Splice Here: A Projected Odyssey

Going Dark: The Final Days of Film Projection

Hollywood has made up their minds, forcing theaters to convert to digital or go dark. As theaters around the world change to newer digital technology,

2013

Reel Stories: An Oral History of London's Projectionists

Documentary charting the experiences of projectionists who work or worked in cinemas in London, exploring the skills and dedication required for this

2022

The Diary of a Projectionist

This is the story of my grandfather, Tiago Florit, who for 50 years was a film operator at the Teatre Principal de Maó, in Menorca. It is a review of

2022

The Last Projectionist

When the UK's oldest working cinema opened in 1909, it took five years to train a projectionist - a century later, it takes less than an hour. The Las

2012

Der Vorführ-Effekt

Documentary about film projectionists.

2001

Coming Soon

Two projectionists discover a disturbing film featuring the lynching of a woman. Not only are they troubled by the content of the movie, but strange e

2008

Sherlock Jr.

A film projectionist longs to be a detective, and puts his meagre skills to work when he is framed by a rival for stealing his girlfriend's father's p

1924

Last Action Hero

After his father's death, a young boy finds solace in action movies featuring an indestructible cop. Given a magic ticket by a theater manager, he is

1993

Whipsers and Shadows

A new projectionist spends her first evening on the job screening short films for an upcoming festival inside an old movie house. As she watches the h

Pearl

Trapped on her family’s isolated farm, Pearl must tend to her ailing father under the bitter and overbearing watch of her devout mother. Lusting for a

2022

The Projectionist

A projectionist bored with his everyday life begins fantasizing about his being one of the superheroes he sees in the movies he shows.

1970

The Smallest Show on Earth

Jean and Bill are a married couple trying to scrape a living. Out of the blue they receive a telegram informing them Bill's long-lost uncle has died a

1957

Clash by Night

An embittered woman seeks escape in marriage, only to fall for her husband’s best friend.

1952

The Projectionist

Set in the most easterly town in England, Lowestoft, a young Projectionist (Andrew Hooper) must overcome grief and barriers created from his Mother's

2024

Wishful Thinking

A story told from three angles. Max meets Elizabeth; they live together, but when she talks of marriage, he balks. He becomes extremely jealous, proba

1999

Empire of Light

The duty manager of a seaside cinema, who is struggling with her mental health, forms a relationship with a new employee on the south coast of England

2022

Cigarette Burns

With a torrid past that haunts him, a movie theatre owner is hired to search for the only existing print of a film so notorious that its single screen

2005

The Serial Rape Murderer

12 Years ago, Fuyuko, was 7 years old, watched her sister, a high school student, raped and choked to die. Fuyuko never forgets that the man who kille

1983

Buster Keaton’s Sherlock Jr. with R.E.M.'s Monster and New Adventures in Hi-Fi: A Silents Synced Film

Silents Synced pairs classic silent movies with epic rock music. Created by an independent cinema owner for independent cinemas! The feature mixes R.E

2025

Die auf die Nüsse gehn

Comedy short about working in a movie theater.

1992