The Poly
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The Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society
What's On Calendar
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Films // Coming up
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Gloria Bell
Gloria (Julianne Moore) is a free-spirited divorcée spending her days at a straight-laced job and her nights on the dance floors. After meeting Arnold on a night out, she finds herself thrust into an unexpected new romance, filled with both the joys of budding love and the complications of dating.
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Parent & Baby screening: Gloria Bell
PARENT & BABY SCREENINGS: We believe that mums and dads shouldn't have to miss out on great cinema, which is why we are now offering special daytime screenings just for them - now every Tuesday at 12:30. Bring your under 3 for free and we'll create a friendly, half-lit and low sound atmosphere to keep them calm while you enjoy the film.
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Gloria Bell
Gloria (Julianne Moore) is a free-spirited divorcée spending her days at a straight-laced job and her nights on the dance floors. After meeting Arnold on a night out, she finds herself thrust into an unexpected new romance, filled with both the joys of budding love and the complications of dating.
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Ella Fitzgerald: Just One of Those Things
From a 1934 talent contest at the Apollo theatre in Harlem, the film follows her extraordinary journey across five decades as she reflects the passions and troubles of her times in her music and her life. Moving beyond conventional biopic, the film uses images and music to evoke the feel of those times so as to bring to life the context of Ella Fitzgerald’s unique career.
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Shorts at The Poly
Award Winning local filmmaker Tommy Creagh presents an evening of internationally recognised short films from around the globe. An evening of fun, film, and networking, at the end of summer at the Poly.
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The Current War
Three brilliant visionaries set off in a charged battle for the future in The Current War, the epic story of the cutthroat competition that literally lit up the modern world. Benedict Cumberbatch is Thomas Edison, the celebrity inventor on the verge of bringing electricity to Manhattan with his radical new DC technology.
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Parent & Baby screening: The Current War
PARENT & BABY SCREENINGS: We believe that mums and dads shouldn't have to miss out on great cinema, which is why we are now offering special daytime screenings just for them - now every Tuesday at 12:30. Bring your under 3 for free and we'll create a friendly, half-lit and low sound atmosphere to keep them calm while you enjoy the film.
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The Current War
Three brilliant visionaries set off in a charged battle for the future in The Current War, the epic story of the cutthroat competition that literally lit up the modern world. Benedict Cumberbatch is Thomas Edison, the celebrity inventor on the verge of bringing electricity to Manhattan with his radical new DC technology.
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Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love
Veteran documentarian Nick Broomfield’s (Kurt and Courtney, Whitney: Can I Be Me?) latest tells the beautiful yet tragic love story between musician Leonard Cohen and his Norwegian muse Marianne Ihlen.
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The Run & ‘Pea Souk’ Pop-Up Restaurant
Join us for a night of Indian delights and exhilarating cinema, following Australian ultra-runner Pat Farmer on a 4,647km run from the southernmost tip of India to its northern border.
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Apollo 11
An unmissable cinematic experience fifty years in the making, featuring out of this world, never seen before footage from the 1969 moon landing. Immersed in the perspectives of the astronauts, the team in Mission Control, and the millions of spectators on the ground, we vividly experience those momentous days and hours in 1969 when humankind took a giant leap into the future.
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Parent & Baby Screening: Apollo 11
PARENT & BABY SCREENINGS: We believe that mums and dads shouldn't have to miss out on great cinema, which is why we are now offering special daytime screenings just for them - now every Tuesday at 12:30. Bring your under 3 for free and we'll create a friendly, half-lit and low sound atmosphere to keep them calm while you enjoy the film.
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Apollo 11
An unmissable cinematic experience fifty years in the making, featuring out of this world, never seen before footage from the 1969 moon landing. Immersed in the perspectives of the astronauts, the team in Mission Control, and the millions of spectators on the ground, we vividly experience those momentous days and hours in 1969 when humankind took a giant leap into the future.
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Kursk: The Last Mission
Director Thomas Vinterberg and a formidable cast — including Matthias Schoenaerts, Léa Seydoux, and Colin Firth — recreate the tragic final hours of the real-life nuclear submarine explosion that left the ship stranded at the bottom of the Barents Sea, while bureaucratic obstacles impeded rescue and their families’ search for answers.
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Parent & Baby screening: Kursk: The Last Mission
PARENT & BABY SCREENINGS: We believe that mums and dads shouldn't have to miss out on great cinema, which is why we are now offering special daytime screenings just for them - now every Tuesday at 12:30. Bring your under 3 for free and we'll create a friendly, half-lit and low sound atmosphere to keep them calm while you enjoy the film.
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Kursk: The Last Mission
Director Thomas Vinterberg and a formidable cast — including Matthias Schoenaerts, Léa Seydoux, and Colin Firth — recreate the tragic final hours of the real-life nuclear submarine explosion that left the ship stranded at the bottom of the Barents Sea, while bureaucratic obstacles impeded rescue and their families’ search for answers.
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Steve
Suicide is the biggest killer of men under 45 in the UK. 12 men a day. 1 every 2 hours. One of those men was Steve Yates. But Steve was more than a number, he was a father, a son, a brother, and a friend. Director Ben Akers’s childhood best friend. In this documentary, Ben goes on a mission to look at why this is happening, and what men can do to help themselves. This screening will be followed by a discussion with the director Ben Akers.
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Minding the Gap + Short Films
The Poly, Skate Falmouth and Splendid Eye Torture present Minding the Gap, and a series of home-grown skateboarding short films for a one-off special screening . £1 from the sale of each ticket will be donated to the Falmouth Skatepark Project towards the new Falmouth community skate park.
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Pain and Glory (Dolor y Gloria)
Pedro Almodóvar returns with a soulful semi-autobiographical story about an ageing film director reflecting on his personal and professional past.
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Parent & Baby screening: Pain and Glory (Dolor y Gloria)
PARENT & BABY SCREENINGS: We believe that mums and dads shouldn't have to miss out on great cinema, which is why we are now offering special daytime screenings just for them - now every Tuesday. Please note that this week's film is at 10:30 instead of 12:30. Bring your under 3 for free and we'll create a friendly, half-lit and low sound atmosphere to keep them calm while you enjoy the film.
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Pain and Glory (Dolor y Gloria)
Pedro Almodóvar returns with a soulful semi-autobiographical story about an ageing film director reflecting on his personal and professional past.
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Ama-San
For over 2,000 years, female shellfish divers, known as ama-san, have fished for abalone off the coast of Japan.
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The Souvenir
Honor Swinton Byrne gives a star making performance in British director Joanna Hogg’s exquisite semi-autobiographical drama about a struggling young film student who gets knocked off her creative path after she becomes romantically involved with a complicated and untrustworthy man.
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Parent & Baby screening: The Souvenir
PARENT & BABY SCREENINGS: We believe that mums and dads shouldn't have to miss out on great cinema, which is why we are now offering special daytime screenings just for them - now every Tuesday at 12:30. Bring your under 3 for free and we'll create a friendly, half-lit and low sound atmosphere to keep them calm while you enjoy the film.
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The Souvenir
Honor Swinton Byrne gives a star making performance in British director Joanna Hogg’s exquisite semi-autobiographical drama about a struggling young film student who gets knocked off her creative path after she becomes romantically involved with a complicated and untrustworthy man.
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Bait
Stunningly shot on a vintage 16mm camera using monochrome Kodak stock, Mark Jenkin’s remarkable new film is a timely and funny, yet poignant tale that gets right to the heart of a Cornish community facing an unwelcome change.
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Parent & Baby Screening: Bait
PARENT & BABY SCREENINGS: We believe that mums and dads shouldn't have to miss out on great cinema, which is why we are now offering special daytime screenings just for them - now every Tuesday at 12:30. Bring your under 3 for free and we'll create a friendly, half-lit and low sound atmosphere to keep them calm while you enjoy the film.
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Bait
Stunningly shot on a vintage 16mm camera using monochrome Kodak stock, Mark Jenkin’s remarkable new film is a timely and funny, yet poignant tale that gets right to the heart of a Cornish community facing an unwelcome change.
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Clay Play for Babies
These sensory play sessions are for babies aged 6 months to 3 years old, and are designed for young children to explore...
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Res Publica is a brand new musical touring piece, from brilliant virtuoso violinist Ben Sutcliffe and co founder and...
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