Plymouth Arts Cinema

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!

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.

🍎 BAD APPLES (15) 🍏Friday 9th - Thursday 15th OctoberMaria is a primary school teacher doing her best to inspire a class...
06/10/2026

🍎 BAD APPLES (15) 🍏
Friday 9th - Thursday 15th October

Maria is a primary school teacher doing her best to inspire a class of 11-year-olds, but she’s unable to because of one unruly student. Entertaining and provocative, Bad Apples challenges us to think about our society’s systems.

DEREK VS DEREK (15)Saturday 10th - Thursday 15th OctoberTwo neighbouring Devon farmers, both called Derek, go to war ove...
05/10/2026

DEREK VS DEREK (15)
Saturday 10th - Thursday 15th October

Two neighbouring Devon farmers, both called Derek, go to war over the future of their land in this documentary. One is an advocate for intensive farming; the other is giving his entire farm over to nature, rewilding it into an oasis for wildlife. The sold out screening on Tuesday 13th October will be followed by a Q&A with Derek Banbury and Derek Gow.

A fantastic day with Jess from Fotonow CIC and Zahra from The Box, Plymouth exploring the archives and then cutting and ...
04/10/2026

A fantastic day with Jess from Fotonow CIC and Zahra from The Box, Plymouth exploring the archives and then cutting and pasting footage to make our own digital zines!

These 30 second short films will be screened before Human Traffic on the 9th and 10th October.

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Part of Rip It Up, the 2026 BFI FAN UK-wide season. From joy to heartbreak, we explore and celebrate the changing face of youth rebellion, culture and expression. Cut and Paste!, our take on Rip It Up, uses film as a starting point to explore what it feels like to be young in the city and as well as the zine workshops we're screening Remembrance, Blinded By The Light, Beautiful Thing, and a surprise film picked by our workshop participants ✨

This season is made possible with the support of the BFI Film Audience Network, awarding funds from

Film Hub South West

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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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