Opening Times
Tuesday, Thursday and Friday: 5-8.30pm
Wednesday: 1-8.30pm
Saturday: 1-8pm
Closed Monday and Sunday
The Cinema and Box Office will be closed for Christmas and the New Year from 22/12/23 to 2/1/24 and will reopen at 5pm on 2/1/24.
Plymouth Arts Cinema
Arts University Plymouth
Tavistock Place
Plymouth
PL4 8AT
Independent Cinema for Everyone
Relic by Katy Richardson
Tuesday 31st March 2020
This collaboration with The Imperfect Orchestra was inspired by the legacy of a collection of documents and artefacts from the artist’s grandmother Dilys Richardson (nee Tully), born in 1922. The daughter of a cinema pianist and a tax clerk, she lost her mother at the age of 4 and was … Continue Reading
Coronavirus Updates
Monday 16th March 2020
Update Monday 23 March, 5.15pm
In light of the current guidelines and rapidly evolving situation we have taken the decision to cancel all of our March/April screenings. It isn’t a decision we have taken lightly but we know you will understand our position and our first priority is the safety of … Continue Reading
Artists in the Cinema | March – April 2020
Thursday 5th March 2020
Artists in the Cinema: Tyneside Projections Commission 2020A series of new films for cinema commissioned by Tyneside Cinema (Newcastle) as part of the Projections programme. Four artists a year are commissioned to make short films to be screened before … Continue Reading
A Decade of Women in Film: How gender equality in film has changed from 2010 – 2020
Wednesday 22nd January 2020
Now that we are in a new decade, it is hard not to look back on the last ten years and reflect on the changes and developments within the film industry, particularly in terms of female filmmakers. The beginning of the decade kicked off with Kathryn Bigelow being the first woman … Continue Reading
PAC Staff and Volunteers’ Films of The Year 2019
Thursday 19th December 2019
Plymouth Arts Cinema has screened 149 films in 2019, since moving to our new location at Plymouth College of Art in January. Unsurprisingly, cinema was one of the main topics of conversation at our Staff and Volunteers’ Christmas Party, and we took the chance to look back over the year … Continue Reading
Open Air Cinema Preview: ‘The Piano’ – a seminal, ground-breaking and thoroughly defiant film
Thursday 5th July 2018
Plymouth Arts Centre’s Film Programmer Anna Navas introduces us to The Piano, which begins our Open Air Cinema season on July 20th at Tinside Lido.
This summer, to celebrate the 25th anniversary of its release, the Independent Cinema Office is re-releasing The Piano. Given that Jane Campion is still, … Continue Reading
In Pictures: Rose Wylie, History Painting
Wednesday 18th April 2018
History Painting: Rose Wylie
Plymouth Arts Centre and The Gallery at Plymouth College Of Art present a multisite exhibition by internationally renowned painter Rose Wylie. As part of History Painting, Wylie presents a cycle of new work about the Mayflower voyage, made between 2015-17 for this exhibition. These paintings draw … Continue Reading
Reclaim the Frame at Plymouth Arts Centre
Wednesday 11th April 2018
Read on to find out more about this exciting new programme, launched at Plymouth Arts Centre, designed to build a local and national network of film fans supporting women in film!
To join us in supporting women in film, sign up here – it’s free and in return you’ll receive … Continue Reading