CineEurope is the official annual convention of UNIC and the premier get-together of the cinema exhibition community in Europe. It is organised in collaboration with Prometheus Global Media (PGM). The convention offers a unique opportunity to interact with stakeholders from the sector. It includes a trade-show, an innovative conference programme of highest relevance to European exhibitors and screenings of upcoming films.
CineEurope 2013 will take place from 24 – 27 June 2013 in Barcelona. Register here.
Pictures of CineEurope 2012 Highlights : selection 1, selection 2, selection 3.
You can have a look at some of the presentations held during CineEurope 2012 by clicking the links below.
Access and Disability
Closed Caption Solution, by Clint Koch, Sales Director, USL, Inc.
Captiview & Fidelio – Solutions for Impaired Audience, Doremi.
Entertainment Access Glasses with Audio Assist, by Christopher Mullins Product Manager, Sony.
What next for Digital Cinema Projection?
Laser Illumination for D-Cinema by Renier Doetkies, CTO, DLP Cinema.
High Frame Rate Cinema by Dave Monk, CEO, European Digital Cinema Forum.
Cinema: Digital Innovation Award
We want Cinema, by Marieke Jonker, CEO of Amstelfilm. This project won the CDIA.
Gruvi’s WAVE Platform, by Benjamin Johnson, Co-Founder at Gruvi.tv. This project was selected among the three finalists for the CDIA.
The Distrify Player, by Andy Green, COO/Founder of Distrify. This project was selected among the three finalists for the CDIA.
The “Cinema: Digital Innovation Award”
The “Cinema: Digital Innovation Award” is an award set up by the International Union of Cinemas for digital entrepreneurs and developers to showcase their talents to the industry, potential clients and investors at the CineEurope convention. Candidates are invited to submit radical project proposals on how film theatres/ cinemas can better engage with cinema-going audiences using digital technology, social networking, data mashing, location-based services and smartphone applications.
The inaugural edition of the “Cinema: Digital Innovation Award” was met with enthusiasm and gathered more than 40 outstanding project proposals from 15 different countries. From the three finalists who presented their ideas at CineEurope 2012 on Monday, June 18, the project WeWantCinema by Marieke Jonker was voted as the winner by the audience and received a prize of € 5000 kindly sponsored by Orange.