FAQs
Nagah Salem in Gilded Youth, 1953. Akkasah: Photography Archive
If your question isn't answered below, please contact us at contact@repcinema.com
Membership
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Monthly or Annual - as little as £2.50 per month (annual) or £3.05 (monthly) - less than the price of a coffee! patreon.com/repcinema/membership
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Gifting Membership - if you'd like to buy membership for a film-loving friend: patreon.com/repcinema/gift​
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Single Month Access - visiting London? If you'd like access to a single month's spreadsheet and newsletter, please make a one-off donation via Ko-Fi and send us the email address you'd like access with: ko-fi.com/repcinema
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Concessions - Any disabled/neurodivergent or student users, those of pensionable age or receiving financial support, please contact us directly
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Spreadsheet Access
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If you sign up to Patreon you’ll be given access within 12 hours, please also subscribe to the blog so that the newsletter doesn't end up in spam
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To see all spreadsheets shared with you, visit https://drive.google.com/drive/shared-with-me
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Sharing the sheets - we really appreciate the energy that goes into sharing our work via social media, email etc., we just ask that you share the blog post (rather than the spreadsheet) and please don't share screenshots if you want us to survive!
Samples​
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We currently scour 100+ cinemas and screening venues across Greater London for their screenings + Curzon's and PictureHouse's London cinemas. If we've missed a screening venue, please do let us know.
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My local cinema - to find your local rep screening cinema, see our map
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Everyman and Odeon cinemas have not been included - we have asked for their programmes, but haven't had a response.
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Screening Dates - we include the full calendar month plus the first 5-7 days of the following month e.g. all October screenings + 1-7 November
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We rely on each cinema's own data, so if a screening is not listed at the beginning of the month, it may be added later
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Release Years - we include any film that had a wide release prior to 2023
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Submissions - If you would like to submit a screening or programme, please use our submissions form
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Wherever possible we include the original title for non-English language films (indicating subtitles) as well as notes on accessible screenings e.g. Dementia Friendly, Relaxed Screening etc. Also see concessions.
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Why spreadsheets when there are cinema websites? For those that use screen readers, have visual processing disorders or ADHD; cluttered, image-heavy websites can be difficult to navigate. Spreadsheets allow for visually clear data and in the case of festival schedulers, can be duplicated easily so the user can keep or edit their own version. We use Google Sheets for those that don't have Excel software and publish a free sheet every December.
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Open-access December - In the spirit of the season, we make each December's spreadsheet totally free and open-access. If existing members would like a refund of Dec's subs, just write to us and we will process a Patreon refund which takes 5-7 working days.
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Il Cinema Ritrovato spreadsheet scheduler FAQs and Instructions
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Letterboxd Lists: We've created full retrospective lists for Locarno '24 and '25:
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Commissions: We've created film festival spreadsheet schedulers for Il Cinema Ritrovato 2021-2024 and Borderlines Film Festival '23 - if you're interested in commissioning a scheduler for your festival or event, please email us at contact@repcinema.com
Who we are - The project is the creation of Archivist Jasmine Soliman and Software Engineer Alexander Ross - for whom shining a spotlight on London's repertory film screening cinemas and enhancing access to screenings is a way of giving back to rep film fans who live in or visit the city.
Featured images - the archival images we sometimes feature are from the Akkasah: Photography Archive (which Jasmine previously managed), and in particular, the Samir Farid Collection of set photos from Egyptian films of the 1930s-1960s.