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September 5 15

Screening from Fri 7 Feb

Unveiling a decisive moment that forever changed media coverage and continues to impact live news today, September 5 is set during the 1972 Munich Summer Olympics and follows an American broadcasting team that quickly adapted from sports reporting to live coverage of the Israeli athletes taken hostage.

Screening Mon 10 Feb
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Vermiglio 15

Screening from Fri 7 Feb

1944. In Vermiglio, a high mountain village of the Italian Alps, war looms as a distant but constant threat. The arrival of Pietro, a refugee soldier, disrupts the dynamics of the local teacher’s family, changing them forever.

Screening Mon 10 Feb
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A Complete Unknown 15

EXTRA SHOWS: Screening until Thu 13 Feb

"★★★★★ – an electric revelation" – Guardian. The director of Walk the Line returns to the world of musician biopics with this portrait of Bob Dylan, starring Timothée Chalamet as the folk icon.

Screening Mon 10 Feb
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The Brutalist 18

EXTRA SHOWS: Screening until Thu 13 Feb

"★★★★★ – a filmmaking triumph" – Evening Standard. Feeling like a throwback to event cinema, Brady Corbet’s sublime, monumental new film is both epic and intimate, with an ensemble cast firing on all cylinders.

Screening Mon 10 Feb
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Bring Them Down 15

Screening from Fri 7 Feb

The last son of a shepherding family, Michael lives with his ailing father Ray. When a simmering conflict with rival farmer and his son escalates, powered by past traumas, a devastating chain of events puts both families on a collision course.

Screening Mon 10 Feb
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Hard Truths 12A

EXTRA SHOWS: Screening until Thu 13 Feb

Legendary filmmaker Mike Leigh returns with this fierce, compassionate, and often darkly funny study of family and the thorny ties that bind us.

Screening Mon 10 Feb
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Saturday Night 15

Screening from Fri 7 Feb

America, mid-1970s: Against a backdrop of Watergate, Vietnam, and rising counterculture, a new dawn is about to break onto the nation’s TV screens.

Screening Mon 10 Feb
/ Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme

Stay Mum + Director Q&A 18

Mon 10 Feb, 6.15pm

Chisako rescues a boy who has lost his memory in an accident, but instead of handing him over to social services she decides to pretend to be his mother and takes him under her wing.

Screening Mon 10 Feb
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8-bit II: Computer Art from the 1980s (2025)

Fri 10 Jan – Mon 31 Mar

This latest exhibition in partnership with the Computer Arts Society brings together a unique collection of 1980s works by Dan Cooper, Geoff Davis and Martin Rootes that recognises the significance of 8-bit art from the era.

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Leicester Comedy Festival

Fri 7 – Sat 22 Feb

Leicester Comedy Festival is back at Phoenix with a programme that's bigger than ever!

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The Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme 2025

Screenings until 29 March

The UK’s biggest festival of Japanese cinema, the Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme (JFTFP), is back for its latest and greatest instalment!

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Visible Bits, Audible Bytes Retrospective

Fri 6 Dec – late March

Celebrating Phoenix’s ten screenings of Visible Bits, Audible Bytes since 2010, this retrospective presents selected works from the series.

Access Cinema

Regular screenings for people with differing access needs, to give all our customers the chance to enjoy a great cinema experience.

Audio described screenings

For our customers who are blind or have slight loss, many films now come with audio description, where a recorded narrator describes the on-screen action during gaps in the dialogue.

Autism friendly

For children and adults on the autistics / Asperger’s spectrum, these screenings have reduced sound levels, partially raised lighting, no trailers and freedom to move around.

Descriptive subtitles

For anyone who is deaf or has hearing loss, we show subtitled versions of the latest English language movies in our main cinema screens.

Phoenix Leicester

Phoenix is Leicester’s centre for independent cinema, art and digital culture. Films and art deserve to be experienced somewhere special – which is why the whole Phoenix team works hard to make Phoenix a place where everyone can feel welcome and inspired.

Following a multi-million pound expansion, Phoenix now boast four state-of-the-art cinema screens, and shows everything from micro-budget independent films to the latest Hollywood blockbusters, plus film festivals and special events. And as an independent venue, the team handpicks Phoenix’s cinema programme specifically for Leicester audiences, so you’ll see things at Phoenix that aren’t screening in any other local cinemas.

With two superb galleries, Phoenix’s digital art programme presents exciting and innovative work by local and international artists; and short courses, workshops and activities provide opportunities for people of all ages to learn about and create their own film and art.

Our newly opened Café Bar offers a stylish and comfortable place to see friends and relax over a meal and drinks, or meet with clients and catch up on some work.

Phoenix believes that film and art have the power to enhance lives, and for many customers Phoenix staff make the difference. With a clear passion for their work, you’ll find many are studying film or art locally, or are involved in the wider creative community Phoenix attracts.

And as a local charity, all earnings go back into developing Phoenix’s creative programmes, enabling them to reach out to more people.

We hope to see you soon.