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The Harder They Come
Meeting Jimmy Cliff at the Triptych Festival Q&A at the special showing of his film, The Harder They Come.
Ray C
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The Harder They Come
Meeting Jimmy Cliff at the Triptych Festival Q&A at the special showing of his film, The Harder They Come.
Ray C
Mulholland Drive
“Me and my boyfriend at the time went to see Mulholland Drive and on the walk home we said I love you to each other for the first time. We're getting married next year and are excited to go out dates at the Belmont when it reopens!”
Noah
Winter nights
“Weekly winter evening visit to the cinema. Dinner nearby then choose a movie. Every week no matter what film was showing. Sometimes we were pleasantly surprised by a film we didn’t know much about.”
Hazel Anderson
The best cinema
“The Belmont is filled with the happiest memories from being there with my boys to being with the best of friends with or without a cheeky glass of wine. Ive happily sat on my own watching my favourite foreign language film with my lunch and also sat with several hundred pupils Ive accompanied to experience the film festival. Its an invaluable asset to our community and its the right decision to enable it to continue.”
Sandra Hughes
The best place to work and watch movies
"I was lucky enough to work at the Belmont for 6 wonderful years and my main memories are of the amazing staff. Listening to my colleagues talking passionately about the films they loved led me to experience movies I would never have watched (or had the opportunity to watch) if the Belmont hadn't been there.
I loved running the quiz with Paul and Euan, spending the week trying to come up with rounds to stump the regulars in the bar.
I remember seeing so many of my favourite films for the first time on a big screen (or for the first time ever): 2001 A Space Odyssey in Screen 1, a scratchy print of Raiders of the Lost Ark and being blown away by my first viewing of Magnolia. I explored foreign language film, independent film and classics that never had a chance of being screened in Aberdeen before we opened.
The Belmont stands out as one of the best places I've worked and watched movies.
Alistair Dove