Christmas 2025: Scrooge

Directed by the acclaimed Belfast-born filmmaker Brian Desmond Hurst, Scrooge is one of the best-known adaptations of Charles Dickens’ Christmas classic.

Alastair Sim (An Inspector Calls) stars as the notorious curmudgeon Ebenezer Scrooge, persuaded to change his ways one Christmas by visitations from the ghost of his former business partner and the Spirits of Christmas Past, Christmas Present and Christmas Yet-To-Come.

Often hailed as Northern Ireland’s greatest ever director, Brian Desmond Hurst went from working class East Belfast to Golden Age Hollywood and worked with greats such as Alec Guinness and James Mason. Starring a never-better Sim, Hurst’s Scrooge is a delicious and lively adaptation of the most famous Christmas tale.

You may also like the following events from Queen's Film Theatre, Belfast:

• This Sunday, 30th November, 12:15 pm, Too Much: Penny Serenade in Belfast
• Next Friday, 5th December, 06:00 pm, Game + Q&A in Belfast
• Next Saturday, 6th December, 03:15 pm, Too Much: Il Mare in Belfast

Also check out other Workshops in Belfast.