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Plymouth Arts Cinema Plymouth’s independent cinema: everyone welcome. We screen the best new films from around the world. Cinema is one of the most easily accessible artforms.
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We screen the best in new independent cinema from all around the world, and a few classics too, along with festivals, events, and special guests from the film industry. Our programme is hand picked by our Director and Film Programmer Anna Navas. Community is important to us and you can always expect a friendly, inclusive atmosphere where everyone is welcome. We want to share in making Plymouth a vibrant cultural city, engaging and stimulating our visitors. Plymouth Arts Cinema is Plymouth’s only independent cinema and has an established history in the city since 1947. In early 2019 we moved from our original home of Plymouth Arts Centre on Looe street, to our new, custom built 118 seat cinema at Arts University Plymouth’s main campus on Tavistock Place. It allows windows into other worlds and new perspectives on a world we think we are familiar with. A truly independent cinema should show films which comfort us, challenge us, delight and surprise us. So take a glass of wine, beer or a hot drink from the café-bar into the cinema, relax into the comfy seats, and enjoy the film!

🖤 We're looking forward to screening Calle Malaga with for 🤎CALLE MALAGATuesday 27th OctoberMaria Angeles, a 79-year-o...
21/10/2026

🖤 We're looking forward to screening Calle Malaga with for 🤎

CALLE MALAGA
Tuesday 27th October

Maria Angeles, a 79-year-old Spanish woman, lives alone in Tangier, Morocco, and enjoys her daily routine. However, her life is turned upside down when her daughter arrives from Madrid to sell the apartment in which she has always lived. Determined to stay, she does everything she can to get her home and her belongings back and, unexpectedly, rediscovers love and sensuality.

Maryam Touzani is a Moroccan filmmaker and actress. Her previous film, The Blue Caftan screened at PAC in 2024.

🖤 We're looking forward to screening Behind the Palm Trees with for 🤎BEHIND THE PALM TREES (18)Saturday 24th OctoberIn...
21/10/2026

🖤 We're looking forward to screening Behind the Palm Trees with for 🤎

BEHIND THE PALM TREES (18)
Saturday 24th October
In Tangier, Mehdi’s relationship with Selma is disrupted when he meets Marie, a wealthy Frenchwoman whose parents have purchased a luxurious villa in the kasbah. Drawn to her glamorous lifestyle, he drifts away from Selma, pretending not to see that his choices will eventually catch up with him.

Meryem Benm’Barek, born in Rabat, Morocco, grew up between Morocco, France and Belgium. Her debut feature, Sofia (2018), won the Un Certain Regard Best Screenplay Award at Cannes.

🖤 We're looking forward to screening for 🤎ROOTED OUT - CHAPTER ONE: SHADE (15)Thursday 29th OctoberA darkly comic two...
21/10/2026

🖤 We're looking forward to screening for 🤎

ROOTED OUT - CHAPTER ONE: SHADE (15)
Thursday 29th October

A darkly comic two-part drama set over one increasingly volatile day during the 2024 UK riots. A neighbourly dispute over a tree gradually spirals into a devastating confrontation. From the producers of Boiling Point.

🥾SPECIAL PREVIEW SCREENINGS 🥾Santiago: The Camino Therapy (15)Friday 23rd - Thursday 29th OctoberAdam is a teenager who’...
19/10/2026

🥾SPECIAL PREVIEW SCREENINGS 🥾

Santiago: The Camino Therapy (15)
Friday 23rd - Thursday 29th October

Adam is a teenager who’s lost and heading in the wrong direction. A judge gives him a surprising choice: walk 800 kilometers on the Camino de Santiago to think about his future.

13/10/2026

😻 The world’s #1 cat video festival is coming to Plymouth Arts Cinema for the first time! 😻

🐈‍⬛ Join us for 70 minutes of pure feline joy, with a portion of all ticket sales being donated to help the cats at Gables Dogs & Cats Home 🐈‍⬛

🐈 You can even send in a picture of your cat to be featured on the big screen! 🐈

🎬 CatVideoFest
📅 Friday 23rd - Wednesday 28th October

🎭 NT Live: The Misanthrope (15)📆 Saturday 17th - Wednesday 21st OctoberAward-winner Sandra Oh (Killing Eve) plays the ti...
13/10/2026

🎭 NT Live: The Misanthrope (15)
📆 Saturday 17th - Wednesday 21st October

Award-winner Sandra Oh (Killing Eve) plays the title role in this razor-sharp reimagining of Molière’s classic dark comedy. Alice, a brilliant novelist, despises the carefully constructed lies of modern society.

"The Misanthrope is an incredible night at the theatre, as it adapts a classic play that touches on a timeless subject" - London Theatre

"In a sense, Babystar is like an influencer-era version of The Truman Show" - Variety🎬 Babystar (12A)📆 Friday 16th - Thu...
13/10/2026

"In a sense, Babystar is like an influencer-era version of The Truman Show" - Variety

🎬 Babystar (12A)
📆 Friday 16th - Thursday 22nd October
Programmer's Pick

A biting social media satire of family in the influencer age. Luca lives in a big house with her loving parents, and she has millions of followers on social media - except Luca has never chosen that life.

13/10/2026

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Lance Hammer’s long-awaited follow-up to Ballast is a harrowing yet vital tale of dementia, family and the limits of consent." - Little White Lies

🎬 Queen At Sea (15)
📆 Friday 16th - Thursday 22nd October

Juliette Binoche, Tom Courtenay and Anna Calder-Marshall are astonishing in this emotionally challenging, sincerely powerful drama. A university professor and her stepfather grapple with the advanced dementia of her mother.

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Plymouth Arts Cinema
Plymouth
PL48AT

Opening Hours

Tuesday 5pm - 8:30pm
Wednesday 1pm - 8:30pm
Thursday 5pm - 8:30pm
Friday 5pm - 8:30pm
Saturday 1pm - 8pm

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+441752206114

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