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British Silent Film Festival's top 10 picks

Tue 10 Sep 2019

To help choose what to watch during this year's British Silent Film Festival, we've compiled a list of the 10 must-see films in the festival.

Blog / Cinema / Festivals

Small But Mighty

Fri 16 Aug 2019

Phoenix staff pick some of their favourite ever short films ahead of the return of The Short Cinema, Leicester's international short film festival, which runs from Tuesday 20th until Saturday 25th August.

Blog / Cinema / Festivals

What to Expect at JFI Leicester

Thu 8 Aug 2019

Journeys Festival International returns to Phoenix for the 7th year, running from 15 – 30 August.

Blog / Cinema / Festivals

7 of the Best Journeys in Cinema

Fri 22 Mar 2019

The ‘Are We There Yet?’ Film Festival is the latest collaboration between DMU Film students and Phoenix. To celebrate, we’ve asked students working on the festival, as well as some Phoenix staff, to tell us their personal favourite film journeys.

Blog / Cinema / Festivals

10 must-see LGBT Films

Thu 21 Feb 2019

To celebrate #DMUPride and LGBT history month, we've chosen 10 LGBT films that should be on your must–see list.

Festivals / News

Phoenix brightens up January with season of comedy classics

Fri 4 Jan 2019

Phoenix is joining the British Film Institute (BFI)’s Comedy Genius season to screen three comedy classics from past and present – Tampopo, Sidewalk Stories, and 9 to 5.

Cinema / Festivals

Black History Month

Mon 1 Oct 2018

With Black History Month on the horizon we invited Sam Warren of Serendipity to tell us about the programme of films screening at the Phoenix in October

Festivals / Vacancy

Volunteer for Spark at Phoenix

Mon 23 Apr 2018

We are looking for a team of friendly, reliable volunteers to aid in the delivery of The Spark Festival at Phoenix.

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Exploring dance around the world

Mon 16 Apr 2018

Ahead of LDIF 2018, we invited Sam Warren of Serendipity to tell us about the films screening at Phoenix for the festival.

Cinema / Festivals / News

Pakistan's biggest film star to open film festival at Phoenix

Thu 8 Mar 2018

Mahira Khan, Pakistan’s biggest celebrity actress will be in Leicester on Thursday 15 March to open the UK Asian Film Festival at Phoenix Cinema and Art Centre.

Blog / Cinema / Event / Festivals

Frightarama, the all-night horror marathon, returns to Phoenix

Thu 5 Oct 2017

Will you make it through the night? ‘Frightarama‘ returns to Phoenix with a night of bloodcurdling horror.

Blog / Cinema / Festivals

Celebrating the 30th anniversary of Black History Month

Thu 5 Oct 2017

We celebrate Black History Month in Leicester with 8 films, a director's Q&A and a live dance performance.

Cinema / Festivals

What's jookin? Let’s Dance International Frontiers 2017

Thu 27 Apr 2017

Ahead of LDIF 2017, we invited Amy Grain of Serendipity to tell us a little about the films screening at Phoenix for the festival - Pharaohs of Memphis and Gurumbé.

Blog / Cinema / Festivals

Life As We Know It: Sentience and A.I in Cinema

Fri 24 Mar 2017

We examine Artificial Intelligence in Cinema with PhD researcher and consultant of the Sentient Film Festival Becky Jones.

Blog / Cinema / Festivals

Actress Natalie Perera talks about the Leicester Asian Film Festival

Fri 17 Mar 2017

Bazodee, one of the top films at this year’s Leicester Asian Film Festival, features British actress Natalie Perera - here she talks about why the festival is so important, and why it has something for everyone.

Blog / Cinema / Festivals

Films Explore Black History Month at Leicester’s Phoenix

Wed 5 Oct 2016

Phoenix celebrates Black History Month in Leicester with seven events.

Blog / Cinema / Festivals

Getting your film into festivals – a winning perspective

Wed 5 Oct 2016

Keith Allott, winner of Leicester’s The Short Cinema film festival hosted by Phoenix, talks about the success of his film Dolls and deals out some advice for new filmmakers.