30th Anniversary Film Festival: Phantom of the Open (12A)

16th August 2025 4:30pm (Doors open at 3:30 pm)

Kirkgate Centre

2021 Phantom of the Open (12A)

The heartwarming true story of Maurice Flitcroft (Mark Rylance), a humble crane operator from Barrow-in-Furness who managed to gain entry to the qualifying round of the Open Golf Championship, despite never playing a round of golf – drawing the ire of the golfing elite, yet becoming a folk hero in the process.

“Anchored by an impish Mark Rylance, it takes its cue from the story’s hero: a bit ramshackle, very amiable, always watchable.” Ian Freer- Empire Magazine

Starring: Mark Rylance; Ian Porter; Sally Hawkins

Director: Craig Roberts

Running Time: 106 minutes

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Maurice Flitcroft was born inManchester in 1929 and,as a child during the war, he was evacuated to Kendal, where he was a pupil atKendal Grammar School.Following his marriage, he and his wife settled inBarrow in Furness, where he worked as a crane operator at theVickers Armstrongshipyard.