Cinemas finally reopen after eight months of forced closure

30.06.2021 | Around 1.2 million euros in Hamburg cinema aid

On Thursday, cinemas in Hamburg will finally open their doors again - and the city of Hamburg is providing the accompanying programme together with the film funding agency: with an unprecedented free ticket campaign and a doubling of the cinema programme prize funds, the cinemas in the north are to be given an easier start to the cinema summer. This brings the total amount of Hamburg's coronavirus aid to around 1.2 million euros.

The cinemas had to remain closed for around eight months due to the coronavirus. Now it is finally possible to visit the cinema again. Please note the following:

Für den Einlass ist erforderlich, dass man entweder vollständig geimpft, genesen oder tagesaktuell negativ auf Covid19 getestet ist.
Die Kontaktdaten müssen digital per App oder händisch per Kontaktbogen vor Ort ausgefüllt werden.
Es gilt das Tragen einer medizinischen Maske im gesamten Kino sowie am Sitzplatz. Die Maske darf zum Essen oder Trinken jedoch abgenommen werden.
Darüber hinaus folgt Sitzanordnung nach dem Schachbrettmuster: je ein freier Sitz rechts und links und reihenweise versetzte freie Plätze.

A detailed and always up-to-date overview can be found under §18 of the currentCorona Ordinance the city of Hamburg.

The city and film funding organisations want to continue to cushion the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on cinemas. To this end, the annually awardedHamburg cinema awards increased this year from 100,000 euros to 220,000 euros - more than doubling the total amount. "Kino Hilfe Hamburg" was launched by the City of Hamburg as a coronavirus rescue package back in 2020. Since March 2020, almost 830,000 euros have been paid out to Hamburg cinemas. The city has also provided 200,000 euros for theHamburg cinema investment programme provided. With the increase in cinema price premiums in 2021, the coronavirus aid for cinemas amounts to around 1.2 million euros.

In addition, the City of Hamburg, the State of Schleswig-Holstein and MOIN Film Fund Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein have joined forces with 16 Hamburg and 32 Schleswig-Holstein cinemas to launch the MOIN KINO campaign. Under the motto "The first round is on us", there will be one free screening in each of the participating cinemas from Thursday, 1 July to Sunday, 4 July. Remaining tickets can be ordered directly from the cinemas. An overview of the MOIN KINO screenings can be found atwww.moin-filmfoerderung.de/moinkino

Federal aid is now also increasingly taking effect. The federal government's special fund for cultural events is also explicitly available to cinemas.

Dr Carsten BrosdaSenator for Culture and Media of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg: "Cinemas are finally opening their doors again and we can all experience first-hand how much better and irreplaceable the shared film experience in a cinema is. Together with film funding and now also with the federal government, we want to continue to help cinemas get through these difficult times. My thanks go to all the enthusiastic teams in the cinemas who are eager to bring film back to life with all their senses. We also want to celebrate this commitment to film together with the doubled prize money for the Hamburg Cinema Prize."

Helge AlbersCEO of MOIN Film Fund Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein: "Thursday is the day - cinema is finally back! In order to support the cinemas in Hamburg after the difficult last few months, the cinema prize premiums in Hamburg have been more than doubled this year. Together with the MOIN KINO campaign and a great range of films, this has created a package that makes me look forward to the cinema summer with confidence."