Childhood is when impressionable minds open widest to the mesmerizing power of entertainment. Nearly everyone can recall connecting with a show so completely it feels like a magical world created just for you.

But what if it actually was?

Superfan James is obsessed with the clever if quaintly goofy kids' show Brigsby Bear to the point of religiosity. A bright, sensitive young adult still living at home, he has grown up with this fantasy series, and the program has grown with him as well — getting more complex over the years. But to say James' intensely protective parents have kept their son a bit sheltered is an understatement.

One dramatic night, James' insular world is upended. Through the disorienting but sporadically hilarious transition to a new life that follows, Brigsby remains James' security blanket and, upon learning the series has been cancelled, he adopts the old adage that the show must go on. Family members and authority figures fret over James' fixation, but by becoming Brigsby Bear's new creator instead of just a viewer in the dark, he finally accesses all the meaningful connections his life has lacked. By telling his story, James repairs it — producing in the process an inventively offbeat and profoundly uplifting love letter to the redemptive power of creativity.

Watch the trailer for Brigsby Bear: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YE0NNaVHZc

Three Rivers Film Club is part of the C Fylm network of community cinemas in Cornwall.

Doors 7pm, film 7.30pm
Certificate: 15

£6 new members (includes C Fylm membership)
£4 C Fylm members
Available online www.ticketsource.co.uk/c-fylm or on the door (cash only)

The Old Bakery bar will be open.

OLD BAKERY PARKING

No parking on site or on Malpas Rd. Please use Garras Wharf next to Tesco and walk around (TR1 2TN. Free after 4PM.