- The Screen Room
The Screen Room is a 21 seat arthouse cinema in the
Hockley Village area of Nottingham,England .The combination of a single screen and 21 person capacity have earnt it the title of "the world's smallest cinema",cite news| title = Smallest cinema in the world opens its doors| work = Nottingham Features| publisher = BBC| date = 2002-09-26| url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/nottingham/features/2002/09/smallest_cinema_in_the_world.shtml| accessdate = 2008-02-22] though this has yet to be ratified by
Guinness World Records . The honour of smallest purpose-built cinema currently goes to the Cinema Dei Piccoli inVilla Borghese , Rome,Italy , with 63 seats. [cite web| title = Smallest Purpose-Built Cinema in Operation| work = Guinness World Records| publisher = Guinness World Records| date = 2008| url = http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/records/science_and_technology/buildings/smallest_purpose-built_cinema_in_operation.aspx| accessdate = 2008-02-22]Opened in its current iteration by
Steven Metcalf on27 September 2002 , the cinema mainly screensworld cinema and cult classics. The building had previously housed a cinema, although it mainly screened X-rated films.References
External links
* [http://www.screenroom.co.uk Screen Room Cinema, Nottingham]
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