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A beautifully delicate and nuanced concoction of a film, My Favourite Cake, co-written and directed by Iranian filmmakers Maryam Moghaddam and Behtash Sanaeeha, explores themes of love, regret and second chances with nuance and grace. It’s set against the backdrop of a country with strict rules and restrictions, especially when it comes to the rights and freedoms of women. This is an OFS screening.

Hen (also known as Kota) is a 2025 tragicomic drama directed by György Pálfi. Shot entirely from a chicken's perspective using real stunt hens, the film follows a plucky protagonist who escapes an industrial farm to find a home in a crumbling Greek seaside restaurant, where she unwittingly observes the chaotic, greedy, and dangerous human lives around her.

Maona Cinema is delighted to host the Oswestry Film Festival, celebrating films inspired by the Shropshire and Welsh Borders and work created by local filmmakers and producers. Running from 10am–10.30pm, the festival features short films, feature films, animation, and filmmaker Q&As. Day tickets are £25, including unlimited tea and coffee. Individual film tickets will be available on the door for £5, subject to availability. Confirmed films include The Lettermen, The Last Witness, Coch Bach Y Bala, Translations, Drawn from Life, and a selection of short films. The day concludes with garden drinks from 8.30pm–10.30pm.

The film follows Effi (Leisa Gwenllian), a young woman desperate to escape a town where the pubs are closed, the jobs have vanished and her grandmother works night shifts in the local chip shop just to get by. A chance encounter in a Llandudno nightclub with injured soldier Lee (Tom Rhys Harries), briefly opens a door to something better. For a moment, Effi glimpses a life she never imagined. The reality that follows is far tougher.

In Tom and Jerry: Forbidden Compass, the legendary rivals collide in a high-speed museum chase that unleashes a mythical, heaven-stolen compass. This activates a vortex that hurls them into an ancient, mythical metropolis lost in time. The duo must team up to navigate a dangerous landscape, outsmart a power-hungry Mega Rat, and find a way back home.

The Balloonists (directed by John Dower) is a 2025 documentary tracking the 1999 race to circumnavigate the globe nonstop in a hot-air balloon. It follows the underdog team of Swiss explorer Bertrand Piccard and British flight instructor Brian Jones as they battle eccentric billionaires, severe weather, and immense physical danger.

Tuner is a crime-heist thriller about Niki White, a former child piano prodigy with hyperacusis (a hearing condition causing acute sensitivity to sound). When his mentor and business partner, Harry, falls into deep medical debt, Niki discovers his pitch-perfect hearing allows him to crack safes, pulling him into a dangerous criminal underworld.

Woody, Buzz, and Jessie face an existential threat as their kid, Bonnie, becomes obsessed with a frog-shaped smart tablet named Lilypad. As traditional toys are cast aside for screen time, Jessie struggles to stay relevant while an army of commemorative Buzz Lightyear figures stuck in "toy mode" creates widespread chaos.

Disclosure Day follows a cybersecurity specialist and a Midwest meteorologist racing to expose alien existence to the world. As global conflict looms, they must evade a secret government agency tasked with suppressing the truth, ultimately using a viral broadcast to reveal humanity's connection with extraterrestrial life.

Minions & Monsters is an animated comedy film by Illumination. Set in 1920s Hollywood, it follows a tribe of Minions who accidentally become massive movie stars. When "talkies" ruin their fame, two Minions decide to make their own monster movie, inadvertently summoning real, planet-threatening creatures that they must stop.

When the flamboyant Henry Paget arrives in 1890’s North Wales to claim his aristocratic inheritance, his theatrical flair and defiant eccentricities send shockwaves through the upper-class elite, much to the amusement of the local townspeople. Alongside his spirited cousin, Lily, and loyal butler, Gelert, Henry tries to carve out his own identity as the Fifth Marquess, navigating suffocating traditions, scheming relatives, and the long shadow cast by his estranged father.

Pirate Captain sets out on a mission to defeat his rivals Black Bellamy and Cutlass Liz for the Pirate of the year Award. The quest takes Captain and his crew from the shores of Blood Island to the foggy streets of Victorian London.

In Disney's live-action reimagining of the animated adventure, Moana (Catherine Lagaʻaia) answers the Ocean's call and voyages beyond the reef of her island of Motunui. She teams up with the infamous demigod Maui (Dwayne Johnson) on an unforgettable quest across the sea to restore the heart of Te Fiti and save her people.

Directed by Olivia Wilde, the A24 comedy The Invite (2026) follows Joe (Seth Rogen) and Angela (Olivia Wilde), a married couple on thin ice. Seeking to reignite a spark in their stagnant relationship, they invite their enigmatic, non-monogamous upstairs neighbours Hawk (Edward Norton) and Pina (Penélope Cruz) over for an awkward dinner party that spirals into a night of chaotic, taboo-shattering revelations.

When Shaun decides to take the day off and have some fun, he gets a little more action than he bargained for. A mix up with the Farmer, a caravan and a very steep hill lead them all to the Big City and it's up to Shaun and the flock to return everyone safely to the green grass of home.