Qube Cinema is pleased to announce that Francis Yushua Brown is joining the team to expand our rapidly growing presence in Africa. Francis will be looking to further develop Qube Wire’s digital distribution business across the continent.

This past February, Qube Wire’s global team met at The Residency Towers in Chennai for three days of celebration, learning, and planning. This was the 5th Wire Up annual meeting and our most successful yet.

A moment of pride for the Qube Wire team as we were awarded the Most Trusted Brand of the Year at the Big Cine Awards 2023!

Bollywood once reigned supreme, both within the country and internationally. Now a transformation is underway, stretching far beyond the song-and-dance spectacle to bring exciting stories from across the country to life.

The latter part of the year (2021) also saw the Box Office start to pick up, China reigned supreme with the film, The Battle of Lake Changjin topping the charts with 882 million USD and proved once again that audience are increasingly starting to warm up to local productions in China. For Hollywood, Spiderman – No Way Home came as a saviour to substantially increase the US Domestic Box Office overall and went on to become the number one film in top international markets such as South Korea, Brazil, France and Australia.

Afghanistan, Bahrain, Brunei, China, India, Israel, Japan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Russia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam

Hailing from a film lab background, and a technical one at that, environmental impact has been a hugely noticeable part of my career in the Film and Cinema Industry. Remembering the amount of chemicals that flowed through the maze of pipework and then ultimately into the drainage system at some point always disconcerted me. Hopefully I am open to speak freely about this now, but there was a definite unease with what was being sent down that pipe! I’m sure that everything was regulated and above board, right?!?…

It is time for the second HOT TAKES dose, and I am here to present a point of view on independent films in 2022.

Simultaneous theatrical and OTT will be the new reality
The rules have changed. Consumption patterns have changed. Audiences value convenience, variety and individualism more than ever before.

Malaysia is a fast-growing market for cinema. Can you please give us an insight into its current size and potential for growth?

Malaysia has 169 cinemas operating throughout the country. The largest cinema operators are Golden Screen Cinemas, TGV Cinemas, MBO Cinemas, Lotus Five Star, DADI Cinema and MM Cineplexes. There are plans to open more locations this year.

Qube Labs is an enthusiastic expression of two of Qube Cinema’s key values, innovation and excellence. We’ve started this unit so we can better support our research initiatives, and to nurture a culture of curiosity and experimentation.

Can you please give us an insight into the cinema-going habits and tastes of the Hungarian audience?

The covid epidemic, like everywhere else, has significantly damaged the cinema market in Hungary. After the closures, cinema audiences were slow to return. The reopening of cinemas was not uniform either, with the largest cinema chain in Hungary, Cinema City, only able to open weeks later than reopening was allowed.