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Discover the World of Cinema Programming at Showroom

Posted 18 April 2025 by Grace Osbourne about BFI Film Academy Specialist Programming Course.

Are you aged 16 – 19? Want to take your first step towards a career in film? Join a free, weeklong residential course at Showroom Cinema.

Why Our Ticket Prices Are Changing – and What It Means for You

Posted 11 April 2025 by Salli Greaves

At Showroom Cinema, we’re committed to making independent film accessible, welcoming, and affordable — and we’ve proudly done so for over 30 years. That’s why we want to be upfront and transparent about some upcoming changes to our pricing.

Showroom Cinema Takes a Major Step Towards Energy Efficiency with Solar Panel Installation

Posted 28 January 2025

Showroom Cinema is projected to save £48,500 annually following the installation of one of the largest solar panel arrays in Sheffield City Centre.

Sheffield’s Leading Independent Cinema Announces Ambitious Plans as part of 30th Anniversary Celebrations

Posted 30 August 2024

The Showroom cinema in Sheffield is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, and with its fourth decade comes its most ambitious plans yet.

Showroom Cinema awarded third Culture Recovery Fund grant

Posted 19 November 2021

Showroom Cinema in Sheffield has been awarded a grant of £442,657 by the British Film Institute. Today's announcement brings the total offered to the cinema from this fund to £1,154,022 over the last eighteen months.

Lockdown doesn’t stop the final Sheffield Doc/Fest weekender

Posted 13 November 2020

Festival director Cíntia Gil discusses moving Sheffield Doc/Fest solely online. The fourth and final weekend sees the Ghosts & Apparitions programme along with a free to watch series of eight films made with and by indigenous communities in Brazil.

Festival big hitters return to our screens

Posted 29 October 2020 by Linnea Pettersson

Friday means a new week of releases at the cinema, and we have some fantastic titles and events coming to Showroom Cinema over the next seven days.

The Value of Arts and Culture

Posted 23 October 2020

Arts and Cultural Organisations bring much more value to the UK than just money.

Wolfwalkers: half-term adventure for the family

Posted 22 October 2020

This half term we’ll be looking for a little escapism to pull us out from under the autumn leaves and greying skies. Lucky for us, Ireland-based animation studio Cartoon Saloon have an offering that will warm even the frostiest hearts.

Beyond the big studio blockbusters

Posted 16 October 2020 by Linnea Pettersson

I Am Greta and Rebecca will be showing at the Showroom from Friday 16 October and an exclusive Q&A with Thunberg will be screening before the 2pm show on Sunday 18 October.