Your
Belmont
Memories

"My favourite experience was going to see Spice World. As a student in Aberdeen going to the Belmont was always a wee treat. Lover of all things cheesy, over the top and spicy and as someone who was too young to see Spice World when it came out, it was a no brainer.

I think its the type of movie some would see as a waste of money to go see - but the energy in the room was amazing! Everyone was singing, laughing, and cheering. I've always appreciated that Belmont showed movies like this.

The Belmont was a place I always visit whenever I return back to Aberdeen...It feels like there's a real missing piece if it disappears. It was one of the few places we could see foreign films and older classics. I have so many great cinema memories from there. Save the Belmont!"

"For my (I think) 8th birthday party, we hired out a screen in the Belmont to play 'A Little Princess' - a favourite of many a wee girl in the 90s, when this was. The Belmont staff were great, showing us how the projector worked and letting me 'start' the film, and then giving us a space to have a bit of a party after the film too (cue a Now That's What I Call Music 38 album being played on repeat).

Having not long moved to Aberdeen and with it, a new school, this is a really fond memory of getting to bond with the other girls in my class, in a place that made us feel really special.

The Belmont would continue to be a big feature throughout my childhood and teenage years - family trips to the cinema, and heading out after classes to catch a film in an attempt to seem very grown-up and wise to the world. It would be a huge detriment to Aberdeen and the people that live there for it to be no longer."

"The Belmont was the only cinema in Aberdeen that showed foreign cinema, low budget indie films and LGBTQ+ films too. We’ve lost a huge part of Aberdeen’s cultural diversity by losing our only cinema that screened the films that the big chain cinemas won’t show due to them having smaller audiences.

If it wasn’t for The Belmont cinema, I would never have been able to watch some of my favourite indie & LGBTQ+ films on the big screen the way they were intended to be viewed."

"No particular memory but just always a treat to come to - whether for films, food and a drink before a film or a live screening. Friendly staff, and a good place to go on your own.

I miss it!"