What does 🎦 Cinema mean?
A film camera inside a button, the symbol for a cinema or movie screening. People use it when planning a film night, sharing trailers, posting reviews or talking about what is showing this week. It can also mark video content in a list. It is more of a sign-like label than 🎬, the clapperboard, or 🍿, which captures the snack side of movie night.
🎦 Cinema is an emoji from the Symbols category (audio & video controls), added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010. People use it in messages about camera, film and movie.
Example messages
🎦 Cinema on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Cinema looks on each platform.
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How do I copy and paste the Cinema emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and 🎦 is copied to your clipboard. Then paste it anywhere with Ctrl+V, Cmd+V or a long press on your phone. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can also type the shortcode :cinema:.
When was the Cinema emoji added?
🎦 Cinema was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010. It is supported on all current versions of iOS, Android, Windows and macOS.
Why does 🎦 look different on my phone?
Every platform draws its own artwork for Cinema. The underlying code (U+1F3A6) is the same everywhere, so the person you send it to always gets the same emoji, just in their device’s style. Compare the designs in the platform section above.