For the third year running, 30 young people aged 16–19 from across the UK have selected films for the BFI Film Academy Young Programmers Festival, which returns to Showroom Cinema from 12-16 February.

This February, LGBTQ+ History Month returns to Showroom with another rich and diverse programme which highlights many corners of LGBTQ+ cinema.

Over the last 25 years, Sheffield Hallam University and Showroom Cinema have collaborated on a series of public Film Studies series, providing a themed course of films and lectures led by an academic expert. Looking back over the years, the evening classes have explored a diverse range of themes including genres from Political Horror and Gangster films to Animation and British Social Realism, as well as auteur studies of filmmakers from Alfred Hitchcock to Kelly Reichardt.

The Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme 2025 (JFTFP) delivers an unforgettable line-up of captivating films to Showroom Cinema from Sunday 9 February.

2025 is just around the corner, and with that comes an array of the finest new release films, right to Showroom’s screen. January is jam-packed with some of the world’s best directors and actors, bringing us new stories to fascinate and enthral.

The Snowman was first shown in the UK on 26 December 1982 and has since been shown every single year on Channel 4. Although it has delighted audiences across the world, you might be forgiven for thinking that this would mean its appeal would have started to melt away.

September is the perfect time for new starts and fresh adventures to make you appreciate home comforts, so in that spirit, we're setting off with Frodo and the Fellowship to defeat the forces of evil in Middle Earth on the big screen!

How do we wrap up the last weekend of the first Sheffield Film Festival? The same as any good band, play the hits and leave you asking for more. And this is quite the encore. There are a whopping twelve films out at Showroom Cinema on the last weekend of August.

On 13th August, as part of its month-long Sheffield Film Festival, the Showroom Cinema will present a special event to mark 25 years of partnership with Sheffield Hallam University. Since October 1998, the university and the Showroom have jointly run extra-mural evening classes in Film Studies, with three courses offered each year. We lost a year to Covid, hence this belated celebration.