Opening Times
Tuesday, Thursday and Friday: 5-8.30pm
Wednesday: 1-8.30pm
Saturday: 1-8pm
Plymouth Arts Cinema
Arts University Plymouth
Tavistock Place
Plymouth
PL4 8AT
Award Winning Independent Cinema
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- Descriptive Subtitles Available
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- Local Interest
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- Powell & Pressburger
- Programmer's Pick
- Reclaim The Frame
- Relaxed Screening
- SAFAR Film Festival
- Silent Cinema Season with Theatre Royal Plymouth
- Summer Holiday Cinema
- Talks
- The Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme 2023
- The Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme 2024
- The Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme 2025
- Virtual Cinema
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- See All
- Art
- Creative Learning
- Film
- Adventure Film Club
- Art of Action - Kicking It!
- Artist Moving Image
- Beyond the Page with The Box
- Black History Month
- Bringing in Baby
- Classic Film
- Descriptive Subtitles Available
- Documentary
- Exhibition On Screen
- F Rated
- Family Friendly
- Festivals
- Free Events
- French Film Festival
- French Music and Film Evening
- Green Screen
- Hidden Figures of Plymouth
- Iris On The Move
- LGBTQ+
- Live Cinema
- Live Show
- Local Interest
- MUBI GO
- NT Live
- Powell & Pressburger
- Programmer's Pick
- Reclaim The Frame
- Relaxed Screening
- SAFAR Film Festival
- Silent Cinema Season with Theatre Royal Plymouth
- Summer Holiday Cinema
- Talks
- The Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme 2023
- The Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme 2024
- The Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme 2025
- Virtual Cinema
Viewing Archived Events: Local Interest
Local Climate Legend 2025 – Launch and Screening
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
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]
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)
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.
We Tell Your Story – Launch Event
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
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)
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
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
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
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.
By Date
By Category
- See All
- Adventure Film Club
- Art of Action - Kicking It!
- Artist Moving Image
- Beyond the Page with The Box
- Black History Month
- Bringing in Baby
- Classic Film
- Descriptive Subtitles Available
- Documentary
- Exhibition On Screen
- F Rated
- Family Friendly
- Festivals
- Free Events
- French Film Festival
- French Music and Film Evening
- Green Screen
- Hidden Figures of Plymouth
- Iris On The Move
- LGBTQ+
- Live Cinema
- Live Show
- Local Interest
- MUBI GO
- NT Live
- Powell & Pressburger
- Programmer's Pick
- Reclaim The Frame
- Relaxed Screening
- SAFAR Film Festival
- Silent Cinema Season with Theatre Royal Plymouth
- Summer Holiday Cinema
- Talks
- The Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme 2023
- The Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme 2024
- The Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme 2025
- Virtual Cinema
Past Events
- See All
- Art
- Creative Learning
- Film
- Adventure Film Club
- Art of Action - Kicking It!
- Artist Moving Image
- Beyond the Page with The Box
- Black History Month
- Bringing in Baby
- Classic Film
- Descriptive Subtitles Available
- Documentary
- Exhibition On Screen
- F Rated
- Family Friendly
- Festivals
- Free Events
- French Film Festival
- French Music and Film Evening
- Green Screen
- Hidden Figures of Plymouth
- Iris On The Move
- LGBTQ+
- Live Cinema
- Live Show
- Local Interest
- MUBI GO
- NT Live
- Powell & Pressburger
- Programmer's Pick
- Reclaim The Frame
- Relaxed Screening
- SAFAR Film Festival
- Silent Cinema Season with Theatre Royal Plymouth
- Summer Holiday Cinema
- Talks
- The Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme 2023
- The Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme 2024
- The Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme 2025
- Virtual Cinema
Winner of Best Arts, Culture and Theatre Venue – Muddy Stilettos Devon Awards 2024
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