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The Traveling Cinema

Opens on September 12

Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights,. so please be sure to arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating and the screening will start after midnight.

Director: Zîlan Hemo Run Time: 91 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2026 Language: Arabic

The Traveling Cinema is a documentary that follows the journey of Ismaîl Mamo, a young man from Kobanî, Syria who returned from the Netherlands after studying acting at ArtEZ University of the Arts to launch his unique project: Sînema Gerok. The initiative aims to bring cinema to remote villages that had long been deprived of this artistic experience. Through determination and perseverance, they succeeded in organizing film screenings for the first time in many villages. The documentary captures the challenges faced by Ismaîl and his team, and the efforts they made to realize their dream of spreading cinematic culture and giving underserved audiences the chance to enjoy the magic of film. (This screening includes a showing of Charlie Chaplin’s short Behind the Screen (1916))

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