WELCOME TO THE
2025/26 SEASON!
Humbie Village Hall, Humbie, EH36 5PJ
All films start at 8.00 pm - unless otherwise stated. Doors open 7.30 pm (refreshments available)
Annual membership is £30. Guest tickets £5 on the night.
UPCOMING FILMS
Friday 26th September
To mark the start of our 23rd season, please join us for complementary drinks/nibbles to celebrate the start of Humbie Box Office 2025/26 Season.
Doors open slightly earlier at 7pm & film starts at 8pm.
THE PENGUIN LESSONS
Friday, 26th September
UK 2024 - Cert 12A - 1hr 51 mins
Director: Peter Cattaneo
Comedy drama inspired by the true story of a disillusioned Englishman who went to work in a school in Argentina in 1976.
Expecting an easy ride, Tom (Steve Coogan) discovers a divided nation and a class of unteachable students. However, after he rescues a penguin from an oil-slicked beach, his life is turned upside-down. A heart-warming story of one remarkable penguin, who adapts to boarding school life. Whether as team mascot or swimming coach extraordinaire - Juan Salvador, the penguin transforms the lives of all he meets. Based on the book of the same name.
THE ROOM NEXT DOOR
Friday, 31st October
Spain/US 2024 - Cert 12A - 1hr 47 mins
Director: Pedro Almodóvar
In Almodóvar’s English-language debut, Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton give luxuriously self-aware performances as two old friends who are reunited in a doggedly mysterious drama. Ingrid and Martha were close friends in their youth, when they worked together at the same magazine. After years of being out of touch, they meet again in an extreme but strangely sweet situation. The Room Next Door won the Golden Lion the Venice film festival. Contains suicide references.
DRIVING MADELEINE
Friday, 28th November
France 2022 (subtitles) - Cert 15 - 1hr 31 mins
Director: Christian Carion
A seemingly simple taxi ride across Paris evolves into a profound meditation on the realities of the driver, whose personal life is in shambles, and his fare, an elderly woman whose warmth belies her shocking past. Line Renaud and Dany Boon make a delightful couple, and lovers of Paris will enjoy the cab passing various famous landmarks. Comedy drama that doesn't hide much, wringing us for full hankie potential in a somewhat inevitable final twist.
IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE
Friday, 12th December
Doors open slightly earlier at 7pm for mulled wine & festive nibbles
Film starts at the earlier time of 7.30pm, with a short interval at 8.30pm to refresh your glass!
US 1946 - Cert U - 2hr 10 mins
Director: Frank Capra
Starring James Stewart as George Bailey, a man who has given up his personal dreams to help others in his community and whose thoughts of suicide on Christmas Eve bring about the intervention of his guardian angel - he shows George all the lives he touched and what the world would be like if he had not existed. Based on the 1943 short story and booklet 'The Greatest Gift', which itself is loosely based on the 1843 Charles Dickens novella A Christmas Carol.
THELMA
Friday, 30th January
US 2024 - Cert 12A - 1hr 38 mins
Director: Josh Margolin
Thelma Post is a 93-year-old grandmother who loses $10,000 to a con artist on the phone. With help from a friend and his motorised scooter, she soon embarks on a treacherous journey across Los Angeles to reclaim what was taken from her. Inspired by a real-life experience of director Josh Margolin's own grandmother, Thelma puts a humorous spin on the action genre, shining the spotlight on an elderly grandmother as an unlikely action hero in hilarious, age-appropriate ways.
YOUR MONSTER
Friday, 27th February
2024 - Cert 15 - 1hr 34 mins
Director: Caroline Lindy
After her life falls apart, soft-spoken actress Laura Franco finds her voice again when she meets a terrifying, yet weirdly charming Monster living in her closet. A romantic-comedy-horror film about falling in love with your inner rage.
EN FANFARE
Friday, 27th March
France 2024 (subtitles) - Cert 15 - 1hr 43 mins
Director: Emmanuel Courcol
When Thibaut learns of his potentially life-threatening illness, a blood compatibility test to find a bone marrow donor opens up unexpected horizons and reveals that he is adopted. An acclaimed conductor, he sets out to find his biological brother Jimmy, whom destiny has prevented from becoming a musician - Jimmy is a cook in a school canteen who plays trombone in a local marching band. This sensitive, melodious work brings music and meaningful relationships to the fore. Premiered at Cannes Film Festival 2024, the crossed paths of En Fanfare's (The Marching Band) two protagonists raises the question of social determinism.
SMALL THINGS LIKE THESE
Friday, 24th April
UK 2024 - Cert 12A - 1hr 38 mins
Director: Tim Mielants
In 1985 devoted father Bill Furlong (Cillian Murphy) discovers disturbing secrets kept by the local convent and uncovers shocking truths of his own. It’s an electric, atmospheric, and deeply soulful look at what it means to be human, what it means to have empathy, and how faith should never come before people. Based on the novel by Claire Keegan (author of The Quiet Girl). Winner: Berlin Film Festival: Best Supporting Actress (Emily Watson).
