Widescreen Weekend

Widescreen Weekend is just around the corner! ✨

Need help deciding what to book for? Here's a quick breakdown of the spectacular strands on show...

📽70MM
Experience rare formats like Cinerama with How the West Was Won as well as stunning 70mm across the programme with The Sound of Music, The Searchers, One Battle After Another and the UK premiere of a newly restored print of Close Encounters of the Third Kind.

📽IMAX
Incredible IMAX on the region's biggest screen, including Sinners and a celebration of two blockbuster filmmakers, Stephen Spielberg and Christopher Nolan.

📽THE INDIAN WESTERN
An exploration of the dacoit figure of Indian cinema in this strand presented alongside writer, scholar and international film curator Dr. Omar Ahmed. Featuring beloved classics like Sholay alongside more contemporary examples with Sonchiriya and Omkara.

📽SHOWSTOPPERS
A selection of musicals curated by Dominic Broomfield-McHugh, Professor of Musicology at the University of Sheffield and a world-leading expert on musical theatre and film. With timeless classics like The Music Man, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying alongside lesser known titles like Bells are Ringing and I Could Go on Singing.

📽TECHNIRAMA
Celebrate the format that successfully balanced high image quality with immense cinematic scale. Including El Cid, The Big Country, The Vikings and Zulu, screening on both 35mm and digital.

Widescreen Weekend runs from 24–28 September. Tickets and more programme information available here | https://www.scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk/cinema/widescreen-weekend/programme

Grab your seats for the best in classic and cult cinema, as tickets for all Widescreen Weekend screenings and events are now on sale.

Discover all our programme strands on our website including stunning 70mm across the weekend with The Sound of Music, The Searchers, One Battle After Another and the UK premiere of a newly restored print of Close Encounters of the Third Kind.

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We're also delighted to be partnering with Rat Depot on a very special screening of Peter Greenaway's subversive masterpiece The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover.

Rat Depot was founded by in 2023 as a free arts and culture newsletter. Since then, the team has multiplied through rat-tosis and now put on groovy events all across Leeds and Yorkshire as well as Pictureville!

We're very excited for this one! Tickets available soon! 🐀🐀🐀

The programme this year includes highlights such as:

🎶The Sound of Music on 70mm

🎞️ The UK premiere of the Hollywood Cinerama Dome's print of How the West Was Won

🎬 A packed IMAX programme including both a Spielberg and Nolan marathon.

📽️ And a celebration of Technirama, including Zulu, El Cid, The Pink Panther and more!

But see it all for yourself via the link in our bio 🔗

Our opening night feature is the UK premiere of the remastered 70mm print of Close Encounters of the Third Kind.

This 137-minute Director’s Cut was restored by Sony-Columbia in 2024 and premiered in Bologna, Italy before touring the USA. Now making its way to the UK for the first time.

Experince the iconic film in full awe, scale and timeless power; a perfect screening to welcome you to Widescreen Weekend 2026.

The full programme of over 30 films and events (🫨) for Widescreen Weekend 2026 is online now!

We're delighted to finally announce everything you'll be able to join us for over our favourite long weekend this September.

Which means there's only a little more time to buy yourself a pass to all the action as individual tickets will be on sale and passes will be limited in two weeks time!

Announcing IMAX at Widescreen Weekend 🎥

Experience the region's biggest screen with Sinners and a celebration of two blockbuster filmmakers, Steven Spielberg and Christopher Nolan.

Join us on Saturday 26 September for our three-film Spielberg Marathon with E.T. The Extra Terrestrial, Jurassic Park and Jaws. And on Sunday 27 September, our Christopher Nolan Marathon takes over with three of his iconic sci-fi epics, Tenet, Inception and Interstellar.

Pictureville Cinema

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Take your seat for an unmissable weekend of classic and epic cinema this September when Widescreen Weekend returns to Pictureville Cinema for its 30th Anniversary.

Discover new favourites or revisit old classics across a range of formats, including 70mm, 35mm, new restorations and Cinerama across a packed programme.

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