FAQs

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!

Open-access December - all existing Patreons will be refunded the December (monthly) payment in January. This is a manual process and Patreon akes 5-7 working days, so your refund should be with you by around the 10th Jan. 

Membership

• Membership is as little as £2.50 per month (annual) or £3.05 (monthly) - less than the price of a coffee! patreon.com/repcinema/membership

• Gifting membership - if you'd like to buy membership for a film-loving friend: patreon.com/repcinema/gift​

• Concessions - Any disabled/neurodivergent or student users, those of pensionable age or receiving financial support, please contact us directly

• Spreadsheet Access

  • 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

  • To see all spreadsheets shared with you, visit https://drive.google.com/drive/shared-with-me

Featured Cinemas

• We currently scour 75+ cinemas and screening venues for their screenings + Curzon's London cinemas. If we've missed a screening venue, please do let us know.

• My local cinema - to find your local rep screening cinema, see our map

• Everyman, PictureHouse and Odeon cinemas have not been included - we have asked for their programmes, but haven't had a response. 

Featured Films

• Screening Dates - we include the full month plus the first 5-7 days of the following month e.g. all October screenings + 1-7 November

• Release Years - we include any film that had a wide release prior to 2021

• Submissions - If you would like to submit a screening or programme, please use our submissions form

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

Accessibility

• 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.

• 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.

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.