15/09/2026
Widescreen Weekend is just around the corner! ✨
Need help deciding what to book for? Here's a quick breakdown of the spectacular strands on show...
📽70MM
Experience rare formats like Cinerama with How the West Was Won as well as stunning 70mm across the programme with The Sound of Music, The Searchers, One Battle After Another and the UK premiere of a newly restored print of Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
📽IMAX
Incredible IMAX on the region's biggest screen, including Sinners and a celebration of two blockbuster filmmakers, Stephen Spielberg and Christopher Nolan.
📽THE INDIAN WESTERN
An exploration of the dacoit figure of Indian cinema in this strand presented alongside writer, scholar and international film curator Dr. Omar Ahmed. Featuring beloved classics like Sholay alongside more contemporary examples with Sonchiriya and Omkara.
📽SHOWSTOPPERS
A selection of musicals curated by Dominic Broomfield-McHugh, Professor of Musicology at the University of Sheffield and a world-leading expert on musical theatre and film. With timeless classics like The Music Man, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying alongside lesser known titles like Bells are Ringing and I Could Go on Singing.
📽TECHNIRAMA
Celebrate the format that successfully balanced high image quality with immense cinematic scale. Including El Cid, The Big Country, The Vikings and Zulu, screening on both 35mm and digital.
Widescreen Weekend runs from 24–28 September. Tickets and more programme information available here | https://www.scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk/cinema/widescreen-weekend/programme
