Welcome to Oakwood Cinema - the independent community cinema for Oakwood and Roundhay in Leeds!  Oakwood Cinema is a not-for-profit community cinema showing a film each month, with a licensed bar and snacks to make the night an enjoyable social event for all!

THE FILM

Our film for April is One Life (cert 12A).

One Life tells the incredible true story of the British stockbroker Nicholas Winton who, before the outbreak of the Second World War, helped hundreds of Jewish children escape from Czechoslovakia and find refuge in England. Remarkably, the story was largely unknown until Winton was reunited with the children he rescued (and their descendants) on the Esther Rantzen TV show That’s Life in 1988.

It is a moving and thoughtful film, beautifully yet simply told, with moments of great tension when the war breaks out and with the lives of so many children in the balance. The incomparable Anthony Hopkins plays the older and very humble Winton with Johnny Flynn appearing as his younger self - battling against time and bureaucracy whilst organising the visas, transport and host families for the children.  A great cast includes Helena Bonham-Carter as Winton’s mother and Jonathan Pryce as one of Winton’s friends who assists his endeavours.

Empire magazine wrote: “...One Life finds its strength through Anthony Hopkins. An actor whom you can always depend on, Hopkins delivers a heartfelt and sincere performance, capturing the melancholic gravity behind Winton’s pain, grief and regret over not accomplishing more.”

TICKETS

Tickets are just £5 for everyone.  (We are no longer offering memberships.)

A booking fee is applied to cover the bank processing fee for purchasing online tickets.

The main doors open at 7.00pm.  The film starts at 7.30pm. (Interval drinks are available.)