Based on Raynor Winn's bestseller, The Salt Path tells the emotional and life-affirming story of a couple whose connection with the natural world helps them overcome challenges and ultimately reconnect with one another.

This evening's screening of The Salt Path is a Captioned Screening.  A Captioned Screening is a service for D/deaf and hard of hearing audience members providing subtitles to enable understanding of the film’s dialogue and off-screen action. The screening is open to all customers.

Rossini’s effervescent comedy retakes the stage in Bartlett Sher’s madcap production.

The fun begins at 10.30am with a sing-along, followed by a short film or collection of short films for really wee ones.

Author and illustrator Eric Carle’s beloved children’s story “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” springs to life in this delightful collection of animated tales.

‘The Gaze’ is a short film by Anna Murray and accompanying song focusing on the impact the male gaze has on the daily lives of women and non-binary people. It explores the ways in which we view ourselves in the third person in order to fit into a standard of being that doesn’t see us as three dimensional people with flaws and ugly parts, human functions and unpleasant thoughts. It draws particular inspiration from Margaret Atwood’s quote in ‘The Robber Bride’, “Even pretending you aren’t catering to male fantasies is a male fantasy… that you can wash your feet or comb your hair unconscious of the ever-present watcher peering through the keyhole… in your own head. You are a woman with a man inside, watching a woman.” And John Berger’s quote in ‘Ways of Seeing’, “A woman must continually watch herself. She is almost continually accompanied by her own image of herself.” The film follows one woman in moments of her life as she struggles with this concept. ‘

This screening is part of Creative Spaces Showcase 2025. Creative Spaces is a collective of Dumfries-based young creatives, working with and advocating for the region’s young artists.

For further information about the other free events as part of the Showcase, please visit their website: Creative Spaces – The Stove Network

Director Martyn Robertson is joined by the cast of the film and special guest former professional footballer Kenny Deuchar to launch the release of the Make It To Munich at the Robert Burns Centre Film Theatre.

Make It To Munich follows Ethan Walker, who decides to cycle from Scotland to Germany for Scotland's opening match against Germany in Euro 2024 - just nine months after a horrific accident.

“Make it a must: this super Scottish film smashes male stereotypes” · Neil Mackay - The Herald

"An Astonishing Film" · BBC Breakfast News

“One of the greatest triumph against the odds stories I have ever worked on” · Tom English - BBC Scotland Sport 

A struggling novelist who is forced to take care of three eccentric older women - and his own mother - over the course of one chaotic weekend in Dublin.

"A Funny and Touching Film" – Business Post 
"Laugh-Out-Loud Funny" – Irish Examiner 
"Four Mothers is a charmer of a picture" – The Observer 
"An Absolute Gem of a Movie" – New European

A struggling novelist who is forced to take care of three eccentric older women - and his own mother - over the course of one chaotic weekend in Dublin.

"A Funny and Touching Film" – Business Post 
"Laugh-Out-Loud Funny" – Irish Examiner 
"Four Mothers is a charmer of a picture" – The Observer 
"An Absolute Gem of a Movie" – New European

The life and work of Michelangelo, one of the most important artists of the Italian High Renaissance, are brought to life in this documentary through an exhibition in the National Gallery that also explore his relationship with da Vinci.

“…feast your eyes – and your soul – on Michelangelo: Love and Death” - Mature Times

“Magnificent” - Oxford Times

Sensuous contemporary ballet meets the energy of musical theatre in four distinctive short works. Fool’s Paradise, The Two of Us, Us, An American in Paris: four works showing the remarkable choreographic range of The Royal Ballet's Artistic Associate, Christopher Wheeldon. Choreography: Christopher Wheeldon. Music: Joby Talbot | Joni Mitchell | Keaton Henson | George Gershwin. Running time: 180 minutes (Runtime and intervals TBC). Encore Screening (recorded live on 22 May 2025)

Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers (Michael B. Jordan) return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back.

Inspired by the true story of a disillusioned Englishman who went to work in a school in Argentina in 1976. Expecting an easy ride, Tom discovers a divided nation and a class of unteachable students. However, after he rescues a penguin from an oil-slicked beach, his life is turned upside-down.

The wonderful 1953 French comedy starring and directed by Jacques Tati is showing in conjunction with Dumfries Museum and their exhibition, ‘The Ever Changing, Changeless Sea’, which runs until the end of July 2025. 

Monsieur Hulot comes to a beachside hotel for a vacation and accidentally, but good-naturedly, causes havoc. The film introduced the pipe-smoking, well-meaning but clumsy character of Monsieur Hulot, who appears in Tati's subsequent films, including Mon Oncle, Playtime, and Trafic. There are no adverts or trailers with this film.

After the death of his wife, Kenzaburo and their son Toshi receive an unexpected letter from beyond the grave. Kenzaburo's wife and Toshi's mother, Akiko, asks them to scatter her ashes at the place she loved most as a child – Lake Windermere. But the father's and son’s fraught relationship threatens to upend their journey.

Gods and mortals battle in the second chapter of Wagner’s Ring cycle. Conductor Antonio Pappano and director Barrie Kosky reunite to continue the mythical adventure that began with Das Rheingold in 2023. Running time: 305 minutes (with two intervals). Sung in German with English subtitles. Encore Screening.

‘RBO Die Walküre contains sequences of flashing lights which might affect customers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy."

Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts his first Met performances of Strauss’s white-hot one-act tragedy, which receives its first new production at the company in 20 years. Claus Guth, one of Europe’s leading opera directors, gives the biblical story—already filtered through the beautiful and strange imagination of Oscar Wilde’s play—a psychologically perceptive

Christian Wolff (Ben Affleck) has a talent for solving complex problems. When an old acquaintance is murdered, leaving behind a cryptic message to "find the accountant," Wolff is compelled to solve the case. Realizing more extreme measures are necessary, Wolff recruits his estranged and highly lethal brother, Brax (Jon Bernthal), to help. In partnership with U.S. Treasury Deputy Director Marybeth Medina (Cynthia Addai-Robinson), they uncover a deadly conspiracy, becoming targets of a ruthless network of killers who will stop at nothing to keep their secrets buried.

A global cinema event, taking place on Sir David Attenborough’s 99th birthday.

Presented and authored by the world-renowned and beloved filmmaker Sir David Attenborough with 15 minutes of theatrically exclusive footage.

After nearly 70 years of filming the natural world, OCEAN is Sir David’s most powerful and urgent message yet.

Stunning, immersive cinematography showcases the wonder of life under the seas and exposes the realities and challenges facing our ocean as never-before-seen, from destructive fishing techniques to mass coral reef bleaching. Yet the story is one of optimism, with Attenborough pointing to inspirational stories from around the world to deliver his greatest message - the ocean can recover to a glory beyond anything anyone alive has ever seen.

Take a journey with maverick musician Neil Young in this personal, behind-the-scenes doc as he cruises the coast on his recent solo tour. Directed by acclaimed filmmaker and Young’s wife, Daryl Hannah, Coastal offers a glimpse behind the curtain of this unguarded iconoclast, as he navigates a return to the stage post-Covid – from his everyday observations on the bus to his candid, wry banter with his audience.  The illuminating film also features songs rarely, if ever played live, performed in breathtakingly beautiful theatres.

When an egotistical tattoo artist tries to get a selfie with an international popstar who shows up on his doorstep in the middle of the night, his refusal to take no for an answer embroils him in a nightmarish battle of wills that threatens to destroy his business, his personal life, and his sanity.

A 'searing anxiety-inducer of a thriller' - Glasgow FilmFest

The screening of Tummy Monster will feature a post-film Q&A with the film's director, Ciaran Lyons.

Screening in association with Dumfries Fairtrade in recognition of World Fairtrade Day. Followed by informal Q&A.

When a massive Chinese factory complex in rural Ethiopia plans an ambitious expansion to a second site, the realities of industrialisation are pulled into focus.

Made in Ethiopia takes a panoramic view, following three women involved in the project from polar perspectives: Motto, the formidable businesswoman in charge of the expansion project, factory worker Beti who has staked her future on the work opportunities the factory provides, and farmer Workinesh, whose land has been earmarked for the new industrial park.

Part of The Queer Art of Film season at the Robert Burns Centre. With an introduction by Dr Connor McMorran and a chance to discuss the film afterwards in an informal setting.

In the absurdist autobiographically-inspired dark comedy that boldly reimagines the Joker’s origin, a painfully unfunny aspiring clown (Vera Drew as Joker the Harlequin) grapples with her gender identity while unsuccessfully attempting to join the ranks of Gotham City’s sole comedy program in a world where comedy has been outlawed.

Featuring an introduction by Dr Connor McMorran. Connor McMorran holds a PhD in film theory from the University of St Andrews, and has written or spoken on horror films, East Asian cinema, and various critical and philosophical frameworks and histories. They currently focus on queer film history and theory, and work as part of the team behind the St Andrews Film Festival (SAFF).

The feature length documentary will examine how the truth about the Gaza genocide is being censored in the mainstream and social media, in education and entertainment and how — in the most terrifying way — terrorism law is being used to silence dissent.

The film features interviews with prominent figures such as comedian Alexei Sayle and acclaimed filmmaker Ken Loach, offering unique perspectives on how the media in Britain and Ireland are failing to report the truth in regards to the Gaza genocide.

There will be a panel discussion after the film. Shown in conjunction with Dumfries Palestine Solidarity Campaign.