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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
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- 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
Bathing Places: Screening Water Worlds
In association with 37 Looe Street’s Bathing Places exhibition, this special screening includes all the artists’ films shown as part of the exhibition.
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.
State Organs (15) + Q&A
This powerful documentary exposes China’s state-sanctioned, billion-dollar transplant industry fuelled by forced organ harvesting and the brutal persecution of Falun Gong spiritual believers.
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.
Sense and Sensibility (PG)
An irresistible new take on the iconic Sense and Sensibility, a charming, witty, and deeply relatable story of love and sisterhood.
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...
Knitflix: Sense and Sensibility (PG) 2026
A new take on the iconic Sense and Sensibility. Bring along your knitting, crochet and other craft projects to work on while you watch the film!
RIP IT UP – Reclaim The Frame Presents: Beautiful Thing (15)
A tender story of first love, belonging and growing up, Beautiful Thing follows neighbours Jamie and Ste as their friendship deepens into romance over the course of one long, hot summer.
Derek vs Derek (15)
Two neighbouring Devon farmers, both called Derek, go to war over the future of their land in this documentary. One is an advocate for intensive farming; the other is giving his entire farm over to nature, rewilding it into an oasis for wildlife.