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The first known cinema in Jordan was the Petra Cinema in 1935. However, it is said that there was a cinema called 'Abu Siyah' in the 1920s and one of the first films it screened were Charlie Chaplin's silent films. [36] As opposed to Egypt and Lebanon, Jordan joined the film industry much later, with their first films being released in the 1950s.
In 1970, the Qatar Cinema & Film Distribution Company (QCFDC) was founded, inaugurating Gulf Cinema in 1972 as the country's first cinema. Gulf Cinema featured a seating capacity of 1,000 spectators and was even expanded with an extra 400 seats during its peak. It would later be closed in 2013 to make space for the Doha Metro. The QCFDC was ...
AMC Theatres – as of July 2012 AMC divested of its Canadian operations, selling four to Cineplex, two to Empire Theatres which were later sold to Landmark Cinemas in 2013, closing two. Empire Theatres – closed on October 29, 2013, by selling most of their locations to Cineplex Entertainment and Landmark Cinemas and closing 3 others that ...
CITY GUIDES: Dynamic contrasts are part of Doha’s appeal, with an intriguing blend of modern and traditional. Ulrike Lemmin-Woolfrey reveals a confident urban hub with top-class museums, parks ...
Qatar-based media organization Doha Debates and Maine’s Point North Institute have teamed up to launch Solutions Cinema, an innovative online film festival dedicated to diversity and social ...
Circus Land is designed like a circus and a fair, including a horse carousel, a red baron airplane flyover, an inflatable slide, trampoline beds, bumper cars and four-storey soft play area form the main attractions at Circus Land, which has a separate food court area and various kid shopping options.
It is headquartered in Doha and considered one of the larger cinema chains in the Middle East. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It was previously known as Grand Cinemas since 2000 until it relaunched on 6 May 2014 under the Novo Cinemas name, [ 3 ] with theatres located in Qatar, [ 4 ] Dubai , Abu Dhabi , Sharjah and Ras Al Khaimah .
On September 24, 2003, Landmark was acquired by Todd Wagner and Mark Cuban's 2929 Entertainment, [14] the Magnolia Pictures exhibition wing folded into Landmark Theatres. Digital Cinema was introduced. In 2005, Landmark was the first exhibition circuit to deploy Sony 4K cinema; [15] in-theater digital signage was introduced. In Indianapolis ...