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The best independent, classic, foreign films in North Central Florida. Have a film in mind to bring to the cinema?

Gainesville's only art house movie theater specializing in independent, foreign and documentary films! Many of our films have premiered at international film festivals including Cannes International Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival, SXSW, Tribeca Film Festival and more. The Hipp Cinema also caters to local film festivals and hosts monthly Cinema Lounge events! While enjoying our

films, feel free to splurge on a buttery popcorn from our concession stand or a chilled glass of wine from our cash bar. Watch this page for the back story about our films - what we are planning, thinking and considering for future presentations. Comment and send in your film suggestions at any time! Now accepting movie pass: https://www.moviepass.com/

09/06/2026

Young Frankenstein
Mel Brooks Fest - The 100 Year Old Man
PG 1974
Horror/Comedy
1h 46m

Sat, Sept 12 | 8:30

The HippCinema celebrates Mel Brooks and his centenarian milestone! Comedies, comedies, and more comedies. Get into the spirit of uproarious laughter inspired by our mainstage production You Can't Take It With You. The first film screening in our festival is Young Frankenstein. Respected medical lecturer Dr. Frederick Frankenstein (Gene Wilder) learns that he has inherited his infamous grandfather's estate in Transylvania. Arriving at the castle, Dr. Frankenstein soon begins to recreate his grandfather's experiments with the help of servants Igor (Marty Feldman), Inga (Teri Garr) and the fearsome Frau Blücher (Cloris Leachman). After he creates his own monster (Peter Boyle), new complications ensue with the arrival of the doctor's fiancée, Elizabeth (Madeline Kahn).

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09/04/2026

Tony
PG-13 1987
Comedy/Drama
1h 34m

Thu, Sept 10 | 8:30
Sat, Sept 12 | 3:30
Sun, Sept 13 | 3:30
Fri, Sept 18 | 8:30
Sun, Sept 20 | 1:00
Sun, Sept 20 | 6:00

A 19-year-old Anthony Bourdain (Dominic Sessa) travels to Provincetown and stumbles into the chaotic world of a restaurant kitchen, setting off a summer that will shape the course of his life. Directed by Matt Johnson (Nirvanna: The Band, the Show, the Movie) and also starring Antonio Banderas, Emilia Jones, Leo Woodall, and Stavros Halkias.

09/03/2026

Rose of Nevada
NR 2025
Sci-fi/Drama
1h 54m

Thu, Sept 10 | 6:00
Sat, Sept 12 | 6:00
Sun, Sept 13 | 1:00
Sun, Sept 13 | 6:00

Three decades ago, the Rose of Nevada vanished at sea, along with its crew. Now, it has returned. In a remote fishing village, its reappearance is embraced as an auspicious sign, with the local citizens convinced the luck of their economically devastated community may turn, if only the ship sails again. Joining the crew is Nick (George MacKay), desperate to provide for his young family, and Liam (Callum Turner), a mysterious drifter eager to escape his past. After a successful voyage, they return to harbor, only to find that nothing is as they remember it. Shooting on a 16mm Bolex camera and constructing all the sound in post, Mark Jenkin writes, directs, edits and scores a haunting and hallucinatory time-travel mystery that
further solidifies him as one of the most distinct, singular artists working in film today. Jenkin conducts a cinematic séance, conjuring a portal into another world that forces us to confront the past and our relationship to it.

09/02/2026

American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez
NR 2026
Documentary
1h 32m

Sat, Aug 29 | 6:00
Thu, Sept 3 | 6:00
Fri, Sept 4 | 8:30
Sat, Sept 5 | 6:00
Sun, Sept 6 | 1:00
Sun, Sept 6 | 6:00

Luis Valdez elevates Chicano narratives to cinema through Zoot Suit and La Bamba, overcoming political and industry pushback to create landmark films that broaden and honor America's cultural story.

Special Event

Saturday, August 29 | 6:00

Producer Lauren DeFillippo and Director David Alvarado will be in attendance to introduce the film and participate in a post film screening discussion.

09/01/2026

Teenage S*x and Death at Camp Miasma
R 2026
Horror
1h 52m

Fri, Aug 28 | 8:30
Sat, Aug 29 | 9:00
Thu, Sept 3 | 8:30
Fri, Sept 4 | 6:00
Sat, Sept 5 | 3:30
Sat, Sept 5 | 8:30
Sun, Sept 6 | 3:30

A new kind of horror remake from Jane Schoenbrun (I Saw the TV Glow), starring Hannah Einbinder and Gillian Anderson.

After years of slapdash sequels and waning fandom, the Camp Miasma slasher franchise is handed over to an enthusiastic young director for resurrection. But when she visits the original’s star, a now-reclusive actress shrouded in mystery, the two women fall into a blood-soaked world of desire, fear, and delirium.

08/31/2026

The HippCinema celebrates Mel Brooks and his centenarian milestone! Comedies, comedies, and more comedies. Get into the spirit of uproarious laughter inspired by our mainstage production - You Can't Take It With You.

Mel Brooks: The 100 Year Old Man - Young Frankenstein, Robin Hood: Men in Tights, and High Anxiety (Sept 12–27)

The Philadelphia Story - A classic comedy staring Katherine Hepburn, Cary Grant, and Jimmy Stewart (Sept 19)

Don't miss the Florida premiere of First They Came For My College on Sept 17, with a filmmaker Q&A 🎤

And catch three of the year's buzziest indie films: Tony (Sept 10–20), Rose of Nevada (Sept 10–13), and Olmo (Sept 24–26).

Full schedule + tickets at the link in bio 🔗

08/26/2026

Reading Lo**ta In Tehran

TWO MORE SHOWINGS ONLY!

Thu, Aug 27 | 6:00
Sat, Aug 29 | 3:30

In revolutionary Iran, as fundamentalists tighten their grip on society, a professor secretly gathers seven of her most dedicated female students to read and discuss forbidden classics of Western literature, including Lo**ta and Pride and Prejudice. Based on the bestselling memoir by Azar Nafisi. A film by Eran Riklis starring Golshifteh Farahani (Paterson), Zar Amir (Holy Spider), and Mina Kavani (No Bears).

08/24/2026

Address

25 SE 2nd Place
Gainesville, FL
32601

Telephone

+13523754477

Website

https://thehipp.org/cinema, https://linktr.ee/hippcinema

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