[5] Secret Cinema's experiences are described by Riggall as a response to society's growing reliance on technology and the increasingly dark, unimaginative reality created by global politics.
[6] Riggall's intention is to create Secret Worlds where films can be turned into real life, becoming large-scale cultural experiences in abandoned spaces.
As part of this project, Fabien installed a temporary cinema in the Calais refugee camp known as the Jungle, the biggest in Western Europe.
[12] Fabien motivates his activism by explaining how the refugees will be 'having an escape from their predicament through access to culture '[19] as the screening 'will offer a break from this constant reality of living in tents'.
Fabien insists that Secret Cinema is a socially conscious organisation that supports different ongoing debates; he expressed his solidarity towards the shortfall in Junior doctors' employment rate, as he created a whole world around the horror movie 28 days later.
[23] [31] The Independent describes Secret's Cinema's predominant problem to be its cost, going up to £75 for large scale production such as The Empire Strikes Back.
[32] In September 2022, Secret Cinema announced it was being acquired by TodayTix for £29,310,651.00[24] Fabien has received honours from the likes of The Hospital Club, Time Out and The Evening Standard and brands including Honda and Courvoisier.