Mobile Cinemas
The UK Film Council recently started to announce a scheme of providing money for digital mobile cinemas. But this is not a new concept as cinema has always had a history of being mobile. Right from the very first piorneering days people took cinema shows to fairs and the like to demonstrate to people. During the World Wars the services had cinemas with them where ever their were troops. What is now happening is that the technology being used is being brought up to date. This is only a very very brief introduction to Mobile Cinemas and is an area which I would like to expand on over time. However, I have pulled together a number of interesting web sites I have found on the web relating to the area.
As always any links, stories or information relating to Mobile Cinemas then feel free to email me
Below are a large number of links to different sites specifically relating to Mobile Cinemas, many of which are in the UK.
Mobile Cinema Links
Arts Alive - /Flicks in the Sticks
BBC News - Lottery funds mobile cinema plan - plus also other related stories.
Cinema Circus Mobile 35mm Set to Screen - News article about a Mobile Cinema
Cinéma numérique Ambulant - They use digital technology to show African films to rural audiences in Benin, Niger and Mali. They have 7 movie trucks, and intend on having more by next year, with at least one section that will be set up in Ouagadougou for the FESPACO. The website isn't in English, but you can get a good gist of what it is all about.
CineMobile - Touring Cinema Service - All shows presented in High Quality 35mm Cinema Film.
Cinemobile - Ireland's first mobile cinema. The Cinemobile, one of the most adventurous projects of the National Millennium Committee, is a magnificent, state-of-the-art 100-seater mobile cinema. With over 100,000 visitors to date, the Cinemobile brings the magic of the movies to your doorstep.
Cinetransformer - the best tool for mobile promotions totally self-contained state-of-the-art 95-seat digital mobile cinema.
Community Cinemas - this is the website for the mobile cinema service based in Lancashire. There are a good selection of photographs from some of there events and a good FAQ section as well.
Daimler - A mobile cinema used to entertain the troops in WW1
Fab Film Company - a mobile, multi-functional filmmaking and film screening organisation, who specialise in community outdoor screenings during the summer months and work with organisations and individuals to facilitate any filmmaking or screening activities.
FilmAid International - is a non-profit organization dedicated to using the power of film to promote health, strengthen communities, and enrich the lives of the world’s vulnerable and uprooted. Through the strategic use of film and video, FilmAid communicates life-saving information to mass audiences on critical health concerns, including HIV/AIDS
Filmshow on wheels - a news story from new York about a group of women who are planning to make a documentary detailing the little-known work of the Jamaican Mobile Cinema Unit (MCU),
Fresh Air Flicks - a US company which screens outside, using DVD equipment
Google Search - on mobile cinemas.
Gorilla Cinema solar powered mobile cinema - the title says it all.
Guerilla Ads? - - Description to Follow
Indonesia Mobile Cinema Association - Description to Follow
LED Billboards on the move - A story about using LED billboards
Leitrim County Council Mobile - Listings
M J MOVIES - mobile projection company, who has been responsible for the Stella Screen films over the 2002 summer.
Mobile Cinema - *** Dead link ***
Mobile Cinema For Lahinch and Kilrush - *** DEAD LINK **
Mobile Cinema in Ballinrobe - photographs of the cinema setting up
Mobile cinema team - brings movie magic to rural areas
Mobile Structures Resources - Loads of information on structures for Mobile Cinemas.
Moviola - The South and West's Rural Multiplex is a partnership of some 50 local halls and a central management team which brings quality cinema to all parts of Dorset and Hampshire, and over the border to East Devon, South Somerset and South Wiltshire.
Moviola is run by a charitable company, Dorset Film Touring Ltd (Company No 5053960) which exists to provide a comprehensive rural cinema service
Out Door Cinema - a site for the above, based in the US.
Permanent mobile cinema for the Borders? - A news story about the possibility of a permanent mobile cinema in the Borders
Purple Cinema - Professional outdoor and indoor, large-screen film & video projection installations for parties, weddings, festivals, concerts, conferences, promotional & corporate events.
Pyjama Pictures - Professional cinema at a venue and time of your choice, inside or out of doors. Let the screen come to you!
Reel Mobile Cinema - This site is about the restoration of a 1967 Bedford SB3 mobile cinema.
Screen Machine Mobile Cinema - A Brief History
Selby District Council Portal - Description to Follow
Shooting People Mobile Cinema - a web blog travel log of a mobile cinema.
Sidewalk Cinema - takes place in Seattle, Washington and includes some pictures of the events taking place.
SSVC – The Movie Machine - has provided and operated cinemas for the British Forces for more than 50 years. It was originally under the banner of the Army Kinema Corporation and the RAF Cinema Corporation, both of which joined forces to become the Services Kinema Corporation, or SKC
Staffordshore on Wheels - This mobile cinema has recently launched a website. But there are also so photographs here.
Theatre Maketa & Theatre Truck - The Theatre Truck was recently in London for the West End Live and was acting as a 29 seater cinema, with all the trimmings. The website doesn't have any real pictures of the truck as a cinema, but it did look great inside (just like a cinema should!). Projection is video, but it has raked seating, and screen tabs as well.
Toyota Gibraltar Stockholdings ltd - conversion of a Toyata Land Cruiser into a mobile cinema.,
UK Outdoor Screening COmpanies -
UK Outdoor Screening Companies -
Video Screens - Description to Follow
What is the Community Cinema Group - Description to Follow
