Current Films
Tickets are $18.00 across the board, unless noted otherwise.
***Please arrive NO LATER than 15 minutes before screening time (and even earlier if you can) to ensure we have ample time to make your beverages, take your intermission order and tuck you into the cinema experience. Our recommendation is to arrive early to make a whole night of it and make a booking to avoid disappointment!
Cinema Bookings - Please text name, date, movie and # of people to 027 590 2117
No Tears on the Field
STARTING 21 MAY
Directed by Lisa Burd
Directed by award-winning filmmaker Lisa Burd (The Pinkies Are Back), NO TEARS ON THE FIELD is an inspiring story of family, community and sisterhood set against the backdrop of a season of grassroots club rugby in Taranaki. Filmed over two years, it follows two local teams and several individual players - including Sevens Superstar Michaela Brake, as they navigate ambition, community and personal challenges.
Capturing the joy and camaraderie of the game, the film goes beyond the hits and triumphs on the field to reveal the emotional weight off the pitch—how their love of rugby intertwines with balancing work, whānau and the demands of rural life.
“Powerful, inspiring, and funny.” - The Topp Twins
“The heartwarming hit of the year” - Francesca Rudkin
Directed by Lisa Burd
Directed by award-winning filmmaker Lisa Burd (The Pinkies Are Back), NO TEARS ON THE FIELD is an inspiring story of family, community and sisterhood set against the backdrop of a season of grassroots club rugby in Taranaki. Filmed over two years, it follows two local teams and several individual players - including Sevens Superstar Michaela Brake, as they navigate ambition, community and personal challenges.
Capturing the joy and camaraderie of the game, the film goes beyond the hits and triumphs on the field to reveal the emotional weight off the pitch—how their love of rugby intertwines with balancing work, whānau and the demands of rural life.
“Powerful, inspiring, and funny.” - The Topp Twins
“The heartwarming hit of the year” - Francesca Rudkin
Stand By Me
DOME SPOTLIGHT SCREENING
Friday, 15 May at 7pm
Directed by Rob Reiner
The film that defined a generation returns to the big screen to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Rob Reiner's timeless coming-of-age classic.
1986 adaptation of Stephen King’s short story about four preteen boys who venture into the woods to find the body of a missing boy. Recollecting moments of his childhood, Gordie Lachance (voiced by Richard Dreyfuss) narrates a particular passage of his life, filled with adventure, camaraderie and the search for a corpse. Crossing railways, swamps and open fields, Geordie (Wil Wheaton), Chris (River Phoenix), Teddy (Corey Feldman) and Vern (Jerry O'Connell) face numerous obstacles that hinder their path, including their own personal family struggles.
★★★★★ "As fresh and moving as when it was first released. The classic of its genre." - Empire Magazine
Friday, 15 May at 7pm
Directed by Rob Reiner
The film that defined a generation returns to the big screen to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Rob Reiner's timeless coming-of-age classic.
1986 adaptation of Stephen King’s short story about four preteen boys who venture into the woods to find the body of a missing boy. Recollecting moments of his childhood, Gordie Lachance (voiced by Richard Dreyfuss) narrates a particular passage of his life, filled with adventure, camaraderie and the search for a corpse. Crossing railways, swamps and open fields, Geordie (Wil Wheaton), Chris (River Phoenix), Teddy (Corey Feldman) and Vern (Jerry O'Connell) face numerous obstacles that hinder their path, including their own personal family struggles.
★★★★★ "As fresh and moving as when it was first released. The classic of its genre." - Empire Magazine
Christy
STARTING 14 MAY
Directed by Brendan Canty
Seventeen-year-old Christy is at a crossroads. He’s just been thrown out of his pleasant suburban foster home and moved in with his estranged older brother Shane. As far as Shane is concerned this is a temporary arrangement, but Christy begins to feel at home on Cork’s working class north side. As he makes friends and begins to let the community in, he also reconnects with his past through his seemingly more corrupting extended family, despite Shane’s efforts to steer him away from this crowd. Shane wants something better for Christy at any cost – even if it means he has to push him away. After so many years apart, the brothers need to now reconcile their turbulent past whilst deciding what the future looks like.
Christy draws inspiration from the lived experiences of the young people involved, assembling much of its ensemble cast from the Kabin Studio in Cork, a non-profit community space that has grown out of a love for hip hop and art.
Winner of The Grand Prix at this year’s Berlin International Film Festival, as well as Best Irish Film at the Galway Film Fleadh, Christy is a punchy drama not to be missed.
AWARDS
- WINNER: Grand Prix - Berlin International Film Festival Generation -
- WINNER: Best Irish Film - Galway Film Fleadh -
- WINNER: Best Film, Best Director, Editing, Casting - IFTA Awards -
Directed by Brendan Canty
Seventeen-year-old Christy is at a crossroads. He’s just been thrown out of his pleasant suburban foster home and moved in with his estranged older brother Shane. As far as Shane is concerned this is a temporary arrangement, but Christy begins to feel at home on Cork’s working class north side. As he makes friends and begins to let the community in, he also reconnects with his past through his seemingly more corrupting extended family, despite Shane’s efforts to steer him away from this crowd. Shane wants something better for Christy at any cost – even if it means he has to push him away. After so many years apart, the brothers need to now reconcile their turbulent past whilst deciding what the future looks like.
Christy draws inspiration from the lived experiences of the young people involved, assembling much of its ensemble cast from the Kabin Studio in Cork, a non-profit community space that has grown out of a love for hip hop and art.
Winner of The Grand Prix at this year’s Berlin International Film Festival, as well as Best Irish Film at the Galway Film Fleadh, Christy is a punchy drama not to be missed.
AWARDS
- WINNER: Grand Prix - Berlin International Film Festival Generation -
- WINNER: Best Irish Film - Galway Film Fleadh -
- WINNER: Best Film, Best Director, Editing, Casting - IFTA Awards -
Breakfast at Tiffany's
MOTHER'S DAY SCREENING
Sunday, 10 May at 6:30pm
Directed by Blake Edwards
Perhaps the greatest of all romantic-comedies, 1961's Breakfast at Tiffany's is based on the bestselling novella by Truman Capote, winner of two Academy Awards (for Original Score and Original Song) and stars two perfect leads.
Stunning Audrey Hepburn plays Holly Golightly (in a role Capote intended for Marilyn Munroe), a seemingly innocent Manhattan call-girl who lives a dizzying, unstructured and mischievous lifestyle, constantly in search of a millionaire to marry. She falls for her neighbour Paul (George Peppard at his best), a struggling writer 'sponsored' by a generous lady patron who in return has romantic expectations. But Paul is fascinated and perplexed – in public Holly flits through parties with a sexy, sophisticated air (wearing Givenchy, no less), but when alone she changes into a sweetly vulnerable bundle of neuroses.
Sunday, 10 May at 6:30pm
Directed by Blake Edwards
Perhaps the greatest of all romantic-comedies, 1961's Breakfast at Tiffany's is based on the bestselling novella by Truman Capote, winner of two Academy Awards (for Original Score and Original Song) and stars two perfect leads.
Stunning Audrey Hepburn plays Holly Golightly (in a role Capote intended for Marilyn Munroe), a seemingly innocent Manhattan call-girl who lives a dizzying, unstructured and mischievous lifestyle, constantly in search of a millionaire to marry. She falls for her neighbour Paul (George Peppard at his best), a struggling writer 'sponsored' by a generous lady patron who in return has romantic expectations. But Paul is fascinated and perplexed – in public Holly flits through parties with a sexy, sophisticated air (wearing Givenchy, no less), but when alone she changes into a sweetly vulnerable bundle of neuroses.
Rental Family
STARTING 7 MAY
Directed by Hikari
Set in modern-day Tokyo, RENTAL FAMILY follows an American actor (Brendan Fraser) who struggles to find purpose until he lands an unusual gig: working for a Japanese "rental family" agency, playing stand-in roles for strangers. As he immerses himself in his clients’ worlds, he begins to form genuine bonds that blur the lines between performance and reality. Confronting the moral complexities of his work, he rediscovers purpose, belonging, and the quiet beauty of human connection.
AWARDS
Audience Choice Award at the 2025 Chicago International Film Festival
Audience Award at the 2025 Hawaii International Film Festival
Audience Choice Award at the 2025 Heartland International Film Festival
Directed by Hikari
Set in modern-day Tokyo, RENTAL FAMILY follows an American actor (Brendan Fraser) who struggles to find purpose until he lands an unusual gig: working for a Japanese "rental family" agency, playing stand-in roles for strangers. As he immerses himself in his clients’ worlds, he begins to form genuine bonds that blur the lines between performance and reality. Confronting the moral complexities of his work, he rediscovers purpose, belonging, and the quiet beauty of human connection.
AWARDS
Audience Choice Award at the 2025 Chicago International Film Festival
Audience Award at the 2025 Hawaii International Film Festival
Audience Choice Award at the 2025 Heartland International Film Festival
The Time Traveller's Guide to Hamilton Gardens
STARTING 30 APRIL - Limited Screenings!
Directed by Grant Sheehan
How did a city rubbish dump transform into a collection of gardens that is now a major visitor attraction? The story of how Hamilton Gardens became a unique museum of humanity, showcasing gardens from ancient Egypt to the surreal future, is told on screen.
The Time Traveller’s Guide to Hamilton Gardens documentary explores this stunning achievement. Each of the gardens reflects the beliefs, lifestyles, and values of those who created them. The viewer can travel backwards and forwards in time – moving from 16th-century England, back to Song Dynasty China, Ancient Egypt, and the Italian Renaissance, and forward to the future, from sustainable to surreal.
Masterminded by designer Peter Sergel and developed with council, community support, and sponsorship, Hamilton Gardens is now recognised as one of the great gardens of the world. More than places to walk, these gardens are living histories, waiting to be explored.
Directed by Grant Sheehan
How did a city rubbish dump transform into a collection of gardens that is now a major visitor attraction? The story of how Hamilton Gardens became a unique museum of humanity, showcasing gardens from ancient Egypt to the surreal future, is told on screen.
The Time Traveller’s Guide to Hamilton Gardens documentary explores this stunning achievement. Each of the gardens reflects the beliefs, lifestyles, and values of those who created them. The viewer can travel backwards and forwards in time – moving from 16th-century England, back to Song Dynasty China, Ancient Egypt, and the Italian Renaissance, and forward to the future, from sustainable to surreal.
Masterminded by designer Peter Sergel and developed with council, community support, and sponsorship, Hamilton Gardens is now recognised as one of the great gardens of the world. More than places to walk, these gardens are living histories, waiting to be explored.
Sirât
STARTING 16 APRIL
Directed by Oliver Laxe
Desert-scorched road thriller nominated for Best International Feature and Best Sound at the 2026 Academy Awards. A father and his son arrive at a rave deep in the mountains of southern Morocco, searching for their daughter and sister in the unfamiliar world of dance music culture. Surrounded by electronic music and a raw, unfamiliar sense of freedom, they hand out her photo again and again. Hope is fading, but they push through and follow a group of ravers heading to one last party in the desert. As they venture deeper into the burning wilderness, the journey forces them to confront their own limits.
"This is original, explosive (literally — you’ll see!) and ovation-worthy, cinema."-The Times
"Overwhelming cinematic experience and undeniable work of sound and vision."—Rolling Stone
Directed by Oliver Laxe
Desert-scorched road thriller nominated for Best International Feature and Best Sound at the 2026 Academy Awards. A father and his son arrive at a rave deep in the mountains of southern Morocco, searching for their daughter and sister in the unfamiliar world of dance music culture. Surrounded by electronic music and a raw, unfamiliar sense of freedom, they hand out her photo again and again. Hope is fading, but they push through and follow a group of ravers heading to one last party in the desert. As they venture deeper into the burning wilderness, the journey forces them to confront their own limits.
"This is original, explosive (literally — you’ll see!) and ovation-worthy, cinema."-The Times
"Overwhelming cinematic experience and undeniable work of sound and vision."—Rolling Stone
Tenor: My Name is Pati
STARTING 15 APRIL
Directed by Rebecca Tansley
This music-packed documentary tells the story of Pene Pati and his brother Amitai Pati, and their against-the-odds journey from Samoa to platinum-selling success in the trio Sol3 Mio and on to the world’s greatest opera stages. The film reveals the resilience born of adversity, the richness of family and culture, and the rewards that come from following an unlikely dream.
"A pitch-perfect, intimate portrait."—Stuff
"This film destroyed me in all the right ways." —Radio New Zealand
"Hits a high note." —New Zealand Herald
Directed by Rebecca Tansley
This music-packed documentary tells the story of Pene Pati and his brother Amitai Pati, and their against-the-odds journey from Samoa to platinum-selling success in the trio Sol3 Mio and on to the world’s greatest opera stages. The film reveals the resilience born of adversity, the richness of family and culture, and the rewards that come from following an unlikely dream.
"A pitch-perfect, intimate portrait."—Stuff
"This film destroyed me in all the right ways." —Radio New Zealand
"Hits a high note." —New Zealand Herald