Plymouth Arts Cinema sits inside Plymouth College of Art on Tavistock Place, and it's the city's only independent cinema. It has been showing films for almost fifty years, now with more than 550 screenings a year, and it opens five days a week. Standard tickets cost £9, while over-60s pay £7.75 and students, unwaged visitors and under-25s pay £4. Matinees are £7, and Friends get £6 tickets on Tuesdays. Booking online adds a £1.50 transaction fee, which members don't pay. If you have questions, you can call 01752 206114.
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The current run starts with The Others, a 25th anniversary re-release that is free to watch until Wednesday 4 November. Case 137 is showing from today until Thursday 5 November, and How Deep Is Your Love runs on 4 and 5 November. From Friday 6 to Thursday 12 November, the cinema is screening Fatherland, a Paweł Pawlikowski film chosen as a Programmer's Pick.
Across town in Devonport, Market Hall on Duke Street offers a different way to watch films: immersive dome screenings. The dome uses a 360° projection system and 19.1 spatial audio, and a few of the upcoming shows are Pink Floyd: The Dark Side of the Moon on 13 November at 14:00, Whale Super Highway on 27 November at 14:00, and Our Story with David Attenborough on 26 November at 14:00. The 50-minute Attenborough film, which covers the Earth and humankind, also has a showing on 28 January 2027 at the same time. Beautifica 360 is on at 17:00 on 12, 14, 21 and 28 November.
The third Elevation Film Festival took place on 3 and 4 October 2026, with most screenings held at Market Hall and some events at Devonport Guildhall. Organised by Elevation Arts CIC, the non-competitive festival focused on experimental, artistic and expanded cinema from the South West and beyond. Its programme included international shorts followed by Q&As, installations, and live audiovisual performances. The festival has now finished, but the venues and the dome calendar remain the best places to see what's happening on the local independent film scene.
Published Date
31 October 2026
