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Mike Leigh Pirates ENO

Daily Cinema Digest – Friday 22 May 2015

UK – An event cinema record has been set in the UK with the live transmission of the Mike Leigh’s staging of of Gilbert and Sullivan’s “The Pirates of Penzance” at the English National Opera (ENO). “Pirates, in Mike Leigh’s production, took £600,000 at the UK box office…

JetReel GDC

China Cinema Digest – Thursday 21 May 2015

GDC has been touting the home cinema potential of its DCI system in China. At Beijing Wangjing mansion the company showcased its Jie Terui (JETREEL) brand on 12 May, screening “Avengers: Age of Ultron”. GDC claims to have had 60 titles in 2014 for Jetreel, with Huayi Brothers holding a 3…

Shanghai Film Group Signs Cinema JV With China’s Retail Giant Bailian

Shanghai Film Group and retail major Bailian Group have thus signed a strategic cooperation agreement to established a 51-49 joint venture investment company for theater chains. State-owned and Shanghai-based Bailian Group is China’s largest retailer and is involved in everything from departme…

Gfinity Arena Vue

Why eSport Is The Next Major Cinema Trend

With the Great Blockbuster Year of ’15 well underway, non-film content in cinemas such as opera, theatre and concerts is seeing its steady rise temporarily eclipsed. But for eSports (electronic sports or pro-gaming) on the big screen this is set to be the breakthrough year. Having already won…

Cinema Paradiso Mk2 Paris

Daily Cinema Digest – Wednesday 20 May 2015

France – More details about the MK2 ‘Cinema Paradiso’ 11-day event planned for Paris’ Grande Palais, that we reported about last week. Much like Secret Cinema, the aim is to make it a brand and expand it to other cities: Madrid, London, Sao Paulo, New York. “Cinema Para…

MasterImage Invalidates RealD Chinese Patent

MasterImage Scores Second Patent Victory Against RealD, This Time In China

MasterImage has managed to invalidate RealD’s utility model patent for its “light-doubler” technology in China, just over a month after it did the same in Russia. With China having overtaken the US as the world’s biggest 3D cinema market, this is a significant development, th…

Sweden Alice Bah Kuhnke

End of Film Agreement Will Push Up Swedish Cinema Ticket Prices

VAT is set to increase from 6% to 25% for cinema tickets in Sweden, as part of the scrapping of the 50-year old mechanism for supporting domestic films. Culture Minister Alice Bah-Kunke has announced the scrapping of Filmavtalet (the Film Agreement), the support scheme whereby 10% of sales of each c…

UKCA UK Cinema Association

Daily Cinema Digest – Monday 18 May 2015

UK’s Cinema Exhibitors Association is re-branding as the UK Cinema Association. It also has a brand spanking new logo. Supporting UK cinema operators in providing the gold standard film viewing experience, we will continue to deliver for all our members on our mission of ‘promoting the big scr…

Edward Lachman Shooting "Carol"

Cinematographer Edward Lachman Faces A New Digital Dilemma While Shooting “Carol”

There is little debate whether digital technologies have caused a certain amount of chaos in the cinema exhibition business over the past 15 years. As the world’s movie theatres converted to digital projection, both exhibitors and distributors underwent a significant learning curve to become a…

Ted Sarandos at 2015 Cannes Film Festival

Ted Sarandos Tells Cannes Netflix Is Not Anti-Cinema

When the Marché du Film announced that Ted Sarandos would be making an appearance during the NEXT program at this year’s Cannes Film Market, the session instantly became one of its most anticipated events. The chief content officer at Netflix has a history of making controversial statements at…