Join us on closing night where Two Short Nights will platform this year’s Exeter Phoenix Short Film Commissions on the big screen for the first time.

The best films from 2025’s 48 Hour Film Challenge, followed by the presentation of this year’s festival awards.

A collection of the best docs at Two Short Nights, highlighting fascinating stories and showing off the diversity and power of documentary film.

A collection of shorts that untangle the ties that bind and explore complicated relationships with friends and family.

Want to see it all but make the whole festival? Check out this showcase of the films in consideration to win the Two Short Nights Best Film 2025 Award.

Oscar winner Nicole Kidman (The Hours) gives a fearless performance alongside Harris Dickinson (The Iron Claw) in Halina Reijn’s (Bodies Bodies Bodies) provocative erotic thriller.

Set in Paris, 1977, MARIA tells the glamorous, moving story of one the world’s greatest sopranos, Maria Callas. Now hiding in an apartment, having lost her voice and retreated from the world.

After their 30-year anniversary in 2023, Dreadzone are coming to Exeter Phoenix to celebrate their ninth official studio album, Nine – set to release in October 2024.

Learn the ancient skill of Japanese watercolour woodblock printing.
This beautifully subtle and painterly technique is ideal for those
wishing to print at home without a press.

Adapted from Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, Nickel Boys focuses on the story of Elwood (Ethan Herisse), a black teen sent to the Nickel Academy (based on a notorious real-life institution).

The band you didn’t know you missed but you do know you want to hear again. Hailing from Finland, this jolly bunch combine bluegrass, Finnish folk and rock/metal music.

Get ready for the latest instalment of China’s wildly popular Detective Chinatown action comedy franchise. A perfect was to mark the Lunar New Year

A special event to launch Beyond Shorts, a career-development programme designed to elevate south west-based producers and directors.

Join this comprehensive 2-day workshop for an in-depth introduction to Adobe Illustrator. Whether you’re a beginner or looking to enhance your existing skills, this course will equip you with a solid understanding of how to use Illustrator effectively for your creative projects.

You know when you’re trying to wee on a night out, and a random girl you don’t know starts telling you her secrets? Imagine that, but she has a microphone. 2023 Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee.

The Exeter Phoenix Camera Group is a monthly social meet-up for anyone keen on photography who has some experience, or may have been on the beginners course and would like to keep in contact with like minded enthusiasts.

From Academy Award winning animator, Adam Elliot, MEMOIRS OF A SNAIL is the latest heartwarming and darly funny feature with the voices of Sarah Snook, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Eric Bana, Dominique Pinon, Jacki Weaver and Nick Cave.

A box office sensation in Thailand, Pat Boonnitipat’s irresistible feature debut is a proven tearjerker (it went viral after users of social media began a trend of videoing themselves crying after watching the film) has made the Oscar shortlist and scooped a Golden globe.

British auteur Mike Leigh reunites with Secrets & Lies star Marianne Jean-Baptiste in this fierce, compassionate, and often darkly humorous study of character and family.

This workshop is a great introduction to Gelliplate printing. You will
have the opportunity to try out various techniques and explore
different ways of using your prints.

Studio 74’s Mystery Film returns for February with a pick from our very own Marketing Officer, Scout. Get your tickets quick to see this classic musical back on the big screen!