The stock market value of at least two major international cinema chain owners has risen amid a ‘short squeeze’ on typically low-value stocks, coordinated on social news website Reddit. Source: Cinema chains benefit from Reddit-fuelled ‘short squeeze’ | News | Screen … [Read more...]
UNIC CALLS FOR ONGOING SUPPORT FOR EUROPEAN CINEMAS TO OVERCOME THE CHALLENGES OF COVID-19
Brussels: 28 January 2021 - The International Union of Cinemas (UNIC), the body representing European cinema trade associations and operators, has today released preliminary 2020 box office estimates for the territories covered by the organisation. European cinemas saw a 70.6% drop in box office in 2020, accounting for a total … [Read more...]
UK pay-TV giant Sky unveils major push into film | News | Screen
UK pay-TV broadcaster Sky is to launch 30 new Sky Original films this year and will increase this to one a week from 2022 in a bid to become “the best home cinema service in the world”. Source: UK pay-TV giant Sky unveils major push into film | News | Screen … [Read more...]
Jonathan Pryce, Samantha Morton, Tom Felton to lead Sara Sugarman’s ‘Save The Cinema’ (exclusive) | News | Screen
Jonathan Pryce, Samantha Morton and Tom Felton will star in Save The Cinema, a feature drama about the campaign to save a local cinema in Carmarthen, Wales in the 1990s, which is now shooting in Wales. Source: Jonathan Pryce, Samantha Morton, Tom Felton to lead Sara Sugarman’s ‘Save The Cinema’ (exclusive) | News | Screen … [Read more...]
Website of History of Projection in UK Cinemas Launched
The Cinema Projectionist includes a treasure trove of photographs taken in projection boxes across the 20th century. You can delve into historic photographs of projectors, projection boxes and projectionists taken between the 1910s and the 1960s. The collection includes the boxes of many renowned cinemas across the UK and around the … [Read more...]
CineEurope Registration Now Live!
Registration has now opened for the 30th CineEurope taking place in Barcelona 21st-24th June. Full details available from the website. … [Read more...]