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2023 ProLight and Sound

ProLight + Sound 2023 Brings Some Theatre Fairy Dust to Cinemas

To use a phrase that is fairly common today, this article/report is to encourage you to ‘think outside the box’ in terms of how your venue is presented and what could be done to bring the audience to your cinema before they even get into the auditorium. Though not a cinema show per se, ProLightRead…

The Cinema Foundation's Jackie Brenneman Discusses 2023 National Cinema Day

Cinema Foundation’s Jackie Brenneman Discusses 2023 National Cinema Day

Even after the first ever National Cinema Day attracted over 8.1 million moviegoers throughout North America on 3 September of last year, it was not a foregone conclusion that the initiative would become an annual event. However, the lingering question about the future of National Cinema Day was ans…

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…

KIFF Expands Sunny Bunny to Found Kyiv’s First Queer International Film Festival

Just days before he launched Ukraine’s first LGBTQIA+ film festival this month, Celluloid Junkie spoke to organiser Bohdan Zhuk about history, culture, and Russia’s efforts to oppress another generation. With everything that’s going on, what’s the main agenda, I ask. “We’re taking back our legacy,”…

Planeta Kino Tempts Hollywood Back to Ukraine With Dinner and a Movie

Celluloid Junkie visited Kyiv’s Blockbuster Mall for a tour of Planeta Kino and a chat with CEO Natalia Baydan and found that the future of Ukrainian cinema might already be here. The Blockbuster Mall is possibly the shiniest building in Kyiv. A gleaming lump of burnished aluminium and crystalline g…

European Producers and Public Funders Discuss How to Attract Audiences Back to Arthouse Cinemas

On 19 May, Cannes’ Marché du Film hosted a panel discussion titled “Producers, Films and Audiences: How to Connect the Dots” and moderated by Tamara Tatishvili, of MEDICI. In detail, the conversation focused on the important role of producers in both understanding audience development and creating j…

Cannes Panel Talks European BO Crisis; the Missing Links Between Industry and Audience

On May 20, Cannes’ Marché du film hosted its traditional morning conference, organized by the European Audiovisual Observatory (EAO). The second part of the event saw a panel discussion moderated by the EAO’s Head of Department for Market Information Gilles Fontaine. The conversation focused on the…

Cannes’ Marché du Film Panel Surveys State of Post-Pandemic EU28 Box Office

On 19 May, the Cannes Film Festival’s Marché du Film hosted the European Audiovisual Observatory’s annual FOCUS conference covering the key trends of the EU28 box office (the European Union member states + the UK). The event saw the participation of the Observatory’s reps Gilles Fontaine, Mart…

Can ChatGPT Write an Accurate Analysis of the Cinema Market?

Having previously been dismissive of a lot of recent technology hypes (crypto, NFT, VR/xR, web3), I am presently completely stunned by the abilities and speed of development of generative AI, whether for text, images, music or video. The potential impact and scope for change in almost every industry…

Ukraine’s Docudays UA Festival Take Truth About War on Tour

Ukraine’s Docudays UA festival will tour 20 films across Ukraine this year, including showings in some of the besieged country’s most dangerous flashpoints. Celluloid Junkie spoke to one of the organisers, Maria Buchelnikova, about the importance of carrying human rights messages into a warzone. “Fo…