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'''Secret Cinema''' is a British events company, founded by Fabien Riggall, which focuses primarily (but not exclusively) on producing immersive, themed film-screenings which incorporate live performance. '''Secret Cinema''' is a British events company, founded by Fabien Riggall, which focuses primarily (but not exclusively) on producing immersive, themed film-screenings which incorporate live performance.


==Offshoots== ==Subsidiaries==
Alongside it's main Secret Cinema events (immersive film screenings which do not disclose the identity of the film in advance), over it's history the company has had a number of offshoot events and projects, including: Alongside it's main Secret Cinema events (immersive film screenings which do not disclose the identity of the film in advance), over it's history the company has had a number of offshoot events and projects, including:


===Future Shorts=== ===Future Shorts===
Future Shorts is a short film label founded in 2003 to create a platform for new filmmakers to showcase their work.
Future Shorts is a regular short film festival produced by Secret Cinema. Currently, there are 190 screenings every 3 months in over 52 countries, forming mini film festivals in places which otherwise would not have given life to this form of cinema.
As well as hosting a monthly short film festival, Future Shorts created an online community that screens short films by filmmakers from all over the world. Anyone, anywhere can get involved in hosting their own short film event by signing up on the website.<ref>{{cite web|title=Future Shorts Website|url=http://www.futureshorts.com}}</ref>
In 2013, Future Shorts are screened on 6 continents, in 90 countries and over 300 cities worldwide, including Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Greece, Lebanon, Mexico, Palestine, Scotland, South Korea and Vietnam.


===Future Cinema=== ===Future Cinema===
Conceived in 2005, Future Cinema set out to share a cinematic experience by staging large cinema screenings that incorporate aspects of immersive events as an alternative to the multiplex.<ref>{{cite news|last=Aspden|first=Peter|title=Way, way beyond the multiplex|url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/394d4c04-ce3c-11e0-99ec-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1pwc6qSay|accessdate=23 March 2012|newspaper=The Financial TImes|date=August 26, 2011}}</ref>
Future Cinema was launched in 2005, with a Glastonbury Festival housed tent, complete with a recreated vintage cinema, showing 24 hours of films, short films and music videos. These events are much like the main Secret Cinema, but the identity of the film is publicised in advance and not kept secret.

===Secret Restaurant===
Secret Restaurant was launched in conjunction with St John, a Michelin Star Restaurant, for Secret Cinema's run of '']''. Originally started as part of Secret Cinema, there are plans to expand Secret Restaurant into other artistic fields.<ref>{{cite news|title=Fine dining discovers its 'Fight Club' side|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/news/fine-dining-discovers-its-fight-club-side-6286743.html|accessdate=21 March 2012|newspaper=The Independent|date=8 January 2012}}</ref>


===Secret Music=== ===Secret Music===

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This article is about the events company. For the 1968 film, see The Secret Cinema.
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Secret Cinema logo in 2014

Secret Cinema is a British events company, founded by Fabien Riggall, which focuses primarily (but not exclusively) on producing immersive, themed film-screenings which incorporate live performance.

Subsidiaries

Alongside it's main Secret Cinema events (immersive film screenings which do not disclose the identity of the film in advance), over it's history the company has had a number of offshoot events and projects, including:

Future Shorts

Future Shorts is a short film label founded in 2003 to create a platform for new filmmakers to showcase their work. As well as hosting a monthly short film festival, Future Shorts created an online community that screens short films by filmmakers from all over the world. Anyone, anywhere can get involved in hosting their own short film event by signing up on the website. In 2013, Future Shorts are screened on 6 continents, in 90 countries and over 300 cities worldwide, including Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Greece, Lebanon, Mexico, Palestine, Scotland, South Korea and Vietnam.

Future Cinema

Conceived in 2005, Future Cinema set out to share a cinematic experience by staging large cinema screenings that incorporate aspects of immersive events as an alternative to the multiplex.

Secret Restaurant

Secret Restaurant was launched in conjunction with St John, a Michelin Star Restaurant, for Secret Cinema's run of The Third Man. Originally started as part of Secret Cinema, there are plans to expand Secret Restaurant into other artistic fields.

Secret Music

In July 2013, Secret Music was launched. Beginning with folk singer Laura Marling, the Secret Cinema team created The Grand Eagle Hotel in great detail in a disused East London school (The Old Cardinal Pole School), to build a 1920s emporium, with intricately designed décor of the time, inspired by, and bringing to life Marling’s music. Participants were encouraged to discover the 16 different songs of the album with rooms themed to each one, instructed to wear vintage black tie attire.

International

Secret Cinema held a special one off screening in Kabul in December 2011. The film was screened in both Kabul and London simultaneously, apparently the first international simultaneous screening of its kind. 'Obviously in Kabul they have to do it at a secret location for security purposes and we do it here to create intrigue and mystery. We're interested in getting their audience and ours watching the film together and opening up discussion. Maybe culture can open up people more than politics.'

Criticism and Cancellations

Brazil

In May 2013, 2500 attendees to their Brazil event were told just 60 minutes before opening night that it had been cancelled due "licensing issues" surrounding the serving of alcohol. Initially meant to open on April 25, the event didn't actually begin until May 2, leaving thousands of ticket holders, some of whom had travelled from different countries to attend, without compensation for lost hotel and travel bookings.

Back to the Future

In 2014, for their Back to the Future event, the first day of ticket sales crashed their chosen provider's website, forcing them to restart sales with another company the following day. When the same event was scheduled to open on July 24, 2014, Secret Cinema again cancelled the open night with 60 minutes to go, leaving thousands of fans upset, many of whom had travelled from different countries to attend. Due to the high profile of the event, the cancellation made national headlines.

Secret Cinema issued a statement the evening of the opening night cancellation that a more detailed update would be coming the following morning, twelve hours later, at 11am. At 11:17am they issued a further statement that a further "detailed statement" would be coming "very soon". Four hours later, Secret Cinema cancelled the subsequent performance with no detailed explanation.

Productions

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

  • Brazil directed by Terry Gilliam
    West Croydon, London; May 2013
  • Secret Cinema presents Laura Marling
    Cardinal Pole Lower School, Hackney, London; June–July 2013

2014

See also

  • Punchdrunk - British theatre company and pioneer of immersive theatre

References

  1. "Future Shorts Website".
  2. Aspden, Peter (August 26, 2011). "Way, way beyond the multiplex". The Financial TImes. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
  3. "Fine dining discovers its 'Fight Club' side". The Independent. 8 January 2012. Retrieved 21 March 2012.
  4. "'Secret Cinema presents Laura Marling url=http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2013-07/12/laura-marling-secret-cinema". {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help); Missing pipe in: |title= (help)
  5. "Flickr: Secret Cinema presents Laura Marling".
  6. "Newsweek Interview with Fabien Riggall".
  7. "Secret Cinema Kabul, Afghanistan". Facebook. Retrieved 28 July 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  8. "Shhhhh! Secret Cinema to screen in Kabul and London". The London Evening Standard. 2 December 2011. Retrieved 21 March 2012.
  9. "'Shhhhhh - Secret Cinema to screen in Kabul; the Evening Standard".
  10. Secret Cinema reveals ‘Brazil’ figures
  11. Secret Cinema's Back To The Future back on sale 1pm | Wired.com
  12. @secretcinema | Twitter.com
  13. ^ SECRET CINEMA | TICKET CANCELLATION UPDATE
  14. BBC News - Secret Cinema cancels Back To The Future opening night
  15. Secret Cinema cancels Back to the Future screening just 90 minutes before doors open leaving disappointed fans seething
  16. Secret Cinema cancels Back to the Future opening night | Screen Daily
  17. Secret Cinema Facebook Page - "To all our audience..."
  18. Secret Cinema Facebook | "To all our audience..."
  19. "Secret Cinema announces 'The Grand Budapest Hotel' Wes Anderson experience".
  20. Digital Spy | Secret Cinema ends Miller's Crossing production, confirms 2014 return
  21. "Secret Cinema 21 - Five Star Review".
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