Cine Olympia, Movie theater in Campina, Belém, Brazil

Cine Olympia is a movie theater in the Campina district of Belém, housed in a neoclassical building with marble statues and arched windows on its main facade. The interior has been renovated but still keeps the original architectural details from when it was first built.

The theater opened in 1912, at a time when Belém was closely connected to Europe through the rubber trade. The building reflects how that economic boom shaped the city's architecture and public spaces during that era.

The Olympia's name recalls the Greek sanctuary of Olympia, fitting a Belle Époque hall built in 1912. Silent films were accompanied by an orchestra inside the auditorium, and musical groups played concerts in the waiting room before screenings, a practice other Belém cinemas did not have. On 30 November 1930 it screened "Alvorada do Amor", the first sound film shown in Pará.

The cinema has been closed for structural renovation since mid-2020, with reopening announced for the second half of 2026. The renovated hall will have 255 seats, down from 400, plus a glazed bar and a memory room holding the silent-film piano and a historic projector. Check locally before planning a visit.

After years of decline, a municipal agreement in 2006 saved the cinema from permanent closure. That decision kept alive one of the oldest movie theaters in Brazil that still runs regular screenings today.