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Katrin Mathe and Laura Correia - Event Cinema Association (Left to Right)

ECA Announces Addition of Two New Board Directors

The Event Cinema Association (ECA) has welcomed two new members to its Board of Directors. Katrin Mathe, International Event Cinema Manager for Kinepolis, and Laura Correia, AVP Film & Event Cinema National Amusements have joined the board of the trade body, not only bringing with them a wealth…

CJ’s Top Women In Global Cinema Redux – 2021

A huge thank you to our sponsors of this year’s Top Women In Global Cinema, IMAX. For the last five years, Celluloid Junkie has published its annual Top 50 Women in Cinema list, to celebrate and shine a spotlight on the talent and achievements of women in the global cinema industry. Recognition of t…

Grainne Peat - Policy Executive & Managing Director, Event Cinema Association

TWIC 2021: Grainne Peat – Managing Director, Event Cinema Association

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 am privileged to say that I am still in my role as the Managing Director of the Event Cinema Association…

The ECA's Slate Day 2021 will be held virtually, on Wednesday 9th June

ECA Announces International Lineup for Slate Day

The Event Cinema Association (ECA) will host its first-ever virtual Slate Day on Wednesday 9th June, using the opportunity to position itself as an organisation with more of a global presence than ever before. Hosted on Boxoffice’s online webinar platform and free for all to attend, the Slate Day li…

The ECA has benefitted from the UK Government's Cultural Recovery Fund

Back with a (Cultural Recovery Fund) Bang: ECA Secures Funding

For a membership-and-events-funded organisation such as the Event Cinema Association (ECA), a consequence of 2020’s cinema-shutting pandemic resulted in, like for so many others, pretty much zero income. So some truly happy news in 2021 is that the ECA has had its application to the second round of…

CJ’s Top 50 Women In Global Cinema – 2020

So far, 2020 has been an eventful year for the international cinema exhibition industry, and not in the way we all hoped. That said, before the global COVID-19 pandemic struck, the previous twelve months were marked by some incredible achievements by the women in our industry. And so, Celluloid Junk…

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…

The UNIC Women’s Cinema Leadership Programme

Interview with pioneering mentees Grainne Peat, Magdalena Lewicka and Lucie Morvan The UNIC Women’s Cinema Leadership Programme was launched in 2017 as the first cross sector and cross-country mentoring scheme for up-and-coming female talent in cinema exhibition. A year since the pilot ended, we sat…

UNIC mentoring meeting CineEurope 2019. (photo: UNIC)

The UNIC Women’s Cinema Leadership Programme – Where We Are And What’s Next

Cinema has the unique potential to inspire, boost dialogue and empower its audiences. It is therefore crucial for the industry to reflect its diverse cinema-going community both on- and off-screen, in the interest of promoting engagement and inclusiveness and leading by example. Boardrooms that driv…

CJ’s Top 50 Women In Global Cinema – 2019

For the fourth year Celluloid Junkie celebrates outstanding achievements in cinema with the list of over 50 women that have had the biggest impact on the global exhibition business, this year in partnership with Boxoffice Magazine. These are industry leaders who have been truly outstanding in the pa…

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