The box office performance of buzzy awards season frontrunners like Poor Things and The Holdovers have taken a significant dent in Sweden as the AMC-owned Filmstaden, the country’s largest cinema chain, was unable to sell tickets to patrons due to a malicious cyber-attack.
Filmstaden and several local companies were struck down by the hack, which had originally been aimed at Swedish It provider Tietoevry. Local media reports have identified the Russian-backed hacker group Akira as the perpetrator.
From January 19-27, Filmstaden cinema locations were unable to sell tickets to screenings online or through its popular online app. The option to purchase snacks and soft drinks was also down. Visitors to Svenska Bio, a smaller boutique subsidiary of Filmstaden and Sweden’s second-largest chain, faced similar disruptions as their computers fell to the hack.
Guests who pre-booked tickets before the hack were not affected and could still use their tickets.
Filmstaden and several local companies were struck down by the hack, which had originally been aimed at Swedish It provider Tietoevry. Local media reports have identified the Russian-backed hacker group Akira as the perpetrator.
From January 19-27, Filmstaden cinema locations were unable to sell tickets to screenings online or through its popular online app. The option to purchase snacks and soft drinks was also down. Visitors to Svenska Bio, a smaller boutique subsidiary of Filmstaden and Sweden’s second-largest chain, faced similar disruptions as their computers fell to the hack.
Guests who pre-booked tickets before the hack were not affected and could still use their tickets.
- 2/6/2024
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Nordic exhibitors can offer examples to others looking to bounce back from the pandemic.
With Sweden’s anti-lockdown approach and other Nordic territories set to re-open venues earlier than other parts of the world, the international film industry can look to the Nordics for examples of how to bounce back from the Covid-19 pandemic.
Peter Fornstam, founder and managing director of Sweden’s second-largest cinema chain, Svenska Bio, kept all of his 35 cinemas open until Easter. After the public holiday, Svenska Bio’s two Stockholm sites – the Grand and Victoria (with a total of 12 screens) – remained open and showing recent...
With Sweden’s anti-lockdown approach and other Nordic territories set to re-open venues earlier than other parts of the world, the international film industry can look to the Nordics for examples of how to bounce back from the Covid-19 pandemic.
Peter Fornstam, founder and managing director of Sweden’s second-largest cinema chain, Svenska Bio, kept all of his 35 cinemas open until Easter. After the public holiday, Svenska Bio’s two Stockholm sites – the Grand and Victoria (with a total of 12 screens) – remained open and showing recent...
- 5/6/2020
- by 1100142¦Wendy Mitchell¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
Many of the country’s movie theatres have continued to operate despite alarming death toll, with social distancing measures in place
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Showing a film in a cinema has become an act of political consequence. Movie theatres across the globe, from China to the Us, have shut down during the coronavirus pandemic, and arguments have broken out, as much on ideological lines as economic, as to how and when to reopen. In Sweden, however, some have remained open all along, operating under new government guidelines. With 47 cinemas and about 200 screens, the country’s second-largest chain Svenska Bio stayed operational – and as a result has become Europe’s biggest operator by box office revenue.
“Swedes, we’re born social distancing,” says Peter Fornstam, Svenska Bio’s founder and managing director. “I am happy that we kept the doors open and that we are still operating [but] I wish everyone was operating.
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Showing a film in a cinema has become an act of political consequence. Movie theatres across the globe, from China to the Us, have shut down during the coronavirus pandemic, and arguments have broken out, as much on ideological lines as economic, as to how and when to reopen. In Sweden, however, some have remained open all along, operating under new government guidelines. With 47 cinemas and about 200 screens, the country’s second-largest chain Svenska Bio stayed operational – and as a result has become Europe’s biggest operator by box office revenue.
“Swedes, we’re born social distancing,” says Peter Fornstam, Svenska Bio’s founder and managing director. “I am happy that we kept the doors open and that we are still operating [but] I wish everyone was operating.
- 5/1/2020
- by Karen Krizanovich
- The Guardian - Film News
Movie theaters in Norway will reopen on May 7 after being shut down on March 12 when the country went into a partial lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic, Variety has confirmed.
In line with the policy in Sweden – where cinemas were never obliged to close during the pandemic – the admissions in Norwegian cinemas will initially be limited to 50 people per screen, with a minimum of one meter in between each patron, according to Jakob Berg, a spokesperson for the Norwegian Film Institute.
Exhibitors will have to decide whether or not they want to reopen. “It will depend on how many films they can show at the time of restart. Right now it seems that they will have at least popular films that were screening before the lockdown, like ‘1917’ and ‘Parasite,’ and some Norwegian films,” said Berg. “The second issue will be whether it’s sustainable economically for all cinemas to reopen with 50 people per screen,...
In line with the policy in Sweden – where cinemas were never obliged to close during the pandemic – the admissions in Norwegian cinemas will initially be limited to 50 people per screen, with a minimum of one meter in between each patron, according to Jakob Berg, a spokesperson for the Norwegian Film Institute.
Exhibitors will have to decide whether or not they want to reopen. “It will depend on how many films they can show at the time of restart. Right now it seems that they will have at least popular films that were screening before the lockdown, like ‘1917’ and ‘Parasite,’ and some Norwegian films,” said Berg. “The second issue will be whether it’s sustainable economically for all cinemas to reopen with 50 people per screen,...
- 5/1/2020
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
While most of the world is on lockdown mode, Sweden has taken a different route, with schools, restaurants, some theaters and most public venues still open.
The Swedish prime minister, Stefan Löfven, has asked people to behave like “adults” and not give in to the panic, advising them to work from home, as well as banning gatherings of more than 50 people. But Löfven has not imposed drastic restrictions in Sweden as in other countries in Europe, such as its Nordic neighbors in Finland and Denmark, or France, Italy, Spain, and more recently the U.K.
Many movie theaters in Sweden are closed but some have remained open, notably theaters run by Svenska Bio, Sweden’s second biggest cinema chain, which also operates in Finland and Denmark.
Peter Fornstam, the CEO of Svenska Bio, said the group has kept theaters open in Sweden but with super low attendance and a cap of 50 admissions per auditorium.
The Swedish prime minister, Stefan Löfven, has asked people to behave like “adults” and not give in to the panic, advising them to work from home, as well as banning gatherings of more than 50 people. But Löfven has not imposed drastic restrictions in Sweden as in other countries in Europe, such as its Nordic neighbors in Finland and Denmark, or France, Italy, Spain, and more recently the U.K.
Many movie theaters in Sweden are closed but some have remained open, notably theaters run by Svenska Bio, Sweden’s second biggest cinema chain, which also operates in Finland and Denmark.
Peter Fornstam, the CEO of Svenska Bio, said the group has kept theaters open in Sweden but with super low attendance and a cap of 50 admissions per auditorium.
- 4/1/2020
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Omnilab Media managing director Christopher Mapp is one of the 12 new additions to the list of ‘Ambassadors’ for the inaugural ScreenSingapore event and market.
Other Australian Ambassadors include Rgm’s Devesh Chetty, Icon Productions’ Bruce Davey, Hoyts’ Delfin Fernandez, Golden Village’s David Glass, Ahl’s David Seargeant and Village Roadshow’s Robert Kirby.
ScreenSingapore has been conceived by the Singapore Media Development Authority as an international cinema event offering policy makers, industry buyers, sellers, producers and creative talent from all over the world a platform to exchange ideas, business opportunities and showcase their product. It will include an entertainment trade/technology market, premieres of upcoming Asian and Us releases, conferences, masterclasses and workshops.
Screen Singapore will be held from June 5-12.
The 52 Ambassadors are:
Milt Barlow
China Lion Film Distribution
Bill Block
Qed International
Moritz Borman
Onda Entertainment
Nadia Bronson
Nadia Bronson & Associates
Devesh Chetty
Rgm Media Ltd
Sukee Chew...
Other Australian Ambassadors include Rgm’s Devesh Chetty, Icon Productions’ Bruce Davey, Hoyts’ Delfin Fernandez, Golden Village’s David Glass, Ahl’s David Seargeant and Village Roadshow’s Robert Kirby.
ScreenSingapore has been conceived by the Singapore Media Development Authority as an international cinema event offering policy makers, industry buyers, sellers, producers and creative talent from all over the world a platform to exchange ideas, business opportunities and showcase their product. It will include an entertainment trade/technology market, premieres of upcoming Asian and Us releases, conferences, masterclasses and workshops.
Screen Singapore will be held from June 5-12.
The 52 Ambassadors are:
Milt Barlow
China Lion Film Distribution
Bill Block
Qed International
Moritz Borman
Onda Entertainment
Nadia Bronson
Nadia Bronson & Associates
Devesh Chetty
Rgm Media Ltd
Sukee Chew...
- 3/23/2011
- by Miguel Gonzalez
- Encore Magazine
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