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Cineworld Negotiating Bankruptcy Reorganization With Lenders While Also Pursing Sale

Cineworld was back in United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas on 8 February to update Judge Marvin Isgur on the status of their ongoing bankruptcy case. Lawyers for the United Kingdom-based company provided an overview of current operations, a potential reorganization plan,…

Top 50 Women in Global Cinema 2023 Needs You!

As the return to pre-pandemic box office levels inches closer, and after many enquiries and requests, we’re thrilled to announce the opening of nominations for our annual Top Women in Global Cinema 2023 list, back in its usual format. Now in its seventh year, and fresh off the back of our inaugural…

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2022 ran from 11-27th November 2022

The Current State of Distribution and Exhibition in the Baltic Region

The only A-list competitive festival in the Nordic-Baltic region, the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, has seen its European prominence dramatically growing over the last few years. As well as the main competition, the Estonian gathering hosts several “sidebar” meetings and a dedicated industry p…

Regal Union Square Stadium 14 in New York City

Cineworld To Close 39 Additional Regal Theatre Locations

In a filing earlier this week relating to their ongoing Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings, Cineworld asked the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas for permission to abandon 39 of its leases for Regal theatre locations in the United States. This is the fifth time Cinewor…

The Naked Truth About What's Happening at AMC

The Naked Truth About What’s Going on With AMC Theatres

There was no rest for the public relations department at AMC Theatres this holiday season. With most motion picture executives around the globe having already left the office for at least the two weeks surrounding Christmas and New Years, the senior management of the largest exhibitor in the world w…

Russian Cinemas Set to Screen Pirated Copies of “Avatar: The Way of Water”

Plans are underway across Russian cinemas to show high-quality pirated copies of the much anticipated “Avatar: The Way of Water,” a blatantly illegal move that would be a point of new departure for the exhibition sector in the country. It is currently unknown how or when the film will re…

The Really Local Group has been transforming UK high streets for the last six years.

CJ Interviews: Really Local Group

An impressive newcomer on the block, the Really Local Group (RLG) has set about transforming local high streets in the United Kingdom over the last six years. With a current total of four open venues – and a full pipeline of projects ahead of them – their objective isn’t to “just” create…

Russian Federation Moves to Legalize Pirated Screenings

Russian State Media is reporting that legislative changes are being proposed by the Federation’s Council Committee on Economic Policy that will allow the distribution of foreign films in Russia without the consent of the copyright holders, but with payment of remuneration to them. These proposa…

The Road To Recovery: Uganda’s Century Cinemax

From Entebbe’s palm-poked sandy beaches to the traffic-clogged streets of capital city Kampala, movie theatres in Uganda, operated by Century Cinemax, are flooding with customers again. At Acacia Mall in the capital, moviegoers queue outside the cinema for tickets, contributing to the comeback of an…

Cineworld on the Road To Recovery

Cineworld On Its Road To Recovery – Part 3

This is the third of a three part series examining some of the finer points and details of Cineworld’s ongoing bankruptcy in an attempt to provide some analysis for what it all means for the company and the industry-at-large. On 7 September the world’s second largest movie theatre operat…