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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 rough…

CJ EXCLUSIVE: CGV Launches ScreenX PLF Format

Korean cinema major CJ CGV has unveiled a new premium large format (PLF) concept with the ScreenX PLF. This is an upgraded version of the ScreenX immersive screen that projects images in a 270 degree field of vision. There is also the addition of a private booth in the back, that allows audiences th…
Where Is My Atmos and What Is An IAB?

Where Is My Atmos, and What Is An IAB?

SPOILER ALERT: IAB is the SMPTE standard; Dolby Atmos is a system that can playback that standard. Does your cinema have a Dolby Atmos Immersive Audio rendering system? Are you playing DCPs labeled “Atmos”? Then, your cinema can also play a DCP labeled with “IAB” …and that labeling, IAB, is the what…
Protests Against Lady of Heaven at Cineworld

“Cancel Culture” or Business Sense: UK Cinema Chains Withdraw Controversial Films

“With some half-baked performances, and the odd tinge of cockney creeping in, it feels a bit too apparent that the cast hail from closer to Mile End than Medina.” Given such a tepid review (in this case from The Guardian), how could a film seemingly this innocuous become the subject of such cinema c…

Why Italian Cinema Recovery Lags the Rest of Europe

While the rest of Europe’s cinemas are recovering from pandemic closures, Italian cinemas are still struggling. Although every local business sector suffered an economic setback, the Italian cinema industry has been the market most impacted by the laws implemented to contain COVID. To this day cinem…
Moderator Antoine Khalife, Saudi producer and director Aymen Khoja and Egyptian writer and producer Mohammed Hefzy

The State of Arab and Saudi Cinema Takes Center Stage at Cannes’ Marché du Film

On 21 May, the Marina Stage of Cannes’ Marché du Film hosted a conference organized by the Saudi Arabia Film Commission. The event, moderated by Antoine Khalife, explored the current state of Arab and Saudi Cinema and saw the participation of Mecca-born producer and director Aymen Khoja (“Rupture”)…
Jackie Brenneman

NATO’s Jackie Brenneman Talks…

Like everyone in the world, Jackie Brenneman has had quite the couple of years. It’s fair to say that the COVID pandemic pushed her and the – talented yet small – National Association Theatre Owners (NATO) team to its limits. After a promotion to Executive Vice President at the end of 20…
Landmark Theatres Pico Boulevard Location

Landmark Theatres to Close Its Flagship Los Angeles Location

Los Angeles is losing another prominent movie theatre at the end of May as Landmark Theatres announced the closure of its Pico Boulevard location. The exhibitor opened its 12-screen flagship cinema 15 years ago on the westside of Los Angeles and it has been a cinephile favorite ever since. The venue…
Korean Box Office Pandemic Recovery

South Korea’s Cinema Recovery Highlights Staffing Shortages

South Korea has become the last major global cinema territory to see a strong recovery, thanks to a combination of Marvel and a lifting of restrictions. “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” scored an impressive USD $29.1 million five-day opening, off a USD $14.4 million opening…
SNPTC Study on Movie Advertising on Television

France Discovers Benefits of Advertising Movies on TV

It may come as a shock to some, but for decades advertising theatrical film releases on television was prohibited in France. The French government believed that allowing movies to air commercials and trailers on television would only benefit American studios, i.e. Hollywood, at the expense of local…

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