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Bitter Christmas

Bitter Christmas (2026)

Pedro Almodóvar · 111 min

Bitter Christmas screens 43 times at 3 London cinemas between Friday 28 August and Monday 7 September.

Where to watch it

The Garden Cinema

39-41 Parker Street, London WC2B 5PQ

Bitter Christmas
Fri 28th August 13:20Sat 29th August 15:00Sun 30th August 12:15Mon 31st August 18:15Tue 1st September 17:45Wed 2nd September 15:00Thu 3rd September 15:30

BFI Southbank

Belvedere Rd, Waterloo, London SE1 8XT

Bitter Christmas
Fri 28th August 14:30Fri 28th August 18:10Fri 28th August 20:45Sat 29th August 12:15Sat 29th August 15:10Sat 29th August 18:10Sat 29th August 20:45Sun 30th August 12:00Sun 30th August 15:00Sun 30th August 18:20Mon 31st August 12:20Mon 31st August 14:50Mon 31st August 18:20Tue 1st September 14:15Tue 1st September 18:00Tue 1st September 20:45Wed 2nd September 14:15Wed 2nd September 18:00Wed 2nd September 20:45Thu 3rd September 14:15Thu 3rd September 18:10Thu 3rd September 20:40

Barbican Centre

Silk St, Barbican, London EC2Y 8DS

Bitter Christmas
Fri 28th August 18:10Fri 28th August 20:40Sat 29th August 15:40Sat 29th August 20:40Sun 30th August 17:30Sun 30th August 20:00Mon 31st August 18:10Mon 31st August 20:40Tue 1st September 20:40Thu 3rd September 18:10Thu 3rd September 20:40
Parent & Baby Screening: Bitter Christmas
Sat 5th September 11:15Mon 7th September 11:15
Members' Screening: Bitter Christmas
Sun 6th September 11:00

What it is

In 2025 Spain, a celebrated film director struggles to write the screenplay for an autofictional film set in 2004 Spain about an unsuccessful movie director turned director of commercials who suffers a panic attack that forces her to take a break by visiting the Canary Islands, where she begins work on a new film.