Opening Times
The Cinema, Box Office and Café-bar are closed from Friday 7 August - Wednesday 2 September and will reopen at 5pm on Thursday 3 September.
Online booking is available during this time, and voicemails and emails sent to info@plymouthartscinema.org will be checked every few days.
Plymouth Arts Cinema
Arts University Plymouth
Tavistock Place
Plymouth
PL4 8AT
Award Winning Independent Cinema
Rip It Up - Cut and Paste!

The 2026 BFI FAN UK-wide season – Rip It Up – explores and celebrates the changing face of youth rebellion, culture and expression – from joy to heartbreak – on screen in the UK.
Cut and Paste!, the PAC strand of the season, uses film as a starting point to explore what it feels like to be young in the city. How do places influence how young people see themselves and move through the spaces they inhabit. Three key films explore this, and zine workshops and archive exploration lends a playful, experimental, creative punk element to ripping the old things up and making something brand new. Working in partnership with Fotonow and The Box, Plymouth, we will leave our expectations behind and see what happens.
This season is made possible with the support of the BFI Film Audience Network, awarding funds from National Lottery.

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
- Rip It Up - Cut and Paste!
- 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
- Rip It Up - Cut and Paste!
- 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
RIP IT UP – CUT AND PASTE! – Zine Workshop
What does Plymouth feel like to you? Is the city a boring, grey place or is it full of surprises? Join us at Fotonow on a street photography and Zine-making workshop.
RIP IT UP – CUT AND PASTE! – Blinded By the Light (12)
Javed is a Pakistani teenager who experiences racial and economic turmoil while living in Luton, England, in 1987. His life is changed when he discovers the music of Bruce Springsteen.
RIP IT UP – CUT AND PASTE! – Remembrance (15)
This rarely seen British film is set around the pubs and clubs of the then-notorious Union Street in 1980s Plymouth and follows a group of young Royal Navy sailors during their last 24 hours ashore before their ship sets sail.
RIP IT UP – CUT AND PASTE! – Digital Zine Workshop
Drawing inspiration from archive footage and materials selected from The Box's collections, participants will discover different stories, perspectives and representations of the city through time and learn how to edit together a digital zine which we...