Tiny Ideas Festival 2025: The Snail and the WhaleU

Directed by Max Lang & Daniel Snaddon | UK | 2019 | 27m | Starring Diana Rigg, Sally Hawkins, Rob Brydon, Arnold Brown, Cariad Lloyd

Snail dreams of adventure and longs to see the world beyond her shore. While other snails urge her to stay put, she writes a message in the sand, hoping for a chance to explore. To her surprise, a humpback whale answers and invites her on an incredible journey. Together, they travel far and wide, meeting creatures of every size. The Snail and the Whale is adapted from Julia Donaldson’s beloved book, celebrating courage and connection.

Part of Tiny Ideas Festival 2025. Tickets for Adults cost £7, and £5 for Children.

Tiny Ideas Festival 2025

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Saturday 27 September

 11.00amBook tickets

What else is on?

Today (Wednesday 24th September)
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15:30

Young Mothers 12A
1h 46m | French w/ English subtitles
Belgian filmmaking duo Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne (Two Days, One Night) deliver an unflinching, empathetic portrait of teens raising babies in a state shelter. This Cannes-winning drama captures dignity, hardship, and hope in the face of systemic neglect.

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18:00

Caught Stealing 15
1h 47m
Austin Butler and Matt Smith star in Darren Aronofsky’s (Black Swan) darkly comic 90s-set crime thriller. A burned-out ex-ballplayer agrees to cat-sit, then plunges into New York’s violent underworld, dodging gangsters in a chaotic fight for survival.

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20:30

The Ceremony 15
1h 32m | Arabic, Kurdish, & Romanian with English subtitles
Two undocumented Romanian workers in rural England face a moral crisis that could destroy their friendship. Jack King’s award-winning debut is a visually arresting, slow-burn drama about survival and finding common ground in desperate circumstances.

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Tomorrow (Thursday 25th September)
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15:30

Sorry, Baby 15
Deaf/HOH subtitles
1h 43m
Eva Victor writes and stars in this tender, darkly funny debut about healing from trauma. When a friend’s visit highlights her own emotional stasis, Agnes begins confronting the past, inching toward a new future in this heartfelt comedy.

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18:00

Young Mothers 12A
1h 46m | French w/ English subtitles
Belgian filmmaking duo Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne (Two Days, One Night) deliver an unflinching, empathetic portrait of teens raising babies in a state shelter. This Cannes-winning drama captures dignity, hardship, and hope in the face of systemic neglect.

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20:30

Caught Stealing 15
1h 47m
Austin Butler and Matt Smith star in Darren Aronofsky’s (Black Swan) darkly comic 90s-set crime thriller. A burned-out ex-ballplayer agrees to cat-sit, then plunges into New York’s violent underworld, dodging gangsters in a chaotic fight for survival.

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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 don’t show adverts, just a couple of trailers, so don't be late as the film itself starts very close to the advertised time!

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