Classic film session: Classis film matinees for seniors and public. The tickets available from our website as well as in person at the cinema , group bookings welcome .This is part of a longer season of classic hollywood films with screenings every week wednesday at 2pm - ( if there is no date indicated, it means we have private booking)

An animal welfare campaigner investigates the abuse of dogs and meets like-minded people seeking changes in the law to legislate against this ill-treatment. We selected this special films for the dog-lovers and world dogs day (26th Aug) CALL FOR FANS OF…WILDING, BLACKFISH, BANK JOB, COWSPIRACY, WILD LIFE, I COULD NEVER GO VEGAN, MY OCTOPUS TEACHER, THE BIGGEST LITTLE FARM, THE CHAMPIONS, PET FOOLED, EARTHLINGS

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 seniors, including individuals living with dementia, those with learning disabilities, and their families. Just reserve your spot.

"Emilia Pérez" is a 2024 musical crime film directed by Jacques Audiard. It follows a Mexican cartel leader who transitions into a woman named Emilia Pérez

.Rita, an underrated lawyer working for a large law firm more interested in getting criminals out of jail than bringing them to justice, is hired by the leader of a criminal organization.It is an amazing productioncombined with briliant acting.

In 1976, as Argentina descends into violence and chaos, a world-weary English teacher regains his compassion for others thanks to an unlikely friendship with a penguin.

Celebrate the 100th anniversary of Arthur Conan Doyle's movie The Lost World! Free sscreenin but special intro talk charge is £5

As part of HOLMES FEST 2025, Southsea Arts Cinema and Matt Wingett invite you to Conan Doyle's magnificent movie. The free screening will have an introductory talk by Matt Wingett dressed as Professor Challenger, who will highlight the film's production history and its later influences.

Holmes Fest Wrap Party - The Hound of the Baskervilles

Come to The Southsea Arts Cinema to celebrate the final night of HOLMES FEST 2025 for drinks, chats and fun.

Features:

a prize for the Best Dressed Victorian

a drink with your ticket

chance to chat with Holmes Fest organiser Matt

free movie screening, nibbles and snacks

A fun night to wrap up HOLMES FEST 2025.

Come in, first have a mingle, chat and drink, then settle down for a brief talk on The Hound of the Baskervilles by Matt Wingett.

Matt will also offer a prize for best-dressed Victorian - so if you want to come in costume, you are in with a chance!

Then settle down for the inimitable Basil Rathbone in this classic Sherlock Holmes move from 1939.

On his uncle's death Sir Henry Baskerville returns from Canada to take charge of his ancestral hall on the desolate moors of Devonshire. Here, he finds Sherlock Holmes investigating the local belief that his uncle was killed by a monster hound that has roamed the moors since 1650...

...Will it strike again at Sir Henry?

After the movie, there's more time to mingle and chat, meet other Sherlock and Doyle fans, or just have a pleasant time with a few drinks, and the presentation of a prize for The Best Dressed Victorian on the night before Matt officially closes HOLMES FEST 2025

The perfect blend of prison film, detective

movie, portrait of a woman and a deep dive

into Corsican society, Stéphane Demoustier

delivers an excellent feature film carried by

the brilliant Hafsia Herzi.

When Melissa (Hafsia Herzi), a prison guard, is

transferred to a new prison in Corsica, a young

male inmate helps her find her bearings and

offers her protection – but he later expects

help in return.

Enjoy unique international cinematic and culinary experiences every month. We welcome you to enjoy our new monthly international film and food nights. We've curated a season of great films from diverse countries, combined with an authentic street food dish prepared by native chefs. For £20 you can have a memorable evening, while supporting the community cinema and some great new startup food entrepreneurs in the city. Put it in your diary... 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

3rd July Chinese Night

7th August Arabic Night

4th September Indonesian Night

2nd October Iranian Night

6th November Turkish Night

4th December French Night

Shaun is a 30-something loser with a dull existence. When he's not working at the electronics store, he lives with his slovenly best friend, Ed, in a tiny London house. The only unpredictable element in his life is his girlfriend, Liz, who wishes desperately for Shaun to grow up. When the town is overrun with zombies, Shaun must rise to the occasion and protect her...

Akemi is a dragon tattooed leader of the Tachibana Yakuza clan. In a duel with a rival gang Akemi slashes the eyes of an opponent and a black cat appears, to lap the blood from the gushing wound. The cat along with the eye-victim go on to pursue Akemi’s gang in revenge, leaving a trail of dead Yakuza girls, their dragon tattoos skinned from their bodies.

In 1887, at a time when duels are in vogue in Paris, Clément Lacaze and Marie-Rose Astié meet. He's a charismatic master of arms; she's a feminist, far ahead of her time. Clément gets caught in a spiral of violence and decides to initiate Marie-Rose in the art of dueling. The two must work together to save face. How far will they go to defend their honor?

Southsea Arts Hidden Talent Live Music Nights: 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)

SALTATION  - 7PM

THE BADSTUNT 7.50PM

8.30PM  (Break)

RATS TAKING OVER – 8.50PM

Five grisly tales from a 1950s-style comic, including a murdered father rising from beyond, a bizarre meteor, a vengeful husband, a mysterious crate's occupant, and a plague of cockroaches.

When scientist Seth Brundle completes his teleportation device, he tests it on himself. Unbeknownst to him, a housefly slips in during the process, leading to a merge of man and insect. The fly's cells begin to take over Brundle's body, and his new world of chaos and horror ensues...

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

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.

A selection of short films produced locally by students and aspiring filmmakers. We have short listed films becase we had record submissin for the first screeining on 17 October this year. Please expect to have an hour programme.

Double Bill 1----Hans Beckert, a serial killer who preys on children, becomes the focus of a massive police manhunt. Beckert's heinous crimes are so repellant to city life that he's even targeted by others in the seedy underworld network. With both cops and criminals in pursuit, the murderer soon realizes that people are on his trail, sending him into a panicked attempt to escape justice.

In a futuristic city sharply divided between the rich and the poor, the son of the city's mastermind meets a prophet who predicts the coming of a savior to mediate their differences.

War, veteran Jacob Singer struggles to maintain his sanity. Plagued by flashbacks, he rapidly falls apart as the world and people around him morph and twist into disturbing images...

After kidnapping a father and his two kids, the Gecko brothers head south to a seedy Mexican bar to hide out in safety, unaware of its notorious vampire clientele.

February 1939. Overwhelmed by the flood of Republicans fleeing Franco's dictatorship, the French government's solution consists in confining the Spanish refugees in concentration camps where they have no other choice than to build their own shelters, feed off the horses which have carried them out of their country, and die by the hundred for lack of hygiene and water... In one of these camps, two men, separated by barbwire, will become friends. One is a guard the other is Josep Bartoli (Barcelona 1910 - New York 1995), a cartoonist who fights against the Franco regime.

' 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, for two nights only. the 24th and 25th October. 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...

When Ann, husband George, and son Georgie arrive at their holiday home they are visited by a pair of polite and seemingly pleasant young men. Armed with deceptively sweet smiles and some golf clubs, they proceed to terrorize and torture the tight-knit clan, giving them until the next day to survive.

 Free Family Screening. After losing their academic posts at a prestigious university, a team of parapsychologists goes into business as proton-pack-toting "ghostbusters" who exterminate ghouls, hobgoblins and supernatural pests of all stripes. An ad campaign pays off when a knockout cellist hires the squad to purge her swanky digs of demons that appear to be living in her refrigerator.

The world of 10-year old Nina has been in turmoil since her father lost his job. Despite weeks of strike, his factory closed down. The manager had tampered with the accounts and precipitated its collapse. But rumour has it that a nest-egg remains hidden somewhere in the factory. Nina and her friend Mehdi spring into action to help Nina’s dad out. This tale of our times, which is also a coming-of-age story, stages the interaction between the concerns of children and those of adults.

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

This is a double bill screening for two horro films back to back.

The Rocky Horror Picture Show (

50TH ANNIVERSARY SCREENING⭐

Sing along to the legendary offbeat horror musical THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW. Throw your inhibitions out the window and shiver with antici…pation for an unforgettable party. It’s just a jump to the left – and then a step to the riiiight! In this cult classic, sweethearts Brad (Barry Bostwick) and Janet (Susan Sarandon), stuck with a flat tire during a storm, discover the eerie mansion of Dr. Frank-N-Furter (Tim Curry), a transvestite scientist. As their innocence is lost, Brad and Janet meet a houseful of wild characters, including a rocking biker (Meat Loaf) and a creepy butler (Richard O’Brien). Through elaborate dances and rock songs, Frank-N-Furter unveils his latest creation: a muscular man named “Rocky.”

Ticket also includes a dress-up party alongside the film screening! Audience paricipation is onligation and we provide the materials.

The story centres on a group of teenagers street cast in their neighbourhood and selected to play in a feature film during the summer. The film tells the story of this film shoot and of the connections that will be formed during it.