PADDINGTON

+ STORYTIME AND TEDDY BEAR’S PICNIC (PG)

All ages

After an earthquake destroys his home in the Peruvian rainforest, a young bear is packed off to England with a large supply of marmalade sandwiches, in search of refuge and new life in the big city. As the clumsy, kind-hearted bear starts to make friends and learn how to live in this strange new world, the search for a permanent home becomes the least of his worries. For a fanatical taxidermist (Nicole Kidman) has heard of the arrival of this unusual specimen and has her sights set on a new addition to her collection. How will Paddington escape her evil clutches? 

Festival screening notes

• Young audiences members are invited to bring their own teddy bears to the Rio for a pre-screening story from the beloved children’s classic

• Storytime begins in screen 1 at 16:10, film starts 16:20

• The film has a PG cert for some occasional scenes of mild threat” which may upset more sensitive children.