Fancy a FREE cinema trip with other home educating families?

Join us for a screening of Ray Gunn, a visually stunning animated science-fiction detective adventure, as part of the Into Film Festival 2026.

It’s a great opportunity to enjoy a film together, explore some interesting topics and meet other home educating families in your area.

About the Film

Welcome to Metropia, a spectacular retro-futuristic city where skyscrapers tower above flying cars and humans and aliens live uneasily alongside one another.

Raymond Gunn is the city’s last private detective. Alongside his grumpy, one-eyed alien partner Eyera, he’s trying to make an honest living in a city where corruption seems to be everywhere.

When he’s hired to protect superstar singer Venus Nova ahead of her latest album release, what seems like a straightforward job soon turns into a dangerous mystery.

Combining the atmosphere of 1930s detective films with futuristic science fiction, Ray Gunn is an imaginative adventure exploring friendship, integrity, diversity and finding your place in a changing world.

Home Education Links

Into Film recommends this film for ages 8–12, with curriculum links to Citizenship and Human Rights.

There’s plenty to explore beyond the film itself:

• Citizenship: What does it mean to do the right thing? Explore fairness, corruption, responsibility and standing up for your beliefs.

• Human Rights: Discuss equality, discrimination and how people from different backgrounds can live alongside one another.

• English: Discover detective fiction, storytelling, mystery writing and character development.

• Art & Design: Explore Art Deco architecture, 1930s design and imagined futuristic cities.

• Media Studies: Look at how animation brings together different genres, including detective noir and science fiction.

Keep the Learning Going

Could you solve a mystery in Metropia?

After the film, challenge your children to create their own detective story. They could invent a mysterious crime, introduce three clues and design a surprising ending.

Or get creative and design a futuristic city where humans and aliens live together. What would its buildings, transport and rules look like?

Come Along and Meet Other Families!

Whether you’re new to home education or have been doing it for years, you’re very welcome.

This is a FREE cinema trip, and we’re bringing families together so children can enjoy the experience alongside other home educated children.

Reserve your places through Events4Kids and come along for a great film and hopefully some new friendships too!