1 THE Alhambra at Keswick is holding a special screening of political thriller The Last Witness (15) on Saturday (November 24) at 5pm, which also features am introduction and question and answer session with producer Carol Harding, cinematographer Edward Ames and director Piotr Szkopiak, whose maternal grandfather was executed at Katyn. The Last Witness is a based on the harrowing true events of the Katyn Massacre in spring 1940.

2 FOLLOWING its record-breaking, sell-out run in London’s West End and national tour, the critically-acclaimed musical Funny Girl is doing the rounds of the region's cinemas, being screened this Saturday at 3pm at Fellinis, Ambleside. Starring Sheridan Smith, Funny Girl is semi-biographical, and a sensational production based on the life and career of Broadway star, film actress and comedienne Fanny Brice - a role made famous by Barbara Streisand on Broadway and in the 1968 film adaptation - and her stormy relationship with entrepreneur and gambler Nick Arnstein. Recorded at the Manchester Palace Theatre.

3 SCROOGE (1951) starring Alastair Sim is showing at the Roxy Cinema at Ulverston on Saturday at 5.15pm as part of the town's Dickensian Festival. The classic story tells of businessman Ebenezer Scrooge, known as the meanest miser in Victorian London. On Christmas Eve, Scrooge has a haunting nightmare from being visited by the ghost of his business partner, Jacob Marley. He is visited by three ghosts and is given one last chance to change his ways and save himself from the grim fate that befell Marley.

4 POKEMON the Movie: The Power of Us (PG) is screened at Vue Barrow on Saturday. It tells of a young athlete whose running days might be behind her, a compulsive liar, a shy researcher, a bitter old woman, and a little girl with a big secret - the only thing they have in common is the annual Wind Festival in Fula City. The festival celebrates the Legendary Pokémon Lugia, who brings the wind that powers the seaside city. When a series of threats endangers not just the festival, but all the people and Pokémon of Fula City, it’ll take more than just Ash and Pikachu to save the day.

5 ONE of the successes of the Kendal Mountain Festival was the world premiere of Free Solo, both an edge-of-your seat thriller and an inspiring portrait of an athlete who exceeded our current understanding of human physical and mental potential. The Brewery Arts Centre is bringing the film back for another screening on Tuesday, December 11, at 6.15pm. The film is a stunning, intimate and unflinching portrait of free soloist climber Alex Honnold, as he prepares to achieve his lifelong dream: climb the face of 3,000-feet El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, without a rope.