Opening Times
Tuesday 4 August: 09:45 – 16:00
Wednesday 5 August: 10:00 – 19:30
Thursday 6 August: 09:45 – 16:00
The Cinema, Box Office and Café-bar will be closed from Friday 7 August - Wednesday 2 September and will reopen at 5pm on Thursday 3 September.
Plymouth Arts Cinema
Arts University Plymouth
Tavistock Place
Plymouth
PL4 8AT
Award Winning Independent Cinema
Past Events: Film
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- The Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme 2023
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- The Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme 2026
- Virtual Cinema
Past Events
- See All
- Art
- Creative Learning
- Film
- Adventure 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
- Fashion in Film
- Festivals
- Free Events
- French Film Festival
- French Music and Film Evening
- Green Screen
- Halloween
- Hidden Figures of Plymouth
- Iris On The Move
- LGBTQ+
- Live Cinema
- Live Show
- Local Interest
- MUBI GO
- NT Live
- Plymouth Urban Tree Festival
- 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
- The Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme 2026
- Virtual Cinema
Viewing Archived Events: Film
NT Live: Julius Caesar (15)
Nicholas Hytner’s production will thrust the audience into the street party that greets Caesar’s return, the congress that witnesses his murder, the rally that assembles for his funeral and the chaos that explodes in its wake. Please note - this ...
Professor Marston and the Wonder Women (15)
The mind-blowing backstory of Wonder Woman creator Dr William Moulton Marston and the two women who almost certainly inspired her. Join us on 13 March for a screening introduced by Mia Bays, Oscar-winning Producer and Anna Smith, Film Editor of Time ...
The Mercy (12A) + archive shorts from SWFTA
Partly filmed in Teignmouth, this is the true story of Donald Crowhurst, the amateur sailor who competed in the 1968 Sunday Times Golden Globe Race in the hope of becoming the first person in history to single-handedly circumnavigate the globe withou...
Phantom Thread (15)
Paul Thomas Anderson once again teams up with Daniel Day-Lewis (for his final role before his retirement from acting) to paint an illuminating portrait both of an artist on a creative journey, and the women who keep his world running.
Darkest Hour (PG)
BOOK EARLY This stirring historical drama ushers us into the backrooms and bunkers of British government during a pivotal point in World War II. Nominated for six Oscars. Extra screenings added!
Ex-Machina (15)
Into Film are pleased to present a schools screening of Ex Machina as part of the Spring Screenings programme celebrating women in animation, introduced by Laurie Brugger.
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (15)
This is a pitch-black comedic drama featuring a blistering central performance from Frances McDormand, and nominated for seven Oscars. Extra screenings added!
The Post (TBA)
Extra screening - Monday 5 March! Described as a Hollywood all-star team’s riposte to Donald Trump, The Post dramatises the Washington Post’s publication of the classified Pentagon Papers.
RSC Live Encore: Twelfth Night
Christopher Luscombe, Director of the ‘glorious’ Love’s Labour’s Lost and Much Ado About Nothing (2014 and 2016), returns to tackle Shakespeare’s greatest comedy.
Jupiter’s Moon (15)
The director of the critically acclaimed White God has created this riveting Palme d’Or nominated supernatural thriller.
By Date
By Category
- See All
- Adventure 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
- Fashion in Film
- Festivals
- Free Events
- French Film Festival
- French Music and Film Evening
- Green Screen
- Halloween
- Hidden Figures of Plymouth
- Iris On The Move
- LGBTQ+
- Live Cinema
- Live Show
- Local Interest
- MUBI GO
- NT Live
- Plymouth Urban Tree Festival
- 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
- The Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme 2026
- Virtual Cinema
Past Events
- See All
- Art
- Creative Learning
- Film
- Adventure 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
- Fashion in Film
- Festivals
- Free Events
- French Film Festival
- French Music and Film Evening
- Green Screen
- Halloween
- Hidden Figures of Plymouth
- Iris On The Move
- LGBTQ+
- Live Cinema
- Live Show
- Local Interest
- MUBI GO
- NT Live
- Plymouth Urban Tree Festival
- 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
- The Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme 2026
- Virtual Cinema
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