Conference / State-of-the-AI-Art
Thu 23 May, 10am – 4.30pm
This Art-AI conference explores the role of artificial intelligence in art, featuring keynotes, talks and walking tours of festival artworks.
Film / Woman At War
Fri 17 – Thu 23 May
★★★★ – IndieWire. Eco-activist Halla campaigns against energy corporations by sabotaging their energy pylons and shooting down cables with a bow and arrow. But her fight is disrupted when her years-old, long-forgotten application to adopt a baby is approved.
Atypical / Diamantino
Wed 22 – Thu 23 May
★★★★ – Little White Lies. Portuguese football superstar Diamantino’s life takes a drastic turn when he misses a penalty kick, sending him on a delirious odyssey.
Film / Phoenix VR - Rose Colored
Thu 23 May, 5.30pm & 6.30pm
Victoria’s personal AI, Klive is only doing what his program thinks will benefit his user, and that’s his job: to make sure she’s happy. No matter what.
Film / Tolkien
Fri 10 – Thu 23 May
"Hoult brings a quiet, romantic intensity to the young Tolkien" – Entertainment Weekly. This epic story of love, loss, and fellowship offers insight into novelist JRR Tolkien – the creator of Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit and the tales of Middle Earth.
Film / Amazing Grace
Fri 17 – Thu 23 May
★★★★★ – Guardian. Filmed in 1972 in Los Angeles, this sensational, spine-tingling concert film showcases an awe-inspiring Aretha Franklin at her dizziest gospel heights.
Family Workshops / Cultural Quarter Earlies
Second Saturday of every month
Cultural Quarter Earlies is a series of free family activities in the Cultural Quarter, taking place on the second Saturday of every month
Exhibition / Mario Klingemann - Interstitial Space
Thu 17 May – Sun 2 Jun
Acclaimed German artist Mario Klingemann is creating a new interactive installation for the Art-AI festival, placing the viewer in the middle of an AI system where two neural networks are pitted against each other.
Film / My Phoenix Passport
Screenings every month
MyPhoenix Passport is your ticket to great cinema from around the world, with specially selected films every month. Tickets £5 for MyPhoenix Members and Friends.
Installation / Libby Heaney - Britbot
Fri 17 May – Sun 2 Jun
Britbot is a computer program you can talk to that was trained initially on a version of Britishness related to the UK citizenship test
Festival / ¡Viva! Spanish & Latin American Film Festival 2019
Screenings throughout May
Phoenix is joining the VIVA festival’s national tour for a second year, bringing you some of the best new cinema from Spain and Spanish-speaking Latin America.
Film / Detective Pikachu
Fri 24 May – Sun 2 Jun
★★★★ – Observer. When ace private eye Harry Goodman goes missing, his son joins forces with Harry’s former Pokemon partner – wise-cracking Detective Pikachu (voiced by Ryan Reynolds) – to unravel the mystery.
Film / Rocketman
Fri 24 May – Thu 6 Jun
★★★★★ – Telegraph. Rocketman explores Elton John’s incredible early life – from beginnings as a prodigy at the Royal Academy of Music through to his influential, enduring musical partnership with Bernie Taupin.
Film / Birds of Passage
Fri 24 – Thu 30 May
★★★★ – Observer. Colombia, the late 1960s, the height of the 'marijuana bonanza'. Rapayet falls in love with Zaida, and to pay her dowry he becomes involved in a marijuana trafficking ring.
Film / Arctic
Fri 24 – Thu 30 May
★★★★ – Guardian. Mads Mikkelsen delivers a star turn as a pilot stranded in the Arctic who braves perilous conditions when a helicopter crashes, leaving an injured survivor in his care.
Film / Mystery Film
Fri 24 May, 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.
Sadler’s Wells Theatre / Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake
Sun 26 May, 3pm
Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake comes to cinemas with a fresh look for the 21st century and is ‘as bold and beautiful as ever’ (★★★★★ Telegraph).
National Theatre Live / All My Sons
Tue 28 May, 7pm
Broadcast live from The Old Vic in London, Academy Award-winner Sally Field and Bill Pullman star in Arthur Miller’s blistering drama All My Sons.
Workshop / Urban Projections - Collaborative Animated Light Graffiti
Wed 29 May, 7pm – 9pm + mobile projections starting 10pm
Learn how to use special software on iPads to craft intricate, collaborative animations and see them projected around the city in this workshop from Urban Projections
¡Viva! Festival / Quién te cantará
Wed 29 May, 8.30pm
Dive down the rabbit hole into an enigmatic hall of mirrors featuring a beloved singer and her talented fan; an amnesiac superstar and her devoted assistant; a doting mother and her bullying daughter.
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.