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CinemaCon Auditorium at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas

CinemaCon Secures Major Studio Participation for 2021 Conference

As the cinema industry in various parts of the world slowly stirs to life after more than year of COVID closures, one persistent question has been asked over the past few months at every virtual event; will a postponed CinemaCon actually take place in Las Vegas in August, or like last year, will its…

CJ Cinema Summit: Industry Leaders Share Optimism as European Cinema Reopen

There have been many recurring guest speakers during the past 37 CJ Cinema Summits. UNIC’s Laura Houlgatte, Warner Bros.’ Andrew Cripps and VUE’s Tim Richards are no strangers to the CJ stage, and on Thursday provided valuable insights into the challenges that the industry has faced over the past 15…

Paramount Ranch - SAMOfund Drive-In

Drive-In Screening Raises Funds to Restore Paramount Ranch

On the evening of April 24th, as crews prepared Union Station in downtown Los Angeles to host the Academy Awards, a line of cars snaked out of the gravel entrance of Paramount Ranch 38 miles (61 kilometers) to the west in the foothills of the Santa Monica Mountains. Rather than arriving to attend on…

2021 Cinema Trade Shows

Cinema Trade Shows Are Back… But Will The Industry Turn Up?

Eight months ago Celluloid Junkie explored the impact that the lack of trade shows would have on the cinema business. We speculated that it could be an entire 18 months that the business would have to do without an international cinema trade show and, as it turns out, (as with everything COVID-19 it…

We’re All Grounded: The Impact of a Lack of Trade Shows on the Cinema Business

I squinted at my phone at 6:00 am on the 12th of March. “Did you see that they cancelled CinemaCon as well as all flights to and from Mainland Europe?” read the text. The news had broken overnight (for those of us outside of the United States) and the email from the show’s Managing DirectorRead More

Film Expo Group Rallies Around ShowEast

Film Expo Group Rallies Around ShowEast During Challenging Year

To say that 2020 has been a bad year for cinema operators and theatrical film distributors would be quite the understatement. With COVID-19 shuttering most of the world’s movie theaters, global box office is down well over 70% from last year and as cinemas reopen, it is uncertain whether audie…

BTS World Tour: Love Yourself In Seoul

The CinemaCon Award That Would Have Been

Many disruptions brought about by the coronavirus pandemic have devastated the global cinema industry, with one such example being the cancellation of the annual, much-anticipated CinemaCon. During this year’s Las Vegas conference a host of awards were due to be bestowed upon deserving industry figu…

What to Expect: Digital Cinema Summit at Integrated Systems Europe – 12 February, Amsterdam

Integrated Systems Europe, the World’s biggest pro audiovisual trade show with more than 1.300 exhibitors and 80.000 participants, takes place from 11-14 February in Amsterdam. It’s a must go event for many technology partners of the cinema exhibition industry, including of course many ICTA members,…

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…

UNIC Women’s Cinema Leadership Programme at Cinema Days 2019 - Mentoring Session

UNIC Women’s Cinema Leadership Programme at Cinema Days 2019

UNIC’s annual Cinema Days, our autumn convention where more than 180 industry leaders join us in Brussels for two days of panels, workshops and networking, also provides an occasion for participants of the UNIC Women’s Cinema Leadership Programme to come together to share, learn and connect. This ye…