Cinema Social
Creating access to film through HOME's dedicated community cinema space.
Cinema Social offers community groups, grassroots and not-for-profit organisations the opportunity to book a FREE private screening at HOME!
Cinema Social strives to strengthen HOME's connections with local community groups, bringing people together for a shared, uplifting and inclusive experience in HOME's welcoming cinema space. Cinema Social is exclusively for groups who are making a difference, supporting young people and communities, or working to promote positive change.
How does it work?
Cinema Social will screen films daily at 1pm, 3.30pm, 6pm and 8.15pm. To submit a Cinema Social booking enquiry, please complete the form below. Prior to completing the form, you will need to select your preferred date and time and choose your film from the film menu below. (All booking enquiries are subject to availability) Please note, we need a minimum of 4 weeks' notice in order to schedule your film. Cinema Social has a capacity of 36 seats , and 2 wheelchair spaces
Once you have submitted your booking enquiry you will be contacted within 7 days to confirm if we can accommodate your booking. There are a limited number of funded trips each year and community groups new to Cinema Social will be prioritised. Groups that attend Cinema Social will be required to complete a monitoring and feedback form, in order for HOME to report to funders.
Register for Cinema Social
Films available to book:
Polite Society
Ria, an aspiring martial artist and stuntwoman - attempts to pull off the most ambitious of all wedding heists in the name of independence and sisterhood.
Language: English | Cert: 12A | Runtime: 104 minutes
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Evelyn - an exhausted Chinese-American woman - journeys through time and space on a mission to finish her taxes
Language: English, Mandarin and Cantonese | Cert: 15 | Runtime: 139 minutes
Summer of Soul
A powerful documentary about the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival: a watershed moment in modern Black history and culture.
Language: English | Cert: 12A | Runtime: 117 minutes
24 Hour Party People
Steve Coogan stars as Tony Wilson in this raucous retelling of the rise and fall of Factory Records.
Language: English | Cert: 18 | Runtime: 117 minutes
Barbie
To live in Barbie Land is to be a perfect being in a perfect place. Unless you have a full-on existential crisis. Or you’re a Ken.
Language: English | Cert: 12A | Runtime: 114 minutes
Next Goal Wins
A maverick coach tries to turn around the world's worst football team in this heartfelt underdog comedy.
Language: English | Cert: 12A | Runtime: 104 minutes
Wilding
A young couple battles entrenched tradition, and dares to place the fate of their farm in the hands of nature.
Language: English | Cert: 12A | Runtime: 75 minutes
Grand Theft Hamlet
Two actors - out of work and living through lockdown - attempt to stage a production of Hamlet inside the world of Grand Theft Auto.
Language: English | Cert: 15 | Runtime: 115 minutes
Small, Slow but Steady
Keiko surprises everyone when she overcomes adversity to win her first two boxing fights. But when an unexpected incident threatens the closure of her gym, she is pushed further than she thought possible.
Language: Japanese with English subtitles | Cert: 12A | Runtime: 100 minutes
Suffragette
A stirring drama, inspired by the true story of the women who changed the world.
Language: English | Cert: 12A | Runtime: 106 minutes
Rye Lane
Yas and Dom, two twenty-somethings both reeling from bad break-ups, connect over the course of an eventful day in South London.
Language: English | Cert: 15 | Runtime: 82 minutes
Queen Of My Dreams
Azra is worlds apart from her conservative muslim mother. When her father suddenly dies on a trip home to Karachi, Azra finds herself on a Bollywood-inspired journey through memories, both real and imagined; from her mother’s youth in Karachi to her own coming-of-age in Canada.
Language: English and Urdu with partial English subtitles | Cert: 12A | Runtime: 99 minutes
Robot Dreams
Dog is lonely; whiling away long evenings in his Manhattan studio apartment. Tired of his solitary life, he decides to purchase a friend: Robot, a fun-loving companion.
Language: No Dialogue | Cert: PG | Runtime: 103 minutes
The Old Oak
The fate of The Old Oak, the last remaining pub in a North East village, hangs in the balance, and is complicated further by the arrival of Syrian refugees.
Language: English | Cert: 15 | Runtime: 113 minutes
Wicked Little Letters
A 1920s English seaside town bears witness to a dark and absurd scandal when its residents begin to receive a series of unusual letters.
Language: English | Cert: 15 | Runtime: 100 minutes
Four Mothers
A talented novelist on the cusp of literary success is left juggling his work with caring for four elderly women when his friends decide to take an impromptu Pride getaway to Spain.
Language: English | Cert: 15 | Runtime: 89 minutes
Heroes, Heartbeats, and Shorelines
A dynamic collection of short films that explores identity, transformation, and the unexpected connections that shape us, from superheroes to shorelines.
With thanks to Iris Prize LGBTQ+ Film Festival www.irisprize.org
Films in this programme:
Teth: Following surgery, Ioan and his father adapt to their new relationship as father and son.
Where Are All the Gay Superheroes: An LGBTQIA+ crowd-pleaser, combining elements of sci-fi, drama and comedy.
Façade: Following gender affirming facial feminisation surgery, a transgender woman contemplates what it means to be alive.
Boys in the Water: End of summer on the Breton coast. Oscar invites his group of friends to spend a week’s vacation at his grandparent’s house. He hasn’t been back to his childhood home for years – not since he came out as a trans boy. On the beach, the gang meets Malo, a handsome local guy, also trans.
Language: English + Welsh with English subtitles | Cert: 15 | Runtime: 70 minutes
My Beautiful Laundrette
In a Pakistani community of 1980s London, Omar and his friend Johnny take over a run-down laundrette. Against a background of racial tension, their relationship blossoms to love.
Language: English | Cert: 15 | Runtime: 98 minutes
Pain and Glory
A film director reflects on the choices he's made in life, as past and present come crashing down around him.
Language: Spanish with English subtitles | Cert: 15 | Runtime: 113 minutes
Carol
Therese Belivet spots the beautiful, elegant Carol perusing the doll displays in a 1950s Manhattan department store. The two women develop a bond that becomes a love with complicated consequences.
Language: English | Cert: 15 | Runtime: 119 minutes
Hocus Pocus
Three wild witches return from 17th-century Salem after they're accidentally conjured up by pranksters on a fateful Halloween night.
Language: English | Cert: PG | Runtime: 96 minutes
Casper
When a "ghost therapist" and his daughter move into a drafty old mansion to exorcise its otherworldly inhabitants, they meet a friendly young ghost and his outrageous uncles.
Language: English | Cert: 12A | Runtime: 100 minutes
Coco
Despite his family’s generations-old ban on music, Miguel dreams of becoming an accomplished musician like his idol, Ernesto de la Cruz. Desperate to prove his talent, Miguel finds himself in the stunning and colourful Land of the Dead following a mysterious chain of events
Language: English | Cert: PG | Runtime: 105 minutes
The Addams Family
Life in the Addams family household begins to unravel when they face-off against a crafty reality-TV host while also preparing for their extended family to arrive for a major celebration.
Language: English | Cert: PG | Runtime: 87 minutes
Hotel Transylvania
Welcome to Hotel Transylvania, Dracula's lavish five-stake resort, where monsters and their families can live it up and no humans are allowed.
Language: English | Cert: U | Runtime: 91 minutes