Silver Screenings

Enjoy a relaxed afternoon immersive screening especially for over 55’s. Choose from a regular screening ticket or a hot drink & slice of cake ticket bundle!

Select the date of the film you’d like to see from the list below when you go to book your ticket.

Thursday 19th December: Arctic: Our Frozen Planet

At the very top of the globe, lies a spectacular, frozen realm. But don’t be fooled by appearances…this place is not frozen in time. It’s a dynamic ecosystem and for thousands of years, its indigenous people and wildlife have found ways to survive and live in harmony with these extremes.

Embark on a yearlong adventure across the seasons and three continents. Be immersed in the astounding world of narwhals, belugas and polar bears as they navigate ice floes. Hear the thunderous sound of stampeding caribou and muskox trying to escape hungry wolves. Be amazed by hooded seals that blow up red balloons and ice-covered bumblebees that emerge glorious from their winter lairs.

As the planet’s climate is experiencing rapid changes, so is the Arctic. But the changes here are happening faster and more dramatically than anywhere else. Can it keep pace?

Total running time – 42 minutes

Thursday 23rd January: Chemistry of Life

What do all living things have in common? How tiny are molecules? What happens inside our cells after we eat? In Chemistry of Life – The invisible inside you will go on an adventure to find an answer to these questions and many more. The film focuses on chemical processes that are essential to all life on Earth. To do this you will shrink to a few nanometers in size and travel deep inside the cells of plants and humans to explore the chemistry of life. You will also find out why you cannot see molecules even with the most powerful light microscopes and get to know some of the tools that researchers use today to be able to learn more about our invisible inside.

Total running time: 32 minutes

Thursday 27th February: Bugs: A Rainforest Adventure

Get a view of the fascinating universe of insects magnified up to 250,000 times their normal size in Bugs! A Rainforest Adventure.

Become immersed in a miniature world, where a leaf weighs as much as a car and a single raindrop can quench the largest thirst.

Highlighting the extraordinary world of insects, Bugs! focuses on the life cycles of a praying mantis and a butterfly from their birth to their inevitable encounter in the tropical rainforest of Southeast Asia, where predator meets prey.

Total running time: 40 minutes

Thursday 27th March: Junkerry’s Together Apart

Junkerry’s Together Apart is a multi-sensory journey, composed in cutting-edge spatial audio technology, with visuals conceived for planetariums, giant screen theatres and museums.

The immersive feast conveys powerful positive messages through music, songs, and spoken voices. Junkerry’s swirl of ambient throb, soulful pop, classical Indian and jazz envelops you from every angle, shifting you to unexpected spaces.

Bringing this show to fruition has been an incredible journey. It began in 2020 when we conducted interviews on Belonging, Loneliness, Inclusion and Togetherness with a diverse group of children, artists, philosophers and friends. With those insights, Junkerry wrote a 50 minute score, in five chapters, recorded 10 incredible musicians hailing from 8 countries, then collaborated with an all female team of visual artists, who each brought their own unique perspective to a chapter.

The magic of “Together Apart” is intended to nurture a sense of unity and designed to encourage us to absorb culture through meaningful shared experiences.

Total running time: 55 minutes

Thursday 24th April: Experience the Sound

For more than 100 years, from the early days of black and white silent film to sound, colour and now 360 degrees, moving images have recorded Plymouth’s relationship with the ocean.

With support from the British Film Institute Audience Fund and National Lottery, Real Ideas and The Box have partnered to re-imagine rarely seen moving image and paper materials from the South West Film and Television Archive into a stunning fulldome film that explores Plymouth’s strong connection to The Sound.

There will be event photography taking place and an opportunity to give feedback after you’ve seen the film. Everyone is welcome to attend however the film may be more suited to adults.

This project is supported by the BFI Audience Fund awarding funds from the National Lottery.

Total running time: Approx 35 mins