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]
Cinerama | |
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Alternative names | Kineopolis Cinerama |
General information | |
Status | cinema |
Type | Cinema |
Address | Westblaak 18, Rotterdam |
Coordinates | 51°55′01″N 4°28′44″E / 51.917044°N 4.478859°E |
Opened | 1960 |
Owner | Kineopolis |
Other information | |
Seating capacity | Screen 1: 291 |
Website | |
cineramabios |
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]
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]
The current capacity for the seven screens are as follows:[2]