Manchester and Salford Film Society
The Society presents a diverse programme of films chosen by member's ballot. There are 10 films in the current season as well other social events.
The films are shown in a comfortable theatre near the centre of Altrincham. A bar is open before an after the show and non members are very welcome. Tickets are available on the door for £7.
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Screenings
Upcoming
Nosferatu
8th Nov 2025 at 19:30
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Synopsis
An outstanding film from a golden age of German cinema, ‘Nosferatu’ presents an unauthorised version of Bram Stoker’s ‘Dracula’, embellished with a visual structure strongly derived from the Romantic Movement.
Additional Info
The theatre bar is open from 7.00pm and offers a much appreciated opportunity to socialise before and after the show.
Location
Manchester and Salford Film Society, Altrincham Little Theatre, 17 Oxford Road, ALTRINCHAM, WA14 2ED
Babette’s Feast
13th Dec 2025 at 19:30
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Synopsis
An adaptation of a story by Karen Blixen about a mysterious Frenchwoman who takes refuge in a remote Danish village. After many years of house-keeping, she prepares a sumptuous dinner for her dour hosts with meticulous attention to detail.
Additional Info
Non-member tickets available on door for £7.
The theatre bar is open from 7.00pm and offers a much appreciated opportunity to socialise before and after the show.
Location
Manchester and Salford Film Society, Altrincham Little Theatre, 17 Oxford Road, ALTRINCHAM, WA14 2ED
A Man Escaped
17th Jan 2026 at 19:30
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Synopsis
A detailed, austere account of an escape from prison by a condemned French Resistance-fighter during World War II.
Introduced by Dr Isabelle Vanderschelden
Additional Info
Non-member tickets available on door for £7.
The theatre bar is open from 7.00pm and offers a much appreciated opportunity to socialise before and after the show.
Location
Manchester and Salford Film Society, Altrincham Little Theatre, 17 Oxford Road, ALTRINCHAM, WA14 2ED
Memoir of a Snail
21st Feb 2026 at 19:30
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Synopsis
In this stop-motion animation for adults, a young woman recounts, with doleful humour, her disastrous life-story as an orphan, including bullying, nudism and a profound liking for snails. A life-affirming pleasure.
Additional Info
With subtitles in English
Non-member tickets are available on the door for £7.
The Theatre bar is open from 7.00 p.m. and offers a much appreciated opportunity to socialise before and after the show.
Location
Manchester and Salford Film Society, Altrincham Little Theatre, 17 Oxford Road, ALTRINCHAM, WA14 2ED
Good Night, and Good Luck
21st Mar 2026 at 19:30
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Synopsis
A documentary-style account of how the celebrated American TV journalist, Ed Murrow, exposed the questionable techniques used by Senator Joseph McCarthy in his campaign against ‘unAmerican activities’ in the 1950s.
Additional Info
With subtitles in English
Non-member tickets available on the door for £7.
The Theatre bar is open from 7 p.m. and offers a much appreciated opportunity to socialise before and after the show.
Location
Manchester and Salford Film Society, Altrincham Little Theatre, 17 Oxford Road, ALTRINCHAM, WA14 2ED
Perfect Days
11th Apr 2026 at 19:30
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Synopsis
With documentary-like precision, we follow a Tokyo toilet attendant as he undertakes his own precise, repetitive daily routine with evident joy and application. But the equilibrium of this ordered life is disturbed when a figure from the past appears.
Additional Info
Non-member tickets available on the door for £7
The Theatre bar is open from 7.00 p.m. and offers a much appreciated opportunity to socialise before and after the show.
Location
Manchester and Salford Film Society, Altrincham Little Theatre, 17 Oxford Road, ALTRINCHAM, WA14 2ED
Shoot the Pianist
9th May 2026 at 19:30
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Synopsis
Truffaut’s second feature is a freewheeling New Wave take on American film noir, featuring tragedy, comedy and several digressions, all centred around the stony-faced Aznavour as a former concert-pianist in straitened circumstances.
Additional Info
Preceded by AGM at 7.00 pm
Non-member tickets available on the door for £7.
The Theatre bar is open from 7.00 p.m. and offers a much appreciated opportunity to socialise before and after the show.
Location
Manchester and Salford Film Society, Altrincham Little Theatre, 17 Oxford Road, ALTRINCHAM, WA14 2ED
Cabaret
13th Jun 2026 at 19:30
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Synopsis
Celebrated but unconventional musical, based on Christopher Isherwood’s reminiscences of Berlin c. 1931, with both the decadent night-life and the growing Nazi menace seen through the relationship between a young British visitor and the vivacious singer, Sally Bowles.
Additional Info
Non-member tickets available from the door £7.
The Theatre bar is open from 7.00 p.m. and offers a much appreciated opportunity to socialise before and after the show.
Location
Manchester and Salford Film Society, Altrincham Little Theatre, 17 Oxford Road, ALTRINCHAM, WA14 2ED
Archive
Pan's Labyrinth
11-10-2025 at 19:30
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Synopsis
An eleven-year-old girl finds herself in a parallel world of fauns and fairies when her stepfather,
an officer in the Civil Guard, is assigned to hunting Republican Resistance-fighters in northern Spain during 1944.
INTRODUCED BY DR CARMEN HERRERO
Additional Info
Tickets available for non-members on the door for £7
Location
Pan's Labyrinth, Altrincham Little Theatre, 17 Oxford Road, ALTRINCHAM, WA14 2ED