Sunday At The Festival

Tickets are selling fast for most screenings at the Alhambra and may not be available on the door. 

It's the final day of the Festival and there's still lots to see. Find out why everybody is talking about Emilia Pérez this afternoon at The Alhambra. There are two fantastic £5 Family Films at the Theatre; This Is Going To Be Big and Robot Dreams and why not start the day with a selection of short films from the Oska Bright Film Festival showcasing work by learning disabled and autistic people.

• 11am The Marching Band - Rheged
• 11am Oska Bright: Short Films - Theatre By The Lake FREE ENTRY
• 11am Nickel Boys - Alhambra
• 11am Radiator - Alhambra Screen 2 Additional Screening
• 2pm This Is Going To Be Big - Theatre By The Lake £5 Family Film
• 2pm Mongrel - Rheged
• 2pm Emilia Pérez - Alhambra
• 2pm Point Break - Alhambra Screen 2
• 5pm Brief History of a Family - Alhambra
• 5pm Sister Midnight - Rheged
• 5pm Robot Dreams - Theatre By The Lake £5 Family Film
• 5pm Radiator - Alhambra Screen 2 SOLD OUT
• 8pm Cottontail - Alhambra Limited Availability

Please see the full programme or download the timetable for more details on all the films.

Saturday At The Festival

Tickets are selling fast for most screenings at the Alhambra and may not be available on the door. 

Our films at Rheged begin today with Tarika and The Monk And The Gun. The Ospreys showcase a selection of films made in Cumbria or by Cumbrians at the Theatre. Screen2/Take2 bring back some old favourites including Amélie and Whale Rider along with a chance to remember our former patron John Hurt working with David Lynch in The Elephant Man. The Oscar winning Flow  and The Brutalist can be seen at the Alhambra

• 9:15am Harvey Greenfield is Running Late - Alhambra
• 11am Where Olive Trees Weep - Theatre By The Lake
• 11am Flow - Alhambra SOLD OUT
• 11am Tarika - Rheged
• 11am The Elephant Man - Alhambra Screen 2
• 2pm Osprey Short Film Awards - Theatre By The Lake FREE ENTRY
• 2pm The Brutalist - Alhambra
• 2pm The Monk And The Gun - Rheged
• 2pm Jeanne Dielman... - Alhambra Screen 2
• 4pm Tommy - Theatre By The Lake
• 6:30pm The Teacher - Alhambra
• 6:30pm Amélie - Alhambra Screen 2
• 7pm White Rock - Theatre By The Lake
• 9pm Black Night - Theatre By The Lake
• 9pm Whale Rider - Alhambra Screen 2
• 9:15pm Stormskerry Maja - Alhambra

Please see the full programme or download the timetable for more details on all the films.

Friday At The Festival

Here's what's coming up on the first full day of the Festival:

• 12pm Jeanne Dielman... - Alhambra Screen 2 SOLD OUT
• 1pm The Cow Who Sang A Song Into The Future - Theatre By The Lake
• 1pm The Ceremony - Alhambra
• 4pm No End - Theatre By The Lake
• 4pm Misericordia - Alhambra SOLD OUT
• 4pm Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - Alhambra Screen 2
• 6:30pm Crybaby Bridge - Theatre By The Lake
• 6:30pm Quiet Life - Alhambra
• 6:30pm Welcome to the Sticks - Alhambra Screen 2 SOLD OUT
• 8:45pm Seed of the Sacred Fig - Alhambra
• 9pm All Your Faces - Theatre By The Lake
• 9pm Spirited Away - Alhambra Screen 2

Please see the full programme or download the timetable for more details on all the films.

Has there ever been a better decade for music than the 70’s?

We old guys at Keswick Film Festival think not and to prove the point, we have a Tommy: 50th Anniversary Screening and White Rock, featuring a musical score by Rick Wakeman, at his creative best.

Townshend’s incredible concept album was dialled up to 11 by Ken Russell’s direction and a cast of Rock ‘n Roll royalty – Elton John, Tina Turner, Eric Clapton and the incomparable Roger Daltrey. 

Less frenetic but beautiful to watch and hear, White Rock is the groundbreaking documentary of the 1976 Innsbruck Winter Olympics, narrated by James Coburn. It is said to have changed sports documentaries for ever.

The big stage shows from The Who and Yes were an integral part of the 70’s music scene but a lot of the energy of the decade came from smaller venues; pubs, clubs and Students Unions. Graham Parker and the Rumour were an iconic band from the period and Graham will be one of our guests at KFF this year – by virtue of his acting role in Harvey Greenfield is Running Late.

We can’t wait to welcome him – and you to Keswick.

Our Opening Film

We are pleased to announce that the opening film for KFF25 will be Harvey Greenfield Is Running Late - winner of the Best International Feature at the 2023 Dublin International Comedy Film Festival.

When an indecisive people pleaser is running late for the world's busiest day, his misguided decisions escalate towards a single choice that risks everything he holds dear. Harvey Greenfield explores our need to please, and why it's sometimes healthy to, every now and then, just sit in a shed and play Subbuteo by yourself, eat biscuits and listen to Meat Loaf.

Adapted from Paul Richard’s one man show at the Edinburgh fringe, Harvey Greenfield features not only Paul reprising the title role but also a host of familiar faces, from Doctor Who, The Office, Red Dwarf, Ted Lasso and Blue Peter. Director Jonnie Howard will be joining us at the Alhambra with, we hope some members from this stellar cast, including Keswick singer Sophia Grice.

Oscar Hopefuls at Keswick Film Festival

Forgive us, but we are a bit chuffed with ourselves as a number of our selections for the KFF programme have been recognised as Oscar contenders.

Three films, The Brutalist, Nickel Boys and Emilia Pérez are all in contention for the Best Picture award and two, Flow and Seed of the Sacred Fig are nominated as Best International Feature. For an animated film like Flow (also up for the award in that category) to be nominated in a feature film category, is testament to the brilliance of the storytelling and the animator’s art.

Adrien Brody and Karla Sofia Gascón are up for Best Actor and actress for their roles in The Brutalist and Emilia Pérez and their respective co-stars Guy Pearce, Felicity Jones and Zoe Saldana are nominated as Best Supporting Actors. The films also feature as nominees in the Best Direction, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Original Screenplay categories.

The one-of-a-kind movie Emilia Pérez even has two nominations for best original song. The Alhambra will be rocking on Sunday afternoon.

25th Anniversary Merchandise

To celebrate our 25th Anniversary, we thought it was time to have some new T shirts and we thought that you might like to look the part as well. Knowing what a well-turned out crowd you are, we reckoned you might like to coordinate that with a stylish tote bag, of such superb quality, it should last you until our 50th Anniversary!

If you would like to purchase one or more of these iconic, soon-to-be-collectors'-item pieces head over to our merchandise page and place your order for collection at the Festival.