About

Originally opened as the King's Cinema on 8 January 1914, The Cameo is one of the oldest cinemas in Scotland. The original screen was mirrored – the first of its kind in Scotland – and there were 673 seats in an auditorium showing silent films with orchestral accompaniment. In 1930 the cinema was fitted for sound.  It was refurbished in 1949, when it was renamed The Cameo, and it quickly established a reputation for screening art-house films and became part of the Edinburgh International Film Festival circuit. 

In the mid-1980s two extra screens were added and the original main auditorium was restored to its full Edwardian splendour. In more recent years the bar was extended and transformed. Today The Cameo enjoys a reputation as one of Edinburgh's little gems and is a warm and welcoming home for cinemagoers and cineastes.

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Screenings

Film Time
AKIRA 19:45, Monday 16th November Book Tickets
A Silent Voice 19:45, Tuesday 17th November Book Tickets
Ninja Scroll (4K restoration) 20:00, Wednesday 18th November Book Tickets
Your Name 20:00, Thursday 19th November Book Tickets
Poupelle of Chimney Town 14:45, Friday 20th November Book Tickets
Grotesqqque 17:00, Friday 20th November Book Tickets
Shiranui
Ryo Katanosaka 		19:15, Friday 20th November Book Tickets
Ghost 21:00, Friday 20th November Book Tickets
We Are Aliens 13:45, Saturday 21st November Book Tickets
Samurai Ballerina 16:15, Saturday 21st November Book Tickets
Cocoon (+ bonus documentary) 18:50, Saturday 21st November Book Tickets
A New Dawn 21:00, Saturday 21st November Book Tickets
The Keeper of the Camphor Tree 13:00, Sunday 22nd November Book Tickets
To You in the Beyond 15:30, Sunday 22nd November Book Tickets
Chimney Town: Frozen in Time 18:00, Sunday 22nd November Book Tickets
The Obsessed 20:20, Sunday 22nd November Book Tickets