What we offer

We offer free advice and ongoing support to all groups, bringing exhibitors together through events, screenings, workshops and networking opportunities, publishing advice, case studies and educational materials to help groups at all stages of operation, providing a wide range of member benefits, including access to the Cinema For All Booking Scheme, insurance discounts and special offers from our partners, advocating for community cinemas at a national level on policy, planning and licensing.

Why is Community Cinema important?

The volunteers who put on film screenings in their communities are a special bunch of committed film fans. Cinema For All believes that their work is hugely important, has a significant impact on the film industry, on local regeneration and on people’s lives.

  • Community cinemas and film societies bring film to all areas of the country – 31% of community screens operate in rural areas, compared to only 3% of commercial venues.
  • The support of home-grown film and talent – 25% of films shown by community groups are UK productions.
  • They engage with the people in their communities – a film society experience brings you together as a community to share the magic of cinema. Community cinemas bring back that habit of cinema-going, that was once thought lost.
  • They do it because they love it – we believe that a community screening can be an inspiring and unique way to experience cinema. The passion and enthusiasm of the volunteer organisers comes through in many thoughtful and highly creative ways.

Latest Additions to the Booking Scheme

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    The Substance

    Available to screen from 31/03/2025. Demi Moore gives a career-best performance as Elisabeth Sparkle, a former A-lister past her prime and drawn to the opportunity presented by a mysterious new drug. All it takes is one injection and she is reborn – temporarily – as the gorgeous, twentysomething Sue (Margaret Qualley). The only rule? Time needs to be split: exactly one week in one body, then one week in the other. No exceptions. Easy, right? […]

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    I’m Still Here

    Available to screen from 21/04/25. BRAZIL, 1971. Brazil faces the tightening grip of a military dictatorship. Eunice Paiva, a mother of five children, is forced to reinvent herself after her family suffers a violent and arbitrary act by the government. I’m Still Here is based on Marcelo Rubens Paiva’s biographical book and tells the true story that helped reconstruct an important part of Brazil’s hidden history. Nominated for 3 Academy Awards®Best PictureBest Actress – Fernanda […]

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    Bird

    Available to screen from 24/03/2025. Marking her long-awaited return to fiction filmmaking, Andrea Arnold’s tender and surprising coming-of-age fable heralds an astounding debut from newcomer Nykiya Adams. Buoyed by spirited turns from Barry Keoghan and Franz Rogowski, Bird leaps from overlooked fringes of life toward sky-high dreams.

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