"Coming to the film club keeps me away from drinking and feels like one step closer to being at home.  When I come to the film club, the next day feels like my first day in London." - OC Member, Providence Row 

OPEN CINEMA is a national network of film clubs programmed by and for homeless and vulnerable people. Each week participants watch the best in contemporary cinema and work with professional filmmakers to create films of their own.

Films are regularly introduced by filmmakers and other experts. In 2011, members welcomed over 100 guests, including directors Stephen Frears (The Queen), Chris Morris (Four Lions), Asif Kapadia (Senna) and Sir Alan Parker [Bugsy Malone], cinematographer John Mathieson [Gladiator], and experts from film and television, universities and dynamic companies in a range of fields.

The Open Cinema philosophy is that people excluded from society need the benefits of culture as much as information and food. Open Cinema takes film to people at the margins, and brings them and their aspirations to the centre of cultural life.