Flourishing Communities with "Reel Memories" Free Film Screenings Portsmouth Film Society is delighted to announce receiving generous support from the National Lottery to provide free film screenings for everyone but especially for seniors, individuals living with dementia, those with learning disabilities, and their families. Will be shown in a relaxed screening environment, Just reserve your spot.

Members sharing their favorite films! You can pop in to cinema find out about which films we are sharing. Pizza service will be included with your reservation.

If you do not fancy for pizza (vegan availble), you can get cake, beer/wine or ice cream. Pre-reservations recommended if you wish to get pizza please.

In the early 1970s, the military dictatorship in Brazil reaches its height. The Paiva family - Rubens, Eunice, and their five children - live in a beachside house in Rio, open to all their friends. One day, Rubens is taken for questioning and does not return.

The Pleasure in Scribbling Workshop

12 people will create spontaneous art drawings in a season.

Run by International artist Leyla Sabah has who studied at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Istanbul painting department in 1994, is an experienced artist with 30 years’ practice. She is also a teacher, traveller with 10 years’ experience of delivering  the specialised class “Art for Personal Development”. Her paintings are abstracts with a mix of paints and collages

https://www.leylasabah.com/portfolio

Fanny, a shy and lonely teenager, goes on a language exchange to Germany. In Leipzig, she meets her pen pal, Lena, a teenager eager to become politically active. Fanny is troubled. To win over Lena, she invents a life for herself, to the extent of becoming trapped in her lies.

Classic film sessions: They're classics for a reason!. An exciting mix of English language films from Britain, Hollywood and the world, every Wednesday at 2pm. (If no film is listed for a particular Wednesday, that means there is a private booking that day).The tickets are available from our website as well as in person at the cinema, group bookings welcome.x

Black comedy night with scethes, poems and childish animation.  Written and performed by Craig Maskell

Please reserve your tickets for special comedy night.

Find out the film at the screening...if you dare!

This is a old classic film and all you need to do bend your knees.. Satanism and Witchcraft mixed with folk and after film screneing, we will share some horror poems with you.

Jean, a PE teacher, is forced to live a double life. When a new student arrives and threatens to expose her sexuality, Jean is pushed to extreme lengths to keep her job and her integrity.

An unique international cinematic and culinary experiences every month. We've curated a season of great films from diverse countries, combined with an authentic street food dish prepared by native chefs.  The first Thursday of every month. Come join us, let our films and chefs give you a little flavour of their home. Doors open at 6PM for food and drink at the licensed bar, with the film starting at 7PM

5th February Ethiopian

5th March Bolivian

2nd April  Japan

7th May Polish

4th June Italian

‘Due to popular demand Tony Johnson will be performing his monologue ‘Living the Dream’ for Further three nights, 6th, 7th and 8th Feb 2026′

' A career in bus driving was not my childhood dream''

Life doesn't always go to plan, but you make the best of it you can.  Tony Johnson reprises his much praised and highly successful Monologue 'Living the Dream,'  fresh from his sold out show at the Petersfield Fringe and at our venue last autumn Join Tony as he shares a light-hearted tale of the highs and lows of working in public transport, how he got here, and what drives him on.  ...Book your ticketsearly, as this is sure to sell out quickly...

An eccentric lottery winner who lives alone on a remote island tries to make his fantasies come true by getting his favourite musicians to perform at his home.

Two conspiracy obsessed young men kidnap the high-powered CEO of a major company, convinced that she is an alien intent on destroying planet Earth.

Southsea Arts Poetry Collective presents: Our Poem Reading day, this is a free event - please bring your poems or your music...See you soon!!

 Joining LYNX and another from the Detail Recordings stable is the hard hitting local DJ Jamm:in who'll also be showcasing material from his new label DC10.

Get ready for a curated selection of intellectually stimulating music moulded by love.

Supported by local DJs: LEES, VILLAIN, PRANG8SEVEN, RONI, RK1, BLAKEY

MCs FREESTYLE and DUNN

Online ticket £7, at the gate £10

The last entry is 10pm

NO RE-ADMISSION POLICY APPLY

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The boy Mowgli makes his way to the man-village with Bagheera, the wise panther. Along the way he meets jazzy King Louie, the hypnotic snake Kaa and the lovable, happy-go-lucky bear Baloo, who teaches Mowgli "The Bare Necessities" of life and the true meaning of friendship.

Welcome to our new independently run film club. This club runs once a month. Come and see some of the best cinema that celebrates LGBTQ+ artists and writers. We will blend a range of films that underscore the history of telling these stories and want to share them with everyone in our community who is interested. Please note: The doors open at 7:00pm, film starts at 7:30pm

The story of a century: a decades-long second World War leaves plague and anarchy, then a rational state rebuilds civilization and attempts space travel. (The production year 1936)

Southsea Arts Hidden Talent Live Music Nights:Winter Showcase. Celebrations of young people’s live music performances for Saturday evenings.If you wish for your band to be included in these activities, please email us for details and scheduling opportunities. admin@southseacinema.co.uk

Re-admission policy apply.

£6 ticket

PROGRAMME

6PM (Doors open)

EXHILARO  - 7PM

HELITROPE 7.50PM

8.40PM  (Break)

CINNABAR – 9PM

Please reseve your tickets in advance, these events are popular.

In this Dickens adaptation, orphan Pip discovers through lawyer Mr. Jaggers that a mysterious benefactor wishes to ensure that he becomes a gentleman. Reunited with his childhood patron, Miss Havisham, and his first love, the beautiful but emotionally cold Estella, he discovers that the elderly spinster has gone mad from having been left at the altar as a young woman, and has made her charge into a warped, unfeeling heartbreaker.

Part of the Bookfest

Diagnosed with Tourette Syndrome at 15, John Davidson navigates his way against the odds through troubled teenage years and into adulthood, finding inspiration in the kindness of others to discover his true purpose in life.

After the insane General Jack D. Ripper initiates a nuclear strike on the Soviet Union, a war room full of politicians, generals and a Russian diplomat all frantically try to stop it.

We are delighted  to introduce you a new music/film/dance season with costume competition.

We will share a film from the iconic musicians and celebrate, remember and cheerish for them,

Portsmouth Past and Future

A special documentary curated by Portsmouth Film Society, featuring a selection of archive films that reflect the city's rish history and evolving identity. Followed by panel discussion. Free screening, please reserve your place in advance.

A spoiled brat who falls overboard from a steamship in the 1920s gets picked up by a New England fishing boat, where he's made to earn his keep by joining the crew in their work  it's a.Rudyard Kipling novel and screen play by John Lee Mahin, Marc Connelly and Dale Van Every.

This screening is part of the Bookfest

Platform Films’ “Censoring Palestine” documentary explores the way the mainstream media has covered events in Gaza and in effect hidden a genocide.

Ken Loach, Alexei Sayle, Jackie Walker, and the mothers of imprisoned Palestine Action protesters are among the film’s star contributors.

The updated film includes previously unseen footage of police arrests, and eye witness accounts, of the brutality used against peaceful protesters whose only crime was to oppose the genocide in Palestine and the ban on the protest group Palestine Action.

There is no charge for a screening but donations are welcomed.

Running time 75 mins

Rob Johnston (guitars and vocals) and Tim Gower (percussion) have been headline guests at our venue several times by popular demand! As a duo, they have performed at major festivals and Art centres including Victorious.

Acton Bell are a 4-person blend of superb instrumental and vocal musicianship and real writing talent. They have been playing to great acclaim in the area and their songs and striking vocal harmonies make them a stand-out contemporary acoustic act!

Lauren Withall is an amazing young musician from Portsmouth. A talented singer/songwriter (and guitarist!). Lauren performs unique and subtle versions of classic acoustic songs combining her playing skill with an original and refined vocal style all her own. She writes her own original material and has just recorded her first single!