An audience gathered for a Ciné Real film screening

London's 16mm film club

Cinema,
on film.

Rare prints, real projectors and a room full of people watching together.

Established in East London · 2011

Ciné Real

We show films the way they were made to be seen.

Founded by filmmaker Liam Saint-Pierre and projectionist Ümit Mesut, Ciné Real is the UK's only film club dedicated exclusively to screening feature films on 16mm.

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Liam Saint-Pierre and Ümit Mesut outside Ümit & Son

This month

What's on

Full programme

Thursday 17 September · 7:30pm · Sold out · The Castle Cinema, Hackney

Wild Strawberries

Ingmar Bergman · 1957 · 16mm

Sunday 20 September · 2pm · Sold out · The Castle Cinema, Hackney

The Big Sleep

Howard Hawks · 1946 · 16mm

Thursday 8 October · 7:30pm · Sold out · The Castle Cinema, Hackney

Festival!

Murray Lerner · 1967 · 16mm

The grand opening of the Ciné Real Cinematheque

Now open

The Cinematheque

A working cinema, archive and school for photochemical film—with projection, editing and shooting workshops.

Explore the new space

Ümit Mesut seated in a hotel room during filming

The documentary

The Last Picture Shop

A funny and tender film about friendship, obsession and the fight to save Ümit's extraordinary East London shop.

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