The Exeter Cinema Heritage Project is documenting and recording the stories of Exeter residents and their earliest memories of cinema going in the city. 

Supported through The National Lottery Heritage Fund, the project has created a series of short documentary films that capture some of the city’s cinema history, recording the individual and collective memory of cinema going from the perspective of older local cinema.

Filmgoing has always been a popular pastime in Exeter and one that has shaped the city we know now. Of the many cinemas the city has been home to only four now remain. With film audience’s relationship to the big screen shifting so dramatically in recent years this is an opportunity to show how cinema has changed the landscape and culture of the city and to give residents a chance to reflect on the stories and memories that have emerged from these important cultural spaces.