London’s ‘only LGBTQ+ cinema’ is set to open in Bermondsey later this year

“We’re ready to bring our experience, expertise and film background to The Arzner,” said co-founder Simon Burke (Image: The Arzner)

London is about to get just a little more queer as the city is getting what is believed to be its only LGBTQ+ cinema.

The project is being helmed by Simon Burke and Piers Greenlees, who opened new London queer bar The Rising SE1 last year in Elephant and Castle.

The cinema will be called The Arzner after the lesbian filmmaker Dorothy Arzner. Arzner became the first woman to direct a Hollywood talking picture, Manhattan Cocktail, in 1928. She was also the first woman admitted to the Directors Guild of America.

“This to our knowledge will be the only LGBTQ+ cinema in all of London” – Simon

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