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The Eternal Daughter 12A

Screening from Fri 8 Dec
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Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget PG

Screening from Fri 8 Dec
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Napoleon 15

MORE SHOWS ADDED: Now screening until Thu 14 Dec
★★★★★ – Guardian
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Maestro 15

MORE SHOWS ADDED: Now screening until Thu 14 Dec
★★★★★ – The Times
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Christmas Classics

Screenings throughout December
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/ The Creative Worlds of Powell & Pressburger

The Red Shoes PG

Fri 8 Dec, 6.45pm | Sun 10 Dec, 2.30pm | Thu 14 Dec, 1pm & 7pm
"★★★★★ – a luminous masterpiece" – Empire
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Royal Ballet: The Nutcracker 12A

Tue 12 Dec, 7.15pm | Sun 17 Dec, 2pm
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Saltburn 15

MORE SHOWS ADDED: Now screening until Thu 14 Dec
★★★★★ – Telegraph
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Wonka PG

Screening from Fri 15 Dec
★★★★★ – Telegraph
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Festive Family Favourites

Throughout December
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It’s a Wonderful Life U

Thu 7 Dec, 11.30am (Cinema Bambino) | Sat 16 – Sun 24 Dec

Journey back to 1946 with our annual screenings of Frank Capra's classic ode to family, community and the power of redemption.

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11.30am
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Maestro 15

MORE SHOWS ADDED: Now screening until Thu 14 Dec

★★★★★ – The Times. Bradley Cooper (A Star is Born) directs and stars in Maestro, a rousing biopic of Leonard Bernstein, one of musical theatre’s great composers.

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1.00pm 5.15pm 8.15pm
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Napoleon 15

MORE SHOWS ADDED: Now screening until Thu 14 Dec

★★★★★ – Guardian. Academy Award winner Joaquin Phoenix stars as Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte in Ridley Scott’s latest spectacular historical epic.

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1.15pm 8.15pm
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Femme 18

Fri 1 – Thu 7 Dec

Based on the BAFTA winning short film of the same name, Femme explores queer power dynamics and identities in a deliciously neo-noir guise.

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1.30pm 5.15pm
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Fallen Leaves 12A

MORE SHOWS ADDED: Now screening until Thu 14 Dec

Aki Kaurismäki’s bittersweet and gentle comedy follows lonely singletons Ansa, fired from her job at a supermarket for trying to take home an out of date sandwich, and Holappa, a construction worker who struggles to stay sober long enough to finish a shift.

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2.45pm 7.45pm
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Mami Wata 12A

Mon 4 – Thu 7 Dec

Winner of the Jury Prize for Cinematography at Sundance 2023, Mami Wata infuses West African folklore with mesmerising monochrome visuals and crime thriller vibes.

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4.15pm 7.15pm
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Saltburn 15

MORE SHOWS ADDED: Now screening until Thu 14 Dec

★★★★★ – Telegraph. BAFTA winner Barry Keoghan (The Banshees of Inisherin) leads an impressive ensemble cast in Oscar-winning director Emerald Fennell’s (Promising Young Woman) stylish sophomore feature.

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5.15pm

Creative workshops for all ages

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Make Your Own workshop: Grinch pom poms and stockings

Sat 9 – Sun 10 Dec, 11am – 5pm | FREE, ages 6+

Join us for the second of our three festive workshops. In this family workshop, you'll do basic sewing to create your very own felt stockings and Grinch pom poms!

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Make Your Own workshop: festive wrapping paper

Sat 16 – Sun 17 Dec, 11am – 5pm | FREE, ages 6+

Join us for our final festive workshop where you'll learn basic printing techniques to create your own funky wrapping paper - perfect for wrapping those last minute presents!

Art & Digital Culture

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Explorative Poetry: A Wandering Workshop N/A

Sun 10 Dec, 1.30pm - 4pm | FREE, booking advised

Join us for this poetry games workshop inspired by our Virtual Textual exhibition, where you'll have the opportunity to use the brand new game-making engine Downpour.

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Virtual Textual

Fri 6 Oct – Sun 17 Dec

Virtual Textual explores the digital aspects of game-based poetry, bringing together artists from across the globe in an exhibition that champions innovative, but also careful uses of technology.

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CAS: Leicester Computer Art Pioneers

Thu 2 Nov – Sun 30 Jan | Café Bar, FREE

In partnership with the Computer Arts Society, this new exhibition explores Leicester's computer art history from the 1960s to the 1990s, and features work by eight pioneering artists who lived and worked in Leicester during this time.

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Christopher MacInnes: Terra regis / terra neminis (2023)

Until 17 Dec

Phoenix and Off Site Project are excited to announce the launch of Christopher MacInnes’s Terra regis / terra neminis (2023), a new media-wall artwork responding to the current Virtual Textual exhibition.

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Our Café Bar is the perfect place to meet friends for a drink or a delicious meal, spend time catching up on work, or meet with clients. It's a comfortable space, with a range of seating to meet different needs. Food served 11am – 9pm daily.

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Save money on film tickets, Stage on Screen shows and short courses; pay zero admin fees; get 10% off in our Café Bar; and enjoy a host of other benefits with MyPhoenix membership.

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Access Cinema

Our Access Cinema programme provides regular screenings with audio description, captions/descriptive subtitles, and a relaxed environment particularly suitable for people with autism, ADHD and other sensory processing disorders.

About Cinema

Phoenix is an independent cinema screening the best films from around the world, from micro-budget foreign pictures to Hollywood blockbusters.

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About Art

Phoenix’s art and digital culture programme presents free exhibitions, by artists from across the world, supported by Arts Council England and De Montfort University.

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Learning & Education

Whether for pleasure, professional skills or education, Phoenix's short courses, talks, workshops and screenings make learning rewarding and fun.