Welcome to your community cinema, bringing the best in film to Long Ashton
Long Ashton Community Cinema is a non-profit group run by local volunteers. Our aim is to offer a wide variety of good quality films at affordable prices on your doorstep. We aim to screen at least one film at month and we want our local cinema to be a social place where the audience can have a drink and a chat before and after the screening. We strongly believe that a cinema run by the community for the community can play a vital part in village life.
Bringing people together
Going to the cinema is great with friends, but not everyone has the same taste in film, so, if you are coming on your own feel free to drop us an email - or reach up on Facebook, and we’ll make sure there is a friendly welcome when you arrive, and someone to enjoy the film with if you would like that too. Our team of volunteers love a good natter, about films, or anything else so there will always be someone to chat to.
LA Cinema – how we are funded
As a community cinema we are entirely self-funding. That means we rely heavily on ticket sales, sales from the bar and sponsorship to keep us going. We gratefully received funding from Long Ashton Parish Council to purchase our own screen, projector and audio equipment. We are always looking for new sponsors and are willing to discuss with you levels of sponsorship and donation and what we can do for you in return.
If you would like to get in touch please contact longashtoncommunitycinema@gmail.com
Booking Now
Saturday, September 19th, 2026 at Long Ashton Community Centre. Doors and bar from 7pm with film starting at 7:45pm.
“Actress Claire Foy is tremendously authentic in eccentric grief drama.” Critic Peter Bradshaw, Guardian Film.
H Is for Hawk is a hauntingly beautiful drama, starring Claire Foy, Brendan Gleeson and Denise Gough. Adapted from Helen MacDonald’s award winning memoir, the film follows Helen, a grieving woman who finds unexpected solace in training a fierce goshawk named Mabel. As she teaches Mabel to hunt and fly free, Helen discovers how deeply she has neglected her own emotions and life. What begins as an act of endurance transforms into an intimate journey of resilience and healing.
H Is for Hawk is directed by Philippa Lowthorpe (Swallows and Amazons, The Crown, The Third Day and TV series, Willow). This moving story of loss, nature and resilience won the Golden Eye Award at the Zurich Film Festival and received a BAFTA nomination for Outstanding British Film.