About Cinema Center

Fort Wayne Cinema Center, Inc. is a nonprofit organization serving northeast Indiana.

MISSION: Cinema Center, Fort Wayne’s center for film, provides unique opportunities to explore our world through the art of film.

VISION: Cinema Center is the premier cultural center for the presentation of independent, foreign and documentary films in Northeast Indiana. Through special programming, outreach and education programs, Cinema Center provides a hub for filmmakers and film lovers to share and discuss the craft.  We strive to engage our community with programming that stimulates, expands thought, inspires the spirit, promotes discussion and fosters empathy through artistic and cultural experiences.

Our History

Cinema Center was founded in 1976 by a dedicated group of film enthusiasts after The Spectator Theater, Fort Wayne's last art and specialty movie house (located on The Landing), lost its lease. Our first film was "The Big Sleep," the great film noir classic directed by Howard Hawks, a Hoosier born just down the road in Goshen, Indiana. The film was shown in the Fort Wayne Art School auditorium in West Central on September 11, 1976.

During its first 15 years, Cinema Center was an itinerant organization, finding homes as needed. After the Art School, movies were shown at the Unitarian Universalist Meeting House, the Allen County Public Library, One Summit Square, and the Fort Wayne Museum of Art.

In 1991, with the generous support of Arts United, the Foellinger Foundation, the Lincoln Foundation and many other organizations and individuals, Cinema Center found a home of its own in the Hall Community Arts Center at 437 E. Berry St. A permanent home allowed us to grow into a 126 theater, boasting bright, crisp digital projection and Dolby digital sound.

Today, after more than 40 years of great films and community service, we are more passionate than ever about the joyous, transformative powers of film. Cinema Center is still community owned and locally programmed, and we remain the only theater in Fort Wayne dedicated to showcasing film as an art form. For more information, e-mail us at movies@cinemacenter.org.

LOCATION

437 E. BERRY ST.
FORT WAYNE, IN 46802

TICKET INFO

$12 General Admission
$9 Seniors / Students
$9 CC Members
$6 Senior CC Members

Cinema Center accepts
credit card, cash or
checks for tickets
and concessions.

Screening Spaces

We’re hiring!

Curator, Cinema Center 

Locations: Cinema Center

Hours: 5 - 15 hrs a week

Starting Pay: $12.50/hr

Position Responsibilities

Operations & Events

• Work the box office as needed Friday and Saturday afternoons and evenings: 

  • Opening & closing of facilities

  • Operate ticket counter

  • Operate concessions

  • Pop popcorn

  • Operate projector & playback systems

  • Address or direct any member issues & questions during events

• Watch movies and engage with members 

• Ingest digital content into projector and create digital theatrical presentation playlists

• Sanitation between customers, between screenings, and before & after events

• Update marquee

• Other responsibilities as assigned 

• Assist in planning, execution and break down of in-house and off-site events 

Administrative

• Answer phones and communicate with customers and members during shift

• Help identify immediate facilities needs

• Communicate with the General Manager and Executive team as needed 

Online

• Assist in updating homepage and trailers as needed

• Provide feedback on social campaigns and posts

Candidate Wish List

• A love of film as an art form

• Must be able and willing to work Friday and Saturday afternoons and evenings. 

• Willingness to learn new systems and processes

• Ability to think creatively about in-person and online events & educational opportunities

Interested candidates: 

Email your cover letter and resume to movies@cinemacenter.org. 

Please use the cover letter to tell us why you are interested in working at an art house movie theater.

Please include the subject line: Application for Cinema Center Curator

About Cinema Center

Fort Wayne Cinema Center, Inc., is a nonprofit organization serving northeast Indiana. 

MISSION

Cinema Center, Fort Wayne’s center for film, provides unique opportunities to explore our world through the art of film.

VISION

Cinema Center is the premier cultural center for the presentation of independent, foreign and documentary films in Northeast Indiana. Through special programming, outreach and education programs, Cinema Center provides a hub for filmmakers and film lovers to share and discuss the craft. We strive to engage our community with programming that stimulates, expands thought, inspires the spirit, promotes discussion and fosters empathy through artistic and cultural experiences.

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