Cinescape

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Cinescape - Kuwait National Cinema Company (KNCC), formerly known Kuwait Cinema Company, is a movie theater chain and film distributor in Kuwait. The company was incorporated in 1954 with a capital of 7 million rupees, a few years before the Kuwaiti dinar currency was introduced. Commencing in 1996, KNCC used up scale shopping centers as prime locations for multi-screen theaters and initiated a plan to renovate older theaters in an effort to enhance its corporate image. In November 2003, KNCC had introduced a e-ticketing service, the first of its kind in the Middle East. With e-ticketing, customers are able to buy tickets online using debit and credit cards. In 2005, the company has added M-NET to its family of enabled payment methods. Customers can now pay for their tickets using their mobiles. With this, Kuwait became the second country in the world (after Austria) to enable mobile payments in theaters.

Exhibition[]

Cinescape has 11 locations with 56 screens using Digital Cinema Technology, and has 3D capabilities. It owns the second IMAX theater, which is located at Cinescape 360, while the first one is in The Scientific Center of Salmiya.^[1] All of the theaters are located inside various malls except for one location which is a stand-alone cinema. The capacity level is around 12,000 seats across all locations. There are also six VIP screens, with two in Cinescape the Avenues, two in Cinescape 360 and 2 in Cinescape Sharqia. Cinescape also launched premium offerings for Cinescape Al Kout.

Distribution[]

Cinescape plays a major role in distribution of major independent films in the Middle East through its associates, . In 2005, The Kuwait National Cinema Company joined alliance with Front Row Filmed Entertainment distributing major independent films from studios like New Line Cinema, Paramount Vantage, HanWay Films, Lakeshore Entertainment, Studio Canal, , Celluloid Dreams, , Wild Bunch, Studio Ghibli, and many more. Since then, more than 600 titles have been distributed across the Middle-East region. In addition to the Independent titles, it is a distributor of Arabic language films in the Persian Gulf region. It also distributes films from Bollywood, and foreign language titles to the GCC region.

Theaters[]

Cinescape Theatres

1. Cinescape 360
2. Cinescape The Avenues
3. Cinescape Fanar
4. Cinescape Al Kout
5. Cinescape Ajial
6. Cinescape Albairaq
7. Cinescape Marina
8. Cinescape Sharqiah
9. Cinescape Muhallab
10. Cinescape Laila
11. Cinescape Plaza
12. Cinescape 1954 Film House

Upcoming Cinema Theatres[]

1. Cinescape Al Assima
2. Cinescape Al Khiran

Kuwait Stock Exchange[]

KNCC has been listed on the Kuwait Stock Exchange as a shareholding company with assets valued at more than KD 36 million (US $122 million)

Management[]

• Chairman - Abdulwahab Al Marzouq
• Vice Chairman - Hisham Al Ghanim
• CEO - Naser Al Rowdan

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