Event Descriptor: Family Films

  • April (15)

    April (15)

    Dir. Dea Kulumbegashvili, 2025

    134 mins

    Nina works in the only small hospital of a provincial town as an OB-GYN. Single and in abstinence from personal relationships, she is unconditionally devoted to her oath.

    Screening
    Friday 23 May, 7pm
    Saturday 24 May, 4.30pm
    Wednesday 28 May, 2pm

  • After School Cinema: The Penguin Lessons (12A)

    After School Cinema: The Penguin Lessons (12A)

    Dir. Peter Cattaneo, 2025

    110 mins

    Starring Oscar nominee Steve Coogan, this poignant dramedy from director Peter Cattaneo follows an Englishman’s personal and political awakening after he adopts a penguin.

    Screening
    Tuesday 27 May, 4pm

    Join the After School Cinema Club and see great family-friendly films weekdays after school for £5.

  • After School Cinema: A Minecraft Movie (PG)

    After School Cinema: A Minecraft Movie (PG)

    Dir. Jared Hess, 2025

    101 mins

    Four misfits — Garrett “The Garbage Man” Garrison, Henry, Natalie and Dawn —find themselves struggling with ordinary problems.

    Screening
    Friday 9 May, 4.30pm

    Join the After School Cinema Club and see great family-friendly films weekdays after school for £5 

  • Sylvanian Families: The Movie (U)

    Sylvanian Families: The Movie (U)

    Dir. Kazuya Konaka, 2025

    66 mins

    The annual Star Festival arrives in Sylvanian Village again this year. While everyone is eagerly looking forward to it, Chocolate Rabbit girl Freya is worried.

    Screening
    Saturday 17 May, 10.30am

     

  • The 4:30 Club: Mufasa: The Lion King

    The 4:30 Club: Mufasa: The Lion King

    Barry Jenkins, 2024

    118 mins

    Mufasa, a cub lost and alone, meets a sympathetic lion named Taka, the heir to a royal bloodline. The chance meeting sets in motion an expansive journey of a group of misfits searching for their destiny.

    Screening time

    Friday 21 March, 4.30pm
    Tuesday 25 March, 4.30pm

  • The 4:30 Club: Dog Man (U)

    The 4:30 Club: Dog Man (U)

    Peter Hastings

    89 mins

    A heroic half-dog, half-man police officer pursues a villainous cat in this animated adventure that includes moments of threat and slapstick.

    Screening
    Tuesday 01 April, 4.30pm

     

  • Relaxed: The Sloth Lane (U)

    Relaxed: The Sloth Lane (U)

    A young sloth and her family open a taco truck, clashing with a rival fast-food owner in this lively Australian animated comedy, which balances threatening and upsetting scenes with comedy and reassuring outcomes. Discover the social story: The Sloth Lane – Relaxed Screening Social Story (6)

    Screening

    Sunday 16 March, 10.30am

     

    About Relaxed Screenings

    Relaxed Screenings have sensory-friendly adjustments which aim to reduce over-stimulation and create a relaxed and welcoming environment for those who might need it. These particularly appeal to autistic, learning disabled and neurodivergent visitors, along with their friends, family, or support.

    Relaxed screenings include the following adjustments:

    • Tickets are limited to reduce the number of people in the cinema
    • Visitors are free to move around the space as needed
    • No trailers are shown
    • The hand dryers in the Sky Room toilets are switched off
    • Lighting is kept at a slightly higher level
    • Opening and closing slides to the film are played to support transition

     

  • The 4:30 Club: The Sloth Lane (U)

    The 4:30 Club: The Sloth Lane (U)

    A young sloth and her family open a taco truck, clashing with a rival fast-food owner in this lively Australian animated comedy, which balances threatening and upsetting scenes with comedy and reassuring outcomes.

    Screening
    Friday 14 March, 4.30pm

  • Dog Man (U)

    Dog Man (U)

    Peter Hastings

    89 mins

    A heroic half-dog, half-man police officer pursues a villainous cat in this animated adventure that includes moments of threat and slapstick.

    Screenings 

    Saturday 08 March, 10.30am
    Saturday 29 March, 10.30am

  • Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (PG)

    Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (PG)

    Jeff Fowler, 2024

    110mins

    Sonic, Knuckles, and Tails reunite against a powerful new adversary, Shadow, a mysterious villain with powers unlike anything they have faced before. With their abilities outmatched, Team Sonic must seek out an unlikely alliance.

    Screening times

    Saturday 25 January 2025, 10.30am
    Saturday 25 January 2025, 6pm
    Sunday 26 January, 10.30am

  • Milk & Baby: Nightbitch

    Milk & Baby: Nightbitch

    Marielle Heller, 2024

    98mins

    A woman pauses her career to be a stay-at-home mom, but soon her domesticity takes a surreal turn.

    Screening times

    Friday 3 January, 10.30am

    Milk & Baby screenings are for guardians and babies under the age of 1 years old. An adult must be accompanied by a baby to attend. Each ticket also comes with a free tea or filter coffee available from the café. Supported by Milk & Beans, Milton Keynes’ first and only Specialty Coffee Roasters.

  • Milk & Baby: Nickel Boys

    Milk & Baby: Nickel Boys

    RaMell Ross, 2024

    140 mins

    Based on the Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Colson Whitehead, Nickel Boys chronicles the powerful friendship between two young African American men navigating the harrowing trials of reform school together in Florida.

    Screening times

    Friday 31st January, 10.30am

    Milk & Baby screenings are for guardians and babies under the age of 1 years old. An adult must be accompanied by a baby to attend. Each ticket also comes with a free tea or filter coffee available from the café. Supported by Milk & Beans, Milton Keynes’ first and only Specialty Coffee Roasters.