A biennial festival celebrating Cary Grant, based in his hometown, Bristol
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Don’t miss this “three-hankie weepie”, Penny Serenade coming to the Bristol Megascreen on Saturday 29 November. Screening as part of Too Much: Melodrama on Film – a UK-wide season supported by BFI National Lottery funding, celebrating the vivid visual language, heightened dramatics and emotional pathos at the heart of film melodrama
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Our 2024 Festival was themed around Cary Grant as an acrobat, celebrating Grant’s versatility, from the slapstick brilliance of BRINGING UP BABY to the high-stakes suspense of NORTH BY NORTHWEST, screening as part of Art of Action, a UK-wide film season supported by National Lottery and BFI Film Audience Network.
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An autumn season, including Night and Day with live music performance from Keep it Vocal choirs, piloting our new theatre walk and a gala screening of An Affair To Remember at the vintage Curzon Community Arts Cinema in Clevedon!
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The 5th Cary Comes Home Festival centres on the theme of “Class”, exploring Cary Grant’s incredible journey from working class poverty as son of a tailor’s presser in Bristol, UK to the epitome of Hollywood elegance and style.
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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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Check out our Crowdcast channel where you can watch our event recordings again or catch up on the 2020 Festival when we pivoted online during lockdown. Follow the channel to keep up to date with our forthcoming events. Once you’ve registered you can click on the ‘Save my spot’ button to register for events with one log-in…