On April 29 the projectors are turned on again, but many will wait for May or summer. The managers: “Still too many constraints, without the bar open we will not pay the costs and remove the curfew”
TREVISO. The long abstinence from the big screen of Treviso cinephiles is over: next week the projectors of two multiplex cinemas in the province will be turned on again, theIvy from Treviso and Verdi by Vittorio Venetor, thanks to releases that compete for the Oscars, such as “Nomadland”, formerly the Golden Lion at the last Venice Film Festival, and the Korean revelation film “Minari”. The date to be marked on the calendar is Thursday 29 April, when the Treviso spectators can be welcomed back with the new safety protocols, i.e. a distance of one meter from each other, except for relatives who will be able to sit close, but like everyone else, wearing a mask for the entire duration of the show.
Curfew node
“My phone is hot these days because our aficionados can’t wait to go back to the cinema,” he says Giuliana Fantoni, Ivy operator – now it will be a question of fine-tuning the programming, which in addition to the two titles nominated for the Oscars for us also includes “Corpus Christi”: it is important to show three works that have never been seen on streaming platforms to give a real signal of novelty. Subscriptions already purchased are extended by six months and we plan to organize two screenings for each film, one at 5.30 pm and one at 7.30 pm, allowing the public to return home within the curfew time, if our proposal does not pass as a category of to recognize the validity of the ticket to go home after 10 pm ».
The curfew, in fact, and the ban on eating or drinking in the hall (which would penalize cinema bars), represent strong deterrents for cinemas. who have not yet decided when to reopen, such as Corso di Treviso, The Space in Silea and Cinergia in Conegliano.
“I’ll make a decision next week – he explains Silvia Amadio, owner of the course – to evaluate the release of the films and the forecasts of turnout and collection, given that the fixed costs for our cinema are 10 thousand euros per month, including staff, lighting, cleaning, to which is added the cost for the rental of the titles : with no bar open and with a curfew I find it difficult to break even. Furthermore, considering that we have not collected for a year, we cannot afford to work at a loss ».
Italia Eden di Montebelluna and Manzoni di Paese will probably reopen in May, while Cristallo di Oderzo points to September. “There is pressure on the government to change the curfew time and to open the bars – reveals Gianantonio Furlan of the Verdi cinema – in the meantime we start again because we have good films, in addition to” Minari “and” Nomadland “, from 29 April in Vittorio Veneto it will also be possible to see David Fincher’s “Mank”, and then in May “The bad poet” on D’Annunzio with Sergio Castellito and the blockbusters “Godzilla against Kong” and “Crudelia” will be released ».
And theaters
The reopening of the theaters is more complex. «With ten days in advance to set up a season is practically impossible – he explains Mirko Artuso, owner of the Teatro del Pane in Treviso – it is necessary to contact the companies, to foresee an adequate collection of the fixed losses and to the payment of the artists, not to mention that the summer season has arrived and Ialready working on shows to be organized outdoors, like the Stramare Festival in Segusino which was successful last year ».
Even the small spectators of the Gruppo Some, which has already set up the stage at the Talking Trees Park in Treviso where the first performance will be staged on Sunday 9 May at 5 pm.
Under a sky of stars is also the Small Dante Theater in Vittorio Veneto, that will open on 11 June with the “Festival of the 9 Arts”, organized by the Da Ponte Academy of Vittorio Veneto.
In the city the only theater that will reopen its doors is the Municipal. «We are closing the program of the summer theatrical review with the Stabile del Veneto, which will see how first appointment the final of the Toti Dal Monte competition, open to the public, on 12 June – announced the councilor for culture Lavinia Colonna Preti – there will also be a concert season, curated by Maestro Stefano Canazza, which will take place both at the “Del Monaco” and in the squares ». –
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