99p Films presents: The Forgotten Temperate Rainforest - TRURO

Name: 99p Films presents: The Forgotten Temperate Rainforest - TRURO
Start: 2025-11-27T18:00:00+00:00
End: 2025-11-27T21:00:00+00:00
Location: Cornwall Museum and Art Gallery

Schedule

Thu Nov 27 2025 at 06:00 pm to 09:00 pm

UTC+00:00

Location

Cornwall Museum and Art Gallery | Truro, EN

The Forgotten Temperate Rainforest – A Social Cinema Experience
Join us for a powerful and thought-provoking evening in partnership with the Woodland Trust exploring one of the UK’s forgotten forests —our temperate rainforests. This unique social cinema experience will take you deep into these lush ancient woodlands through a series of stunning short films sparking conversation and connection around their beauty importance and urgent need for restoration.
Event Details:
Doors Open: 6 PM
Communal Feast: 6 - 7 PM - Meet your fellow cinema audience members and share a communal meal.
Social Cinema Starts: 7 - 9 PM - Our social cinema style follows our 4 pillars: Breathe - Watch - Discuss - Eat. Incorporating mindful breathing at the start audience led discussions throughout and our signature communal feast all centered around the power of documentary films!

Our selection of short films will cover:
🌳The Hidden Biodiversity of Our Rainforests
Discover the astonishing species that thrive in these rare mist-laden forests—home to an incredible variety of plants fungi and wildlife found nowhere else in the UK.
🌳 Saving the Forgotten Forests
Follow the inspiring work of The Woodland Trust as they work to protect and restore these vanishing ecosystems bringing them back from the brink of being lost forever.
🌳 Floods Forests & Natural Solutions
Uncover the critical role that temperate rainforests play in natural flood management acting as nature’s sponge in a world of increasing extreme weather.
🌳 Beavers & Rewilding – Nature’s Ecosystem Engineers
Step into the world of beavers whose reintroduction to the UK is reshaping landscapes restoring waterways and proving that nature knows best when it comes to conservation.
More Than Just a Screening…
This isn’t just about watching films—it’s about engaging in meaningful audience-led discussions with conservationists filmmakers and passionate individuals working to safeguard these forgotten forests. Connect with like-minded people share ideas and learn how you can make a difference.
Be part of the movement to rediscover protect and restore our temperate rainforests. We can’t wait to welcome you!
Rainforest Recovery is the South West strand of The Rainforest Restoration Project. It is being led by the Woodland Trust in partnership with Plantlife. This project is funded as part of the Government's Species Survival Fund. The fund was developed by DEFRA and its Arm's-Length Bodies. It is being delivered on behalf of DEFRA by The National Lottery Heritage Fund