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
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- Art
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- 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
Viewing Archived Events: Free Events
Emma Critchley: When the Waters Recede
This is an exhibition of research, sketches, ideas and moving-image works that will be developed towards the forthcoming project When the Waters Recede.
Artist Open Studio: Carl Slater
Plymouth-based artist, Carl Slater, presents work in progress from his Crowd Control/Hyper.Crucible project.
Gideon Mendel: Drowning World
The work of Gideon Mendel, widely regarded as one of the world’s leading documentary photographers, is presented at Plymouth Arts Centre in collaboration with Fotonow CIC.
Walk On: From Richard Long to Janet Cardiff – 40 Years of Art Walking
Walk On: From Richard Long to Janet Cardiff – 40 Years of Art Walking gives an insight into the recent art practice of nearly 40 artists. Several are internationally acclaimed. Others are bright new talents. All have made new work simply by taking ...
Melanie Manchot: Tracer
Featured as part of Walk On for the first time, Tracer follows a group of parkour runners as they investigate architectural spaces for their potential to yield particular forms of physical engagement.
Hamish Fulton: Group Walk
Take part in a unique communal group walk led by internationally-renowned artist, Hamish Fulton.
Jennie Savage: The Guide to Getting Lost
This audio walk invites you to become lost in the familiar geography of Plymouth and the fictional sonic landscape of the guide, where you will encounter street markets, shopping malls, beaches and birdsong recorded in enigmatic locations.
The Kreuzung Archive Lecture
Bridgette Ashton and Mark James will present an audio-visual lecture detailing extensive research on the little known German artist, Gustav Schlieffen, who travelled through Plymouth during the 1960s.
Charlie Woolley: Lone Soul Road
Charlie Woolley’s exhibition considers cultural themes and aesthetics relating to motorcycle counter-culture. This continues his investigations into subcultural production in an age of avatars and fluid digital identity.
The Art Party!
Part documentary, part road movie and part political fantasy, The Art Party! feature-film captures the spirit of the Scarborough conference held in November 2013; championing the importance of art and its place in education and modern politics
By Date
By Category
- See All
- 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
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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