Independent Cinema · Charlotte

Independent Picture House

About

Independent Picture House is Charlotte’s nonprofit art house cinema, in a converted building on Raleigh Street in the Hidden Valley area north of NoDa. It shows independent, foreign and documentary films that the multiplex chains do not carry, alongside repertory screenings and themed series. As a nonprofit it runs on memberships and donations, and it is the home venue of the Charlotte Film Festival each September.

What to know

Members get discounted tickets and early access to festival screenings.
A bar serves beer and wine that can be taken into the screenings.
Programming includes filmmaker talks and question and answer sessions.
Free parking is available on site, unusual for a cinema this close in.

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Spotlight story The Manor closed, so they built their own: the ten year road to the Independent Picture House When Charlotte lost its last art house cinema in 2020, a 40 year old film society decided to stop renting screens and build one. Two false starts, a $2 million campaign and the Manor's old popcorn machine later, it opened. Read the story →

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Sep 21, 2026 Charlotte Film Festival opens tomorrow for six days of screenings 3 min read

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