ミニシアター

noun

small cinema; arthouse cinema

Refers to a small, independent movie theater, often showing arthouse, foreign, or non-mainstream films. Wasei-eigo from 'mini theater'.

wasei-eigo (Japanese-coined English), from mini theater

• 週しゅう末まつはミニシアターでフランス映えい画がを見みた。

  I watched a French film at a small cinema over the weekend.