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Video: Will people go back to movie theatres after the pandemic?
More and more movies once destined for the big screen are going on-demand while theatres are closed due to the coronavirus pandemic. Here’s what will and will not change about movie-going because of Covid-19.
Arab film industry
5 things to know about the inaugural Saudi international film festival
Red Sea International Film Festival has announced programme details, competition line-up and industry initiatives of its first edition. It will be organised by the Red Sea Film Foundation, which will be chaired by Minister of Culture Prince Badr Bin Abdullah Bin Farhan.
Charlie Chaplin
Gallery: Syrian kids enjoy movies through the outdoor mobile cinema
Sitting on coloured plastic chairs in a schoolyard of rural northeastern Syria just before dusk, the boys and girls watch wide-eyed as the first black-and-white images of “The Kid” appear on screen
Dubai
Dubai Opera set to stage first red carpet movie premiere
Dubai venue will host VIP invite-only screening of Rocketman on June 11, two days before its official release in the UAE
Al-Futtaim
India’s largest cinema chain operator looks to Saudi Arabia, UAE for growth
PVR Cinemas, which currently has more than 700 screens, agreed in July to work with UAE conglomerate Al-Futtaim on a joint venture for projects in the region
Akshay Kumar
‘Gold’ becomes first Bollywood film shown in Saudi Arabia
Cinemas chains are increasingly active in the Saudi market, just months after the first public cinema screening took place
Al Rashed Empire Cinema Consortium
Saudi Arabia’s third cinema operator plans to open 30 theatres
Al-Rashed Empire Cinema Consortium received the licence on Sunday after US giant AMC and Dubai-based Vox Cinemas opened theatres in April and May this year
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Coming soon to Dubai: the ‘ultimate cinema experience’
Reel Cinemas teases plans to offer Platinum Movie Suites at its multiplex in The Dubai Mall
AMC Entertainment
Tickets set to go on sale for Saudi Arabia’s first Disney film screening
AMC Cinemas says Incredibles 2 will premiere at its cinema located at the King Abdullah International Conference Centre in Jeddah
cinema ban
The Message to hit Gulf cinemas after 42-year ban
Moustapha Akkad’s movie is finally given green light to be shown in region over the Eid al-Fitr weekend
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Video: This Saudi film critic has waited decades for movie theatres to be legal again
Saudi Arabia opened its first movie theater last week — ending a nearly 40-year ban on showing films in public. The global blockbuster Black Panther sold out in about a minute.
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In pictures: First multiplex VOX Cinemas opens at Riyadh Park Mall
The VOX Cinemas Riyadh Park experience will include four screens located within the largest Magic Planet Family Entertainment Centre in the region. It will include the first IMAX screen to exhibit movies and VOX KIDS, the concept designed especially for young movie fans.
Entertainment
Dubai’s Vox Cinemas opens first Saudi cinema in Riyadh
Vox Cinemas plans to open 600 screens over the course of the next five years
AMC Entertainment
Movie tickets at $35 could become norm in Saudi Arabian market
Tickets for day two sold out in less than a minute, with men and women sitting together in the theatre
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In pictures: Saudi Arabia reopens movie theaters
Saudi Arabia on Wednesday unveiled its first cinema in over 35 years with a private screening of the blockbuster “Black Panther”, the first in a series of trial runs before movie theatres open to the wider public. The invitation-only gala event comes after the conservative kingdom lifted the ban on cinemas last year as part of a far-reaching liberalisation drive, with US giant AMC Entertainment granted the first licence to operate movie theatres. AMC chief executive Adam Aron said ticket sales will commence on Thursday for the first public shows on Friday.
AMC Entertainment
Gala event marks return of cinema to Saudi Arabia
AMC announce first public screenings will be on Friday