The programme for the seventh Swale Film Festival has been announced and there promises to be something for everyone.

As previously reported, Everest, starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Keira Knightley Josh Brolin, will take top billing and will be shown each day on Thursday, September 24 to Sunday, September 27 at the New Century Cinema in Sittingbourne High Street.

On the opening day, the 300 seater cinema will also will screen Into the Woods, starring Meryl Streep, at 4.45pm, Mr Holmes, with Sir Ian McKellen playing an aged version of Sherlock, at 8pm and at 7.15pm that day there will be a launch party to thank supporters and sponsors.

On the Friday, it will be showing Strange Magic and Allies, both at 5pm, and Jaws at 7.30pm.

The New Century will then be screening Tinker Bell and the Neverbeast at 11.45am on the Saturday, followed by The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 at 3pm and Dirty Dancing followed by live music and stand-up comedy from 6pm.

The winning films of a separate competition called A Sense of Change, run by Elstree Film Design at Elstree Studios, will also be screened on the Saturday.

On the Sunday, the cinema will screen a sing-a-long version of The Sound of Music at 1pm and rounding off the festival will be a Night of Terror triple bill with The Blair Witch Project, Trauma and Black Panther from 5pm.

The Criterion in Blue Town Heritage Centre, High Street, Blue Town, will be showing Queen and Country, a sequel to 1987’s Hope and Glory, at 2pm and 7.30pm on Friday.

The same day, The Avenue Theatre, Central Avenue, Sittingbourne will play a documentary about Kent’s cinemas old and new at 5pm.

It will be followed at 6.30pm by a picture about the true story of father of cinema called The First Film, which premiered at this year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival.

Director David Nicholas Wilkinson will be attending for a Q&A afterwards.

Festival director Ken Rowles said: “This is one of the festival’s most important events, showing the birth of cinema.

“I am very proud that David wishes for his film to be part of this year’s festival and screened at the Avenue who have been large supporters of the seven years of the Swale Film Festival.”

Some films will be shown more than once. The full programme will be available on the website www.swalefilmfestival.org.uk in the coming days.