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The UNIC Women’s Cinema Leadership Programme

Interview with pioneering mentees Grainne Peat, Magdalena Lewicka and Lucie Morvan The UNIC Women’s Cinema Leadership Programme was launched in 2017 as the first cross sector and cross-country mentoring scheme for up-and-coming female talent in cinema exhibition. A year since the pilot ended, we sat…

Hugo Fuhlendorff (Kino & AV Teknikk, left) and Manel Carreras, senior VP Business Development & Studio Relations of Eclar Logistics UK during Den norske filmfestivalen 2018 in Haugesund. (photo: John Berge, / KINOMAGASINET.no ©)

Eclair Delivers Digital Box For Free to Norwegian Cinemas

It was announced at Haugesund Film Festival this week that Unique’s MovieTransit is now no longer the only delivery method for content to local theaters. Eclair has now installed EclairBox in 169 out of 177 cinemas in Denmark, and now Norway is next up. Nordisk Film Kino is the first to get th…

FilmTech Office Berlin (photo: Tony Haupt)

CJ Interviews: Erwin M. Schmidt, Film Tech Office, Berlin

Germany’s capital is making a name for itself in the cinema technology field, with companies like smart Pricer and Greta & Stark calling Berlin their home. One company looking to tap into and accelerate this market is the FilmTech Office, initially based in the former Tempelhof Airport but…

Jean Mizrahi presents EclairColor at 72nd FNCF. (photo: Patrick von Sychowski / Celluloid Junkie)

CJ Talks to Jean Mizrahi, CEO Ymagis, at FNCF

I bump into Ymagis’ CEO Jean Mizrahi as we walk in opposite directions on Rue Eugene Colas that connects the centre of Deauville with the convention building on the beach. It was the first day of the annual French cinema conference and he looked rushed. “I may not be able to make our int…

Damola Layonu, Filmhouse Cinemas, Nigeria

CJ Interview: Damola Layonu – Filmhouse Cinemas, Nigeria

Nigeria is the world’s second largest market in terms of films produced and it is now also Africa’s fastest growing cinema market, with multiplexes, IMAX screens and VIP cinemas catering to the prosperous Nigerian middle class. Having first met and been impressed by him at CineEurope, Ce…

Paul Donovan, CEO of Odeon & UCI at CineEurope 2016 (photo: Patrick von Sychowski / Celluloid Junkie)

EXCLUSIVE: CJ Interviews Paul Donovan, former CEO of Odeon & UCI

Having turned around the fortunes of Odeon & UCI, the company’s CEO Paul Donovan stunned the cinema industry by announcing that he was stepping down shortly after the exhibitors’ sale to Wanda-owned AMC. After a period of well-deserved holiday, decompression and introspection, Cellul…

Yo Xin, Dadi Cinemas GM

CJ Interviews: Yu Xin, General Manager, Dadi Cinemas

In collaboration with Boxoffice Magazine CJ recently celebrated the 50 top female executives in the global cinema industry. Here is an interview with this year’s top candidate, Dadi Cinemas’s Yu Xin, the general manager of China’s second largest exhibition circuit. It was carried out by Daniel…

Ste Thompson Powster

CJ + UNIC Cinema Innovation: Interview With Ste Thompson, CEO, Powster

Celluloid Junkie has partnered with UNIC – the International Union of Cinemas trade body for Europe and beyond – to highlight innovation in the European cinema sector. UNIC has just published a report called ‘Innovation and the Big Screen‘ (PDF link). In the run-up to its print publication at the UN…

Eddy Duquesne, CEO Kinepolis Group. (photo: Kinepolis)

CJ + UNIC Cinema Innovation – Interview With Eddy Duquenne, CEO, Kinepolis Group

CJ interviews Kinepolis CEO Eddy Duquenne as part of our partnership with UNIC examining cinema innovation in Europe in conjunction with their new report.

CJ + UNIC Cinema Innovation – Interview with Maddy Probst, Watershed / Europa Cinemas

Highlighting cinema innovation in the new report from UNIC, CJ talks to Maddy Probst of Watershed and Europa Cinema about her views on European cinema innovation.