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To: Belfast City Council, Local Council

Save Movie House Dublin Road!

Save the Movie House on Dublin Road!

It's one of the best cinemas in the city, out of the very few that we have. Losing it would be yet another nail in the coffin for the arts in Belfast for the sake of the commercial and financial gain of the minority.

Why is this important?

The Belfast Telegraph recently published an article outlining plans to demolish the Movie House on Dublin Road.

"Plans are now under way to knock down the Movie House cinema on Dublin Road and build a £65m 12-storey office scheme with a capacity for 3,000 staff."

You can read more here

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/business/news/65m-office-block-at-belfast-movie-house-site-will-create-600-jobs-35398523.html

I believe that the Movie House on Dublin Road is one of the best cinemas in the city, out of the very few that we have. Losing it would be yet another nail in the coffin for the arts in Belfast for the sake of the commercial and financial gain of the minority.

Any proposal to demolish this wonderful cinema would be yet another example of the rampant 'beigification' of Belfast.

Those of us who want to save the Movie House from such shameful fate need to fight for it right now. A petition signed by 1000s of people whilst an open consultation process is ongoing may just make developers think twice about demolishing our cinema.

We need the power of signatures to help us convince developers that the cinema is worth keeping and important to many people.

We must unite and reject any proposals to destroy our arts scene.

Belfast

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Updates

2017-01-26 21:46:58 +0000

1,000 signatures reached

2017-01-26 19:03:03 +0000

500 signatures reached

2017-01-26 17:17:17 +0000

Moive house posted this to their Facebook page just now:

Hi all, there have been lots of comments on Facebook about the redevelopment at Dublin Road. But it’s business as usual at Movie House Dublin Road while plans are being developed for a multi-million pound office development. This is a long term project and we are in discussions with the developer about incorporating an eight screen cinema within the complex. We're open for business so come on down and see some of the great movies that are out at the moment!

2017-01-26 16:43:55 +0000

100 signatures reached

2017-01-26 16:07:39 +0000

50 signatures reached

2017-01-26 15:36:13 +0000

25 signatures reached

2017-01-26 15:09:46 +0000

10 signatures reached