New video footage shows demolition work taking place at Dublin Road's Movie House Cinema building, as it gets set to be replaced.
Demolition began last week, as diggers were spotted by Bankmore Square. It had originally been due to get under way last year.
The cinema closed their doors last spring due to Covid, before officially announcing that they would not be reopening even as restrictions ease.
The Dublin Road cinema had been in operation since 1993. The site changed hands again in 1996 to Virgin then in 2000 to UGC, before finally becoming part of the Movie House group in 2003.
Belfast IT firm Kainos’ is to house its headquarters at the Dublin Road site which has been empty for months.
Last year Kainos said the design of the new HQ may need to be re-examined in light of the Covid pandemic.
The company’s entire workforce of about 1,700 has been working from home during the crisis.
The bulldozing of the Movie House will mark the end of the era for another city cinema.
Movie House currently have four other locations throughout Northern Ireland - Belfast City Side, Glengormley, Maghera and Coleraine.
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