Cinerama
Cinerama from outside
Cinerama (Rotterdam) is located in Rotterdam
Cinerama (Rotterdam)
Alternative namesKineopolis Cinerama
General information
Statuscinema
TypeCinema
AddressWestblaak 18, Rotterdam
Coordinates51°55′01″N 4°28′44″E / 51.917044°N 4.478859°E / 51.917044; 4.478859
Opened1960
OwnerKineopolis
Other information
Seating capacityScreen 1: 291
Website
cineramabios.nl

Cinerama is a cinema in central Rotterdam, the Netherlands. It started in 1960 and was rebuilt in the 1980s.[1] It has seven screens and is owned by the Kinepolis group.[2]

The cinema screens both arthouse and mainstream films. It also hosts a variety of festival screenings such as Arab Cinema, IFFR and the Wildlife film festival.[3][4]

History

Cinerama was opened in July 1960, occupying the site of the former Scala cinema, which had gone bankrupt after just 3 years. It was named after the Cinerama projection system. The first film screened was This is Cinerama.[1]

Capacity

The current capacity for the seven screens are as follows:[2]

Cinerama's main screen in 1960

References

  1. ^ a b "Cinerama Rotterdam (1960 – heden)". Bioscoopgeschiedenis. Rotterdam. Archived from the original on 2019-03-24. Retrieved 2019-03-21.
  2. ^ a b "Cinerama Rotterdam". Kineopolis. Rotterdam. Archived from the original on 2019-05-03. Retrieved 2019-03-21.
  3. ^ van der Gaag, Salwa (2017-08-12). "Arab Film Festival terug in Rotterdam". AD. Rotterdam. Archived from the original on 2019-03-25. Retrieved 2019-03-21.
  4. ^ Hokke, Natascha (2015-09-15). "De mooiste natuurfilms tijdens Wildlife Film Festival Rotterdam". Natuur Monumenten. Rotterdam. Archived from the original on 2019-03-24. Retrieved 2019-03-21.
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