Family Screenings
Enjoy the magic of the big screen with your loved ones, as we present a curated collection of films suitable for all ages.
Our 2024 Clifton Summer Screenings programme launches with a special 60th anniversary screening of Mary Poppins, the timeless family-friendly fantasy that will leave you feeling supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!
Friday morning begins with a 65th anniversary screening of Sleeping Beauty, one of Disney’s most beautifully animated, influential and enduring classics.We’ll be donating £2.50 from every ticket sales towards our selected charities.
Satisfy your sweet tooth on Friday lunchtime with a screening of the enduring family favourite. Gene Wilder remains the definitive Wonka - and you may not have realised the local link, but Wilder trained at the nearby Bristol Old Vic Theatre School!
Join us for a 21st anniversary screening of the swashbuckling sensation Pirates Of The Caribbean, which introduced the world to Captain Jack Sparrow and launched an epic franchise.
Saturday morning is all about dinosaurs this year, starting with the epic animated adventure The Land Before Time, perfect for the budding young dinosaur experts in your family.
Prepare for a ROAR-some time with our Saturday matinee dinosaur event
Our dinosaur-centric Saturday morning continues with one of the all-time great blockbusters Jurassic Park. Before the screening, see if you can do a better job at taming our resident dinos than John Hammond and co…
With an all-star cast and equal measures of wit and pathos, this acclaimed 2005 version of Pride And Prejudice, starring an Oscar-nominated Kiera Knightley, will delight everyone from Austen aficionados to “first-timers”.
Bristol is an international hub for wildlife filmmaking, so we’re pleased to be a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at the work that goes into creating such breathtaking content. Final details will be announced shortly - join the waiting list to be the first to be notified when the event goes live!
With an all-star cast and equal measures of wit and pathos, this acclaimed 2005 version of Pride And Prejudice, starring an Oscar-nominated Kiera Knightley, will delight everyone from Austen aficionados to “first-timers”.
Sunday afternoon’s programming continues with a swashbuckling screening of the smash hit sequel Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, as Indy’s second cinematic outing celebrates its 40th anniversary this year.
Who was was bigger and better: ABBA or Queen ? This short film, produced by Bristol’s Stanza Media, asks those in the know and reveals who won on key comparisons, from single sales to chart runs. Full of their music and fun facts to get you debating!
One of our final films of 2024’s Summer Screenings is another showing of feel-good favourite Mamma Mia!. With an ensemble cast and packed to the brim with ABBA's most well-known hits, how can you resist it…?
A return to a beloved venue, with a suitably beloved sci-fi film
We’re relaunching our space and sci-fi screenings at the Planetarium with a long weekend leading into the August Bank Holiday, starting with the perennial Festival favourite WALL•E. This delightful sci-fi misadventure is both an epic voyage into humanity’s future, and a nod to silent comedy cinema, which will delight the entire family.
Can you learn to dance the Magic Dance before the clock strikes thirteen?
In what has become Underground Cinema tradition, watch Jim Henson’s magical musical adventure Labyrinth at Redcliffe Caves. Get ready to dance the magic dance, and follow Sarah deep into the Goblin King’s realm where nothing can be taken at face value…
“In space, no-one can hear you clean”
An extra screening of the family-friendly sci-fi fantasy hit, presented back on the big screen at the Planetarium. The eponymous robot is a global sensation in waste allocation - until he embarks on an out-of-this-world misadventure…
It would take a heart of stone not to warm to this iron man
Our final weekend of Planetarium screenings in 2024 starts with a double bill of classics from 1999, as they celebrate their 25th anniversaries. First up is Brad Bird’s magical and moving directorial debut, The Iron Giant. Inspired by Ted Hughes’ novel, it’s a powerful story that balances glorious sci-fi action with moments of pathos and joy that will leave you glowing.
Take a walk on the Dark Side for the first prequel’s 25th birthday
Our second sci-fi selection from 1999 at the Planetarium this December is the original Star Wars prequel, The Phantom Menace. Debate over the prequels still rages, but if you’re a millennial then memories of podracing, John Williams’ score and that lightsaber battle surely stir some deep-rooted emotions. Search your feelings; you know it to be true.