molly R Leeming, on women, class and regional identity in northern social-realist film and television.
📽️ Back to School: Rock 'n' Roll High School (15) | Sun 13 Sep @ 14.30
'Gabba Gabba Hey!' A group of rock-music-loving students (with the help of the Ramones) take over their school and its oppressive administration, in this silly and anarchic musical comedy.
Explore the programme at: https://showroomcinema.org.uk/whats-on