List of analog film exhibitors

A list of exhibitors who intentionally show films on film to the public — cinemas, movie theaters, festivals, museums, and itinerant groups.

The list includes exhibitors who show a mix of film and digital and exhibitors who only occasionally show film, as well as exhibitors who show 16mm or other small gauge film but not 35mm (in other words, the target audience of Sprocket School!) The list excludes exhibitors who show film only because they have been unable to convert.

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• A much more detailed version of this list is available as a Google Docs spreadsheet. Request access by emailing info@sprocketschool.org

• This list was originally hosted at filmonfilm.tumblr.com/analogexhibitors

External Resources

• 16mm Directory’s list of exhibitors
• in70mm.com’s Now Showing in 70mm list
• The Film on Film Foundation’s Bay Area Film Calendar
• We Can Still Show Film, via the Mad Cornish Projectionist
• Screenings of preservations from the Film Foundation and UCLA Film & Television Archive
• The Association of Moving Image Archivists Film Advocacy Task Force
• Kinoton’s reference list
• www.splitbeam.org
• Out of Print's list of 35mm revival houses
• Presented in FILM Projection Facebook group

United States

Alabama

• Bama Theatre - Tuscaloosa, AL
• Capri Theatre - Montgomery, AL
• Crescent Theater - Mobile, AL

Arizona

• The Loft Cinema - Tucson, AZ

California

• Aero Theatre - Santa Monica, CA
• Berkeley Underground Film Society - Berkeley, CA
• Billy Wilder Theater (at UCLA) - Los Angeles, CA
• Castro Theatre - San Francisco, CA
• The Cinefamily - Los Angeles, CA
• Echo Park Film Center - Los Angeles, CA
• Egyptian Theatre - Los Angeles, CA
• Heavy Hitter Midnites (at the Cinefamily) - Los Angeles, CA
• James Bridges Theater (at UCLA) - Los Angeles, CA
• Linwood Dunn Theater (at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences) - Hollywood, CA
• Los Angeles County Museum of Art - Los Angeles, CA
• Los Angeles Filmforum (often at the Egyptian Theater) - Los Angeles, CA
• Naz 8 Cinemas - Artesia, CA
• Niles Essanay Film Museum - Fremont, CA
• Noir City (at the Castro Theatre) - San Francisco, CA
• Nuart Theatre (Landmark Theatres) - West Los Angeles, CA
• New Beverly Cinema - Los Angeles, CA
• Oddball Films - San Francisco, CA
• Other Cinema - San Francisco, CA
• Pacific Film Archive (Berkeley Art Museum) - Berkeley, CA
• REDCAT - Los Angeles, CA
• Roxie Theater - San Francisco, CA
• Samuel Goldwyn Theater (at Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences) - Hollywood, CA
• San Francisco Museum of Modern Art - San Francisco, CA
• San Francisco Silent Film Festival (at the Castro Theatre) - San Francisco, CA
• Secret Sixteen (at the Jumpcut Café) - Studio City, CA
• Shapeshifters Cinema (at the Temescal Art Center) - Oakland, CA
• The Small Back Room - El Cerrito, CA
• Smith Rafael Film Center at the California Film Institute - San Rafael, CA
• Stanford Theatre - Palo Alto, CA
• The Vortex Room - San Francisco, CA
• Yerba Buena Center for the Arts - San Francisco, CA

Colorado

• Alamo Drafthouse Littleton - Littleton, CO
• Denver Film Society at the SIE FilmCenter - Denver, CO
• International Film Series (at the University of Colorado) - Boulder, CO
• TIE: The International Experimental Cinema Exposition - Colorado Springs, CO

Connecticut

• Cinestudio (at Trinity College) - Hartford, CT
• Real Art Ways - Hartford, CT
• Wesleyan Film Series - Middletown, CT
• Whitney Humanities Center (at Yale University) - New Haven, CT

District of Columbia

• National Gallery of Art - Washington, DC
• E Street Cinema (Landmark Theatres) - Washington, DC

Florida

• Bill Cosford Cinema (University of Miami) - Miami, FL
• Enzian - Maitland, FL

Georgia

• Cinefest Film Theatre at Georgia State University - Atlanta, GA
• Contraband Cinema - Atlanta, GA
• Emory Cinematheque (at Emory University) - Atlanta, GA
• Film Love - Atlanta, GA
• Plaza Theatre - Atlanta, GA

Hawaii

• Doris Duke Theatre (at the Honolulu Museum of Art) - Honolulu, HI
• Hawaii International Film Festival - Honolulu, HI

Illinois

• The Art Theater - Champaign, IL
• Block Cinema (at the Block Museum, Northwestern University) - Evanston, IL
• Chicago 8 Fest (at Cinema Borealis) - Chicago, IL
• Chicago Cinema Society - Chicago, IL
• Chicago Filmmakers - Chicago, IL
• Cinema Borealis - Chicago, IL
• Conversations at the Edge (at the Gene Siskel Film Center) - Chicago, IL
• Chicago Underground Film Festival - Chicago, IL
• Doc Films (at the University of Chicago) - Chicago, IL
• Eye & Ear Clinic (at the School of the Art Institute) - Chicago, IL
• Eyeworks Festival of Experimental Animation - Chicago, IL
• Experimental Film Club (at the School of the Art Institute) - Chicago, IL
• Facets Cinématheque - Chicago, IL
• Film Studies Center (at the University of Chicago) - Chicago, IL
• Gene Siskel Film Center - Chicago, IL
• Logan Theater - Chicago, IL
• Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago - Chicago, IL
• Music Box Theatre - Chicago, IL
• The Nightingale - Chicago, IL
• Northbrook Public Library - Northbrook, IL
• Northwest Chicago Film Society (at the Patio Theater) - Chicago, IL
• Silent Film Society of Chicago - Chicago, IL
• South Side Projections - Chicago, IL
• Terror in the Aisles / Sci-Fi Spectacular / The Massacre - Chicago, IL
• Virginia Theatre - Champaign, IL
• White Light Cinema (often at The Nightingale) - Chicago, IL

Indiana

• Browning Cinema at the University of Notre Dame - Notre Dame, IN
• Indiana University Cinema - Bloomington, IN
• Royal Theater - Danville, IN
• Vintage Movie Nights (at the Garfield Park Arts Center) - Indianapolis, IN

Kansas

• Orpheum Theater - Wichita, KS

Maine

• Alamo Theatre (at Northeast Historic Film) - Bucksport, ME
• Waterville Opera House (collaboration with the Maine Film Center) - Waterville, ME

Maryland

• AFI Silver - Silver Spring, MD
• The Charles Theater - Baltimore, MD
• Sight Unseen - Baltimore, MD

Massachusetts

• Brattle Theatre - Cambridge, MA
• Bright Lights Film Series (at Emerson College) - Boston, MA
• Collins Cinema (at Wellesley College) - Wellesley, MA
• Coolidge Corner Theatre - Brookline, MA
• Harvard Film Archive - Cambridge, MA
• Institute of Contemporary Art - Boston, MA
• Lens and Lights (at Worcester Polytechnic Institute) - Worcester, MA
• MassArt Film Society (Massachusetts College of Art) - Boston, MA
• MIT Lecture Series Committee - Cambridge, MA
• Museum of Fine Arts - Boston, MA
• Norwood Theatre - Norwood, MA
• Theater 1 - Boston, MA
• Somerville Theatre - Somerville, MA
• Wasserman Cinematheque (at Brandeis University) - Waltham, MA

Michigan

• Ann Arbor Film Festival (at the Michigan Theater) - Ann Arbor, MI
• Cass City Cinema at the Burton Theatre - Detroit, MI
• Detroit Film Theatre (at the Detroit Institute of Arts) - Detroit, MI
• Mothlight Microcinema - Detroit, MI
• Redford Theatre - Detroit, MI

Minnesota

• Heights Theatre - Minneapolis, MN
• Take-Up Productions (at the Trylon microcinema) - Minneapolis, MN
• Walker Art Center - Minneapolis, MN

Missouri

• Alamo Drafthouse Mainstreet - Kansas City, MO
• Cinema St. Louis - St. Louis, MO
• Ragtag Cinema - St. Louis, MO

Montana

• The Wilma Theatre - Missoula, MT

New Hampshire

• Keene State College Film Society - Keene, NH

New Jersey

• Loew's Jersey Theatre - Jersey City, NJ

New Mexico

• Basement Films - Albuquerque, NM
• Center for Contemporary Arts Santa Fe Cinematheque - Santa Fe, NM
• Guild Cinema - Albuquerque, NM
• Mesilla Valley Film Society - Mesilla, NM
• The Screen (at the Santa Fe University of Art and Design) - Santa Fe, NM
• Southwest Film Center (at the University of New Mexico) - Albuquerque, NM

New York

• Alamo Drafthouse Yonkers - Yonkers, NY
• Anthology Film Archives - New York, NY
• BAMcinématek - Brooklyn, NY
• Capitolfest (at the Capitol Theatre) - Rome, NY
• Capitol Theatre - Rome, NY
• Cinefest - Syracuse, NY
• Cinema Arts Centre - Huntington, NY
• Cinema Theater - Rochester, NY
• Cornell Cinema (Cornell University) - Ithaca, NY
• Dryden Theatre (at George Eastman House) - Rochester, NY
• Film Forum - New York, NY
• Film Society of Lincoln Center - New York, NY
• Film-Makers’ Cooperative - New York, NY
• IFC Center - New York, NY
• Jacob Burns Film Center - Pleasentville, NY
• Light Industry - Brooklyn, NY
• The Little Theatre - Rochester, NY
• Millennium Film Workshop - Brooklyn, NY
• Microscope Gallery - Brooklyn, NY
• Mono No Aware - Brooklyn, NY
• Museum of Modern Art - New York, NY
• Museum of the Moving Image - Queens, NY
• Nitehawk Cinema - Brooklyn, NY
• Ottaway Film Center (at Bard College) - Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
• Palace Theatre - Albany, NY
• Spectacle Theater - Brooklyn, NY

North Carolina

• A/V Geeks - Raleigh, NC
• Bastard Film Encounter - Raleigh, NC
• Carolina Theatre - Durham, NC

North Dakota

• Fargo Theater - Fargo, ND

Ohio

• Case Western Reserve University Film Society - Cleveland, OH
• Cleveland Cinematheque (at the Cleveland Institute of Art) - Cleveland, OH
• Palace Theatre - Cleveland, OH
• Wexner Center for the Arts (Ohio State University) - Columbus, OH

Oregon

• 5th Avenue Cinema (at Portland State University) - Portland, OR
• Cinema Project - Portland, OR
• Hollywood Theatre - Portland, OR
• Northwest Film Center (at the Portland Art Museum) - Portland, OR

Pennsylvania

• Ambler Theater - Ambler, PA
• Andy Warhol Museum - Pittsburgh, PA
• Black Circle Cinema - Philadelphia, PA
• Campus Theatre (affiliated with Bucknell University) - Lewisburg, PA
• Cinedelphia Film Festival - Philadelphia, PA
• Colonial Theatre - Phoenixville, PA
• Exhumed Films (at International House Philadelphia) - Philadelphia, PA
• International House Philadelphia - Philadelphia, PA
• PhilaMOCA - Philadelphia, PA
• The Secret Cinema - Philadelphia, PA

Rhode Island

• Avon Cinema - Providence, RI
• Cable Car Cinema - Providence, RI
• Magic Lantern Cinema (at Cable Car Cinema) - Providence, RI

South Carolina

• Nickelodeon - Columbia, SC

Tennessee

• Belcourt Theatre - Nashville, TN
• Tennessee Theatre - Knoxville, TN

Texas

• Alamo Drafthouse Lake Creek - Austin, TX
• Alamo Drafthouse Mason Park - Houston, TX
• Alamo Drafthouse Park North - San Antonio, TX
• Alamo Drafthouse The Ritz - Austin, TX
• Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar - Austin, TX
• Alamo Drafthouse Village - Austin, TX
• Alamo Drafthouse Vintage Park - Houston, TX
• Austin Film Society - Austin, TX
• Experimental Response Cinema - Austin, TX
• Oak Cliff Film Festival - Dallas, TX
• Paramount Theatre - Austin, TX
• The Sprocket Society - Austin, TX
• Texas Theatre - Dallas, TX

Virginia

• Alamo Drafthouse Winchester - Winchester, VA
• Byrd Theatre - Richmond, VA
• James River Film Society - Richmond, VA
• Library of Congress - Packard Campus Theater - Culpeper, VA
• VCUarts Cinematheque at Virginia Commonwealth University - Richmond, VA

Washington

• Grand Illusion Cinema - Seattle, WA
• Grindhouse Theater (at the Grand Cinema) - Tacoma, WA
• Northwest Film Forum - Seattle, WA
• The Sprocket Society (often at the Grand Illusion Cinema) - Seattle, WA
• Olympia Film Society (at the Capitol Theater) - Olympia, WA

Wisconsin

• Chazen Museum of Art - Madison, WI
• Microlights - Milwaukee, WI
• Milwaukee Underground Film Festival (at the Union Theatre) - Milwaukee, WI
• UW Cinematheque (University of Wisconsin) - Madison, WI
• Wisconsin Film Festival - Madison, WI
• Union Theatre (University of Wisconsin) - Milwaukee, WI

Australia

• Arc Cinema (at the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia) - Canberra
• Astor Theatre - Melbourne, Victoria
• Australian Centre for the Moving Image - Melbourne, Victoria
• Australian Cinémathèque (at the Queensland Art Gallery) - South Brisbane, Queensland
• Melbourne Cinémathèque - Melbourne, Victoria
• Nambour Arthouse Cinema - Nambour, Queensland
• OtherFilm - Brisbane, Queensland

Austria

• Österreichisches Filmmuseum - Vienna

Belgium

• Cinéma Nova - Brussels

Brazil

• Curta 8 (Super 8 Film Festival) - Curitiba, Paraná

Canada

Alberta

• Metro Cinema Society (at the Garneau Theatre) - Edmonton, Alberta

British Columbia

• Pacific Cinémathèque - Vancouver, BC
• Rio Theatre - Vancouver, BC

Ontario

• The 8 Fest (at the Workman Arts Theatre) - Toronto, Ontario
• CineCycle - Toronto, Ontario
• Reg Hartt’s Cineforum - Toronto, Ontario
• Cinema Studies Student Union (at the Innis Town Hall, U. of Toronto) - Toronto, Ontario
• Early Monthly Segments (at the Gladstone Hotel Art Bar) - Toronto, Ontario
• Media City Film Festival - Windsor, Ontario
• TIFF Bell Lightbox - Toronto, Ontario
• Trash Palace - Toronto, Ontario

Quebec

• Cinémathèque québécoise - Montréal, Québec
• Le Cinéclub / The Film Society (at the VA-114 cinema and J.A. DeSève Cinema, Concordia University) - Montreal, Quebec

Saskatchewan

• Broadway Theatre - Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

China

• Hong Kong Film Archive - Hong Kong

Czech Republic

• KRRR! (at the Kino Mír 70) - Krnov

Denmark

• Danske Filminstitut Cinemateket - Copenhagen

France

• Collectif Jeune Cinéma - Paris
• Cinéma Action Christine - Paris
• Cinémathèque Française - Paris
• Forum des Images - Paris
• Louvre Museum - Paris

Germany

• LaborBerlin - Berlin

Ireland

• Irish Film Institute - Dublin

Japan

• Fukuoka City Public Library Movie Hall Ciné-là - Fukuoka
• Hiroshima City Cinematographic and Audio-Visual Library - Hiroshima
• Kobe Art Village Center Theater - Kobe
• Kobe Planet Film Archive - Kobe
• Waseda Shochiku Movie Theater - Tokyo
• Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media - Yamaguchi-shi

Netherlands

• EYE Film Institute Netherlands - Amsterdam

Spain

• (S8) Mostra de Cinema Periférico - La Coruña, Galacia
• FilmoTeca de Catalunya - Barcelona, Catalonia
• Xcèntric (at the Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona) - Barcelona, Catalonia

Switzerland

• Videoex - Zurich

United Kingdom

• The Barbican Centre, Cinema 1 - London, England
• BFI Southbank - London, England
• Cigarette Burns Cinema - London, England
• FeckenOdeon Cinema Society - Feckenham, Worcestershire, England
• Filmhouse Cinema - Edinburgh, Scotland
• Institute of Contemporary Arts - London, England
• Star and Shadow Cinema - Newcastle upon Tyne, England
• Warwick Student Cinema at the University of Warwick - Coventry, England

Exhibitors without borders

• Home Movie Day
• Orphan Film Symposium

Methodology

This list was compiled from many sources: news articles, theater websites, film listings, and social media, as well as correspondence with filmgoers and projectionists, technicians, programmers, and others employed by exhibitors. Many thanks to everyone who’s written in with suggestions.

We try to be accurate, but mistakes are always possible.