2026 Programme

Can’t decide what to pick? Want to see everything? We got you covered! This pass covers all the main feature films + Q&As at ARK.

Love variety? Diverse stories? Then this pass is the one for you – see all 32 short films across 5 programme at ARK & Tom Thumb Theatre.

Grab yourself a unique A2 print by local illustrator Heidi Roberts, specially commissioned for Margate Film Festival.

Five childhood friends from a Birmingham estate face the trials of turning 30 – but secrets, money and the pull of home test their bond in this funny, bruising portrait of friendship.

A penniless poet falls for the star of a Parisian nightclub – but a jealous Duke threatens their love in Baz Luhrmann’s dazzling, heartbreaking jukebox musical. Sing along!

An ageing alchemist trades his soul for youth and pleasure in Murnau’s silent masterpiece, brought vividly to life with an immersive live score of trumpet, violin and foley.

In the 80s and 90s, the Iceman won cult fans by melting ice on stage – then vanished, in this funny, affectionate hunt for comedy’s strangest act.

Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh confronts his mortality on a hallucinogenic journey through his life and work in this intimate, funny and mind-expanding documentary portrait.

Ex-Dirty Sanchez star Matt Pritchard sets out to row the Atlantic – but the hardest journey is inward in this raw, funny portrait of fame, addiction and masculinity.