ICTA’s International
Directors, Cathy Huis in 't veld Esser, Jan Runge, Oliver Pasch and Till
Cussmann jointly congratulate all award winners: "We are thrilled to honor these outstanding cinemas and individuals. Each
of them illustrates the tremendous value that technological excellence,
audience focus and showmanship add to the overall theatrical experience. Huge
congratulations to all winners on behalf of your partners in the cinema
technology community.”
The cinema companies comment on their winning:
Alexandre Hellmann, CEO, Le Grand Rex: “What a nice and welcome surprise to be receiving this
award from the ICTA! Le Grand Rex has for now almost 90 years celebrated the
values of showmanship, design and presentation excellence and in doing so has
become the premier cinema for launching films on the continent. We are proud of
our history and will continue to innovate as well as celebrate movie going as
we commence our milestone birthday in December. With a capacity of 2700 seats,
Le Grand Rex is home to the largest screening room in the World and hosts the
most prestigious premieres and fan marathons. Each year, our cinema gathers the
largest cinema audience in the World when it opens its doors to its spectacular
animated Christmas movie. We are working everyday to restore this incredible
building to make it a special place for every movie fan. Thank you ICTA.”
Shaun Jones, Vice President of Operations,
Cineworld: “We are proud to accept this award in
recognition of Cineworld Belfast, our first cinema in Northern Ireland. This 13
screen cinema offers customers the best technology on the market including IMAX
with Laser, 4DX and ScreenX. After only six months of being operational,
Cineworld Belfast is already the dominant player in the local market, proving
that Cineworld is indeed, the best place to watch a movie. We look forward to
welcoming many more customers through our doors in the coming months to watch
films like Lightyear, Thor: Love and Thunder and Avatar 2.”
Hugues
Borgia, Directeur General, UGC CINÉ CITÉ
(UGC Group): "We a are delighted to be receiving this award - and particularly so in
the current context. Our new
Part Dieu cinema opened to the public on 21
st September 2021, a few
weeks after the long period of cinema closures imposed by the pandemic. The site
is part of a new generation of cinemas with which UGC offers ever richer
programming in a refined setting in order to re-engage audiences with a new
experience. Fifty years
after the creation of the first Part Dieu cinema, the new UGC Ciné Cité is a
true rebirth and a sign of confidence in the future of cinema. Thanks to ICTA
for this recognition."
Rolv Gjestland of Film & Kino: "Next to punk rock cinema has
been one of the big passions in my life and I am grateful that I have been able
to contribute to the design and development of amazing - and incredibly diverse
- theatres all across Norway through my role with Film & Kino. I have
always been convinced that exchanges, networking and the sampling of best
practices at an international level helps one to better design cinemas as well
as enables the industry to collectively deliver better experiences to
audiences. That's why I have supported and have been a member in organisations
such as the ICTA. A big thank you for this nice award."
Frank Tees, ICTA’s President, adds: “Congratulations to the outstanding award recipients and the teams behind these
beautiful theatres. And a special thank you to ICTA’s International Board
Directors for organizing this highly recognized award.”
The award winners will be honored during ICTA’s award ceremony and dinner
reception on 19
th June in Barcelona. Professionals attending
CineEurope who would like to participate can register on
www.icta-web.com in the events section.
You can find a selection of images and videos of the award winning
cinemas via this
link.
Media inquiries:
Jan Runge
ICTA International
Representative
[email protected]
#491792404702
Genter Str. 25
50672 Köln
Previous Winners of the ICTA EMEA Awards include
Best Cinema
Refurbishment of the year
2018: Cineplexx
Millenium City, Vienna
2019: Odeon Leicester Square, UK
2021: Filmpalast
Kassel
Classic Screen of the
Year
2015: Imperial
Copenhagen, DK
2016: Odeon Leicester
Square, UK
2017: Tennispalatsi,
Helsinki, Finland
2018: Zoo Palast
Berlin, Germany
2019: Bio Capitol,
Stockholm, Sweden
2020: Pathe Tuschinksi, Amsterdam
2021: Cinemateket
Oslo
New build screen of
the year
2015: CinemaPink
Akmerkez, TK
2016: Vue Cinema
Alkmaar, NL
2017: Hollywood
Megaplex Pluscity + Imax Pasching, Austria
2018: Cinestar 4DX,
Mall of Split, Croatia
2019: CGV Mars,
Ankara Atakule, TK
2020: Muvi Cinemas, u-Walk site, Riyadh
2021: Kinepolis
Leidschendam
New Screen of the
year
2017: Arcadia Cinema
Melzo, Italy
2018: Village World @
The Mall Athens, Greece
Screen of the year
2016: Cinecitta Nürnberg, DE
