Blue Heron15

Directed by Sophy Romvari | Canada | 2025 | 1h 31m | Starring Edik Beddoes, Iringó Réti, Ádám Tompa, Eylul Guven, Liam Serg

In the late 1990s, eight-year-old Sasha has just moved with her family to a new home on Vancouver Island. But the fresh start they were hoping for is quickly overshadowed by her eldest brother Jeremy’s increasingly dangerous behaviour. Award-winning director Sophy Romvari makes her feature debut with a lyrical and deeply felt film about the bonds that hold families together, the forces that pull them apart, and the fragile, shifting nature of memory.

Reviews

‘“Blue Heron” may be the most emotionally devastating film of the year – and also perhaps the most comforting.’
★★★★★
Josh Slater-Williams, IndieWire

‘This staggering debut relitigates the past and the perspective one had while living it, performed with the regret and acceptance that sadly only comes with time.’
★★★★★
Jacob Oller, The AV Club

Book tickets

Monday 13 July

8.15pmBook tickets
Wednesday 15 July

5.45pmBook tickets
Thursday 16 July

3.45pmBook tickets

What else is on?

Today (Monday 13th July)

18:00

What We Do in the Shadows 15
1h 25m
Cult mockumentary follows the undead navigating modern life with gloriously incompetent results. Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement at their most gloriously funny. Part of the Oxford Comedy Festival 2026.

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20:15

Blue Heron 15
1h 31m
Eight-year-old Sasha's family move to Vancouver Island seeking a fresh start, but her eldest brother increasingly dangerous behaviour casts a long shadow. Sophy Romvari's lyrical feature debut is a deeply felt study of family bonds and the elusive nature of memory.

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Tomorrow (Tuesday 14th July)

17:45

Effi o Blaenau 15
£6 for Members
1h 31m | Welsh w/ English subtitles
In a Welsh town stripped of its pubs and jobs, hard-partying Effi keeps her head just above water. But a chance encounter in a Llandudno nightclub offers a glimpse of another life. Leisa Gwenllian is searing in this spikily funny adaptation of Gary Owen's celebrated one-woman play.

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20:00

Disclosure Day 12A
£6 for Members
2h 25m
When a Kansas City meteorologist intercepts an inexplicable alien signal during a live broadcast, she begins to unravel a decades-long government cover-up. Steven Spielberg returns to sci-fi with a summer blockbuster of genuine scale and philosophical weight, led by Emily Blunt and Josh O'Connor.

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Plan your visit

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!