Our mission
Cinema for All is built on one belief: in a country that loves the movies more than almost any on earth, the magic of the big screen should belong to every child — not just the ones who can reach it or afford it.
We don't give a child a film. We give them an evening that belongs to them — and the feeling that the world made room for them.
The gap we exist for
How we work
Government schools, shelters, anganwadis and youth groups tell us who's missing out. We build the screening around them — not the other way round.
Donors and companies fund whole screenings, rows of seats, or single children. 100% of every gift reaches the screen.
Film licences in the child's own language, a real cinema, the bus there, accessibility and snacks. Families just turn up and take their seats.
Every sponsor receives photos, numbers and the words of the children who came. Trust is earned in evidence.
Our story
A bedsheet, a borrowed projector and 80 children in a Vidarbha village who'd never seen a film on a big screen. We knew we'd found something.
With a handful of volunteers and our first corporate sponsor, Cinema for All became a Section 8 company with 80G status, and ran 40 screenings in a year.
Single-screen theatres and multiplexes began donating off-peak shows. Suddenly we could give children the genuine article — the smell of popcorn and all.
Across 64 districts, with a waiting list of schools and a growing circle of sponsors. We're only getting started.
The people