Virtual Cinema / White Colour Black
Streaming now
Leke, a young London-based photographer, confronts the complexities of his identity when he is called back 'home' to Senegal after the death of his father.
Virtual Cinema / 2021 Feminista Film Festival & Tour
Streaming now
We’re marking International Women’s Day (8 March) with inspiring films from the 2021 Feminista Film Festival & Tour. From musical pursuits to outdoor challenges, these women are change makers and trail blazers.
Workshop / Kids 'At-Home' Activities
Available online now
Free activities for children, to download and try at home.
Online / Sian Fan: Downtime
Available Now
Downtime is an interactive online artwork by Sian Fan – a quiet spot in hyperspace to take some time out.
Virtual Cinema / Luxor
Streaming now
★★★★ – Financial Times. Andrea Riseborough stars as British aid worker Hana, who finds herself struggling to reconcile the choices of the past with the uncertainty of the present when she returns to Egypt and reconnects with a former lover.
Virtual Cinema / Synchronic
Streaming now
★★★★ – Empire. Two New Orleans paramedics respond to a series of gruesome deaths linked to a designer drug. In a perfect storm of personal crises, their friendship and families are ripped apart by the effects of the mysterious pills.
Online / Compiler: Are / You / Actually
Available Now
Are / You / Actually by Compiler is a quiz about online idleness that explores how even our digital downtime is exploited
Virtual Cinema / Assassins
Streaming now
★★★★ – Guardian. Ryan White’s gripping documentary looks behind the headlines at the 2017 murder of the brother of North Korea’s Supreme Leader, Kim Jong-un, in a crowded Malaysian airport. At the centre of the investigation are two women. Are they cold-blooded killers or unwitting pawns in a political assassination?
Virtual Cinema / Away
Streaming now
★★★★ – Guardian. Part dream, part reality, this entrancing, multiple award-winning dialogue-free animation explores our common, universal need to find a connection.
Virtual Cinema / Come Away
Streaming now
After tragedy strikes their family, siblings Peter and Alice try to help their parents by setting off on an adventure into the magical worlds of Peter Pan’s Neverland and down the rabbit hole to Wonderland.
Opportunity / FTP Cohort: Artist Development Programme
Submissions close midnight Sun 14 Mar
We are now inviting applications for our new 'FTP Cohort' artist development programme.
Virtual Cinema / Rams
Streaming now
★★★★ – Guardian. Two estranged brothers must set aside their differences when a rare and lethal illness threatens their respective flocks of sheep in Western Australia. Sam Neill stars in this remake of the Icelandic hit.
Open Call / Phoenix Art-Game Commission Opportunity
Submissions close midnight Sun 28 Mar
We're currently inviting proposals to create an art game that responds to ecological themes and the Anthropocene.
Virtual Cinema / Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché
Streaming from Fri 5 Mar
★★★★ – The List. As the vocalist for X-Ray Spex, Poly Styrene was the first woman of colour in the UK to front a successful band, using her unconventional voice to introduce the world to a new sound of rebellion in '70s Britain.
Virtual Cinema / Willy's Wonderland
Streaming now
★★★★ – The Express. Nicolas Cage stars in this bloody comedy-horror about a quiet drifter who finds himself in a fight for survival against possessed animatronics at an abandoned theme park.
Virtual Cinema / Iorram (Boat Song)
Streaming from Fri 5 Mar
★★★★★ – Radio Times. Iorram (Boat Song) is a lyrical portrait of the fishing community in Scotland's Outer Hebrides, with director Alastair Cole taking a cinematic journey into the past and present of the islands.
Virtual Cinema / A Girl From Mogadishu
Streaming now
★★★★ – RTÉ.ie. Trafficked from war-torn Somalia to Ireland, Ifrah Ahmed turns her traumatic childhood testimony into a force for good, emerging as one of the world’s foremost global activists against FGM.
Online / The Indifferent Wonder of an Edible Place
Available Now
The Indifferent Wonder of an Edible Place is a downloadable game created by Indian independent game developers and artists Studio Oleomingus.
Online course / Ian McEwan on Screen
Wednesdays, 10 – 31 Mar, 7pm – 8.30pm
Ian McEwan is one of the UK’s most acclaimed authors, with many screen adaptations of his work. But he’s also written numerous screenplays and adapted the novels of other writers. Join us as we take a visual tour of McEwan’s work on screen.
Event / screen_share
Thu 25 Mar 2021, 7pm (deadline for submissions Wed 17 Mar)
screen_share is a new event for artists making screen-based work of any kind to come together, share what they’ve made and talk about it in a friendly and informal environment.
Virtual Cinema / Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project
Streaming now
In her efforts to protect the truth, radical activist Marion Stokes recorded American television 24 hours a day for over 30 years. This film pulls back the curtain on her life, through a mix of Stokes' own recordings and interviews with those who knew her best.
Virtual Cinema / iHuman
Streaming now
Award-winning director Tonje Hessen Schei's documentary explores how artificial intelligence – the most powerful and far-reaching technology of our time – is changing our lives, our society and our future.
Online course / Introduction to Short Film
Tuesdays, 13 – 20 Apr, 7pm – 9pm
Join tutor Kenton Hall for this two-week introduction to short film and the people who make it, exploring its role in the modern cinema industry.
Online course / Six Great British Directors
Wednesdays, 14 Apr – 19 May, 7pm – 8.30pm
Since the beginning of cinema, Britain has produced some of the world’s finest film directors. Join us as we explore the diversity of British filmmaking through the careers of six of its best directors – from the well-known to the underrated.
More about Phoenix
Phoenix / About Cinema
Phoenix is an independent cinema screening the best films from around the world, from micro-budget foreign pictures to Hollywood blockbusters.
Phoenix / 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.
Phoenix / About Learning
Whether for pleasure, professional skills or education, Phoenix's short courses, talks, workshops and screenings make learning rewarding and fun.
Phoenix Leicester
Phoenix is Leicester’s centre for independent cinema, art and digital culture. We are a charity.
In our two modern cinema screens we show everything from micro-budget independent films to the latest Hollywood blockbusters, and we regularly organise festivals and events.
Our regularly changing art programme presents work by local and international artists, and our education work helps people of all ages to learn about, and create their own, film and art.
At Phoenix, we believe film and art have the power to enhance our lives. Watching a movie or visiting a gallery can entertain and inspire us, offering new perspectives on our lives and those of others.
They deserve to be experienced somewhere special – which is why we work hard to ensure Phoenix is a place everyone can feel welcome and inspired.
If you fancy a drink, dinner or somewhere to meet friends, our Café Bar is open all day serving freshly-cooked food, and drinks you can take into our cinema screen if you wish.
For many customers, our staff make the difference. With a clear passion for our work, you’ll find many are studying film or art locally, or involved in the wider creative community Phoenix attracts.
As a local charity, all our earnings go back into developing our creative programmes, enabling us to reach out to more people.
We hope to see you soon.