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Through the Screen · Watch together
Films with faith at their heart, for an evening with friends, neighbours, a youth group or a mixed-faith gathering. Each one has questions to start the conversation, and nobody is asked to defend a whole religion.
At home
Watching with friends at home needs no licence. Use any streaming service you already have.
In a hall, mosque, church or school
Showing a film to a group outside the home needs a public screening licence, even when entry is free. See GOV.UK and Filmbank.
Good hosting
Food that suits everyone. Start times that fit around prayer. A quiet room for anyone who needs one. Let each person speak for their own faith, and nobody for anyone else's.
A light start
Groundhog Day. A comedy about turning back that every faith has claimed.
Big ideas
Rogue One with our page on the Force, or a Star Trek episode night.
Neighbours
Life of Pi, free on ITVX, or My Name Is Khan.
Family · PG · 1993
What if you had to live today until you got it right?
The rabbis, a Jesuit and Buddhists have all claimed it. Maimonides defined true repentance as meeting the same situation again and choosing differently: the plot of the film, eight hundred years early. Teshuvah, tawbah and metanoia all mean turning back. Content note: comic suicide attempts.
In the UK: Widely available to stream or buy
Family · PG · 2012
Which story do you prefer?
A boy who loves God three ways sails on a ship named Tsimtsum, the Jewish mystical idea of God making room for the world. A Muslim baker tells him that if you take two steps towards God, God runs to you, echoing a hadith in Bukhari (7405). Each faith will say its truth matters, not just which story you prefer.
In the UK: Widely available to stream or buy
Family · U · 1998
One prophet, three books.
Moses (Musa) is honoured by all three faiths and is the person named most often in the Qur'an. Before you watch: the film shows Moses and gives God a voice, and many Muslims will not watch a prophet portrayed, so ask first. For families who do: compare who adopts the baby. In Exodus it is Pharaoh's daughter; in the Qur'an, Pharaoh's wife (28:9). We show no picture from this film.
In the UK: Widely available to stream or buy
Teens and up · PG / 12A · 2001
Can a story be religious without saying so?
Tolkien called it a fundamentally religious and Catholic work, yet never names a religion in it. Muslim writers have read the Ring as the grasping self, the nafs, and Aragorn's death through remembrance of death. Mercy to Gollum turns out to save everyone.
In the UK: Widely available to stream or buy
Teens and up · 12A · 2024
There are only two kinds of people.
An Indian Muslim man with a Hindu wife, after 9/11, sets out to tell the President he is not a terrorist, and helps a Black church in Georgia after a hurricane. Saving one life is like saving all humanity: Qur'an 5:32 and Mishnah Sanhedrin 4:5 say it in almost the same words.
In the UK: Widely available to stream or buy
Teens and up · 12A · 2016
What does God need with a starship?
Four episodes and a film: the feared stranger, a captain who refuses worship, a people known only through their stories, and a clone of a holy man. The Vulcan salute began as a priestly blessing in synagogue.
In the UK: Widely available to stream or buy
Adults · 15 · 2005
What is Jerusalem worth?
Show the long cut. Saladin's mercy in 1187 was real, and so was the enslavement of the poor who could not pay. See the history behind the film.
In the UK: Widely available to stream or buy
Adults · 15 · 2010
What would it mean to stay for your neighbours?
French monks in Algeria and their Muslim neighbours, through the civil war of the 1990s. On Christmas Eve a monk quotes the Qur'an's words about monks, and the armed man facing him finishes the verse. Rated 15 for violence: a film for adult groups, and expect grief in the room.
In the UK: Widely available to stream or buy
Documentaries, talks and films to go with these, from the people who made them: open F-ILM ▶. History of the Crusades and Saladin, Moses in three traditions, and Inter Faith Week conversations are all there.
6 films and talks, chosen for this page. They play here.
[FILM] 1001 Inventions and the Library of Secrets - starring Sir Ben Kingsley (English Version)
1001Inventions · 13 min
The life and work of Mary Anning (dramatisation) | History - True Stories
BBC Bitesize for Teachers · 12 min
BBC Teach: the life of Mary Anning, a dramatised true story for families.
Earthrise in 4K
NASA Goddard · 7 min
Moustapha Akkad, 'The Message' In His Own Words
TrancasFilms · 12 min
Moustapha Akkad on making The Message, for a film night on how faith is filmed.
Fr. Mike Schmitz Reviews ‘Triumph of the Heart’
Ascension Presents · 9 min
Scriptural Reasoning: A How-To Guide
Faculty of Divinity, University of Cambridge · 8 min
Scriptural Reasoning: a how-to guide for listening across faiths after the film.