To Infinity… @ The Planetarium

IN SPACE, NO-ONE CAN HEAR YOU CLEAN

Due to massive demand on Valentine’s Day earlier this year, we’re presenting another screening of 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. It’s perfect for a date night, or for the entire family.

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BACK BY DEMAND: CHRISTOPHER NOLAN’S OSCAR-WINNING SPACE ODYSSEY

Due to phenomenal demand in the first half of the year, we’re bringing several more screenings of Interstellar to the Planetarium in Q3 and Q4 of 2026, including two showings in August. Christopher Nolan’s Oscar-winning epic space odyssey was made for the big screen, and what better place to enjoy it than the Festival’s home for space and science fiction…

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NOLAN’S MIND-BOGGLING BLOCKBUSTER IS THE STUFF THAT MOVIE DREAMS ARE MADE OF

For the first time at the Festival, we’re thrilled to bring Inception to the big screen as part of a Christopher Nolan double bill! Nolan’s Oscar-winning blend of sci-fi, action and cerebral dreamscapes remains a highlight of 21st Century cinema, and set a benchmark in the celebrated director’s career. If you thought we were going to miss the opportunity to screen this as part of our 10th anniversary celebrations - well, dream on…!

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BACK BY DEMAND: CHRISTOPHER NOLAN’S OSCAR-WINNING SPACE ODYSSEY

Due to phenomenal demand in the first half of the year, we’re bringing several more screenings of Interstellar to the Planetarium in Q3 and Q4 of 2026, including two showings in August. Christopher Nolan’s Oscar-winning epic space odyssey was made for the big screen, and what better place to enjoy it than the Festival’s home for space and science fiction…

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A TRULY OUT-OF-THIS-WORLD DOCUMENTARY

Our September 2026 films at the Planetarium are focusing on Moon missions and the Space Race, and to launch this weekend of screenings, we’re thrilled to bring the Emmy-winning documentary Apollo 11 to the Planetarium. This stunning film was released to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the first Moon landing mission, and tells the story of the mission exclusively via breathtaking archival footage, including 70mm footage that had never previously been publicly released - it’s an extraordinary spectacle celebrating the pinnacle of human achievement for all the family.

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“HOUSTON, WE HAVE A PROBLEM…”

Our weekend of Space Race and Moon Mission films at the Planetarium continue with the classic biopic, Apollo 13, based on the remarkable true story of the NASA moon landing attempt that became a harrowing rescue mission. Drawing on the real-life flight logs and with stellar performances from Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton and Kevin Bacon, Ron Howard’s nail-biting epic deserves to be seen on the Planetarium’s big screen!

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MEET THE WOMEN YOU DON’T KNOW BEHIND THE MISSION YOU DO

Our September series a the Planetarium focussing on the Space Race continues with the remarkable biopic Hidden Figures, which shines a light on female African-American scientists’ immeasurable contribution to the Space Race. This Oscar-nominated film turns 10 this year, and we’re looking forward to bringing it back to the Planetarium!

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RYAN GOSLING TAKES A GIANT LEAP FOR MANKIND KIND IN THIS DAZZLING BIOPIC

Our September series at the Planetarium focussing on the Space Race concludes with the stunning Neil Armstrong biopic First Man. Oscar-winning director Damian Chazelle (La La Land, Whiplash) reunites with Ryan Gosling (who stars as Armstrong) for this powerful retelling of the path that led to one man’s fateful steps, and the triumphs and tragedies along the way.

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THE SEMINAL SCI-FI SHOCKER TURNS 70 THIS YEAR. COME WITNESS THIS PIONEERING BODY HORROR CLASSIC - WHILE YOU STILL HAVE FREE WILL TO MAKE THE CHOICE…

Our Halloween 2026 screenings at the Planetarium begin with the seminal sci-fi chiller Invasion Of The Body Snatchers, which is turning 70 this year. Based on Jack Finney’s novel and shot in a film noir style, this 50s classic is both a gripping extraterrestrial thriller and a wry commentary on McCarthyism, and remains as eerie as ever…

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BE AFRAID. BE VERY AFRAID. THE SEMINAL BODY HORROR IS TURNING 40 - AND IT’S BACK ON THE BIG SCREEN…

Our Halloween 2026 screenings at the Planetarium continue with a 40th anniversary screening of infamous body horror The Fly. David Cronenberg’s remake of the 1958 Vincent Price B-movie is a masterpiece of sci-fi and horror fused effortlessly together, with Jeff Goldblum injecting humanity and pathos in one of his all-time greatest performances as the ill-fated scientist who fails to sort out a bug in his brilliant invention before it’s too late…

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**PLEASE STAND BY FOR THIS IMPORTANT TRANSMISSION FROM MOTHER**

Attention! You’ve been awoken from deep internet browsing mode by a distress beacon. It appears to be coming from a spherical structure in the city centre. Your mission is to investigate this beacon, enter the structure, watch the video feed being broadcast within, and report back to the Nostromo. What could possibly go wrong…?

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THIS MESSAGE IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY WEYLAND-YUTANI CORP: BUILDING BETTER WORLDS

Listen up, Marines! We’ve lost contact with Hadley’s Hope, the terraforming colony on planet LV-426. We’re dropping you in to find out what’s happened. Once on the ground, make your way to the spherical structure in the area known as Millennium Square, and access the video portal to watch the tapes back and see what happened on LV-426. Oh, and some conspiracy theorist called Ripley will be tagging along. Any questions? No? Good - it should be a walk in the park…

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ONE OF THE GRANDFATHERS OF THE ENTIRE SCI-FI GENRE CRASH-LANDS AT THE PLANETARIUM THIS NOVEMBER FOR AN ANNIVERSARY SCREENING

As we move into the end of the year, we’re unearthing some classic sci-fi from the vaults for this 70th anniversary screening of Forbidden Planet at the Planetarium. This pioneering 1950s feature - loosely inspired by Shakespeare’s The Tempest - broke new ground and set numerous benchmark ‘firsts’ in science fiction cinema, and features a young Leslie Nielsen prior to his fame as a comic actor. A delight for genre afficionados and curious newcomers alike!

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IN A WORLD WHERE THE TABLES HAVE TURNED, CAN OUR HERO MAKE A GREAT ESCAPE AGAINST THE GREATEST APE?

Our Q4 screenings at the Planetarium continue with another milestone anniversary of a film we’ve never shown, but whose director is a firm fan favourite. It’s a 25th anniversary screening of Tim Burton’s remake of Planet Of The Apes, a rollicking action-adventure blockbuster with Burton’s fingerprints all over it. With an all-star cast, incredible makeup FX and Danny Elfman’s Grammy-winning score, it paved the way for an ongoing 21st Century franchise and is still a popcorn movie with impact a quarter of a century on.

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THE MIND BEHIND JURASSIC PARK BREWS UP THE PERFECT STORM IN THIS VISUALLY STUNNING SUPERSTORM SPECTACULAR

Hold on tight, because a 30th anniversary screening of Twister is blowing into the Planetarium this November! Devised and co-produced by Jurassic Park author Michael Crichton, this Oscar-nominated disaster movie’s SFX hold up to this day, and it deserves to be witnessed on the big screen. With an ensemble cast including Helen Hunt, Bill Paxton and Philip Seymour Hoffman - and it’s one of the rare disaster films where the protagonists are actively seeking out danger! - it’s a rollercoaster ride across storm-battered Oklahoma that will leave a smile on your face a mile wide.

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THE HOPES OF THE WORLD CAN CHANGE IN A HEARTBEAT IN THIS CEREBRAL, POWERFUL SCI-FI THRILLER

Our November 2026 screenings at the Planetarium conclude with a 20th anniversary screening of Alfonso Cuarón’s dystopian thriller Children Of Men. This Oscar-nominated modern masterpiece, set in a society where humanity’s future is threatened by infertility, expertly blends weighty concepts and wry political commentary with gripping and gritty action sequences to create a cautionary tale that is, if anything, even more relevant two decades on from its initial release - small wonder it’s widely considered one of the finest films of the century so far.

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