Cinema Village

Cinema Village is a movie theater in Greenwich Village, New York.[1] It is the oldest continuously operated cinema in Greenwich Village.

It was opened in 1963, housed in a converted firehouse on 12th Street.[2]

Since the 1980s, It has been owned by Nick Nicolaou, a Cypriot immigrant who came to the United States at age 12. In 1975 at the age of 15, he began working at Cinema Village. In three years at age 18, he was general manager. He later bought the cinema. Nicolaou's story is told in the film The Projectionist by Abel Ferrara.[3][4][5]

Cinema Village is part of numerous film festivals, including: The New York Short Film Festival, The Manhattan Film Festival, The Other Israel, Workers United, Kino Film Festival, African Diaspora International, Winter Film Awards International Film Festival, Socially Relevant Film Festival, HUMP, Reel Recovery, Wildlife Conservatory, and Arab Cinema week.[3]

References
  1. "Cinema Village". The Village Alliance.
  2. "About Us". Cinema Village.
  3. "2020 Village Awardee: Cinema Village, 22 East 12th Street". Village Preservation. June 2, 2020.
  4. "'The Projectionist': Film Review | Tribeca 2019". The Hollywood Reporter.
  5. Dollar, Steve. "'Talking About It is One Thing, Making a Movie About It is Something Else': Abel Ferrara and Nicola Nicolaou Share Old-School NYC Movie Memories". Filmmaker.


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