German cinemas are on track to reopen within the next weeks. In some states, as early as May 15th, in others, from May 30th. Others are about to follow with announcements over the weekend. These and other opening allowances (e.g. for restaurants) may be revoked if a certain number of new infections is registered for a given area. So the idea is to have some sort of a stop-and-go system.
Not yet clear how distributors will react to this patchwork.
German theatre associations had tried to work towards a combined nationwide schedule for reopenings, but, obviously, failed so far.
There are some titles that did not make it through their full release window when cinemas had to close, while some releases had been set on hold. So, there is certainly a decent amount of titles to play during the first weeks, but few new titles have been scheduled for the next months so far.
Other european countried have also just announced plans to reopen cinemas - among them, Norway, Finnland, Spain, while Austria decided two weeks ago not to open cinemas before the end of august...
Not yet clear how distributors will react to this patchwork.
German theatre associations had tried to work towards a combined nationwide schedule for reopenings, but, obviously, failed so far.
There are some titles that did not make it through their full release window when cinemas had to close, while some releases had been set on hold. So, there is certainly a decent amount of titles to play during the first weeks, but few new titles have been scheduled for the next months so far.
Other european countried have also just announced plans to reopen cinemas - among them, Norway, Finnland, Spain, while Austria decided two weeks ago not to open cinemas before the end of august...
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