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About us
Who we are
Ely Community Cinema was set up in 2025 by a team of volunteers so we are run by the community for the community. We are a not-for-profit organisation, which means that any financial surplus we may make is invested back into the Cinema.
Most of the people you will meet at our film showings are volunteers, although we do have a few paid staff.
We aim to show a wide variety of films, in particular those that are not readily available at local commercial cinemas and so we mainly programme world cinema, classics and independent films, as well as locally made films and shorts. From time to time we hold “cinema events” where we invite speakers, or hold Q&As with a panel.
The cinema is hosted by the Maltings in its 242 seat auditorium and large screen, and the Maltings team run a bar for us where you can buy drinks, coffees, snacks and ice cream.
Our culture and values
We believe that rural communities have as much right to interesting cinema as urban ones!
We also want the cinema to be a safe, warm and welcoming place, for both our customers and our volunteers.
