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OCEAN WITH DAVID ATTENBOROUGH takes viewers on a breathtaking journey showing there is nowhere more vital for our survival, more full of life, wonder, or surprise, than the ocean. The celebrated broadcaster and filmmaker reveals how his lifetime has coincided with the great age of ocean discovery. Through spectacular sequences featuring coral reefs, kelp forests and the open ocean, Attenborough shares why a healthy ocean keeps the entire planet stable and flourishing. Stunning, immersive cinem...

• Sunday, May 11th

  • 13:30
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• Thursday, May 15th

  • 19:30
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The Highlanders, the Early Mountaineers, and Scotland's Highest Summits - The new documentary from filmmakers Kevin Woods (Winter 282, Pawel) and Lindsay Hill. This is the remarkable story of the origins of Scottish mountaineering and of Hugh Thomas Munro, the man whose name has become synonymous with Scotland's highest mountains. While modern-day athletes test themselves against these timeless mountain summits, Munro's enduring list of "Mountains Exceeding 3,000 Feet in Height" has evolved...

• Thursday, May 29th

  • 19:30
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Michelangelo - Love & Death Directed by David Bickerstaff – Produced by Phil Grabsky The spectacular sculptures and paintings of Michelangelo seem so familiar to us, but what do we really know about this Renaissance giant? Michelangelo’s genius is evident in everything he touched. Beautiful and diverse works such as the towering statue of David, the moving Pietà in the Papal Basilica of St. Peter and his tour-de-force, the Sistine Chapel ceiling, still leave us breathless today. Spanning his...

• Tuesday, May 20th

  • 19:00
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• Sunday, May 25th

  • 14:00
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Join us for a special screening of 'Out Loud'. Followed by a Q&A with the filmmaker Maureen Macleod. From the age of 16, singer Kim Carnie spent six years in a secret same-sex relationship. In the multi award-winning film, Kim Carnie Out Loud, Kim meets other members of the LGBTQ+ community from around the world, who also hid their sexuality for a variety of reasons, from being born in a country where being gay is illegal to feeling pressure from their family or community. She also meets LGBTQ...

• Tuesday, September 9th

  • 19:00
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ROYAL BALLET AND OPERA CINEMA SEASON 2024/25 On a stormy night, fate brings two strangers together, unleashing a love with the power to end worlds. Meanwhile, in the realm of the gods, an epic battle ensues between their ruler Wotan and his rebellious daughter, Brünnhilde. Running time 320 minutes with 2 intervals Sung in German with subtitles...

• Wednesday, May 14th

  • 17:00
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After the unexpected death of her closest friend and mentor, New York novelist and writing teacher Iris becomes the caretaker of both his literary legacy and his beloved Great Dane, Apollo. Reluctantly bringing the enormous dog into her tiny Manhattan apartment, Iris develops a surprising kinship with the soulful animal—even though his outsized presence upends both her professional commitments and her daily routine. Together, the unlikely duo begins to move through their shared grief, tentativel...

• Friday, May 9th

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• Saturday, May 10th

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• Sunday, May 11th

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• Monday, May 12th

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• Thursday, May 15th

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Maria and Nik, together with their four children, embrace self-sufficiency, home-schooling and want to live an independent family life in harmony with nature. However, when tragedy strikes and everything changes, they are forced from their idyllic farm and into the expectations of modern society....

• Friday, May 16th

  • 19:30
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• Saturday, May 17th

  • 15:15
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• Sunday, May 18th

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• Thursday, May 22nd

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Part of the monthly Heartland Film Society series Freedom to Run, a feature-length documentary by Glaswegian filmmakers Dr Cairsti Russell and Stephen Sheriff, follows the Palestinian running group Right to Movement (RTM) and a group from Glasgow as they train for and run both the Palestine and Edinburgh marathons. The two groups of runners support each other as they run both the Palestine and Edinburgh Marathons and on this journey, the runners discover they are not so different, but they live...

• Sunday, May 18th

  • 18:30
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Join us for a special Birks Cinema quiz ...at the Aberfeldy Bowling Club. While the cinema is undergoing improvement in the month of June, the Quizmaster has a special quiz night planned just a few doors down at the Aberfeldy Bowling Club, Taybridge Terrace, Aberfeldy, PH15 2BS. Gather your friends and family to win the top prize! Each team is allowed a maximum of 4 members, £10 per team. The July quiz will be back at the Birks Cinema. Thank you for your continued support....

• Friday, June 6th

  • 19:30
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When the local nursing home finds itself in dire straits and in danger of falling to pieces, it’s down to Mother Veronique (Valérie Bonneton) and the eccentric sisters of the convent of St. Benedict to find a way to help. Spotting a poster for a bike race with a €25,000 cash prize (and the incentive of a trip to the Vatican for the winner!), the sisters might just have their answer. The only drawbacks are that they are terrible cyclists, and their rival convent, led by Mother Veronique’s childh...

• Friday, May 9th

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• Saturday, May 10th

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• Sunday, May 11th

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• Monday, May 12th

  • 10:30
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• Thursday, May 15th

  • 14:00
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ROYAL BALLET AND OPERA CINEMA SEASON 2024/25 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. Running time 180 minutes FOOL’S PARADISE Luminescent and shimmering, Fool’s Paradise marked the first of Wheeldon’s many collaborations with composer Joby Talbot. It was created...

• Thursday, May 22nd

  • 19:15
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Part of the monthly Heartland Film Society series. Hilmar Oddsson’s delightful 1980-set darkly comedic road movie is an oddball odyssey of self-discovery and acceptance across the beautifully photographed landscapes of Iceland. Middle-aged and disappointed, Jón (Þröstur Leó Gunnarsson) spends his days knitting and listening to the radio with his domineering elderly mother (Kristbjörg Kjeld) on their rural Icelandic farmstead. With his life overtaken with looking after his home and his mother’...

• Sunday, September 21st

  • 18:30
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Join us for an uplifting evening that showcases the very best of the Scottish outdoors, adventure, and filmmaking. Hosted live, the night features a diverse collection of short films that celebrate Scotland’s wild places and the people who explore them. From surfing on the rugged north coast to retracing Himalayan mountaineering history, from the thrill of Scottish winter climbing to intimate encounters with ancient forests and an epic running challenge with a purpose- these stories will move, e...

• Monday, May 12th

  • 19:30
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Get ready for a flavour festa at The Birks Cafe! Join us for an unforgettable Tapas Night at The Birks Cafe, curated by our fantastic (and originally Portuguese!) Cafe Manager, Cristina Rodrigues, and featuring the finest deli selections from the local gem, Thyme Deli Bistro (Errichel). Indulge in a special offering for £13.50 per person. Takeaway option available for £13 per person. Book your table now and treat your senses to an evening of flavourful delights. Meaty or veggie, we've got you...

• Friday, May 23rd

  • 18:00
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Our lives are the sum of our choices. Tom Cruise returns as Ethan Hunt in Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning. Following the knife-edge finale of Dead Reckoning, Ethan and his team face what might be their toughest, most deadly adversary yet. In their fifth Mission: Impossible collaboration, Cruise and writer-director Christopher McQuarrie (who also wrote Ghost Protocol and five other features starring Cruise) up the ante to produce one of the year’s most anticipated blockbusters....

• Friday, May 23rd

  • 19:30
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• Tuesday, May 27th

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• Wednesday, May 28th

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• Thursday, May 29th

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Join us for an exciting evening where we deliver our Criminal Law Series: The Guilty Act event!Taking place on Friday 12th September 2025 at 19:00 GMT, this in-person event is a must-attend for anyone interested or curious in understanding criminal law in Scotland.In this talk, we promise Real Cases, Real Crimes, Real Scotland. But what is a guilty act? What h...

• Friday, September 12th

  • 19:00
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Rossini’s Il Barbiere di Siviglia 2024–25 The Met: Live in HD This performance has 1 interval. The Metropolitan Opera’s 2024–25 Live in HD season comes to a close with a live transmission of Rossini’s effervescent comedy on May 31. Russian mezzo-soprano Aigul Akhmetshina headlines a winning ensemble as the feisty heroine, Rosina, alongside American tenor Jack Swanson, in his Met debut, as her secret beloved, Count Almaviva. Moldovan baritone Andrey Zhilikhovsky stars as Figaro, the ingenious ba...

• Saturday, May 31st

  • 18:00
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