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Stan Ruszkowski, CEO of The Boxoffice Company, Carla Boyd of Cineworld, Adrien Chabel, the CEO of AlloCine) and Mariano Otero of Fever during the Turning Social Buzz Into Box Office Sales panel at CineEurope on 15 June 2025 in Barcelona, Spain

CineEurope 2025: Turning Social Buzz into Box Office Success

“We’re here to talk about something that never sleeps,” proclaimed Stan Ruszkowski, CEO of The Boxoffice Company, at the outset of a panel discussion at this year’s CineEurope. Titled “From Scroll to Screen: Turning Social Buzz into Box Office Sales”, the session came on the first day of the confere…

CineEurope 2024: A Trade Show Overview

An important part of every CineEurope conference, held at the CCIB in Barcelona every June, is the trade show, where the latest in cinema service provider offerings – from concession stand options through to the nitty-gritty technical side of cinema exhibition – are displayed in all thei…

CineEurope 2024: ICTA Sessions

The annual gathering of the European cinema community – CineEurope – took place once again at the CCIB in Barcelona between the 17-20 June. On the opening morning of the conference (Monday 17th) a session focussing on ‘New Cinema Concepts’ kickstarted a discussion around cinemas de…

Phil Clapp, President, Laura Houlgatte, CEO, International Union Of Cinemas Keynote Address – CineEurope 2023

This is the keynote speech delivered by Phil Clapp, President, and Laura Houlgatte, CEO, International Union of Cinemas (UNIC) at CineEurope 2023 in Barcelona on 19 June 2023 Good afternoon everyone – on behalf of UNIC, the International Union of Cinemas, we are delighted to welcome you to Cin…

CineEurope 2022 Opening Speech

Phil Clapp, President, Laura Houlgatte, CEO, International Union Of Cinemas Keynote address – CineEurope 2022 – 20 June 2022 Good afternoon, everyone – on behalf of UNIC, the International Union of Cinemas, we are delighted to welcome you to CineEurope 2022. The past two years have been a roug…

Coca-Cola's Oli Delaney moderated the "Growing Back Greener" sustainability session at CineEurope 2021

CJ Green at CineEurope 2021

The ever-important topic of sustainability was, once again, given devoted focus at CineEurope 2021 during a Coca-Cola Company session titled, “Growing Back Greener”. Held three months ago in early October in Barcelona, the chosen topic – this time focusing specifically on the world’s problem w…

Charles Rivkin of the Motion Picture Association Keynote at CineEurope 2021

MPA’s Charles Rivkin Brings the Charm to CineEurope 2021

While more Americans made it over to CineEurope this year than did European to CinemaCon, they were still small in number. The Motion Picture Association’s Chairman and CEO Charles (Charlie) Rivkin was one of those and, even though he spends a considerable amount of time in Washington DC, he p…

CTC + CJ: Women in Cinema Interview Series: Debbie Stanford-Kristiansen – CEO, Novo Cinemas

Having spent more than two decades of her career in the hospitality and events industry, Debbie Stanford-Kristiansen was presented with a new challenge when she was asked to head up Gulf cinema company Novo. Despite feeling as though it may be somewhat out of her comfort zone, her husband gently rem…

CJ + Coke: CineEurope 2019 Seminar on Sustainability Part 2 – No Time To Waste

Part Two – Costa: Creating Value From Waste Welcome back to part two of our CineEurope Coca-Cola Sustainability seminar round up. If you missed part one – covering the EU’s directive on plastic waste & marine litter, and Coke’s sustainability initiatives, find it here. To follow on f…

CJ + Coke: CineEurope 2019 Seminar on Sustainability – Part 1

Part One – No Time To Waste Despite CineEurope 2019 now seeming like a distant memory, sustainability is a topic that doesn’t lose relevance (also see: Celluloid Junkie’s new regular feature CJ Green). The Celluloid Junkie team attended the second seminar by the Coca-Cola Company on this very…