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
What’s On
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- 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
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- Descriptive Subtitles Available
- Documentary
- Exhibition On Screen
- F Rated
- Family Friendly
- Fashion in Film
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- 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
Bitter Christmas (15)
Pedro Almodóvar is back with his unique brand of storytelling, setting the stage for the tale of a filmmaker who begins to be a little too heavily inspired by the real lives of those around him.
Love Me Tender (15)
Vicky Krieps is magnetic as a woman paying a high price to be free in this luminous and radical commentary on motherhood, desire and self-discovery.
The Incomer (12A)
Set on a remote Scottish island, two siblings survive by hunting seabirds, retelling the stories of their ancestors, and defending the isle from ‘Incomers’. Their world is upended with the arrival of an awkward council worker.
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.
PULP: What Do You Do For an Encore? (12A)
PULP: What Do You Do For An Encore? is a celebration of one of Britain's most unusual bands, captured during their triumphant 2025 tour.
Super Nature (PG)
Ed Sayers’ award-winning debut feature saw him collaborating with 40 people on 80 different antique Super 8 cameras across land, in the air, and underwater, all telling the stories of nature close to them and their hearts with as little travel as p...
The Fastest Bicycle (15) + Q&A
The Fastest Bicycle tells the amazing story of Barney Townsend and his team’s attempt at the World Human Powered Vehicle land speed record at Battle Mountain Nevada. Followed by a Q&A with the filmmaker and local guests.
The Land Remains (12A) + Director intro and discussion
The Land Remains places Britain’s renewed interest in folklore and ritual in dialogue with the Bibby Stockholm asylum barge, exploring how land, migration, and belonging shape national identity today.
A Dairy Story (PG)
Every day, thousands of dairy calves are separated from their mothers at birth. It's one of the most divisive questions in dairy farming. A Dairy Story follows Wilma and David Finlay as they risk everything to prove there’s another way.
Just An Illusion (12A)
It’s 1985. Vincent, almost 13, lives in the suburbs of Paris, with an older brother who brushes him off and parents who never stop arguing. No longer a kid but not quite an adult, Vincent fumbles through life’s big questions.