Event Type: Festivals

MINT Chinese Film Festival

MINT Chinese Film Festival

Fri 6 - Sun 8 Mar 2026

To purchase a Festival pass click HERE MINT Chinese Film Festival (MINT CFF) “薄荷紫华语电影节” is an award-winning film festival and leading curatorial organisation founded by Chinese...

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Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme 2026

Hakkenden: Fiction and Reality

Saturday 14th March 2026

(15) 149MINS

In early 19th-century Edo, celebrated novelist Takizawa Bakin (Koji Yakusho) embarks on an ambitious story of eight samurai warriors. They are bound by a mystical...

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Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme 2026

The Final Piece

  • Thursday 19th February 20:00

(15) 123MINS

Deep in the mountains, a skeletal corpse is unearthed — the only clue to its identity, a single handcrafted shogi piece from one of only...

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Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme 2026

Sham

Thursday 26th March 2026

(15) 129MINS

Fukuoka, 2003. Elementary school teacher YABUSHITA Seiichi (AYANO Go) is devoted to his job. One day, he is accused by a boy’s mother, HIMURO Ritsuko...

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Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme 2026

The Man Who Failed to Die

Thursday 12th March 2026

(15) 109MINS

Comedy sketch writer SEKIYA Ippei (MIZUKAWA Katamari), weary of society’s harshness and a life without reward, decides to end it all by jumping from a...

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Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme 2026

Adabana

Saturday 21st February 2026

(15) 94MINS

In the near future, in order to secure a labour force, the development of life-extending treatments and related technologies is encouraged. One of these involves...

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Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme 2026

What Should We Have Done?

Thursday 12th February 2026

(15) 101MINS

In 1983, at the age of 24, director FUJINO Tomoaki’s older sister Masako, a kind and caring person, began showing symptoms of schizophrenia. Having excelled...

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Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme 2026

The Last Blossom

Saturday 28th March 2026

(12A) 90MINS

AKUTSU Minoru (KOBAYASHI Kaoru present self, TOZUKA Junki past self), serving a life sentence, awaits a lonely death in his prison cell. The only real...

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Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme 2026

ANGRY SQUAD: The Civil Servant and the Seven Swindlers

Saturday 28th February 2026

(15) 120MINS

Straight-laced tax office employee KUMAZAWA Jiro (UCHINO Seiyo) falls victim to the clever scam of genius con artist HIMURO Makoto (OKADA Masaki), losing a large...

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Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme 2026

Ghost Killer

Saturday 7th February 2026

(15) 104MINS

University student MATSUOKA Fumika (TAKAISHI Akari) drunkenly trips in the street after an unsuccessful date. Pulling herself up, she notices a bullet casing lying on...

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Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme 2026

NEMURUBAKA: Hypnic Jerks

Thursday 19th March 2026

(15) 106MINS

IRISU Yumi (KUBO Shiori), a university student who lacks direction in life, shares a room with her senior, KUJIRAI Ruka (TAIRA Yuna), a devoted musician...

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Cinema

Kendal Mountain Tour 2026: Live Speaker And Adventure Films

Wednesday 4th February 2026

Standard Theatre Seated Kendal Mountain Events returns for another season of adventure and human connection. Experience the best of the world’s stunning landscapes through a...

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Festivals

Craft Market Kendal

Friday 28th November 2025 – Sunday 30th November 2025

28 November, 2-8pm | 29 November, 10am-5pm |
30 November, 11am-4pm
| Entry £3 on the door Craft Market Kendal has become widely recognised for presenting a...

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Festivals

Adventure Motorcycle Film Festival

Saturday 28th February 2026

Standard Theatre Seated The Adventure Motorcycle Film Festival is brought to you by The Trail and Adventure Motorbike Podcast (TAMP) and the Reel Riders podcast....

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Film Festival

Paddling Film Festival 2025

Wednesday 15th October 2025

Standard Theatre Seated Lakeland Canoe Club (LCC) is pleased to present the Autumn 2025 Paddling Film Festival. It will feature some of the best paddling...

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Theatre

Bi-Curious George Presents Queer Planet

Thursday 12th June 2025

Standard Theatre Seated | Strictly 18+ Kendal Pride presents... Award-winning drag king and London’s loveable nature boy, Bi-Curious George, invites you into a raucous celebration...

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Summer Sundays

Summer Sundays ft. Vacant Weekend

Sunday 17th August 2025

2-4pm | Free Entry | Garden Summer Sundays are making a triumphant return in 2025 - Vacant Weekend are ready! Join us for the ultimate...

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Summer Sundays

Summer Sundays ft. The Seals

Sunday 3rd August 2025

2-4pm | Free Entry | Garden Summer Sundays are making a triumphant return in 2025 - The Seals are ready! Join us for the ultimate...

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Summer Sundays

Summer Sundays ft. Meetwood Flac

Sunday 10th August 2025

2-4pm | Free Entry | Garden Summer Sundays are making a triumphant return in 2025! Join us for the ultimate experience as undeniably sensational bands...

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Summer Sundays

Summer Sundays ft. Dilutey Juice

Sunday 27th July 2025

2-4pm | Free Entry | Garden Summer Sundays are making a triumphant return in 2025! Join us for the ultimate experience as sensational bands take...

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Cinema

Kendal Mountain Tour 2025: A Night Of Adventure Films + Guest Speaker, Jonty Warneken

Wednesday 12th February 2025

Starts 7pm | Tickets £17.50 | Conc. £13.50 | Guest Speaker: Jonty Warneken | Age Recommended 12+ | Theatre Prepare for an unforgettable night of...

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Cinema

Paddling Film Festival 2024

Wednesday 9th October 2024

Starts 7pm | Tickets £15 | Conc. £8 | Theatre Lakeland Canoe Club proudly present the 2024 Paddling Film Festival of great Paddling Films from...

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Cinema

Kendal Mountain Tour 2024: A night of Adventure films + Louise Minchin

Thursday 2nd May 2024

Starts 7pm | Tickets £15.50 | Conc. £9 | Guest Speaker Louise Minchin | Theatre Prepare for an unforgettable night of adventure as the Kendal...

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