E V E N T S
Showcasing India’s rising market
Big Cine Expo Preview
A
fter
a
gala
opening in 2016, last
year’s
Big
Cine Expo, held at the Chennai
Trade Centre, in India’s southern state of Tamil Nadu, cemented the success of
this
international
show
and
convention for multiplexes, singlescreens and malls. Only in its third year, the event has already established itself
as
Asia’s
biggest
cinema
exhibition in terms of the highest footfall of direct buyers — and the third staging of the event is set to be the biggest yet.
Destination Mumbai This year, the event moves to the heart of India’s film industry — Bollywood — and into one of Mumbai’s most progressive, impressive destinations —
in the country. There is an enormous
Mumbai’s Sahara Star, an impressive venue for the third staging of Big Cine Expo — an event with a decidedly Indian flavour
appetite for technical knowledge and equipment, owing to the potential in the cinema theatre market here and in neighbouring Asian countries. Big Cine Expo addresses this need, and
the ultra-modern Sapphire Hall at
provides a platform for theatre owners,
the Sahara Star hotel. This ultra-
dominant position, with a cinema
design
modern convention venue is set to
industry second only to Hollywood in
integrators,
size. South India, having the highest
professionals, industry stakeholders
number of cinema screens and the
and the community for single-screen
highest number of movie releases, is
and multiplex cinema entertainment
the top market for cinema exhibition
in Asia and India.
host a gathering that will see more than 6,000 influential figures from
1501
the international exhibition business in town for the show. The strength of the Asian cinema market is undisputed — India alone has approximately one screen for every 7 people (in contrast to a figure
India produces the highest number of movies in the world (1501 movies in 2016)
consultants, project
manufacturers, management
Cinema Technology magazine is proud to support BigCineExpo as a media partner, with the magazine distributed to delegates at the event.
of one for every 125 people in the US). Today on the sub-continent, the
Big Cine Expo takes place from 28-29 August at the Sahara Star, Mumbai.
entertainment
To book your place, head to www.bigcineexpo.com
sector
occupies
a
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