Festival / ¡Viva! Spanish & Latin American Film Festival
Screenings throughout June
Join us in June as we take a cinematic whistle stop tour through the Latin world, A la fiesta!
Restored Classic / The Piano
Fri 22 – Mon 25 Jun
Jane Campion's extraordinary, triumphant masterpiece set in newly colonised, Victorian-era New Zealand, is reissued to mark its 25th anniversary.
Film / The Happy Prince
Fri 22 Jun – Thu 5 Jul
Rupert Everett directs and stars in this tragic biopic about the latter years of Oscar Wilde’s life.
Film / McQueen
Fri 22 – Sun 24 Jun
Alexander McQueen's rags-to-riches story is a modern-day fairy tale, laced with the gothic.
Film / A Ciambra
Fri 22 – Thu 28 Jun
Calling to mind a Romani City of God, A Ciambra follows 14 year old Pio, who lives in a small community in Calabria, Italy and charts his rise in the criminal underworld.
Cinema Bizarre / Timecrimes
Fri 22 Jun, 8.30pm
An ordinary guy takes an extraordinary step through time in this surreal science fiction thriller. Screening in glorious 35mm.
Film / Coco
Sat 23 & Sun 24 Jun
Young Miguel dreams of being a musician, despite his family's baffling generations-old ban on music. In order to discover his true heritage he takes a trip to The Land of The Dead to be reunited with his ancestors.
35mm Club / Buena Vista Social Club
Sun 24 Jun, 5.40pm
Wim Wenders accompanied Ry Cooder to Cuba in 1998 to film a group of musicians in the studio and trace their lives in Havana following them to the stage of The Carnegie Hall in New York City.
Film / The Boy Downstairs
Mon 25 – Thu 28 Jun
Evoking similar themes to Kumail Nanjiani’s The Big Sick, director Sophie Brook’s directorial debut is a charming and off-beat romantic comedy.
Essential Cinema / The Motorcycle Diaries
Wed 27 Jun, 6pm
Che Guevara; the revolutionary and icon is the focus of this classic road movie. Which details the journey he took from Argentina to Venezuela, taking in all the splendour but also injustice of South America.
Film / Solo: A Star Wars Story
Fri 29 Jun – Mon 2 Jul
Board the Millennium Falcon and journey to a galaxy far, far away in an all-new Star Wars prequel adventure.
Film / In The Fade
Fri 29 Jun – Thu 12 Jul
Winner of Best Actress at the Cannes Film Festival, Diane Kruger delivers a heart-breaking performance in Fatih Akin's timely drama.
Film / Hereditary
Fri 29 Jun – Thu 5 Jul
Production company A24 continue their stunning run of form (The Witch, The Florida Project, Moonlight, Lady Bird) with this chilling horror starring Toni Collette. Sure to be the next cult hit.
Open Call Exhibition / Miriam Bean - Four
Sat 30 June – Sun 15 July 2018
Selected from an Open Call for emerging artists based in the East Midlands, Leicester-based artist Miriam Bean presents Four, a series of sound-based works derived from a dissonant string composition.
Film / The Valley + Q&A
Sat 30 Jun, 6pm
The Valley explores the struggle of one family to survive intact amidst a culture in which relationships and human connection are almost impossible to maintain.
Film / The Secret Spitfires
Sun 1 Jul, 3.15pm
Secret Spitfires is the story of of young girls, boys, women and handful of elderly men who built thousands of Spitfires in secret during WWII.
Film / Studio 54
Tue 3 – Thu 5 Jul
Studio 54 was the epicenter of 70s hedonism - this feature documentary tells the real story behind the greatest club of all time.
Course / DH Lawrence On Screen
Tuesdays, 3 – 24 Jul, 7pm – 8.30pm
A visual tour through DH Lawrence’s life on screen – from adaptation to biography – and beyond.
Apollo Theatre / Everybody's Talking About Jamie
Thu 5 Jul, 7.20pm | Sun 15 Jul, 3pm (Encore)
Inspired by a true story, Everybody’s Talking About Jamie is the new award-winning five-star hit musical for today.
Free screening / The Punk Singer
Fri 6 Jul, 10am
In partnership with Into Film; Phoenix Leicester presents a free education screening of The Punk Singer for 16 to 19 year old audiences (KS4 and above).
Film / The Bookshop
Fri 6 – Thu 12 Jul
In a sleepy 1950’s English town a bookshop owner faces trials and tribulations as she attempts to revitalise her fellow townsfolk in the aftermath of WWII.
Film / Mystery Film
Fri 6 Jul, 6.15pm
Join us as we voyage into the unknown with our mystery film night. It could be a new digital restoration, a 35mm print of an old classic or a rare theatrical outing for a film you’ve never had the chance to see on the big screen.
Film / The Dream Palace
Sun 8 Jul, 6.30pm
A film that tells the history of the Tyneside Cinema in Newcastle, as well as the wider story of cinema-going around the world.
Film / Bobby Robson: More Than a Manager
Mon 9 Jul, 6.15pm
Sir Bobby Robson forged a path that transcended class and footballing cultures, his dazzling career in football as a player and manager is remembered in this new documentary.
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.