Stoke-on-Trent Film Theatre

Stoke-on-Trent Film Theatre Film Theatre dedicated to showing a wide variety of independent and foreign films

21/07/2026

The Last Viking (15, subtitles)
Fri 24 and Sat 25 Jul, 7.45pm.
Mads Mikkelsen stars in the latest outrageous black comedy from Anders Thomas Jensen.

After serving 15 years in prison, bank robber Anker (Nikolaj Lie Kaas) is determined to recover the stolen money his brother Manfred (Mads Mikkelsen) buried years earlier. There’s just one problem: Manfred, is caught in an identity crisis. Convinced he is John Lennon, he can no longer remember where the money is hidden.

Together, the brothers embark on an increasingly chaotic hunt for the missing fortune, digging up old family secrets on the way to discover who they really are.

Danish dialogue with English subtitles.

19/07/2026

Köln 75 (15, subtitles)
Tue 21 Jul, 7.45pm

Köln 75 is the compelling story behind fabled American jazz pianist Keith Jarrett’s iconic 1975 concert in Cologne - which culminated in one of the most culturally significant albums of all time. An event that very nearly never happened.

Based on a true story, the film follows the young, driven concert promoter Vera Brandes as she conceives and organises the event against all odds.

The film reveals the compelling and little-known story behind Jarrett’s one-hour, entirely improvised concert, which went on to become the best-selling solo jazz album in history.

German dialogue with English subtitles.

🎟🔗 www.stokefilmtheatre.org.uk
📍 Film Theatre, Wade Centre, Hartshill Road, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 7NY.

Some great films from around the world screening this week...Koln 75 (15, subtitles)Tuesday 21 July, 7.45pmKöln 75 is th...
19/07/2026

Some great films from around the world screening this week...

Koln 75 (15, subtitles)
Tuesday 21 July, 7.45pm
Köln 75 is the compelling story behind fabled American jazz pianist Keith Jarrett’s iconic 1975 concert in Cologne. German dialogue with English subtitles.

Effi O Blaenau (15, subtitles)
Thursday 23 July, 7.45pm
Based on Gary Owen’s hit play Iphigenia in Splott. Welsh dialogue with English subtitles.

The Last Viking (15, subtitles)
Friday 24 and Saturday 25 July, 7.45pm
Mads Mikkelsen stars in the latest outrageous black comedy from Anders Thomas Jensen. Danish dialogue with English subtitles.

Full details and to book 🔗 www.stokefilmtheatre.org.uk

15/07/2026

Effi o Blaenau (15)
Sat 18 and Thu 23 Jul, 7.45pm
A vrant coming of age story, based on Gary Owen’s hit play Iphigenia in Splott, set against the wide open landscapes of North Wales in director Marc Evans' cinematic interpretation.

The film follows Effi, a young woman desperate to escape a town where the pubs are closed, the jobs have vanished and her grandmother works night shifts in the local chip shop just to get by.

A chance encounter in a Llandudno nightclub with injured soldier Lee briefly opens a door to something better. For a moment, Effi glimpses a life she never imagined. The reality that follows is far tougher.

🎟🔗 www.stokefilmtheatre.org.uk
📍 Film Theatre, Wade Centre, Hartshill Road, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 7NY.

14/07/2026

Obsession (18), Fri 17 Jul, 7.45pm.
In a moment of weakness, 'Bear' (Michael Johnston), makes a wish on a “One Wish Willow” toy, asking for his crush, co-worker Nikki (Inde Navarrette), to love him more than anyone. As the wish takes hold, her attentive affection begins to morph into something frighteningly intense, and the film slides from tender awkwardness into a slow, unnerving spiral of paranoia and vengeance.

Rather than relying on jump scares (although they're not in short supply), the film builds its power through atmosphere, moral ambiguity, an incredible soundscape, and the unsettling question of what happens when desire overrides consent. It’s a lean, haunting tale that lingers - an intimate horror story about the danger of getting exactly what you wish for.

🎟 🔗 www.stokefilmtheatre.org.uk
📍 Film Theatre, Wade Centre, Hartshill Road, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 7NY.

Retro Vault returns this Thursday with The Greasy Strangler (18)! 16 July, 7.45pm.A weird and completely unforgettable d...
13/07/2026

Retro Vault returns this Thursday with The Greasy Strangler (18)!
16 July, 7.45pm.

A weird and completely unforgettable dark comedy, this cult favourite is unlike anything you've seen before. Don't miss one of the strangest nights you'll ever have at the cinema.

Bar and Box Office open from 7pm.

🎟🔗 www.stokefilmtheatre.org.uk

Screening this week...The Greasy Strangler (18)Thu 16 Jul, 7.45pmBig Ronnie and his son Brayden's dubious L.A. disco wal...
12/07/2026

Screening this week...

The Greasy Strangler (18)
Thu 16 Jul, 7.45pm
Big Ronnie and his son Brayden's dubious L.A. disco walking tour takes a bizarre turn when romance, rivalry, and a mysterious grease-covered killer collide. Celebrated as a modern cult classic, this screening is part of our monthly Retro Vault night celebrating iconic movies.

Obsession (12A)
Fri 17 Jul, 7.45pm
An emotionally charged psychological horror. In a moment of weakness, 'Bear' makes a wish on a “One Wish Willow” toy, asking for his crush, co-worker Nikki, to love him more than anyone. As the wish takes hold, her attentive affection begins to morph into something frighteningly intense.

Effi O Blaenau (12A)
Sat 18 and Thu 23 Jul, 7.45pm
Based on Gary Owen’s hit play Iphigenia in Splott. Effi, a young woman who is desperate to escape a town where the pubs are closed and the jobs have vanished. A chance encounter in a Llandudno nightclub with injured soldier Lee briefly opens a door to something better.

Tickets and info 🔗 www.stokefilmtheatre.org.uk

🌞 Too hot outside? We've got the perfect escape... we have air conditioning! ❄️🎬Take a break from the heat and enjoy a c...
09/07/2026

🌞 Too hot outside? We've got the perfect escape... we have air conditioning! ❄️🎬

Take a break from the heat and enjoy a couple of hours in our cool, air-conditioned auditorium while watching a great film on the big screen.

This is what's coming up over the next few days...

Backrooms: Everything Must Go (15)
Tonight, Thu 9 Jul, 7.45pm

Madfabulous (12A)
Fri 10 & Sat 11 Jul, 7.45pm

The Greasy Strangler (18)
Thu 16 Jul, 7.45pm

🎟️ www.stokefilmtheatre.org.uk

09/07/2026

Madfabulous (12A)
Fri & Sat 10 Jul, 7.45pm. When the flamboyant Henry Paget arrives in 1890's North Wales to claim his aristocratic inheritance, his theatrical flair and defiant eccentricities send shockwaves through the upper-class elite, much to the amusement of the local townspeople.

Inspired by a true story, Madfabulous is a riotous celebration of otherness, led by fearless, fabulous performances from a top British cast.

Tickets and info 🔗 www.stokefilmtheatre.org.uk
📍 Film Theatre, Wade Centre, Hartshill Road, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 7NY.

08/07/2026

Backrooms: Everything Must Go (15)
FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY!
Thu 9 July, 7.45pm at the Film Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent.

Backrooms will be presented at in its ‘Asynch Day’ extended Everything Must Go form, with a fifteen-minute epilogue after the main credits. This coda expands the film’s uncanny mythology and the temporal and spatial distortions, to redefine the Backrooms disquieting ideas and sense of dread. After a therapist’s patient vanishes into a dimension beyond reality, she is compelled to follow him into the unknown in this eerie psychological thriller. Chiwetel Ejiofor stars as Clark, a troubled man wrestling with unresolved trauma, who stumbles upon a hidden extra-dimensional maze beneath a furniture store; an endless sprawl of humming, fluorescent corridors where an unseen entity stalks the shadows.

Book tickets at www.stokefilmtheatre.org.uk

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Stoke-on-Trent
ST47NY

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