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Jackie Brenneman

TWIC 2021: Jackie Brenneman – General Counsel & Director of Industry Relations at National Association of Theatre Owners (NATO)

This post is part of CJ’s Top Women In Global Cinema 2021 – Redux. How did your role, position and responsibilities change (if at all) during the pandemic? Can you tell us a little bit about what your days were like and what you were doing over the past year? Advocating for movie theater…

Katarzyna Borkowska - Chief Operating Officer, Helios

TWIC 2021: Katarzyna Borkowska – Chief Operating Officer, Helios

This post is part of CJ’s Top Women In Global Cinema 2021 – Redux. How have your role, position and responsibilities changed since you were first nominated for Top Women In Cinema? Being nominated for Top Women In Cinema has not changed my position significantly, but it has changed me pe…

Claire Beswick

TWIC 2021: Claire Beswick – Founder, The Living Room Cinema

This post is part of CJ’s Top Women In Global Cinema 2021 – Redux. How have your role, position and responsibilities changed since you were first nominated for Top Women In Cinema? I’ve made the leap from employee to employer! I left my previous role and started two companies – a cinema…

Tess Manchester - Vista Entertainment Solutions

TWIC 2021: Tess Manchester – President USA, Vista Entertainment Solutions

This post is part of CJ’s Top Women In Global Cinema 2021 – Redux. How have your role, position, and responsibilities changed since you were first nominated for Top Women in Cinema? My role is still that of President of Vista Cinema’s USA territory, but it hasn’t been business as usual.…

How Russia Became Europe’s No. 1 Cinema Market – An Insider’s Perspective

This is a Keynote Address delivered at KinoExpo International in St. Petersburg, Russia on 15 September, 2021 by Paul Heth, Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Karo Group, reflecting on the re-emergence of the Russian cinema industry. Celluloid Junkie thanks Mr. Heth for the opportunit…

Film & TV Charity

CJ People: Film & TV Charity’s Lucy Powell Talks Mental Health

Mental health. Two words that carry significant weight in terms of affecting how well we function in life. But, until more recent years, these two words haven’t been taken anywhere near as seriously as, say, our physical health. And for some, a sizable stigma is still attached to the topic. But we a…

CinemaCon 2021 - Industry Think Tank - Ryan Faughnder, Rolando Rodriguez, Patty Jenkins, Mark Zoradi, Chris Aronson - Featured - David Becker - CinemaCon

CinemaCon 2021: Industry Think Tank Debates How To Bring The Big Screen Back

For the most part, the filmmaker lunch at each year’s CinemaCon is a fairly straightforward affair. Don’t get us wrong; show organizers always manage to get big names to turn out for an hour long conversation. In 2012 directors Martin Scorsese and Ang Lee took the stage to banter about filmmaking,…

CinemaCon 2021 - Globally Speaking Panel - Mooky Greidinger, Veronika Kwan Vandenberg, Nancy Tartaglione, Alejandro Ramirez Magana, Mark Viane

CinemaCon 2021: International Market Panel Features Optimistic Studio and Exhibition Executives

Traditionally, the first day of any CinemaCon (and ShoWest before it) has been reserved for International Day; a full program of seminars geared towards international attendees who usually arrive in Las Vegas a day before the conference begins. With COVID-19 travel restrictions preventing most inter…

CineAsia 2021 Canceled

CineAsia 2021 Canceled Over COVID Concerns

With the COVID-19 pandemic continuing to disrupt countries throughout Southeast Asia the Film Expo Group has decided to cancel this year’s CineAsia convention. The event was scheduled to take place in Bangkok, Thailand from December 6th to the 9th. This will be the third consecutive year in which Ci…

AMC Leans Into The Meme

AMC Leans Into The Meme – Part 3

This post is part of a three part series detailing how Wall Street exploits and social media activism helped AMC, the world’s largest cinema chain, survive the economic upheaval caused by the COVID pandemic. Part 1 of the series can be found here and Part 2 can be found here. Life was very dif…