“Everybody wants to be Cary Grant. Even I want to be Cary Grant” (Cary Grant)

Directed by Professor Charlotte Crofts (Professor of Cinema Arts, UWE Bristol), Cary Comes Home (est. 2014) is a biennial festival which aims to celebrate Cary Grant’s Bristol roots, develop new audiences for his work and recreate the golden age of cinema-going.

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Autumn 2025 Season

Penny Serenade: Recording the Sentimental Seasons
with Cate Bryan (NCTM)
Online Piano Concert
Friday 28 November, 8pm GMT
Running Time: 1hr

Penny Serenade (dir. George Stevens, 1941)
Bristol Megascreen at Bristol Aquarium, Anchor Road, Bristol UK, BS1 5TT
Saturday 29 November 2025, doors 6pm GMT, event starts 6.30pm
Running Time: 2hrs
Rating: U, suitable for children

Raising Cary Grant – The Bristol Footsteps of Archie Leach
Departs Millennium Square, Bristol; ends Castle Park
Saturday 29 November 2025, 2pm
Running Time: 1-1.5hrs

SOLD OUT

Also available for private bookings.

CARY COMES HOME 2026

Save the dates for next year’s festival, taking place 27-29 November 2026 in Cary Grant’s hometown Bristol.

 

CHECK OUT SOME OF OUR PREVIOUS EVENTS:

Cary Grant: A Class Act

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We invited video essays on the theme of Class, celebrating the working-class heritage of Archie Leach, born in Bristol, UK in 1904 as the son of a tailor’s presser, who reinvented himself as Hollywood legend and style icon, Cary Grant. Check out the entries and watch catch up with the filmmakers on a special episode of The Video Essay Podcast.

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Cockney Cary

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An Illustrated talk with James Naremore to launch his new book Some Versions of Cary Grant – with a Q&A with Andrew Kelly – focussing on Cockney Cary, particularly his performances as working-class characters in Sylvia Scarlett and None But The Lonely Heart.

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We’ve been celebrating Cary Grant’s Bristol roots since 2014. Check out what we’ve been up to, including recordings of our online events and promo videos which give you a flavour of our expanded cinema screenings and events which aim to bring Cary Grant to new audiences.

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