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Local Climate Legend 2025 – Launch and Screening

Monday 10th March

Know someone going the extra mile to help the planet? From schools to businesses and everyone in between, Climate Connections are on a mission to find the next #LocalClimateLegend. Join them as they launch the campaign to find this year’s 6 winners...

Dartmoor Calling + intro and Q&A

Thursday 13th - Saturday 15th February

Dartmoor Calling tells the story of the people who saved Dartmoor from development from the 1950s – 1980s led by Sylvia Sayer.

The Way We Live and Out of Chaos (U) [SOLD OUT]

Thursday 23rd January

The National Gallery, in partnership with The Box and Plymouth Arts Cinema, are pleased to be screening two films by acclaimed documentary director Jill Craigie. Part of a series of events leading up to Jeremy Deller’s upcoming commission, The Triu...

Remembrance (15)

Friday 27th September - Thursday 10th October

MORE SCREENINGS ADDED! This rarely seen British film is set around the pubs and clubs of the then-notorious Union Street in 1980s Plymouth. Introduced by the film’s scriptwriter, Hugh Stoddart, and writer Johnny Mains on 3/10/24.

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We Tell Your Story – Launch Event

Monday 17th June

Join us for the free launch screening of WE TELL YOUR STORY, a Community interest documentary project bringing Plymouth's amazing community stories into the spotlight.

Notice This Tree + The Happy Man Tree (12A) – Urban Tree Festival

Tuesday 14th May

As part of Plymouth's Urban Tree Festival 2024, we are inviting people to come together to ‘Notice This Tree’ in this #Noticethistree Intervention No. 4 at Plymouth Arts Cinema. The event includes a screening of Katy McGahan’s documentary The H...

A Year in a Field (12A)

Friday 15th - Thursday 21st December

BAFTA-winning documentarian Christopher Morris invites us to slow down, as he films an ancient stone monolith for a year in a West Cornwall field. Filmed from Winter Solstice 2020 to Winter Solstice 2021.

System Update + Q&A

Tuesday 5th December

New documentary System Update is a call to action to face the stark reality of climate change, and find a path towards hope. Screening co-hosted by Climate Action Plymouth to mark COP28 and followed by a Q&A with filmmaker Paul Maple.

And Then Come the Nightjars (15) + Short Archive Film: Wild Wild West Country

Saturday 9th - Thursday 14th September

Tells the heartwarming story of friendship and survival between a Devon farmer and the vet who's assigned to cull his precious herd during the 2001 Foot and Mouth crisis.

Hungry For Change – Cornwall’s Climate Stories

Saturday 8th July

Hungry for Change and Food for Thought are the latest films from Cornwall's Climate Stories, an award-winning documentary series praised by Sir David Attenborough. Meet the filmmakers and contributors for a discussion following the screening.

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