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CJ Interviews: Peter Fornstam, Svenska Bio – Europe’s Biggest* Exhibitor

When Peter Fornstam was awarded the UNIC Achievement Award in the summer of 2019 he probably didn’t expect that less than a year later his would be the last major cinema chain in Europe keeping the projectors lights burning. But the man who is not only Director of Svenska Bio, but also Chairma…

Australia’s Small Cinemas Hope to Emulate… Sweden?

Australia’s small and independent cinemas are bandying together to improve their situation and they are looking half-way across the world for inspiration – to Sweden. The Australian Content for Australian Communities (ACAC) initiative by the Small Cinema Owners (SCO) is looking at implem…

How Sweden’s No. 2 Cinema Chain Went 100% Cashless

Sweden’s second largest cinema chain Svenska Bio went cashless for all of its 35 cinemas on 1 November 2016. More than four months into this world-first for a major cinema chain Celluloid Junkie talked to Suzanna Renhuldt, CMO of Svenska Bio about the bold move. With cinema patrons worldwide i…

Big Screen Cinema Caloundra

CJ Cinema Digest – Monday 9 May 2016

Oz gunmen rob cinema, Cinemark Aurora trial starts, Indian tent cinemas, Swedish analog cutbacks, Unique+DTDC, French cinema crimes and more.

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CineEurope: Interview with Nordic Cinema Group’s Jan Bernhardsson

In the run-up to CineEurope 2015 CJ is interviewing and profiling several leading companies, trade bodies and people to capture the mood of the cinema industry in Europe. SF Bio was Sweden’s leading cinema chain before it began an ambitious regional expansion plan that included strategic acqui…

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End of Film Agreement Will Push Up Swedish Cinema Ticket Prices

VAT is set to increase from 6% to 25% for cinema tickets in Sweden, as part of the scrapping of the 50-year old mechanism for supporting domestic films. Culture Minister Alice Bah-Kunke has announced the scrapping of Filmavtalet (the Film Agreement), the support scheme whereby 10% of sales of each c…

In an Age of Automation, Sweden’s SF Bio Welcomes You to Each Screening in Person

[youtube width=”560″ height=”315″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDMT2I9vmE4[/youtube] I tend to travel to Sweden a few times each year, usually to visit family and/or on business. Even if I am there for just a few days I make an effort to visit the cinema and catch up on a S…

Plug for Swedish exploitation weekend

A small but shameless plug for an event I helped organise. Next weekend London’s ICA (Institute of Contemporary Art) is showing a four day retrospective of the best Swedish exploitation films from the 1960s and 1970s. While everyone likes to associate Swedish cinema with Ingmar Bergman, a film…