Our Home.

A beautifully restored, century-old movie palace.

Twelve Lions Film Festival is headquartered at The Kentucky Theatre, a beautifully restored, century-old cinema in downtown Lexington, Kentucky. This Beaux Arts masterpiece is owned by the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government and managed by the nonprofit Friends of The Kentucky Theatre. The Kentucky Theatre’s movie schedule emphasizes the best in art-house, foreign, and independent films. It is one of a few remaining movie palaces in the United States.

While Twelve Lions will unfold at multiple venues across the city, opening- and closing-night festivities and film screenings will take place at The Kentucky Theatre.

Our Community.

Come for the films. Stick around to discover all that Lexington and Central Kentucky have to offer!

Twelve Lions Film Festival and the historic Kentucky Theatre are situated in Lexington, Kentucky, in the heart of the Bluegrass, a region renowned for horses, bourbon, and natural beauty. We hope you’ll come for the films and hang around to check out all that Lexington and the surrounding areas have to offer.

Tour one or all of the 14 bourbon distilleries within just 45 miles of our downtown. Surrounded by more than 400 horse farms and miles upon miles of fence-lined pasture, we’re the Horse Capital of the World. Recently named one of Zagat’s 30 Most Exciting Food Cities in America, we’re the site of a culinary revolution. Take in the Kentucky River palisades at nearby Raven Run or experience world-class climbing at the Red River Gorge, one of Southern Living’s Seven Wonders of the South.

To learn more about what Lexington and Central Kentucky have in store for you, check out VisitLex!