Discovery Cinema brings you a great mix of movies each month. The Discovery Community Theatre offers community events and activities, and can also be hired for private functions.

Welcome to the Movies!

Grab your popcorn, sit back and relax… the movies have come to KAUST. Showing the latest Hollywood, Bollywood and Arabic Movies, Discovery Cinema is a state-of-the-art, Dolby surround sound multimedia venue with seating for 200.

Pre-book your Discovery Cinema tickets now on KAUSTCentral

Campus and Community (C&C), in collaboration with KAUST Smart, is happy to announce that you can pre-book your cinema tickets using the KAUSTCentral app.

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A Complete Unknown (R18)

May 12 - May 17

Show Times

12 May	MON	5:30 PM
13 May	TUE	8:00 PM
14 May	WED	5:30 PM
15 May	THU	3:00 PM \| 8:30 PM
16 May	FRI	10:00 AM \| 5:30 PM
17 May	SAT	3:30 PM \| 9:00 PM

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Absolution (R18)

May 12 - May 17

Show Times

12 May	MON	8:30 PM
13 May	TUE	5:30 PM
14 May	WED	3:00 PM \| 8:30 PM
15 May	THU	6:00 PM
16 May	FRI	3:00 PM \| 8:30 PM
17 May	SAT	1:00 PM \| 6:30 PM

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A Working Man (R18)

May 19 - May 24

Show Times

19 May	MON	8:00 PM
20 May	TUE	5:30 PM
21 May	WED	3:00 PM \| 8:00 PM
22 May	THU	5:30 PM
23 May	FRI	3:00 PM \| 8:00 PM
24 May	SAT	1:00 PM \| 6:00 PM

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Absolution (R18)

May 19 - May 24

Show Times

19 May	MON	5:30 PM
20 May	TUE	8:00 PM
21 May	WED	5:30 PM
22 May	THU	3:00 PM \| 8:00 PM
23 May	FRI	10:00 AM \| 5:30 PM
24 May	SAT	3:30 PM \| 8:30 PM

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The Show Can Go On!

The Discovery Community Theatre is an indoor theatre venue where you can host seminars and shows. For reservations please contact cinema@kaust.edu.sa

Cinema Reminders:

A ticket (available at the Ticketing booth) must be purchased to enter the Cinema to watch a movie.
Cinema doors open one (1) hour before the first screening of the day.
Tickets sell for SAR 15.00 (VAT Inclusive). Free admission for children aged 2 and below.
Cinema doors will close 10 minutes after the movie starts.
Admittance to movies is based strictly on the age rating for that movie – NO EXCEPTIONS. Please refer to signs in the Cinema for more information.
Video recording or photography is NOT permitted in the cinema.
All mobile devices must be switched OFF during the movie.

Contact Us

Email: cinema@kaust.edu.sa

Phone: 808-6528 (From a KAUST Phone)