Outdoor Movies | Open Air Cinema | Backyard Theater » Cyprus http://www.openaircinema.us/blog Outdoor Movies and Open Air Cinema with an Inflatable Backyard Theater Screen Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:45:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Nicosia, Cyprus: Temporary Open Air Cinema in Cyprus Features Outdoor Movies http://www.openaircinema.us/blog/2008/nicosia-cyprus-temporary-open-air-cinema-in-cyprus-features-outdoor-movies/ http://www.openaircinema.us/blog/2008/nicosia-cyprus-temporary-open-air-cinema-in-cyprus-features-outdoor-movies/#comments Thu, 31 Jul 2008 20:34:52 +0000 Open Air Cinema http://blog.openaircinema.us/?p=577

Outdoor Movies in Nicosia, CyprusThe new innovative open air cinema in the old GSP Stadium in has proved to be a great success despite modest audiences, organizers said ahead of its closing night tomorrow.

“We at the municipality, and I feel at LTV as well, felt that it was a success. The whole event was satisfactory, though there were not many cars driving in on all days. The timeframe given to run this project worked against us as there was the summer heat and the euro cup,” explained the financial manager of Nicosia Municipality, Nicholas Efstathiou.

This was not a money making scheme, nor was it to make profit, explained Efstathiou: “This was a cultural event.”

The old GSP Stadium in Nicosia was transferred into the ‘LTV Drive-In Cinema’, allowing audiences to experience something new and interesting. It has a snack bar that serves your usual movie snacks, popcorn, sandwiches, ice cream and of course a cultural element, the frappe. The outdoors allows you to be comfortable and lift your feet up without ushers telling you off or other people complaining, but still this did not seem enough to bring the huge crowds to the drive-in.

“Approximately there has been about 20-30 people attending in a space that can fit up to 200 people,” said George Petrides from the marketing department of LTV.

“LTV and Municipality wanted to prove that open air theaters are a good venture to develop in the future. We were realistic considering all the elements working against us, and our goal has been met. For us this event was successful because we did it and it was brilliant. This was a good prototype to start something similar in the future,” said Efstathiou.

The reason of its success, he says, is that “we had erected this brilliant inflatable movie screen which had cinema quality. We used a projector not a DVD.”

Having been apart of the audience, he explained how exhilarating the experience had been: “It was brilliant. The directors feel it was brilliant. It was spectacular viewing. Naturally, such projects need time to mature onto the public and perhaps if we had given it a year the public would get used to this idea.”

Petrides also watched a couple movies at the drive-in and says there is nothing wrong with this project. “The sound is excellent, the projection is very good. It is a different experience than going to an indoor theatre. We have not had any complaints about any errors or problems.”

Prior reports that the outdoor movie cinema was to stay open until autumn are false – “our initial plan was to open until this Thursday” Petrides said.

Closing on Thursday, the space will make way for a major building project for a cultural site on the premises. “The drive-in cinema was given the location of the stadium until July 31 and once we take everything down the Municipality will begin the construction of the cultural building,” said Efstathiou.

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Outdoor movies and inflatable movie screens have been appearing in locations all around the world. Over time we will be adding links to articles about outdoor movies and open air cinema events. These articles are listed according to the country where the inflatable movie screen has been set up or the country where the outdoor movie event takes place.

A

B

C

D

E

  • East Timor – Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste
  • Ecuador – Republic of Ecuador
  • Egypt – Arab Republic of Egypt
  • El Salvador – Republic of El Salvador
  • Equatorial Guinea – Republic of Equatorial Guinea
  • Eritrea – State of Eritrea
  • Estonia – Republic of Estonia
  • Ethiopia – Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

F

  • Falkland Islands (UK overseas territory)
  • Faroe Islands (Self-governing country in the Kingdom of Denmark)
  • – Republic of the Islands
  • Finland – Republic of Finland
  • France – French Republic
  • French Polynesia (French overseas collectivity)

G

H

I

J

  • Jamaica
  • Japan
  • Jersey – Bailiwick of Jersey (British Crown dependency)
  • Jordan – Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

K

  • Kazakhstan – Republic of Kazakhstan
  • Kenya – Republic of Kenya
  • Kiribati – Republic of Kiribati
  • Korea, North – Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
  • Korea, South – Republic of Korea
  • Kosovo – Republic of Kosovo
  • Kuwait – State of Kuwait
  • Kyrgyzstan – Kyrgyz Republic

L

  • Laos – Lao People’s Democratic Republic
  • Latvia – Republic of Latvia
  • Lebanon – Republic of Lebanon
  • Lesotho – Kingdom of Lesotho
  • Liberia – Republic of Liberia
  • Libya – Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
  • Liechtenstein – Principality of Liechtenstein
  • Lithuania – Republic of Lithuania
  • Luxembourg – Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

M

  • Macao – Macao Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China (Area of special sovereignty)
  • Macedonia – Republic of Macedonia
  • Madagascar – Republic of Madagascar
  • Malawi – Republic of Malawi
  • Malaysia
  • Maldives – Republic of Maldives
  • Mali – Republic of Mali
  • Malta – Republic of Malta
  • Marshall Islands – Republic of the Marshall Islands
  • Mauritania – Islamic Republic of Mauritania
  • Mauritius – Republic of Mauritius
  • Mayotte – Departmental Collectivity of Mayotte (French overseas collectivity)
  • Mexico – United Mexican States
  • Micronesia – Federated States of Micronesia
  • Moldova – Republic of Moldova
  • Monaco – Principality of Monaco
  • Mongolia
  • Montenegro
  • Montserrat (UK overseas territory)
  • Morocco – Kingdom of Morocco
  • Mozambique – Republic of Mozambique
  • For “Myanmar”, see Burma

N

  • Nagorno-Karabakh – Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (Artsakh)
  • Namibia – Republic of Namibia
  • – Republic of
  • – Federal Democratic Republic of
  • Netherlands – Kingdom of the Netherlands
  • Netherlands Antilles (Self-governing country in the Kingdom of the Netherlands)
  • New Caledonia – Territory of New Caledonia and Dependencies (French community sui generis)
  • New Zealand
  • Nicaragua – Republic of Nicaragua
  • Niger – Republic of Niger
  • Nigeria – Federal Republic of Nigeria
  • Niue (Associated state of New Zealand)
  • Norfolk Island – Territory of Norfolk Island (Australian overseas territory)
  • Northern – Turkish Republic of Northern
  • Northern Mariana Islands – Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (US commonwealth)
  • For “North Korea”, see Korea, North
  • Norway – Kingdom of Norway

O

  • Oman – Sultanate of Oman

P

  • Pakistan – Islamic Republic of Pakistan
  • Palau – Republic of Palau
  • Palestine – Palestinian Territories
  • Panama – Republic of Panama
  • Papua New Guinea – Independent State of Papua New Guinea
  • Paraguay – Republic of Paraguay
  • For “People’s Republic of China”, see China
  • Peru – Republic of Peru
  • Philippines – Republic of the Philippines
  • Pitcairn Islands – Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie, and Oeno Islands (UK overseas territory)
  • Poland – Republic of Poland
  • Portugal – Portuguese Republic
  • For “Pridnestrovie”, see Transnistria
  • – Commonwealth of (US commonwealth)

Q

R

S

T

U

V

  • Vanuatu – Republic of Vanuatu
  • Vatican City – State of the Vatican City
  • Venezuela – Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
  • Vietnam – Socialist Republic of Vietnam
  • Virgin Islands, British – British Virgin Islands (UK overseas territory)
  • Virgin Islands, United States – United States Virgin Islands (US organized territory)

W

  • Wallis and Futuna – Territory of Wallis and Futuna Islands (French overseas collectivity)
  • Western Sahara – Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic

Y

Z

  • For “Zaire”, see Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Zambia – Republic of Zambia
  • Zimbabwe – Republic of Zimbabwe
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