Kinoteka On Tour 2026: Ashes and Diamonds12A

Directed by Andrzej Wajda | Poland | 1958 | 1h 50m | Polish w/ English subtitles | Starring Zbigniew Cybulski, Ewa Krzyzewska, Waclaw Zastrzezynski, Adam Pawlikowski, Bogumil Kobiela

In the last days of the Second World War, Maciek, a Polish resistance fighter, is tasked with the assassination of a Communist official. When he meets Krystyna, he is offered a glimpse of a world beyond war and destruction, and questions his assignment. Wajda’s classic drama, which cemented his position as a world-class filmmaker, features an iconic central performance by Zbigniew Cybulski – the ‘Polish James Dean’ – who contributes immeasurably to this probing look at the complex post-war future for a new nation and its people.

Our screening of Sunday 12th April will be introduced by season co-curator Alistair Pitts, host of the A Russian & Soviet Movie Podcast.

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We showed Kinoteka On Tour 2026: Ashes and Diamonds between April 12, 2026 and April 13, 2026.

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Today (Sunday 15th November)

20:00

Wildwood 12A
2h 11m
When crows abduct her baby brother, teenager Prue follows them into an enchanted forest of bandits, talking animals and scheming rulers. The new stop-motion adventure from LAIKA (Coraline) is a breathtaking and emotional tale told on an epic scale.

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Tomorrow (Monday 16th November)

17:00

Wildwood 12A
2h 11m
When crows abduct her baby brother, teenager Prue follows them into an enchanted forest of bandits, talking animals and scheming rulers. The new stop-motion adventure from LAIKA (Coraline) is a breathtaking and emotional tale told on an epic scale.

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20:00

A People's History of Music Cert N/A
Mississippi Records founder Eric Isaacson presents a global story of music under authoritarianism exploring how power tries to control music, and how people nimbly evade puritans, corporations and tech lords alike, drawing on Eric's own vivid experiences.

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Our beautiful art deco inspired auditorium can be found just off East Oxford's Cowley Road.We are open 7 days a week. We open the cinema and box office 30 minutes before the scheduled start time of each film, and the Box Office then closes 10 minutes after the film starts. We only show a few adverts – less than most cinemas – and we only play a couple of trailers, so please don’t be late as the film itself starts very close to the advertised time!