Saturday 28 April

7pm

Movie Night - New Release

The Help

Skeeter is a southern society girl who returns from college determined to become a writer, but turns her friends' lives and a Mississippi town upside down when she decides to interview the black women who have spent their lives taking care of prominent southern families.

Sunday 29 April

5pm

Movie Night - World Cinema

The Troll Hunter

When bears are found dead in Norway, the students of the Volda University Thomas decide to investigate. They stalk the trailer of the mysterious hunter Hans expecting to find an explanation for the killings, and discover much more than they bargained for.

Language: Norwegian with English subtitles

Saturday 5 May

7pm

Movie Night - New Release

The Ides of March

During the frantic last days before a heavily contested presidential primary, an up-coming campaign press secretary finds himself involved in a scandal that threatens to upend his candidate's shot at the presidency. Starring Ryan Gosling and George Clooney.

Sunday 06 May

5pm

Movie Night - Classic Movie

Top Gun

Maverick is a hot-shot pilot. After a successful encounter with some enemy aircraft, he is sent to the Top Gun Naval Flying School. He struggles to be the best pilot, stepping on the toes of other students and embarking on an affair with a civilian instructor.

Saturday 12 May

7pm

Movie Night - New Release

Anonymous

The theory that it was in fact Edward De Vere, Earl of Oxford, who penned Shakespeare's plays. Set against the backdrop of the succession of Queen Elizabeth I and the Essex rebellion against her.

Sunday 13 May

5pm

Movie Night -World Cinema

The Skin I Live In

In honor of his late wife who died in a car accident, a scientist tries to synthesize the perfect skin which can withstand burns, cuts or any other kind of damage. As he gets closer to perfecting this on his flawless patient, the scientific community starts growing skeptical and his past is revealed that shows how his patient is closely linked to tragic events he would like to forget.

Language: Spanish with English subtitles

Saturday 19 May

7pm

Movie Night - New Release

Moneyball

The Oakland A's GM Billy Beane is handicapped with the lowest salary constraint in baseball. If he ever wants to win the World Series, Billy must find a competitive advantage. Billy is about to turn baseball on its ear when he uses statistical data to analyze and place value on the players he picks for the team.

Sunday 20 May

5pm

Movie Night - Classic Movie

High Fidelity

High Fidelity follows the 'mid-life' crisis of Rob, a thirty-something record-store owner who must face the undeniable facts - he's growing up. In a hilarious homage to the music scene, Rob and the wacky, offbeat clerks that inhabit his store expound on the intricacies of life and song all the while trying to succeed in their adult relationships. 

Saturday 26 May

7pm

Movie Night - New Release

Contagion

Soon after her return from a business trip to Hong Kong, Beth Emhoff dies from what is a flu or some other type of infection. Thus begins the spread of a deadly infection. Before anyone realizes the extent or gravity of this new infection, the contagion begins to spread to millions of people worldwide and social order breaks down as panic sets in.

Saturday 26 May

9pm

Eurovision Song Contest 2012 - Grand Final

Eurovision Song Contest 2012 Grand Final at Graduate Centre Cafe Bar

Come along to the Graduate Centre, where we'll be showing the Eurovision Song contest 2012 Grand Final LIVE on the big screen in our cosy Cafe Bar.

Don't miss this awesome opportunity to watch and enjoy the grand final of Eurovision together with all your fellow postgrads from across the university.

Sunday 27 May

5pm

Movie Night - World Cinema

Arietty

The Clock family are four-inch-tall people who live anonymously in another family's residence, borrowing simple items to make their home. Life changes for the Clocks when their daughter, Arrietty, is discovered.

Language: Japanese with English subtitles

Saturday 02 June

7pm

Movie Night - New Release

A Better Life

A gardener in East L.A. struggles to keep his son away from gangs and immigration agents while trying to give his son the opportunities he never had.

Sunday 03 June

5pm

Movie Night - Classic Movie

Ghostbusters

The year is 1991,it is two years since the events of Vigo plagued NYC.Now the Ghostbusters are going strong and looking to franchise out the business. You play as a new recruit in Ghostbusters International,and just as you get started with GBI an ancient evil descends upon NYC and a few familiar faces show back up.

Saturday 09 June

7pm

Movie Night - New Release

The Iron Lady

Tells the story of a woman who smashed through the barriers of gender and class to be heard in a male-dominated world. The story concerns power and the price that is paid for power, and is a surprising and insightful portrait of an extraordinary and complex woman.

Sunday 10 June

5pm

Movie Night -World Cinema

In a Better World

Anton and his wife are separated. Their ten-year-old son Elias is being bullied at school, until he's defended by a new boy, Christian. Elias and Christian quickly form a strong bond, but when Christian involves Elias in a dangerous act of revenge with potentially tragic consequences, their friendship is tested and lives are put in danger.

Language: Danish/Swedish/Arabic (some dialogue) with English subtitles

Friday 15 June

7.30pm until late

£10 per person

Postgraduate
Summer Party

TICKETS ON SALE NOW!!

The Annual Postgraduate Summer Party  
at Gwdihw Cafe Bar, Cardiff - Tickets on sale NOW!!

The Postgrad Summer Party is coming! This annual event is your last big chance to get together and party with all your fellow postgrads from across the university. 

As well as great DJs and performances from top class street magician Mario Morris, your ticket will also include all of the following:

- A drink on arrival
- A tasty buffet from the award-winning Vegetarian Food Studio

- Plus a main meal from the highly rated Thai House 

All meat products are Halal, and there will be plenty of options for those who don't eat meat.

See the Summer Party webpage for full details

Saturday 16 June

7pm

Movie Night - New Release

Coriolanus

The citizens of Rome are hungry. Coriolanus, the hero of Rome, a great soldier and a man of inflexible self-belief despises the people. His extreme views ignite a mass riot. Rome is bloody. Manipulated and out-maneuvered by politicians and even his own mother Volumnia, Coriolanus is banished from Rome. He offers his life or his services to his sworn enemy Tullus Aufidius.

Sunday 17 June

5pm

Movie Night - Classic Movie

The English Patient

Whilst on his deathbed, Count Almásy - a Hungarian map maker - relives his story of love, passion, betrayal and politics which took place against the backdrop of the Sahara Dessert during World War II. 

Saturday 30 June

7pm

Movie Night - New Release

W. E.

The affair between King Edward VIII and American divorcée Wallis Simpson, and a contemporary romance between a married woman and a Russian security guard.

Sunday 01 July

5pm

Movie Night - World Cinema

The Well Digger’s Daughter

A father, in pre-World War I France, is torn between his sense of honor and his deep love for his saintly daughter when she gets in trouble with the wealthy son of a shopkeeper.

Language: French with English subtitles  

Friday 27 July

Time: TBC

Olympic Opening Ceremony 

Olympic Opening Ceremony at the Graduate Centre Cafe Bar

The Opening Ceremony is a memorable event and is the true start of the celebrations. The event will surely be a show of what Britain has to offer and we will be part of this celebration. 

Come along to our Cafe Bar, where we'll be showing the ceremony (as well as all the events that follow). Light refreshments and snack will be provided.

To make sure the Graduate Centre Celebrations are a true colourful tribute to the Olympics, we challenge you to come dressed in the colours of your favourite nation. 

Don't miss this awesome opportunity to watch and enjoy the ceremony on the big screen in our cosy Cafe Bar together with all your fellow postgrads from across the university.