The Poly
24 Church St, Falmouth : 01326 319461
The Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society
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Films // Coming up
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The Report
A searing political thriller about the U.S Senate's real life investigation into the CIA's use of torture post 9/11.
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Parent & Baby screening: The Report
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 Report
A searing political thriller about the U.S Senate's real life investigation into the CIA's use of torture post 9/11.
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Harriet
Tony-winning Broadway actor Cynthia Erivo stars in Kasi Lemmons' inspiring biopic about renowned abolitionist Harriet Tubman, who escaped slavery and risked her life to lead others to freedom through the network of safe houses known as the Underground Railroad.
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Harriet
Tony-winning Broadway actor Cynthia Erivo stars in Kasi Lemmons' inspiring biopic about renowned abolitionist Harriet Tubman, who escaped slavery and risked her life to lead others to freedom through the network of safe houses known as the Underground Railroad.
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The Umbrellas of Cherbourg with Pop Up Restaurant
Vibrant and inventive all-singing, all-dancing, bitter-sweet romance; a truly original film from the director who sought to create an enchanting, poignant fantasy world governed by chance, love and memory. This screening is accompanied by Pea Souk's special pop up restaurant before the film in our bar - make sure to book in, spaces are limited and our last two pop up restaurants sold out!
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Judy
Judy Garland became one of the undisputed icons of the Golden Age of Hollywood. Yet behind that success was a darker tale, one of innocence exploited. In Rupert Goold’s elegant and probing biopic, Renée Zellwegger delivers a career-defining performance.
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Brit Rock Film Tour
The Brit Rock Film Tour comprises the best new climbing films, from the UK’s top adventure filmmakers, featuring some of the country’s most popular climbers - including the incredible story of the first blind lead of the Old Man of Hoy.
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Them That Follow
In the rugged wilderness of Appalachia, the members of an isolated community of Pentecostal snake handlers led by Pastor Lemuel (Walton Goggins) risk their lives to attest themselves before God. Lemuel’s daughter Mara (Alice Englert) prepares for her upcoming wedding to the young believer her father has singled out for her under the watchful eye of Hope (Olivia Colman), while scrambling to hide a secret that has the potential to drive her father’s church to ruin.
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Judy
Judy Garland became one of the undisputed icons of the Golden Age of Hollywood. Yet behind that success was a darker tale, one of innocence exploited. In Rupert Goold’s elegant and probing biopic, Renée Zellwegger delivers a career-defining performance.
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Them That Follow
In the rugged wilderness of Appalachia, the members of an isolated community of Pentecostal snake handlers led by Pastor Lemuel (Walton Goggins) risk their lives to attest themselves before God. Lemuel’s daughter Mara (Alice Englert) prepares for her upcoming wedding to the young believer her father has singled out for her under the watchful eye of Hope (Olivia Colman), while scrambling to hide a secret that has the potential to drive her father’s church to ruin.
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Le Mans '66
Matt Damon and Christian Bale star in the remarkable true story of visionary American car designer Carroll Shelby (Damon) and fearless British driver Ken Miles (Bale), who together battled corporate meddling, the laws of physics, and their own demons to build a revolutionary racecar for Ford Motor Company and take on the might of Enzo Ferrari at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1966.
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Hoop Dreams
Steve James', newly restored, landmark documentary Hoop Dreams, tells the story of two African-American dreamers determined to one day play professional basketball. Twenty five years after its premiere at the 1994 Sundance Film Festival, this revelatory film continues to inspire, and is widely considered one of the great works of American non-fiction cinema.
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Honey Boy
Alma Har’el has been a filmmaker to get excited about ever since feverish regard for her stunning debut Bombay Beach spread like a wildfire through 2011. Here, she collaborates to impressive effect for her first dramatic feature with gifted writer and actor Shia LaBeouf. Together they deliver a potent and darkly beautiful story about a child actor with an unconventional and brutalising past.
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Honey Boy
Alma Har’el has been a filmmaker to get excited about ever since feverish regard for her stunning debut Bombay Beach spread like a wildfire through 2011. Here, she collaborates to impressive effect for her first dramatic feature with gifted writer and actor Shia LaBeouf. Together they deliver a potent and darkly beautiful story about a child actor with an unconventional and brutalising past.
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Lucian Freud: A Self Portrait
For the first time in history the Royal Academy of Arts in London, in collaboration with the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, is bringing together Lucian Freud’s self-portraits. The exhibition will display more than 50 paintings, prints and drawings in which this modern master of British art turned his unflinching eye firmly on himself. One of the most celebrated painters of our time, Lucian Freud is also one of very few 20th-century artists who portrayed themselves with such consistency.
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Little Women
Lady Bird writer/director Greta Gerwig’s take on the beloved story of the March sisters - four young women each determined to live life on her own terms as they come of age in the aftermath of the American Civil War - is both timeless and timely.
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Little Women
Lady Bird writer/director Greta Gerwig’s take on the beloved story of the March sisters - four young women each determined to live life on her own terms as they come of age in the aftermath of the American Civil War - is both timeless and timely.
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Midnight Traveller
Afghan filmmaker Hassan Fazili flees with his family to western Europe after receiving a Taliban death sentence in this powerful documentary.
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Waves Film Festival
Waves Film Festival is back by popular demand! If you missed out on the first sell-out screening, this is your chance to pick up tickets to Waves Film Festival's first collection of incredible ocean-themed short films.
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The Poly Death Café
An opportunity to gather together to share our experiences, thoughts, feelings, hopes and fears around death and dying...
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