Distribution & Exhibition

Flicks, Neon Renew Partnership

Tue, 02/09/2021 - 11:20 -- Nick Dager

Flicks, a company of Vista Group International and leading New Zealand video on demand platform Neon, today announced a renewed 12-month partnership. The partnership is a content driven solution which utilizes Flicks’ writing talent and position in the market to promote Neon’s range of top-drawer TV series in a natural and appealing way.

Annual Göteborg Nostradamus Report Considers Cinema’s Future

Mon, 02/08/2021 - 10:13 -- Nick Dager

The Göteborg Film Festival's 8th Nostradamus Report, Transforming Storytelling Together, was presented at the festival's annual Nostradamus seminar. The annual report looks into the future of the screen industries three to five years from now through research and interviews with industry experts. The 2021 report expects the industry to go through an extensive reality check moving from streaming to reality warfare, and from pandemic to green issues.

HPA Announces Program, Schedule Updates for Annual Tech Retreat

Mon, 02/08/2021 - 10:10 -- Nick Dager

In an event that boasts more than 25 years of industry-changing thought leadership, the unique circumstances of 2021 promise to make this year’s Hollywood Professional Association’s Tech Retreat the most consequential in its history. From March 15-24, in live and recorded content, accessible to a world-wide audience, HPA will present panels, events, and demonstrations that will help our industry share, teach and connect at this most critical time.

CCM Cinemas Installs Costa Rica’s First Laser Projectors

Tue, 02/02/2021 - 10:47 -- Nick Dager

Costa Rican cinema chain CCM Cinemas has opened the country’s first movie theatre equipped with an RGB pure laser projector. The cinema, located at Plaza Occidente multiplex in San Ramón, the country’s second largest city, has installed a Christie CP2315-RGB projector, as well as Christie Vive Audio speakers and Dolby Atmos sound. The installation was carried out by the systems integrating company Vidicom

NCM, Harkins Sign Long-Term Cinema Advertising Agreement

Tue, 02/02/2021 - 09:34 -- Nick Dager

National CineMedia and Harkins Theatres, the fifth-largest exhibitor in America, have signed a long-term cinema advertising affiliate agreement to bring NCM’s Noovie pre-show entertainment program to millions of Harkins movie fans across the Southwest. With the addition of Harkins Theatres, NCM’s national theatre network now includes all of the top five exhibitors in the country.

Isolated Cinema Winner Named

Mon, 02/01/2021 - 11:28 -- Nick Dager

Last month, when the Göteborg Film Festival announced that one person would have the opportunity to watch this year’s festival at Pater Noster lighthouse without family, friends or mobile phone, the idea turned out to be immensely appealing. In less than two weeks, the festival committee received more than 12,000 applications from more than 45 countries. After a comprehensive process involving interviews and tests, one person has finally been selected for the coveted place: emergency nurse and film enthusiast Lisa Enroth from Skövde, Sweden.

44th Portland International Film Festival Set for March 5-14

Mon, 02/01/2021 - 11:11 -- Nick Dager

The 44th Portland International Film Festival has announced the first wave of titles and special events. Taking place March 5-14, PIFF 44 is a program of the Portland Art Museum’s Northwest Film Center, one of the oldest and most distinguished media arts centers in the country. The festival centers on both artists and cinematic storytellers who are bold enough to interrupt the status quo, and focuses on those changing for whom, by whom, and how cinematic stories are told

Some Cinema Markets Rebounding, New Report Finds

Tue, 01/26/2021 - 15:38 -- Nick Dager

Researchers at Britain’s Gower Street Analytics have released a new report that shows that, as theatres are allowed to open, some cinema markets are slowly beginning to rebound in the wake of the pandemic. This past weekend marked one year from the first closure of the China’s cinema market due to the COVID-19 virus. That market closed just ahead of its lucrative Chinese New Year holiday in 2020 – a holiday that this year falls on February 12, due to the lunar calendar on which it is based. A year on and currently China is the most robust international market, tracking 41 percent ahead of 2020, even before reaching the closure period of last year, and on par with the average of the previous three years: 2017-2019

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