About Smoovie

Smoovie is a DIY cinema service based in Machynlleth, Mid Wales. It was started by Welsh filmmaker William Tremlett after years of running pop-up screenings across rural Mid and North Wales. Frustrated by clunky licensing, confusing tech, and high costs, he built Smoovie — an all-in-one system that makes showing films locally simple, legal, and exciting.

Smoovie is not a corporate service — it’s a growing network of:

  • Community & volunteer-run groups using village halls, clubs, and community centres,
  • Staffed venues such as theatres, music venues, and arts centres that want cinema without fixed licences,
  • Individuals & entrepreneurs who’ve always wanted to start a local cinema and build an audience.

The Smoovie platform brings everything together — secure playout, ticketing, automated marketing tools, and a curated film programme — on a simple revenue-share model with no up-front licence fees. You focus on welcoming people in; we handle the rights, reporting, and payouts.

For distributors and filmmakers, Smoovie opens up new audiences in community exhibition — secure, transparent, and local — reaching people who rarely access independent film.

Our aim is cinema without barriers: flexible, collaborative, and built to grow local film culture — not corner the market.

How we help venues

  • Simple setup: Films and trailers arrive inside the Smoovie player on your Windows laptop and play offline on the night.
  • Built-in marketing: Automatic posters, schedules, newsletters, and a venue page on smoovie.uk.
  • Custom pre-show: Add venue events, sponsor slides, and community notices to the big screen.
  • Low admin: Rights, ticketing, reports, and monthly payouts handled for you.

Working with councils & support organisations

We partner with local councils and organisations supporting community buildings across the UK to offer promotional options to their venues. If you’re part of a network, tell us — we’ll explore what’s available in your area.

Get involved

Choose the path that fits you — whether you want to bring cinema to your community or distribute your films to local audiences:

For Venues & Organisers For Distributors & Rightsholders Or email: [email protected]