STEP INTO THE FRAME OF THE CORNWALL FILM FESTIVAL, A GLOBAL PLATFORM INVITING FILMMAKERS FROM EVERY CORNER OF THE WORLD, TO SHOWCASE BOLD, CAPTIVATING AND INNOVATIVE STORIES.
HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE
• Mike Leigh: Hard Truths
• Mark Kermode talks
• Alice Lowe: Timestalker
• Jesse Eisenberg & Kieran Culkin: A Real Pain
• Premier: #Climatescam
• Thriller: The Severed Sun
• Palestinian/Israeli Collective: No Other Land
• Classic: Paris Texas
• BFI presents Andrea Arnold’s: Bird
• Sean Bakers: Anora
• Hugh Grant stars in Heretic
• Alonso Ruizpalacios: La Cocina
TIMESTALKER
17:00 | 23.11.24 | THE POLY
A karmic journey that sees the hapless heroine Agnes reincarnated every time she makes the same mistake: falling in love with the wrong man.
NO OTHER LAND
12:15 | 23.11.24 | THE POLY
Charting an unlikely alliance between a Palestinian filmmaker and an Israeli journalist. A powerful record of life in occupied Palestine.
NIGHTBITCH
PIPE DREAM
16:30
ANORA
19:30 | 19.11.24 | THE POLY
Sean Baker’s story of an erotic dancer who marries a Russian oligarch terrific Palme d’Or winner.
PARIS, TEXAS
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Wim Wenders’ Classic American road movie. Winner of the Palme d’Or staring Harry Dean Stanton.
FILMS
LA COCINA
14.15 | 23.11.24 | THE POLY
In a bustling kitchen, dreams and desperation collide as the staff chase the elusive American dream.
Alonso Ruizpalacios
WHEN THE LIGHT BREAKS
17:00 | 15.11.24 | THE POLY
On a long summer’s day in Iceland between sunset and sunrise, Una, a young art student encounters love, friendship, sorrow and beauty.
Dir Rúnar Rúnarsson
1h 22m | Drama | 2024 | Subtitles
HERETIC
22:00 | 22.11.24 | THE POLY
Hugh Grant stars as the diabolical Mr. Reed in a horror tale of two young missionaries trapped in his sinister home.
Dir Scott Beck, Bryan Woods 1h 51m | Horror/Mystery | 2024 18
UKRAINE. DISPLACED Ukrainian with English subtitles
14:00 | 21.11.24
Our programmes of shorts feature the most innovative and adventurous ideas from filmmakers whose short films manifest stylistic boldness, strength of form, and the ambition to use the medium in a way that resists cliché.
SHORTS EVENTS
Running alongside our film screenings we have a series of events across Cornwall that bring audiences together to explore stories and ideas from across the globe. For more events see our website.
BEST OF THE WEST 20:00 | 21.11.24
INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE AND NON-NARRATIVE
22:00 | 23.11.24
UK NARRATIVE AND NON-NARRATIVE 14:30 | 22.11.24
PALESTINA CINEMA DAYS
Temperance Hall, Penryn 19:00 | 02.11.24
MICRO MOVIES MATINEE
Project Eighty Three, Newquay 11:00 | 03.11.24
OTHER REALMS AT THE FUN PALACE
Falmouth Art Gallery
All day | 09.11.24
SOCIAL CINEMA FILM & FEASTS
The Fish Factory, Penryn
21:00 | 19.11.24
STUDENT NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE AND NON-NARRATIVE 17:00 | 20.11.24
