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CJ Tech: A Brief Overview of Cinema Technology Training Courses

In the past, comprehensive training courses in the cinema exhibition industry have been few and far between. Over time, especially as experienced cinema technicians retire, this topic has often been raised as something that needs urgent correction in relation to upcoming generations and a fundamenta…

CJ Launches ‘Re-Opening & Re-Imagining Cinema’ Article Series

“Never let a good crisis go to waste”, Winston Churchill famously said. All too often in business we can become complacent, getting consumed by the day to day and not questioning the norm. In challenging times however, we have the opportunity to re-write the rules and re-imagine how things could be…

“So, What Happens Now?” How UK Cinemas Keep Going

It’s been a long old year, this week. It’s a sobering thought that our industry, like many others, temporarily doesn’t exist. In a little more than a week we at Celluloid Junkie have gone from tracking and reporting on the measures that cinemas were taking to keep customers safe, to monitoring parti…

CTC + CJ: Women in Cinema Interview Series: Debbie Stanford-Kristiansen – CEO, Novo Cinemas

Having spent more than two decades of her career in the hospitality and events industry, Debbie Stanford-Kristiansen was presented with a new challenge when she was asked to head up Gulf cinema company Novo. Despite feeling as though it may be somewhat out of her comfort zone, her husband gently rem…

CTC + CJ: Women in Cinema Interview Series: Mariam el Bacha – CEO, Cinepax

The second video in our “Women in Cinema” series, in partnership with the Cinema Technology Community (CTC), features the delectable Mariam el Bacha, CEO of Pakistan’s largest cinema company, Cinepax. I sat down with her to discuss her international career, and what it’s like working as a woman in P…

Want To Build Your Own Cinema? Now There is a (Free) Book For That.

Most people who work in or around the cinema industry have at some point had the same thought; ‘I could run my own cinema’. Whether large or small, multiplex or bijou , that impulse to build and open your own picture palace can be strong. Only a few of us act on it (hello, NigelRead More

CTC + CJ: Women in Cinema Interview Series: Laura Houlgatte – CEO, UNIC

We’re delighted to present the first video of the “Women in Cinema” series with none other than Laura Houlgatte, CEO of UNIC. The “Women in Cinema” series came to life at this year’s CineEurope in Barcelona, the brainchild of Cinema Technology Community’s (CTC’s) Richard Mitchell and Adam Macdonald…

Women in Cinema – CTC and Celluloid Junkie

A brand new initiative was born this year at CineEurope 2019, from the Cinema Technology Community (CTC), and in partnership with Celluloid Junkie (CJ). The “Women in Cinema” series saw a host of interviews carried out in Barcelona by yours truly, with 12 female participants from the global cinema i…