Positive results for Europa Cinemas in 2005
The Europa Cinemas theatre network revealed its results for 2005 yesterday at a press conference in Cannes, attended by European Commissioner Viviane Reding and managing director of the CNC, Véronique Cayla.
While European admissions fell globally last year (see news), the network of theatres did succeed in increasing the proportion of European films on their screens, which represented 60% of their 2005 programming. Moreover, the circulation of non-national European films released in Europa Cinema theatres increased last year by 35%.
The European films that benefited from the most screens in the network in 2005 were The Downfall [+see also:
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trailer
interview: Bernd Eichinger
interview: Joachim Fest
interview: Oliver Hirschbiegel
film profile] by Germany’s Oliver Hirschbiegel, followed by The Sea Inside [+see also:
trailer
film profile] by Spain’s Alejandro Amenabar and A Very Long Engagement by France’s Jean-Pierre Jeunet.
The exhibitors of the network have, however, emphasised their vulnerability to technological changes (in particular, the cost of digital screening equipment) and the threats posed by windows (the delays between a film’s release in theatres and in other formats, such as video, Internet and TV).
(Translated from French)
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