It is Bennett’s first original screen script since A Private Function, filmed in Ilkley 40 years ago.
Starring Ralph Fiennes and Jim Broadbent, The Choral about the impact of the First World War on a choir whose members are called up to the Front.
Of course it's not the first movie to be shot in the world's first UNESCO City of Film...
Here we look at other films shot in the district.
Jim Broadbent and Dame Helen Mirren in The Duke, a heist film shot in Bradford locations including Cartwright Hall and City Hall (Image: PA Photo/Pathe UK)
Vanessa Redgrave taking a break from filming Yanks at Keighley Railway Station in 1978 (Image: Newsquest)
Emily, filmed in and around Haworth in 2021, is a re-imagined account of the life of Emily Bronte (Image: PA/Popara Films)
A scene from Billy Liar at the Mecca Locarno in Manningham (Image: Newsquest)
Drew Barrymore and Toni Collette shooting Miss You Already at a windswept Ilkley Moor in 2014 (Image: Newsquest)Alan Bennett at Bradford Film Festival in 2016 with Jim Carter, Michael Palin and Richard Griffiths (Image: Newsquest)
Comments: Our rules
We want our comments to be a lively and valuable part of our community - a place where readers can debate and engage with the most important local issues. The ability to comment on our stories is a privilege, not a right, however, and that privilege may be withdrawn if it is abused or misused.
Please report any comments that break our rules.
Read the rules here