Oh, amazing

... [laughs] over the years, it started out as being part of the Picturehouse chain.

Uh, but then they had, uh, the, the Cineworld had a monopoly in Aberdeen, so it was sold off, and it became part of the Filmhouse group with Edinburgh Filmhouse and Edinburgh International Film Festival.

And then post-pandemic, obviously CMI, their parent company, went into, uh, liquidation, bankruptcy, and it was shutWhat was really interesting is that within a few hours there was a Facebook group, within a few days there was a, uh, public meeting with hundreds attending, including MPs and MSPs.

Um, and out of that was born, uh, the Belmont Community Cinema Limited, uh, chaired by a local guy called Jacob Campbell, who's one of those people that just makes you feel really, uh, bad about yourself because you're like, "How do you actually fit all of the things you do into your day?"

Yeah.

So, and I think it's really important for people to kinda know to draw that parallel between what Aberdeen was and, and its love affair with the movies to, to, to now.

Because all they get right now is two Cineworlds, one at the beach and one at Union Square, which is a big shopping center.