A film projector beaming light rays outward, drawn on most platforms inside a rounded square. It stands for a movie theater rather than a film itself, marking showtimes, ticket posts, and trips to the multiplex, and it does double duty with 🎬 Clapper Board and 🍿 Popcorn whenever a caption is building out a whole night-at-the-movies scene.
What 🎦 means
A white 📽️ Film Projector icon or symbol printed onto a blue square. The 🎦 Cinema emoji refers to movies, films, short films, and any form of entertaining video content. This emoji may hint at film making and the entire backend process directed towards brilliance as well.
How and when to use it
- If you're sharing links to a video, or any other social media platform that contains that video, 🎦 may precede that link. For example, "Dude. Just watch this XD 🎦" or "I finally found our video! 🎦".
- You could also use 🎦 while referring to a 'tape'; which could symbolize content that's genuine and informative or something that's sensational and maybe even scandalous. Like, "Sheesh. I was so embarrassed to see that the tape is now viral! 🎦 #scandaloustapes"
- If you're posting or reposting anything movie-related; reviews, ratings, memes, etc., you can bring 🎦 into the picture.
- Since 🎦 is categorized under 'cinema', it encompasses all parts of it; stardom, fame, celebrities, paparazzi, glamor, movie/cinema/film festivals, and other related themes.
Other Names
- 🎦 Video Camera
- 🎦 Film Projector Icon/Symbol
- 🎦 Cinema Symbol
- 🎦 Motion Pictures Symbol
- 🎦 Cinema Screen
- 🎦 Movies
- 🎦 Cinema Projector Symbol
The lowdown
- Category
- Symbols › av-symbol
- Codepoints
U+1F3A6- Emoji version
- Emoji 0.6
- Shortcodes
:cinema:- Keywords
- camera, cinema, film, movie
How it looks across platforms
Seeing a blank box instead of the emoji somewhere? Here's why that happens. Curious why the designs above don't match to begin with? Here's why that happens too.
⚡ Quick round
Which joined the keyboard first — 🎦 Cinema or 🐁 Mouse?