Cinema Prize 2021 goes to 37 cinemas

The cinema prize is endowed with a total of 47,750 euros and this year will be awarded proportionally to all cinemas that have applied for the prize with an outline of their crisis management in the past Corona year 2020 and a description of their future prospects. Another completely new award this year is the "Schleswig-Holstein Future Prize", which is endowed with 5,000 euros.

"Our cinemas are indispensable cultural venues for society. It is a matter close to my heart and that of the entire state government to recognise the work of cinema operators and to strengthen them financially in particular," said Prien. The "Schleswig-Holstein Future Prize", which was awarded for outstanding work in the service of networking the state's cinemas, is also an expression of special appreciation, said Prien. This award recognises the work of the Schleswig-Holstein Cinema Association, which was founded in June 2020 and is committed to the interests of cinemas in Schleswig-Holstein and has represented them in particular during the coronavirus year 2020.

"With its foundation, the Schleswig-Holstein Cinema Association has strengthened the sense of community in the cinema industry. This positive signal was honoured today with the special award 'Zukunftspreis Schleswig-Holstein'. I would like to congratulate all those involved on this sustainable gain for Schleswig-Holstein as a cinema location. Our thanks go to all the cinema operators who were honoured today for their commitment. Thank you for keeping your sails set and promoting cinema culture even in these challenging times," said Helge Albers, CEO of MOIN Film Fund.

"I am delighted that, together with the federal government, we were able to support our cinemas this year and last year with around 4.4 million euros as part of the Future Cinema I programme," said the minister. With this funding, the federal government (80 per cent) and the state (20 per cent) have jointly launched investment aid for necessary renovations and new equipment in cinemas. In December 2020, the state had made €2 million available at short notice as emergency aid for cinemas to cover liquidity shortfalls, of which €1.4 million was utilised. The remaining funds were used as co-financing for the ongoing Cinema I future programme. The cinemas received a total of 2.3 million euros from the state of Schleswig-Holstein and were able to raise 3.5 million euros from the federal government.

The cinema prize jury awarded the following prizes in three categories for the 37 entries:

Category I: Schleswig-Holstein Future Prize (5,000 euros) Award winner: Schleswig-Holstein Cinema Association

Category II: Houses with their own theatre (1,250 euros) Award winners

1st Husum Cinema Centre 2nd Deli cinema, Leck 3rd Grömitz film stage 4th Nordlichter cinema, St. Peter-Ording 5th cinema Deutsches Haus Meldorf 6 Lichtblick Filmtheater, Oldenburg 7. cinema centre Rendsburg 8. 51 steps cinema in the German House Flensburg 9th Schauburg Filmtheatre, Rendsburg 10th Burg Filmtheatre 11th Astra Filmtheatre, Plön 12th Beluga cinema, Quickborn 13th Burg Cinema, Uetersen 14th Small Theatre Schillerstrasse, Geesthacht 15th cinema Koki Kommunales Kino Lübeck 16th CineStar Stadthalle Lübeck 17th Filmhaus Lübeck 18th CineStar Neumünster 19th Kino im Schloßhof GmbH, Kiel 20th LichtBlick cinema, Büsum 21st LichtBlick Filmtheatre, Heide 22nd LichtBlick island cinema, Norddorf/Amrum 23rd Kinowelt Westerland 24th Capitol cinema Kappeln 25th Eulenspiegelkino Mölln 26th Castle Theatre Ratzeburg 27th cinema at KDW, Neumünster 28th CinePlanet5, Bad Segeberg 29th Dream Cinema, Kiel 30th Savoy, Bordesholm 31st cinema in the pump, Kiel 32nd Studio Filmtheatre at Dreiecksplatz, Kiel 33rd municipal cinema Eckernförde

Category III: Houses without their own venue (500 euros) Award winners

1st Kommunales Kino Rendsburg e.V. 2nd Kommunales Kino Neustadt e.V. 3. municipal cinema Bad Schwartau e.V.

The cinema prize jury consisted of: Astrid Muckli, Muckli-Kino Betriebsgesellschaft from Papenburg; Bernd-Günther Nahm, lecturer at the Kiel University of Applied Sciences, and Stefanie Polek, teacher in Kiel.