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
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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
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.
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!