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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
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Viewing Archived Events: Free Events
Little Gandhi + Director Q&A
The story of Matar, dubbed "Little Gandhi” for his strict code of nonviolent protest, takes viewers through the Syrian people’s peaceful pursuit of freedom and democracy only to be met with live ammunition from the Syrian regime.
Dwell
Part of Plymouth Art Weekender - Interactive installations and zine debut exploring emotional and physical spaces.
Breakfast Panel Discussion
As part of the We The People Are The Work exhibition, join Ben Borthwick and a selection of artists for an informal talk.
Sarah Forrest: Recital
Gallery in the Cinema: Recital (2016) is set in those first strange moments of waking up, where certainty and strangeness run in parallel as the mind tries to make sense of what is happening.
A Plastic Ocean + Intro
The shocking truth about the consequences of plastic pollution on not only marine life, but also humans. A screening by eXXpedition.
David Blandy and Larry Achiampong: Finding Fanon Sequence
The exhibition premiere of Larry Achiampong and David Blandy’s film trilogy Finding Fanon (2015—17) is a moving and multi-layered exploration of race, identity and globalisation.
Allan Sekula: Lottery of the Sea
Gallery in the Cinema: What does it mean to be a maritime nation? To rule the waves? Or to harvest the sea? An American submarine collides with a Japanese fisheries training ship.
Lunchtime Talk with Dr Hannah Wood
Dr Hannah Wood, founder of Story Juice and creator of 2014’s interactive theatre game Resurgam will discuss ‘Between Self and Other’: Player-characters, narrative, agency and identity in video games.
Lunchtime Talks
Join us for a series of free lunchtime talks on our current exhibition
Rory Pilgrim: The Sacred Repositories Trilogy
Shown for the first time as the complete Sacred Repositories trilogy, the three interconnected films explore communities who are speaking out against the status quo. Rory Pilgrim will visit to give a talk on 19th June.
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- Adventure Film Club
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- Captioned Screening Available
- Classic Film
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- French Film Festival
- French Music and Film Evening
- Hidden Figures of Plymouth
- Iris On The Move
- LGBTQ+
- Live Cinema
- Local Interest
- MUBI GO
- Powell & Pressburger
- Programmer's Pick
- Reclaim The Frame
- Relaxed Screening
- SAFAR Arab Film Festival
- Talks
- The Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme 2023
- Virtual Cinema
Past Events
- See All
- Art
- Creative Learning
- Film
- Adventure Film Club
- Artist Moving Image
- Bringing in Baby
- Captioned Screening Available
- Classic Film
- Documentary
- Exhibition On Screen
- F Rated
- Festivals
- Free Events
- French Film Festival
- French Music and Film Evening
- Hidden Figures of Plymouth
- Iris On The Move
- LGBTQ+
- Live Cinema
- Local Interest
- MUBI GO
- Powell & Pressburger
- Programmer's Pick
- Reclaim The Frame
- Relaxed Screening
- SAFAR Arab Film Festival
- Talks
- The Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme 2023
- Virtual Cinema
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