Our programme for Spring 2024

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The dates for our screenings in Spring (all Fridays) are as follows:

  • February 9, 2024
  • March 8, 2024
  • April 12, 2024

All screenings will be at Film Oxford, 54 Catherine Street, OX4 3AH.

Children’s films start at 5:00pm – please aim to arrive a few minutes before this so everybody is seated. The film for adults usually starts at 7:15pm and the break for food is usually around 6:30pm. Exact timings will depend on the length of the children’s films – we’ll send out details when we email our list about the films.

The terms of our licence don’t allow us to advertise publicly so the best way to get details of the films we show is to join our email list. Send a message to poppadom.pictures@gmail.com to be added – or just email us at the same address for film details.

Here’s a list of films we have shown already, to give you an idea of what we usually show.

Here’s how a typical Poppadom Pictures evening works.

Free children’s matinee, 3pm Friday 22 December

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We’ll be holding a special pre-Christmas Poppadom Pictures matinee screening for children and families on 22nd December at Film Oxford from 3:00pm until 5:30pm with an interval.

We’ll be screening the sing-along version of a recent family favourite (cert PG). We can’t advertise the title on this website because of the terms of our licence but email us for details (poppadom.pictures@gmail.com ).

There will be squash and snacks – and please bring your own if you’d like to.
There will be an interval midway through the showing with ice creams for sale at 50p each.

This is a free event and everybody is welcome.

Programme for September to November 2023

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Here are our dates for screenings in 2023 from September to November. All of them will take place at Film Oxford, 54 Catherine Street. The children’s films start promptly at 5:00pm so we can serve food as soon as the film is over. This is usually around 6:30pm but the exact time depends on the length of the first film. The conditions of our licence don’t permit us to advertise the films on this website, so email us to find out when we start serving food: Poppadom.pictures@gmail. com.

We usually show the second film aimed at an adult audience – or in some cases adults and children over 12 – at 7:15pm.

For our September event we will serve food around 6:25 or 6:30pm. You can buy tickets for food either before the 5:00pm film or from about 6:20pm onwards. First come, first served!

Dates for 2023 screenings – all Fridays.

  • September 8, 2023
  • October 13, 2023
  • November 10, 2023

Screenings in May and June

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Just a reminder that our events in May and June will be on the first Fridays – 5 May and 2 June.

Our children’s film in May is a bit longer than usual so food will be served around 6:40/6:45pm and the film for adults will start at 7:20pm.

The conditions of our licence don’t allow us to advertise the films here, so email us for details – poppadom.pictures@gmail.com

Timings for 5 May

  • 5.00 pm children’s film: 1h 46m (2022, PG)
  • 6:45 pm break for food 
  • 7:20 pm film for adults: 1h 46m (2018, 15)

Tickets for food will be on sale before the children’s film and from 6:30pm. First come, first served!

Timings for 2 June

  • 5:00pm children’s film: 1h 36m (2021, PG) 
  • 6:35pm break for food
  • 7:15pm 2h 38m (2021, 15)

Tickets for food will be on sale before the children’s film and from 6:20pm.

We’re experimenting with showing a longer film for adults this time as so many good recent films now have running times well over 2 hours. You might want to consider bringing a cushion or something comfy to sit on!

Programme for 2023

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Here are our dates for screenings in 2023 up to June. All of them will take place at Film Oxford, 54 Catherine Street. The children’s films start promptly at 5:00pm so we can serve food as soon as the film is over. This is usually around 6:30pm but the exact time depends on the length of the first film. The conditions of our licence don’t permit us to advertise the films on this website, so email us to find out when we start serving food: Poppadom.pictures@gmail. com.

We usually show the second film, aimed at an adult audience, at 7:15pm.

For our February event we will serve food around 6:30pm. You can buy tickets for food either before the 5:00pm film or from about 6:20pm onwards. First come, first served!

Dates for 2023 screenings – all Fridays.

  • February 10, 2023
  • March 10, 2023
  • April 14, 2023
  • May 5, 2023
  • June 2, 2023

16 December: Howard Street Films and festive drop in

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We know this is a very busy time of year but as a lot of people wanted another chance to see This is Howard Street 2022  we’ll be screening this and the two previous Howard Street films on Friday 16 December at a festive drop-in event at Film Oxford between 4pm to 7pm. 

We’ll be screening the films on a loop so you should get a chance to see your favourite!

The films are: 

  • Howard Street (2002, 9 mins)
  • Howard Street Garden (2004, 5 mins)
  • This is Howard Street 2022 (2022, 12 mins).

There will be free mulled apple juice and snacks and a chance to have a chat and catch up with your neighbours and other film fans. 

If you’d like to bring along some small snacks to share, please do, but this isn’t expected.

If you can bring your own mug for mulled apple juice that would be a big help! Squash will also be available.

This is a free event and everybody is welcome. If you have neighbours who might like to come but might not see this message please let them know about it.

9 September event rescheduled to 7 October

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The films planned for 9 September will now be shown on Friday 7 October.

In light of the news of the passing of Her Majesty the Queen, we cancelled our event on 9 September.

The programme will now run as advertised on 7 October with the same films and timings as originally advertised.

These include the screenings of our usual films for children and adults and the premiere of This is Howard Street 2022.

We’re back for Autumn 2022

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UPDATE: Friday 9 September:
In light of the news of the passing of Her Majesty the Queen, our scheduled September Poppadom Pictures event was cancelled. The evening will now run as originally planned on Friday 7 October.

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We’re delighted to announce that Poppadom Pictures is back again for autumn 2022. The screenings will be held at Film Oxford as usual (54 Catherine Street, OX4 3AH). The dates for autumn are:

Friday 9 September
Friday 7 October
Friday 11 November.

We’re very excited to feature the premiere of the 2022 Howard Street film on 7 October. We will show this at 7.00 pm. Everybody is welcome to come along!

The timings for 7 October are as follows:

  • 5.00 pm sharp – Film for children starts. Please aim to arrive around 4.45-4.55 pm so everybody is seated and settled for 5.
  • 6.25 onwards – Break for food. First come first served. Bring your own bowl and cutlery if you can (bowls/ dishes work better than plates for the dal). Curry is supplied by the Everest Nepalese and Caprino’s pizza is available for children – all vegetarian. Suggested donation £6 for adults / £3 for children.
  • 7.00 pm – 2022 Howard Street film premiere.
  • 7. 30 pm – Film for adults at 7.30pm.

The terms of our licence don’t allow us to advertise the films publicly. To find out what we’re showing please join our email list by sending a message to us at poppadom.pictures@gmail.com.

If you haven’t been to Poppadom Pictures before – or if you’d like a reminder of some important points as we’ve haven’t had regular screenings since March 2020 – please read this info about how it all works.

We’re looking forward to welcoming you back soon!