120年前已經有流動影院的足跡,為偏遠地方的人提供娛樂,令電影更普及,更受歡迎。全盛時期,印度有數千個流動影院。時移世易,流動影院在印度剩下不足40個。本片跟隨兩個流動影院長達五年,走過印度中部大小村落,紀錄營運者五年來面臨的挑戰。除了不可預測的壞天氣,還有放映機零件損壞,35mm菲林被數碼化淘汰,現代人受太多新興娛樂吸引,使入場看電影的觀眾人數下降。但只要有人仍然喜歡看電影,流動影院的經營者仍然找到方法經營下去。導演不僅回顧流動影院的歷史,更展望它永續的潛力。影片流動到多個影展放映。

For over 70 years, traveling projectionists have brought movie magic to the remote rural reaches of India. Lugging ancient projectors and giant tents to village fairs, they set up cinemas where none exist and show Bollywood hits and classics to enraptured audiences. Shot over 5 years, Shirley Abraham and Amit Madheshiya’s elegiac documentary follows the guardians of this twilight trade – an exhibitor, a showman, and a projector repairman – and their struggles, joys, and memories as they face the march of time and technology. Celebrating the love for cinema in its purest form, The Cinema Travellers has traveled to numerous festivals around the world.