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Storyhouse Gems

Storyhouse Gems is a monthly strand of hand-picked, one-off cinema screenings featuring cult, classic, and contemporary film favourites programmed by a member of your Storyhouse Cinema Team.

Storyhouse Gems aims to provide experience in cinema programming, event planning and more, nuturing future talents.

Storyhouse Cinema is supported by Film Hub North with National Lottery funding on behalf of the BFI Film Audience Network.

Movie Musicals

Oct 2024 – Jan 2025

Man-eating plants, a road of a very distinct colour, seasons of love, and an iconic duo in shades, this series of movie musicals will leave your toes in a toe-tapping flux, timeless tunes ringing in your ears, and paint an almost permanent smile on your face…

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Gangs In Film

Jun – Sep 2025

Our latest season of Storyhouse Gems will take audiences to the streets with four distinct tales of youth and community from around the globe. So grab your squad and join us this summer as we dive into some of cinema’s most captivating neighbourhoods…

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Unlikeable Women In Film

Jan – Apr 2024

From a satirical political drama to a queer high-school comedy, a quirky coming-of-age comic book adaptation, and a blood-soaked feminist revenge horror, this season celebrates and embraces the complicated women who enrich our screens and liberate women from having to be nice…

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Reflections on Masculinity

Aug – Nov 2023

In our second season of Storyhouse Gems, audiences are invited to join us as we explore subversive meditations on manhood, all filtered through a distinctive genre lens…

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