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The Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society
What's On Calendar
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Films // Coming up
Films // All
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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Becoming Victoria Wood (15)
Told in her own words and through the voices of those who knew her best, the film uncovers the formative experiences and personal battles that powered Victoria Wood’s unmatched ability to make the nation laugh.
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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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Decision To Leave (15)
What happens when an object of suspicion becomes a case of obsession?
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NT Live: Hamlet (12A)
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 (12A)
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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Hamnet (12A)
1580 England. Impoverished Latin tutor William Shakespeare meets free-spirited Agnes, and the pair, captivated by one another, strike up a torrid affair that leads to marriage and three children. Based on Maggie O’Farrell’s award-winning novel Hamnet.
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Hamnet (12A) - Subtitled
1580 England. Impoverished Latin tutor William Shakespeare meets free-spirited Agnes, and the pair, captivated by one another, strike up a torrid affair that leads to marriage and three children. Based on Maggie O’Farrell’s award-winning novel Hamnet.
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Hamnet (12A)
1580 England. Impoverished Latin tutor William Shakespeare meets free-spirited Agnes, and the pair, captivated by one another, strike up a torrid affair that leads to marriage and three children. Based on Maggie O’Farrell’s award-winning novel Hamnet.
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Hamnet (12A)
1580 England. Impoverished Latin tutor William Shakespeare meets free-spirited Agnes, and the pair, captivated by one another, strike up a torrid affair that leads to marriage and three children. Based on Maggie O’Farrell’s award-winning novel Hamnet.
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Hamnet (12A)
1580 England. Impoverished Latin tutor William Shakespeare meets free-spirited Agnes, and the pair, captivated by one another, strike up a torrid affair that leads to marriage and three children. Based on Maggie O’Farrell’s award-winning novel Hamnet.
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Tony Foster: Painting at The Edge plus Q&A
Traveling mostly on foot, by raft or canoe, English artist Tony Foster paints landscapes in the remotest of areas often risking his life to bring awareness to wilderness destruction and climate change.
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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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The Voice of Hind Rajab (15)
January 29, 2024. Red Crescent volunteers receive an emergency call. A 5-year old girl is trapped in a car under fire in Gaza, pleading for rescue.
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Withnail & I (15)
It's the end of the 1960s and two out-of-work actors, Withnail (Grant) and 'I' (McGann), subsist on a diet of booze, drugs and fags in their revolting Camden flat. In order to escape the depressing nexus of visits from their dealer and the months of untouched washing-up, they escape to the country.
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Sentimental Value (15)
Nora, a successful stage actress who, along with her sister Agnes, reunites with their estranged father Gustav Borg – a once-renowned film director planning a major comeback with a script based on his family.
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Breathless (1960) (12A)
A young car thief kills a policeman and tries to persuade a girl to hide in Italy with him.
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H is for Hawk (12A)
When Cambridge academic Helen’s father dies, the grief sends her spiralling into an abyss. In an effort to process her loss, she retreats from the human world to train a fearsome Northern goshawk.
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The Lost Boys of Carbis Bay Plus Q&A (12A)
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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It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley
IT’S NEVER OVER, JEFF BUCKLEY, covers the life of the rising young star with an otherworldly voice and boundary-pushing artistry, who left the '90s music world reeling when he died suddenly, at age 30.
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NT Live: The Audience
Returning to cinemas for the first time in over a decade, Helen Mirren plays Queen Elizabeth II in the Olivier and Tony Award® -winning hit production, directed by Stephen Daldry.
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The Voice of Hind Rajab (15)
January 29, 2024. Red Crescent volunteers receive an emergency call. A 5-year old girl is trapped in a car under fire in Gaza, pleading for rescue.
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Nouvelle Vague (12A)
A playful, poignant love letter to cinema, Nouvelle Vague reimagines the making of Jean-Luc Godard’s Breathless in an exuberant exploration of the youthful rebellion and creative chaos that shaped the French New Wave.
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EOS: Turner and Constable
Celebrating the 250th anniversary of their births, this unmissable new documentary explores Turner and Constable’s intertwined lives and legacies alongside the groundbreaking Tate exhibition.
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My Father's Shadow (12A)
Akinola Davies Jr's bold and poetic debut follows a father, estranged from his young sons, over the course of a day in Lagos as political unrest threatens their journey home.
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The President's Cake (12A)
While people across 1990s Iraq struggle to survive the war and food shortages, Saddam Hussein requires each school in the country to prepare a cake to celebrate his birthday.
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No Other Choice (15)
Looking for a job? When a happy family man is dismissed after twenty-five years of loyal service at a paper company, he finds the perfect solution to land his next role: truly eliminate the competition.
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All That's Left of You (12A)
After a Palestinian teen gets swept up into a West Bank protest, his mother recounts the family story of hope, courage and relentless struggle that led to this fateful moment.
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The History of Sound (15)
In the shadow of WW1, a chance meeting at the New England Conservatory leads two men on a passionate journey across Maine archiving folk songs.
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Gentle, Angry Women (12A) Plus Q&A
Three young activists trace the legacy of Greenham Common Women’s Peace protest forty years on and discover the alarming reality of British nuclear armament.
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Wuthering Heights
A passionate and tumultuous love story set against the backdrop of the Yorkshire moors, exploring the intense and destructive relationship between Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw.
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Jo in the Water plus Q&A (12A)
Jo in the Water follows a passionate sea swimmer turned reluctant activist, Exmouth-based Jo Bateman, as she takes on one of the UK’s biggest water companies in a David-and-Goliath battle to protect our waters from devastating sewage pollution.
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The Secret Agent (15)
In 1977, a technology expert flees from a mysterious past and returns to his hometown of Recife in search of peace. He soon realizes that the city is far from being the refuge he seeks.
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Sound of Falling (18)
Fragments from a hundred years in one farmhouse coalesce into a cinematic flood of memory centered on four adolescent girls over the last century – their desires and distress, their secrets and truths, their encounters with another’s gaze and defiant gaze in return
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NT Live: All My Sons
One family, the heart of the American dream. When wartime delivers profits for Joe, it comes at a price when his partner is charged with criminal manufacturing deals, and his eldest son goes missing in action. Will peacetime bring peace of mind, or will he be confronted by the consequence of his actions?
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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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NT Live: The Playboy of the Western World
Nicola Coughlan (Bridgerton) joins Éanna Hardwicke (The Sixth Commandment) and Siobhán McSweeney (Derry Girls) in John Millington Synge’s riveting play of youth and self-discovery.
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NT Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses
BAFTA Award-winner Lesley Manville (Phantom Thread) joins Aidan Turner (Rivals) in a striking new staging of Christopher Hampton’s celebrated adaptation of the classic novel, where among the glittering salons of the super-rich, one misstep can mean ruin.
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Slow Stitch Circle
Join our monthly Slow Stitch Workshop to learn new hand-stitching skills like kantha, embroidery, and applique. Enjoy...
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One family, the heart of the American dream. When wartime delivers profits for Joe, it comes at a price when his partner...
Find out moreLife Drawing at The Poly
The course is part instructed by a local artist with guided exercises and opportunities to draw freely. Experienced...
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