The Journey So Far
Since 2019, Ormeau Community Cinema has grown from a small pop-up screening project into a year-round community cinema, bringing cult classics, international film, documentaries, family screenings, festivals, workshops and social events to venues across Belfast.
2019/2020
2019 to 2020: Getting Started
OCC began with early pop-up screenings including Jumanji, Reservoir Dogs, Extra Ordinary, Gremlins, A Bump Along the Way, Romeo + Juliet, BlacKkKlansman and Eighth Grade. These first events helped shape OCC as a relaxed, welcoming space for people to watch films together outside a traditional cinema setting.
2021: Paranormeau Begins
2021 saw the launch of the first Paranormeau Activity, with Trick ’r Treat, Cinemas Past and Present and The Blair Witch Project. What started as a small Halloween programme would go on to become one of OCC’s key annual seasons.
2021
2022: International Stories and Paranormeau 2
In 2022, OCC expanded its international programming with Films from Arabstan, featuring Limbo, Wajib, Theeb, Memory Box and Talking About Trees.
That same year, Paranormeau Activity 2 brought together Grabbers, You Are Not My Mother, Ringu, A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, The Devil’s Doorway and Frankenweenie.
2022
2023: Music, Memory and Cult Cinema
2023 saw OCC programme On Repeat: Music on Film, featuring Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut, Amazing Grace and Nothing Compares.
Paranormeau Activity 3 continued the Halloween tradition with Audition and Goosebumps, while the wider programme included films such as Lyra, Mr Gay Syria, Flee, Puffin Rock, and Tale of the Three Jewels.
2023
2024
2024: A Bigger Programme Across the City
2024 marked a major step up in OCC’s programming. Films from Italia featured Rome, Open City, Cinema Paradiso and Happy as Lazzaro.
The first Floating Films season included Song of the Sea, The Peanut Butter Falcon, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish and Creature from the Black Lagoon.
OCC also launched The Art of Action, with Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Point Break, Run Lola Run and Seven Samurai.
Paranormeau Activity 4 brought together Practical Magic, The Craft, Name Above Title and Hocus Pocus, helping turn the spooky season into one of OCC’s biggest moments of the year.
2025
2025: New Audiences and Returning Favourites
In 2025, OCC continued to grow with Floating Films 2, featuring The Fog, Flow, Muppet Treasure Island, Mamma Mia! and Friday the 13th.
The romantic comedy series Much Ado About Romcoms with Lit(erature) to the Tit included When Harry Met Sally, Bend It Like Beckham, The Romcom Quiz, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days and My Big Fat Greek Wedding.
Paranormeau Activity 5 expanded again with The Lost Boys, Keep Me Company, They Live!, The Nightmare Before Christmas and the first Paranormeau Party.
2026
2026: Many Voices, One Screen
2026 has seen OCC continue to expand in scale, ambition and partnership. Films from Seoul paired Korean cinema with food through The Host and Decision to Leave.
Many Voices, One Screen has brought together a wide-ranging programme including The Voice of Hind Rajab, But I’m a Cheerleader, Sirât, Parasite, A Quiet Love, The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, Perfect Days, East is East, About Time, Suspiria, Event Horizon, Amelia’s Children, Train to Busan and Fallen Leaves.
OCC also launched Rip It Up, a season exploring youth, rebellion and counterculture through Human Traffic, This Is England and Trainspotting.
The OCC Crew
Committee
Vice Chair
Sian Parry
Chair
Corey McKinney
Volunteers
Front of House
Roni Horner
Jeanette Pierbon
Clara Breen
Alison Renfrew
Aine Dolan
Michelle Fulton-Maxwell
Paul Maxwell
Julia Fitzpatrick
Stella Lee
Audiovisual
Neil Hughes
Aidan Lagan
Adrian Mallon
Content Creation
Rebecca Alcorn
Caitlin Sawyer
Amy McKinless
Editorial
Clare Hogarth
Conor Reid
Ellie Traynor
Board
Claire McCullough
Dominic O'Neill
Support Volunteers
Laura-Sarah Andrews
Joe Smith
Our Partners
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