Patrick von Sychowski (patrickvons)

Editor of Celluloid Junkie and Host of the #CJCinemaSummit

Since our first live session we've received so much feedback, emails and questions we feel it would be wrong just to store it all as a survey response.

For that reason we've created this community where you'll be able to bring up new topics, ask questions, discuss directly with each other, and continue the discussion also after the webinar has ended.

On behalf of the cinema community: Thank you for contributing!

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Opening or refurbishing a cinema is never an easy mission, but COVID-19 has made it that much harder. Claire Beswick looks at how ODEON Cinemas Group did in Holloway (London), Nordisk Film Bio in Malmö, Sweden and the plucky indie The Parade in Marlborough, UK.

https://celluloidjunkie.com/2020/10/22/mission-impossible-opening-a-cinema-in-a-global-pandemic/

Mission Impossible? Opening a Cinema in a Global Pandemic - Celluloid Junkie

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Opening or refurbishing a cinema can be challenging enough during normal times; so what it is like to do this during a pandemic?

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A detailed analysis by Celluloid Junkie has found that not a single outbreak of COVID-19 anywhere in the world has been traced to a cinema. Read our finding of research, reports, medical opinions and individual cases that show why cinemas appear to be a relatively safe environment.

https://celluloidjunkie.com/2020/10/19/cj-analysis-the-number-of-covid-19-outbreaks-traced-to-cinemas-is-zero/

CJ Analysis: The Number of COVID-19 Outbreaks Traced to Cinemas is Zero - Celluloid Junkie

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An extensive global study by Celluloid Junkie has found no Covid-19 transmissions linked to a cinema, a fact backed by several studies.

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Posted 6 days ago

In an open letter to the industry, published in full on Celluloid Junkie Asger Flygare Bech-Thomsen, CEO of Scandinavian cinema major Nordisk Film Cinemas says audiences are ready and willing to turn up for blockbusters with the data to prove it.
https://celluloidjunkie.com/2020/10/16/cinemas-lack-movies-not-audiences/

Cinemas Lack Movies, Not Audiences - Celluloid Junkie

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Nordiosk Film Cinemas CEO Asger Flygare says that the cinema audiences are not lacking but ready to come to cinema when big titles arrive.

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Posted 24 days ago

C. Cretors is a company synonymous with company since it invented the popcorn machine 135 years ago. So with the five-generation old family company having survived the Spanish Flu of 1918, what learns did they have for 2020? Quite a few!
https://celluloidjunkie.com/2020/09/28/cretors-honouring-the-past-engineering-the-future/

Cretors: “Honouring The Past, Engineering The Future” - Celluloid Junkie

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The Cretors not only invented the popcorn machine but have maintained an excellence of quality in their work and products for five generations and 135 years

Liked by Rob Arthur

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Posted 29 days ago

Cinema operators and landlords find themselves at a crossroad and will need to cooperate more closely to get through this crisis together, argues Rob Arthur in this exclusive article for Celluloid Junkie

https://celluloidjunkie.com/2020/09/23/cj-opinion-how-cinema-operators-and-landlords-must-work-together-to-bounce-back-communication-cooperation-consensus/

CJ Opinion: How Cinema Operators and Landlords Must Work Together to Bounce Back (Communication, Cooperation, Consensus) - Celluloid Junkie

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The Covid-19 crisis and the closure of cinemas have led to fraught relations between cinema operators and landlords. They will need to work together now.

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Posted 2 months ago

When do you do when you are the world's largest cinema software company and all your clients shut down? You get busy on how recoding the software to help them safely reopen. This is how Vista Entertainment Solutions was busy during the pandemic.

https://celluloidjunkie.com/2020/09/03/vista-cinema-in-the-time-of-covid-19/

Vista Cinema In The Time of COVID-19 - Celluloid Junkie

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When the coronavirus pandemic closed movie theatres worldwide, Vista Cinema set out to rapidly build technology to enable exhibitors to eventually reopen.

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Posted 2 months ago

The second edition of the "Cinema Building for Dummies" (OK, maybe not it's actual name) by Rolv Gjestland and published by UNIC - The International Union of Cinemas is out now. And it is still completely FREE. So get it!!

https://celluloidjunkie.com/2020/09/03/out-now-how-to-design-a-cinema-auditorium-v2/

Out Now - How to Design a Cinema Auditorium v2 - Celluloid Junkie

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The updated edition of Rolv Gjestland’s book, How to design a cinema auditorium – Practical guidelines has now been published and is available from UNIC.

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Posted 2 months ago

Chris Nolan shot "Tenet" with IMAX cameras and wants people to see it in IMAX. Last week's #CJCinemaSummit had an exclusive interview with the key players at IMAX that made it possible, despite the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic.

https://celluloidjunkie.com/2020/09/01/the-return-of-the-premium-moviegoing-experience-cjcinemasummit-spotlights-tenet-and-imax/

The Return of the Premium Moviegoing Experience: CJCinemaSummit Spotlights "Tenet" and IMAX - Celluloid Junkie

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After more than five months of empty auditoriums and soundless popcorn machines, many movie theaters around the world have reopened their doors again in anticipation of Christopher Nolan’s “Tenet”....

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Posted 2 months ago

There won't be a Summit next week (10 Sept). Instead I will be moderating the annual EDCF update, taking place virtually this year. You are welcome to join as registration is free. Details below.

EDCF annual update 2020 - online Seminar - Program update
The program of the EDCF annual update online Seminar has been updated.
Pls. join us on Sep 10, 2020 at 4:00 PM CEST. Participation is free of charge.

Register here now!

The event will be moderated by Patrick von Sychowski

Agenda (provisional):

How exhibitors stay nimble to efficiently operate cinemas with innovations during and beyond COVID-19
- Adam MacDonald - GDC

Cinema Will be Back - A look at how cinema recovery is taking place post-Corona and what the outlook is for the industry
- Patrick von Sychowski - Celluloid Junkie

Status of EU Regulations for Laser Illuminated Projector
- Goran Stojmenovik - Barco

Laser projector efficiency: impact on cinema operations and design
- Tom Bert - Barco

clairmeta and utilise it to check DCPs
- James Gardiner - digitAll pty ltd

The theory vs. the reality when designing cinema auditorium
- Rolv Gjestland - UNIC

Connecting the world of digital cinema - DCHub
- Jeroen Schlaman - Maccs

updates at www.edcf.net

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing more information and the URL to join the online seminar.

Following the EDCF annual update all participants can join a "virtual get-together" at 19:00 CET. An invitation and URL to this separate online meeting session will follow on the day of the event.

hope to see you all at the EDCF annual update - online Seminar
best regards
Jürgen

EDCF

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Posted 2 months ago

There will be at least an 18 month gap between major international cinema trade shows. What does that mean for vendors in terms of not being able to meet customer and prospective new clients?
https://celluloidjunkie.com/2020/08/28/were-all-grounded-the-impact-of-a-lack-of-trade-shows-on-the-cinema-business/

We’re All Grounded: The Impact of a Lack of Trade Shows on the Cinema Business - Celluloid Junkie

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With 18 months of no major international cinema trade shows, from CineAsia 2019 to CinemaCon and CineEurope this year, how are cinema vendors adapting?

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