Films for a Fiver - Help keep the credits rolling.

Aim

No6 is committing to a flat rate £5 ticket for all films for the month of January.

Our Crowdfunder page is still open for donations, we have taken the decision to go ahead with the £5.00 ticket for all films in January all those tickets are available via our website. 

No6 is committing to a flat rate £5 ticket for all films for the month of January. We want to give everyone the chance to escape the cost of living crisis and immerse themselves in a packed programme of film. We need your help to cover the costs and ensure that No6 remains a thriving part of Portsmouth’s cultural scene.

Like many independent cinemas across the country, the after effects of COVID-19 continue to be felt at No6 Cinema. While many of our customers have returned and new ones have discovered us, numbers are still down on where they were before the pandemic. We are not alone in feeling the cold draught of higher costs and drooping revenues. 

And we know that for many of our loyal customers, the cost of a ticket might be a stretch too far. We don’t want anyone to miss out on the opportunity to be informed, scared, shocked, educated, entranced, beguiled and to escape reality through films at No6. 

We are committing to offering a flat rate £5 ticket for all films for the month of January. This will allow us to help support our customers on lower incomes, while remaining true to our promise of showing more niche films where people can see themselves reflected by characters and situations not represented elsewhere. 

So what do we need from you? 

In addition to supporting us by coming along to the cinema and buying a ticket - we are asking you to give as much as you can to ensure that we can cover the cost of the reduced tickets and help cover the increasing cost of security that we need for every screening. 

We aim to raise £5000 which could be contributed to by Portsmouth City Council. So if your circumstances allow, please consider helping out. With your support we can keep offering amazing films and ensure that No6 remains a thriving  part of Portsmouth’s cultural scene. 

Give what you can to get us to our £5000 target and let’s enjoy a month of films for a fiver!

About No6 Cinema

Once upon a time, there was a beautiful Georgian Boathouse in Portsmouth’s Dockyard. Way back when, tenders to large ships were built within its walls but during the heavy bombing of the dockyard in WW2 the building was badly damaged and remained out of use until with Millennium Lottery funding the building was eventually rebuilt to house Action Stations and a fantastic state of the art cinema was installed with an enormous screen, raked seating and cinema quality sound and projection equipment.  

Portsmouth Naval Base Property Trust set up No6 Cinema to make use of that incredible  facility and Portsmouth’s only independent cinema was established in Boathouse 6.  

Sadly, the Property Trust eventually decided to withdraw its funding. So a group of keen  cinema loving volunteers, desperate not to lose this incredible facility, got together to try  and keep the cinema running.  

Established in 2012, under new volunteer management, the not-for-profit cinema   (now converted to a CIC) has relied on the incredible support and goodwill of volunteers and customers alike, each of whom have helped ensure this gem of a cinema has kept the credits rolling in the city for ten years now.  

Our main aim has been to not only bring entertaining, quality mainstream films to the  cinema but to show an exciting range of films away from the multiplex fare. With a broad and balanced programme, we know that some films we screen won’t have mass appeal but will be valued by some sections of the community. We know that it is crucial to have a truly independent cinema that is prepared to show the more niche films where people can see themselves reflected by characters and situations not represented elsewhere. ‘See it be it’ has long been part of our philosophy. 

Small independent cinemas have long struggled to survive in tough competition with  mega-multiplexes. No6 has striven to build partnerships with other organisations in the city to create a unique venue where: 

• University of Portsmouth students can see their films on the big screen for the first time, 
• The Pompey Pirates, a local Literacy Group, screened their initial  attempts at filmmaking,
• Journeys Festival International hosted film screenings, 
• Young filmmakers ran their Pastel Wasteland Horror Film Festival
• Making Waves launched their bid for a Pompey Film Festival, 
• D.day was commemorated with talks, Q&As and films, 
• Annual collaboration with Ports Fest. 
• and we have run many, many more worthwhile collaborations.  Images; Q&A for BOILING POINT with ex students of UoP who were a major contributors to the production. Pompey Pirates screening, prop from Pastel Wasteland FF, Making Waves FF, open air screening in partnership with Ports Fest, pre film talk in our bar. 

No6 offers a friendly atmosphere generated by our volunteers. We have a licensed bar serving locally brewed beers and often have live music, deejaying, veejaying, quizzes, Q&As and even dance lessons.  

With your support we hope to keep offering amazing films and ensure that No6 remains a thriving  part of Portsmouth’s cultural scene.

This project successfully funded on 20th January 2023