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Kurt Rieder of Warner Bros. Discovery Delivers CineAsia 2022 Keynote

The following is a transcript of a keynote speech delivered at CineAsia 2022 in Bangkok by Kurt Rieder, Warner Bros. Discovery’s Senior Vice President, Head of Theatrical Distribution – APAC. It is presented here with his permission though, naturally, the full impact, intonation, emphasi…

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…

2021 Cinema Trade Shows

Cinema Trade Shows Are Back… But Will The Industry Turn Up?

Eight months ago Celluloid Junkie explored the impact that the lack of trade shows would have on the cinema business. We speculated that it could be an entire 18 months that the business would have to do without an international cinema trade show and, as it turns out, (as with everything COVID-19 it…

We’re All Grounded: The Impact of a Lack of Trade Shows on the Cinema Business

I squinted at my phone at 6:00 am on the 12th of March. “Did you see that they cancelled CinemaCon as well as all flights to and from Mainland Europe?” read the text. The news had broken overnight (for those of us outside of the United States) and the email from the show’s Managing DirectorRead More

Film Expo Group Rallies Around ShowEast

Film Expo Group Rallies Around ShowEast During Challenging Year

To say that 2020 has been a bad year for cinema operators and theatrical film distributors would be quite the understatement. With COVID-19 shuttering most of the world’s movie theaters, global box office is down well over 70% from last year and as cinemas reopen, it is uncertain whether audie…

Celluloid Junkie’s 2020 Cinema Predictions

Having slightly dreaded revisiting our cinema predictions from a year ago, we were pleasantly surprised to discover just how much we managed to get right. And this wasn’t just right in the way that even a clock that’s stopped shows the correct time twice a day. Heck, no! Sperling effecti…

Alejandro Ramirez Magaña, CEO of Cinepolis and GCF

CJ Interview: Alejandro Ramírez Talks Global Cinema Federation – EXCLUSIVE

The launch of the Global Cinema Federation (GCF) at this year’s CineEurope and Shanghai Film Festival caused ripples across the worldwide exhibition and distribution communities. There were, naturally, lots of questions and rumours swirled about what the nature of the GCF was and what its agen…

Bob Sunshine with a Coke. (photo: The Coca-Cola Company)

CineEurope Celebrates Bob Sunshine’s Legacy

As part of its celebration of its Founders, this year CineEurope is presenting a special award to Robert (Bob) Sunshine, for his lifelong contribution to the global cinema industry. Bob’s industry involvement spans many decades and several continents. He has been the force behind making ShoWes…

CineAsia 2016 Millennials panel. (photo: Patrick von Sychowski / Celluloid Junkie)

CineAsia: Trends in the Asian Cinema Market; Attracting the Millennials and Re-Inventing Cinema

The first panel at CineAsia examined trends in the Asian Cinema Market; Attracting the Millennials and Re-Inventing Cinema. With Ioan Allen, Mark Shaw, Mark Viane, Irving Chea and Sunder Kimatrai - again.

CJ @ CineAsia: General Industry Trends in the Asian Movie Industry; from 3D to Laser to Content (ICTA)

The second panel at CineAsia 2015 looked at technology, ranging from 3D to Dolby Cinema, with a distinguished panel of vendors, distributors and exhibitors

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