Alem Cinema
Discover movies, series, and people with TMDB.
Service Area
- Next.js App Router / SSR
- TMDB API integration
- Responsive UI (Tailwind + shadcn/ui)
- Search & filter systems
- Flutter Android companion app
- APK download & install flow
Introduction
Alem Cinema (ዓለም ሲኒማ) is a movie and TV discovery platform for film enthusiasts. It uses The Movie Database (TMDB) API to surface trending, popular, and upcoming titles, plus people, studios, networks, genres, and awards. A matching Flutter Android app is available to download from the web site.
Goal
Fast content discovery
Home carousels and browse pages for trending, popular, top-rated, now-playing, and upcoming movies and series.
Rich detail experiences
Movie/TV pages with cast, trailers, reviews, keywords, seasons/episodes, and linked genre, network, and studio pages.
Cross-platform reach
Ship a Flutter Android companion with the same brand, plus an in-site APK download page and optimized ~21 MB release build.
Challenge
Balancing TMDB rate limits and latency with SSR/caching, while keeping filter/search UX responsive (server-only API keys, sticky filter sidebars, and loading skeletons on navigation).
Outcome
25+
App routes
Home, movies/TV catalogs, search, watchlist, genres, keywords, people, studios/networks, awards, seasons, and download.
~21 MB
Android APK
arm64 release APK with minify/shrink, served from /downloads for sideload installs.
Conclusion
Alem Cinema is a production-style entertainment discovery product: SSR Next.js front end on TMDB, polished dark UI, and a downloadable Flutter Android app under one brand.