CineStar

CineStar is a cinema company based in Lübeck, Germany.

Cinestar
TypeGmbH
IndustryEntertainment
Founded1948
HeadquartersLübeck, Germany
Number of locations
96
Area served
Germany, Croatia, Czech Republic, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia
Key people
Jane Hastings, Oliver Fock
ParentEVT Limited 
Websitewww.cinestar.de
CineStar in Hagen, Germany

The company was founded in 1948, and is the largest cinema chain in Germany and Croatia. As of October 2018 it had 54 locations in Germany and 14 in Croatia; 13 multiplexes in Czech Republic; 6 in Bosnia and Herzegovina; and 4 in Serbia.[1]

The CineStar Cubix am Alexanderplatz,[2] styled CUBIX[3]), is a multiplex on Alexanderplatz in Berlin which opened in November 2000. It has screened films for the Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale) cinemas since 2007.[4]

CineStar's multiplex in the Sony Center, Potsdamer Platz, Berlin, along with the adjoining IMAX theatre, was another venue for the Berlinale, before their closure at the end of 2019.[5]

References

  1. Parfitt, Orlando (22 October 2018). "Vue to buy German cinema group CineStar in $254m deal". Screen Daily. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
  2. "CineStar Cubix am Alexanderplatz - Kinobeschreibung und Termine - Kinoprogramm für Berlin und Umland". Berlin.de (in German). Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  3. "CineStar CUBIX am Alexanderplatz, Berlin". cityseeker. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  4. "Berlinale venues". Berlin International Film Festival. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017.
  5. Blaney, Martin (9 January 2020). "Berlinale 2020 adds screening venues in the wake of closures". Screen. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
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