Choose a cinema
Start by selecting one of our partner cinemas. These venues allow us to book screens in advance, helping fill quieter slots and bring classic and cult films back to the big screen. We’re adding new cinemas all the time.
Bring people together to watch the films you love — on the big screen. With Screenwave, anyone can create and fund their own cinema screening. You choose the film, set the vibe, and invite others to make it happen. If it reaches its target, we book it. If not, everyone gets a full refund.
Start by selecting one of our partner cinemas. These venues allow us to book screens in advance, helping fill quieter slots and bring classic and cult films back to the big screen. We’re adding new cinemas all the time.
TChoose from our growing database of over 5,000 films we're able to secure cinema screening rights for.
We're constantly working with studios and rights holders to unlock more titles.
Have a niche request, or your own film or footage (and the rights to screen it)? Let us know — we'll see what's possible.
Every great screening has a reason. Is it a film anniversary? A birthday screening? A cult classic that deserves a proper audience?
This is your chance to explain why people should come to the cinema instead of streaming at home — and what makes your screening special.
You're not just booking a film — you're creating an event.
Want sing-alongs, quoting, cheering, or laughing out loud? Set the rules, define the vibe, and make it memorable. If your idea's a little wild, we'll work with the cinema to see what's possible (within reason).
Pick the date and time you'd like the screening to happen. Screen availability can change due to new releases or other bookings, but if we need to adjust the date we'll work with you to find an alternative. Anyone who can't attend the new date will be offered a refund.
💡 Tip: choosing a meaningful date and setting it far enough in the future gives your screening the best chance of hitting its target.
Once live, your screening is publicly available for others to join and fund. Share it, promote it, and invite people to help it reach its funding target.
If the target is reached: we confirm the film rights, lock in the date, and secure the screen.
If the target isn’t reached: everyone who funded — including you — receives a full refund.
Once confirmed, backers get 48 hours of priority access to book tickets before they go on general sale.
Bring your idea to life and see it on the big screen.
Create a screening
Blackpool
London
St Annes