The Oklahoma Center for Nonprofits (OKCNP) will host the 2021 Oklahoma Nonprofit Excellence (ONE) Awards on April 24, 2021, in Tulsa, with limited attendance. The event will be livestreamed on OKCNP’s website as well. Leading up to the event, OKCNP is celebrating the 21 Oklahoma nonprofit finalists in seven categories. Circle Cinema is a finalist in the Arts and Humanities category.

Founded in 2002, Circle Cinema is Tulsa’s only nonprofit, art house cinema and film arts organization. It has helped preserve local film history through restoration of the 1928 theatre building, making it Tulsa’s last standing historic movie theater. The location is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Circle Cinema’s mission is “to use film to foster understanding and appreciation of the diversity of the human experience and create community among the viewers in the restored Circle Cinema.”

Located in downtown Tulsa, Circle Cinema services 75,000 patrons every year, spanning all ages.

The theatre offers matinees, evening and late night films, weekend screenings and a free-matinee series in the summer for youth. Circle Cinema also offers foreign-language film programs allowing them to serve those whose primary language is not English.

Circle Cinema curated film showings include first runs, repertory, classic, documentary, foreign-language, historical and Oklahoma-made films. In addition, the nonprofit partners with schools to bring educational films that tie closely to classroom curriculum.

Adding to the experience, Circle Cinema creates opportunities to experience silent films with live musical accompaniment played on the original 1928 theatre pipe organ.

Circle Cinema has expanded on traditional film screen experiences to include guest speakers, celebrities and asked for audience participation creating interactive film experiences.

Circle Cinema’s wide variety of programing, film curation and topics allows it to connect with individuals from a variety of backgrounds. Employees work to provide a welcoming and safe environment that allows individuals from diverse backgrounds to come together and experience film.

To learn more about Circle Cinema visit their website: https://www.circlecinema.org/.

The ONE Awards is dedicated to honoring the outstanding work of Oklahoma nonprofits statewide. The ONE Awards also serves as the primary fundraising event for OKCNP. Proceeds from the ONE Awards enable OKCNP to serve communities throughout Oklahoma.

To learn more about the OKCNP ONE Awards or to watch the event, visit: https://www.okcnp.org/page/one-awards.