CommonScreen
A marketplace for independent cinema

Independent films,
independent rooms.

CommonScreen connects filmmakers with the independent cinemas that want to show their work — and helps programmers find the films their audiences are looking for.

340+ cinemas1,900+ films52 cities
DocumentaryFoxglove
AnimationPaper Boats
DramaThe Last Reel
DocumentarySaltline
For filmmakers

Get your film into rooms that want it.

List once and reach independent cinemas across the country. Pitch venues, propose dates, and track every booking in one place.

Match with cinemas by audience and region
Send press kits and propose screening dates
Keep Q&A, formats, and rights in one listing
List your film
For cinemas

Find the films your audience is looking for.

Discover independent work ready to screen, filter by what fits your programme, and book directly with the people who made it.

Browse films by genre, format, and Q&A availability
Request dates and confirm with one click
Build a season your regulars will turn out for
Programme a cinema
How it works

From a finished film to a full house.

01

List or discover

Filmmakers list a film with formats, rights, and a press kit. Cinemas browse and save what fits.

02

Propose & match

Either side reaches out. Propose dates, confirm formats, and sort the details in messages.

03

Screen it

Lock the date, put it on sale, and welcome an audience into the room.

“We found three cinemas for Foxglove in a fortnight — places that actually wanted a quiet documentary about fishing villages. That never used to happen.”

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Mara Lindqvist
Director, Foxglove
The lights are going down

Your film belongs on a screen.

Join the filmmakers and cinemas using CommonScreen to put independent work in front of audiences.

List your filmProgramme a cinema