Made by storytellers. Backed by you.
Friday night, every Friday.
Together.
An invite-only theater for finished films.
The house is open every Friday at 8. Some nights a premiere, some nights an encore or a matinee — always a real film made by real people, shown to a full house. You're not scrolling a feed here. You're taking a seat.
Watch any preview free. No account, no email, no catch.
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85% to filmmakers
of every dollar, always
Invite-only
a room, not a feed
No ads. No algorithm.
we sell work, not attention
Always there waiting
yours, no rental clock, ever
Why people take a seat here
A film worth showing up for
Every title clears one door: made by hand, finished with pride, worth a real premiere. No filler, no feed, no autoplay pulling you somewhere else.
Every Friday, something's on
Friday at 8. Doors open at 7. Some nights a premiere with the filmmaker live in the room, some nights an encore or a matinee — the house is never dark, and the lights go down at the same moment for everyone.
Your name in the credits
Back a film and your name rolls in the actual credits, with the room watching. You're not a viewer here — you're part of how the film got made.
Your audience is your studio.
This week
End of this week's slate — chosen by hand, not a feed.
What Friday night feels like here
7:00 PM
Doors open
Pick your seat on the map, watch the trailers. Your friend's seat lights up when they arrive.
8:00 PM
The curtain
The curtain sweeps open, once, on time. Then silence, and the film, and nothing else.
The credits
Your name rolls
Backers' names roll with the room watching. Then the whole house applauds — and it counts.
After
Meet the filmmaker
They walk on, live, and take questions from the room. Fifteen minutes you had to be there for.
What we stand for
The house rules, posted on the door.
A person made this.
Human authorship, attested on every title. Structurally, always.
Great films deserve a great night.
Every Friday at 8. Premieres, encores, seasons. The house is never dark.
The people who made it get paid.
85 cents of every ticket dollar goes to the filmmaker. Every time.
We watch together.
Opening nights, not lonely queues. You're never watching alone here.
Nobody is harvesting you.
No ads, no algorithm. We want you to love the film and go to bed happy.
Membership is a number, not a bill
Your seat. Your nights. Your people.
No subscription. A film you take a seat for is always there waiting when you want it again. You become a member the first time you take a seat, and you keep your number for life — the house keeps every stub and marks the nights you can say you were there, opening night.
Bring a friend free with any film, in full, no account. That's the whole idea.
Your stub
- Member
- #214
- Since
- Opening Night, 2026
- Usual seat
- Row F · Seat 4
- Nights attended
- 7 premieres
- In the credits of
- 4 films
Opening Night · October 23
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Request Your InviteOpening Night · October 23
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