The Boy and The Heron (12A)

The screenings on Wed 31 Jan at 7.30pm and Thursday 1 February at 2pm are in association with Beacon Films and will be a relaxed screenings for autistic people, learning-disabled people, and/or those with access requirements.

The screenings on Sat 27 Jan at 7.30pm & Wed 31 Jan at 7.30pm will be in Japanese with English subtitles. The screenings on Wed 31 Jan at 7.30pm & Thu 1 Feb at 2pm will be a relaxed screening in association with Beacon Films. The screening on Thu 1 Feb at 2 pm will be in English with descriptive subtitles.

The screening on Sat 27 Jan at 7.30pm will be £1.50 as part of our special offer on selected films (including booking fee).

A young boy named Mahito yearning for his mother ventures into a world shared by the living and the dead. There death comes to an end, and life finds a new beginning. A semi-autobiographical fantasy about life, death and creation, in tribute to friendship from the mind of Hayao Miyazaki.“A feast for the eyes, mind, heart and soul” –  ★★★★★ Empire

“Miyazaki’s most expansive and magisterial” –  ★★★★★ BBC Culture 

“Wild and Surprising” – ★★★★★ Sci-fi now 

“Breathlessly thrilling” ★★★★★ Telegraph 

“One of the most monumental visual experiences of the year”  ★★★★★ Digital Spy

“A masterpiece’ – ★★★★★ The Times 

Director – Hayao Miyazaki

English Dub Voice Cast – Christian Bale, Dave Bautista, Gemma Chan, Willem Dafoe, Karen Fukuhara, Mark Hamill, Robert Pattinson, Florence Pugh

Japanese Language Voice Cast – Soma Santoki, Masaki Suda, Takuya Kimura, Aimyon, Kô Shibasaki

The screening on Sat 27 Jan at 7.30 pm will be £1.50  (including booking fee).

• Relaxed screenings for autistic people, learning disabled people, and/or those with access requirements

  The screening will have some adjustments to make it more comfortable for audiences who may be autistic, learning disabled and/or those with access requirements. Anyone is welcome to attend, so long as you are respectful towards audiences with a range of access requirements, including people who may need to make a bit of noise or movement during a film.

  During this relaxed screening:

  • There will be no ads or trailers
  • The lighting will be turned up a bit
  • The sound will be turned down a bit
  • There is a chill-out space available if you need to take a break
  • You are able to make noise or movement during the screening if you need to
  • The screening will not be full of people – there will be plenty of space in the cinema
  • There will be friendly staff or volunteers on hand to help with anything you might need
  • The film will be screened with captioned subtitles
• Screenings with descriptive subtitles

  Descriptive subtitles, sometimes referred to as subtitles for D/deaf and hard-of-hearing people or captions, transcribe dialogue and relevant aspects of the soundtrack, including music and sound effects, attempting to give D/deaf and hard-of-hearing viewers an equal experience to those who are able to watch films without descriptive subtitles. Descriptive subtitles would include speech identifiers and descriptive elements such as [door slamming] and [kettle whistling].

• Information about screenings with subtitles

  Information about screenings with subtitles

  Subtitled screenings offer captions which transcribe dialogue only. Subtitled screenings attempt to give D/deaf and hard-of-hearing viewers an understanding of the spoken dialogue within the film, but do not include description about other aspects of the soundtrack, including music and sound effects.

• Seating accessibility information

  Cinema

  Seat size

  Seats in the Cinema are 45cm (172/3“) wide and 46cm (18“) deep, are 40cm (152/3“) from the floor, and have 12cm (42/3“) between seats.

  Armrests

  Seats in the Cinema have armrests that do not fold away, and cannot be completely removed.

  Legroom

  Seats in the cinema have 30cm (112/3”) of legroom in front of seats, with additional legroom on row A and seats B1-B4 and B11-B14.

  Further information

  If you have any questions about accessibility our Box Office team are always happy to help and can be contacted on 01642 525199 or by emailing [email protected] - you can also tell us about your access requirements when prompted to do so during the online booking process.

• BBFC rating information (contains spoilers)

  Violence

  Violence is mild, often involving fantastical creatures. In some scenes, a boy wields a knife and a bow and arrow he has made to fend off mysterious creatures.

  Threat and horror

  Characters come under threat as they travel through fantastical lands and encounter unusual creatures. Some scenes are surreal in presentation, such as when a woman’s body melts into a puddle. Other more real world threat includes repeated flashbacks to an intense fire blazing through a city and firefighters running through specks of burning ash.

  Language

  Bad language is mild (‘turd’), accompanied by other even milder terms (‘damn’).

  Injury detail

  Blood gushes from a boy’s head after he strikes himself with a rock. In another scene, blood spurts into a boy’s face when he butchers a large fish, followed by fleshy internal organs bulging out of the cut.

  Self-harm

  A boy, while grieving the loss of his mother and becoming accustomed to his new home, strikes himself in the face with a rock, causing a gush of blood down the side of his face.

  Theme

  There are references to bereavement and scenes of emotional upset.

  Alcohol and tobacco

  There are scenes in which adult characters smoke cigarettes and pipes.