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Premiumising the Picture House During a Pandemic

It’s the middle of 2020, and the world is in a state of chaos. Lockdown is the new norm, life as we know it has turned upside down, and, quite frankly, things are pretty bleak. Wanna go watch a film at the cinema? Or go for a bite to eat? Or even go to theRead More

Uncharted China Poster

Cinemas in China Face New Wave of Closures

Cinemas across several parts of China have closed as part of regional lockdowns in response to outbreaks of the Omicron variant of Covid-19. This comes after cinemas in China enjoyed a long period of remaining open following the first lockdown two years ago. China’s Zero Covid policy means tha…

Berlin Film Festival 2022 – The Luckiest Festival of Them All?

The Berlin Film Festival might be the luckiest festival in the world. The very last major international film festival outside the pandemic, Berlinale 2020, ended one day before the city’s first official Covid-19 case was recorded. Before then, it had sold 330,000 tickets, hosted over 18,500 fi…

2022 Sundance Film Festival

Sundance Cancels In-Person Festival for 2022

In the midst of a nationwide wave of COVID-19 infections the Sundance Film Festival announced today that its in-person programming had been called off. One of the most prominent film festivals in the United States, it was slated to commence on 20 January in Park City, Utah. The event will now be hel…

ShowEast 2021 Canceled

ShowEast 2021 Canceled Amid Pandemic Complications

It is safe to say calling off this year’s ShowEast event was an outcome nobody wanted; not cinema operators, not studios, nor industry vendors and least of all the Film Expo Group, which organizes the conference. However, with changing travel restrictions, tightened budgets and ongoing COVID concern…

Phil Clapp at CineEurope 2021

UNIC Opens CineEurope 2021 With Optimistic Keynote

The first in-person CineEurope since June of 2019 opened in Barcelona, Spain on Monday, 4 October with Phil Clapp, the President of the International Union of Cinemas (UNIC), and Laura Houlgatte, the organization’s CEO, personally welcoming attendees in keynote address that recounted the toll…

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…

The Naked Truth About AMC's Share Price

The Naked Truth About AMC’s Share Price – Part 2

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 3 can be found here. AMC spent most of…

AMC In The Year of the Pandemic – Part 1

This post is part of a three part series detailing how Wall Street shenanigans and social media activism helped AMC, the world’s largest cinema chain, survive the economic upheaval caused by the COVID pandemic. Part 2 can be found here and Part 3 can be found here. When AMC Entertainment Holdi…

7 Batignol Cinema - Paris, France

French Cinema Attendance in “Free Fall” as Other European Countries Consider Health Pass Mandate

The introduction of an EU Health Certificate (a.k.a. ‘vaccine passport’) requirement to attend cinemas in France has led to a ‘free fall’ drop in attendance. The news is a blow to French cinemas, which had experienced a steady growth since reopening earlier this summer after…