CINEMA WORKSTATION FOOD/DRINK VENUE HIRE SUPPORT US INFORMATION Our History Did you know the Showroom is housed in a former car Showroom? Our beloved building has enjoyed a varied and exciting past. Just take a look at our timeline ... IN THE BEGINNING … 1936: The building opens as Kennings car showroom 1960s: Roof extension is added 1970s: The building is closed as a garage 1983: Sheffield Council acquires the building 1989: Sheffield Media and Exhibition Centre Limited is born 1989: The Showroom Project launched by Sir Richard Attenborough 1990: Completion of initial building work by Sheffield City Council 1994: First Sheffield International Documentary Festival (Doc/Fest) 1995: Opening of Showroom Cinema's Screen 1 & 2 by Sir Sydney Samuelson, the first British Film Commissioner. First films shown: Woody Allen’s Mighty Aphrodite & Hal Hartley’s Amateur 1998: Opening of Showroom Cinema's Screen 3 & 4 by Pete Postlethwaite Building is complete 1999: Showcomotion young people’s film festival held over 15 days 2002: Voted the favourite independent cinema of Guardian readers 2004: The Children’s Media Conference is born from Showcomotion, focusing on the future of children’s media and bringing together hundreds of international delegates 2005: Sheffield Adventure Film Festival (ShAFF) begins, celebrating adventure, travel and extreme sports filmmaking 2005: The Constant Gardener becomes the Showroom’s longest run film, showing from October 2005 to May 2006 2006: Arctic Monkeys video filmed on the roof 2007: Voted Best Cultural Venue in Sheffield's Exposed Magazine Awards. 2009: First Celluloid Screams Horror Festival 2009: Chris Morris’ Four Lions shoots scenes on the Showroom’s rooftop 2011: The King’s Speech – the highest grossing film at the Showroom’s box office to this date, with nearly 14,000 attendees 2012: Becomes one of the British Film Institute’s Youth Film Academies. 2014: Recognised as the cultural leader for the region with the award to form Film Hub North, part of the BFI’s Film Audience Network Doc/Fest recognised by Academy Awards as an Oscar-qualifying festival; around 3500 delegates attend. Becomes third largest documentary festival in the world 2015: Named one of the 12 Coolest Cinemas in the country by Culture Trip Celebrating our 20th anniversary and launching our fundraising appeal to help refurbish our cinema screens 2020: Our 25th anniversary! Support Us We welcome your support. Find out how you can help us > Showroom Membership Show us some love by joining our club > EXPLORE In film Wolfwalkers: half-term adventure for the family In film Beyond the big studio blockbusters Opinion Lockdown doesn’t stop the final Sheffield Doc/Fest weekender See more posts, media & downloads > SIGN IN Become a member WHAT'S ON TU 30 WE 1 TH 2 FR 3 SA 4 SU 5 MO 6 Petite Maman U 16.10 House of Gucci 15 17.30 19.50 The Danish Collector: Delacroix to Gaugin 17.45 Pirates 15 17.50 20.50 The French Dispatch 15 18.00 The Power of the Dog 12A 20.00 Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn 18 20.30 SEE FULL GUIDE > Tweets by showroomcinema Showroom & Workstation, 15 Paternoster Row, Sheffield, S1 2BX ©2021 Sheffield Media & Exhibition Centre Ltd @showroomcinema @theworkstation a glitterfish site