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The Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society
What's On Calendar
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Films // Coming up
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CFF: Fresh
A vibrant selection of bold new voices and innovative stories from the next generation of filmmakers, with a special focus on queer cinema and fresh perspectives shaping the world today. Part of Cornwall Film Festival.
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CFF: Our Land + Q&A
Through organised ‘mass trespass’ events, the Right to Roam movement seeks to expand public access to nature — but soon finds itself in conflict with England’s powerful landowners. Part of Cornwall Film Festival.
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CFF: Best of The West
A showcase of regional filmmaking talent from the South-West, including the award winners from the Cornwall Film Festival short film competition. Part of Cornwall Film Festival.
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CFF: Intersection, Experimental Shorts
INTERSECTION is the CFF Artist Moving Image's new showcase! We encourage you all to come and share in this celebration of creative filmmaking. Part of Cornwall Film Festival.
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CFF: The Stranger
François Ozon returns to CFF with this beautiful adaptation of Albert Camus’ landmark novel — a gripping account of human absurdity in 1930s French-colonised Algeria. Part of Cornwall Film Festival.
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CFF: Pillion (18)
A transgressive romantic drama starring Alexander Skarsgård and Harry Melling. Seductive, daring, and unexpectedly tender, this striking debut brims with charm. Part of Cornwall Film Festival.
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CFF: Shelby Oaks (15)
A woman's search for her missing sister draws her into the haunting mystery of a forsaken town. Part of Cornwall Film Festival.
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CFF: Sirat (15)
Oliver Laxe’s Cannes winner distils a cinematic reverence for the sacred through a landscape at once scarred and sustained by sound. Part of Cornwall Film Festival.
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CFF: It Was Just An Accident (12A)
The irrepressible Jafar Panahi makes a sensational return with this darkly comic revenge thriller. Part of Cornwall Film Festival.
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CFF: Peter Hujar's Day (CS)
A snapshot of New York’s art scene through the life and conversations of the celebrated photographer. Part of Cornwall Film Festival.
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CFF: The Thing With Feathers (15) + Q&A
Benedict Cumberbatch delivers a magnificent performance in the highly anticipated screen adaptation of Max Porter’s award-winning novel Grief Is the Thing with Feathers. Part of Cornwall Film Festival.
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CFF: Brief Encounter (1945) (PG) + Intro Talk
David Lean’s timeless classic of forbidden love, where a chance meeting between two married strangers leads to an unforgettable affair of the heart. Part of Cornwall Film Festival.
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CFF: Best International Shorts
A showcase of exceptional short films from around the world, celebrating bold storytelling and innovative vision. Part of Cornwall Film Festival.
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CFF: The Mastermind (12A)
Josh O'Connor portrays a down-on-his-luck art thief in this smouldering heist drama. Part of Cornwall Film Festival.
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CFF: Black Tide
An evening of elemental cinema exploring our deep and complex relationship with the ocean — from deep-sea ecosystems to coastal life and environmental catastrophe. Part of Cornwall Film Festival.
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NT Live: The Fifth Step (15)
Olivier Award-winner Jack Lowden (Slow Horses, Dunkirk) is joined by Emmy and BAFTA-winner Martin Freeman (The Hobbit, The Responder) in the critically acclaimed and subversively funny new play by David Ireland.
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Singing Makes You Feel Better
Documentary premiere and album launch party.
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Palestine 36 (12A)
In 1936, as Palestinian villages revolt against British colonial rule, Yusuf navigates between Jerusalem and his rural home, amidst escalating unrest and a pivotal moment for the British Empire.
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Little Women (2019) (U)
Little Women (2019) is Greta Gerwig's coming-of-age adaptation of the classic novel of the same name, following the four March sisters—Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy—as they navigate love, ambition, and womanhood in 19th-century Massachusetts during the Civil War.
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All That Heaven Allows (1955) (U)
Two different social classes collide when Cary Scott, a wealthy upper-class widow, falls in love with her much younger and down-to-earth gardener, prompting disapproval and criticism from her children and country club friends.
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It's A Wonderful Life (1946) (U)
Beset with personal and professional problems, George Bailey finds his previously happy life falling apart around him on Christmas Eve.
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Souleymane’s Story (12A)
Souleymane, an asylum-seeking cyclist who delivers meals in Paris, has only two days to prepare for a crucial interview. This interview will determine his residence permit status.
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Blue Has No Borders
Jessi moves to Folkestone's white cliffs; a crucible for debates on what English identity means as refugees cross daily from France. But the film Jessi thinks she’s making, about impossible social and psychological divisions, is changed by her new neighbours, who embody hope for a country of messy inclusivity.
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The Nightmare Before Christmas (PG)
Jack Skellington, a being from Halloween Town, finds Christmas Town and is instantly enchanted. The situation becomes riveting when his obsession with Christmas leads him to abduct Santa Claus.
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Anemone (15)
Two long-estranged brothers are reunited in the wilderness by a family crisis, rekindling long-buried resentments and revealing long-hidden secrets in a dark and enigmatic film co-written by director Ronan Day-Lewis and Academy Award-winning actor (and the film’s star) Daniel Day-Lewis.
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The Nightmare Before Christmas (PG)
Jack Skellington, a being from Halloween Town, finds Christmas Town and is instantly enchanted. The situation becomes riveting when his obsession with Christmas leads him to abduct Santa Claus.
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National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989) (12A)
Clark Griswold is really into Christmas and promises to make it a good one until he turns everything completely around, causing a domino effect of disasters.
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Craft Cinema: Little Women (2019) (U)
Little Women follows the four March sisters—Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy—as they navigate love, ambition, and womanhood in 19th-century Massachusetts during the Civil War.
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The Nightmare Before Christmas (PG)
Jack Skellington, a being from Halloween Town, finds Christmas Town and is instantly enchanted. The situation becomes riveting when his obsession with Christmas leads him to abduct Santa Claus.
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It's A Wonderful Life (1946) (U)
Beset with personal and professional problems, George Bailey finds his previously happy life falling apart around him on Christmas Eve.
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Vacuum + Director Q&A
An unexplainable explosion separates the trainee of The Deep Space Station from crew and earth. Will they ever find home?
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Tracing Transcendental Tone Plus Q&A
The film is a pilgrimage through the sacred sounds of India and an invitation to a journey into spiritual traditions.
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NT Live: Hamlet
Trapped between duty and doubt, surrounded by power and privilege, young Prince Hamlet dares to ask the ultimate question – you know the one.
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The Lost Boys of Carbis Bay Plus Q&A
A daring band of unlikely explorers embark on a quest to uncover the forgotten mines of Cornwall, only to unearth an unexpected journey of self-discovery.
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R.E.M. X Buster Keaton's Sherlock Jr (U)
Buster Keaton’s 1924 comedy classic is reimagined with R.E.M. 's alt-rock masterpieces Monster (1994) and New Adventures in Hi-Fi (1996).
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Kendal Mountain Adventure Tour 2026 LIVE
Kendal Mountain Events returns for another season of adventure and human connection with guest speaker.
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Kendal Mountain Cinematic Tour 2026
This exclusive cinematic event brings you a handpicked selection of Kendal Mountain Festival award-winning adventure films.
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Falmouth Grows West, In Maps and Pictures
Showing old maps and photographs of Falmouth on the big screen, based on last year’s popular Exhibition. ...
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