The Curzon Soho cinema was voted London’s Number One by the readers of Time Out, considered the Bible of leisure activities in England and throughout the world.

Situated in the cosmopolitan Soho district, at the heart of London, the complex has 3 screens showing a broad range of art-house movies. It also hosts art exhibitions and has a bar and a shop with a wide selection of art-house and world cinema DVDs.

In this cinema two digital projectors have been installed, in the framework of the DSN initiative promoted by the UK Film Council aiming at broadening the cinema offer through digital technologies.

During the visit included in the DigiTraining Plus 2008 course, Mick Stephen, the Technical Manager at Curzon Cinemas will be answering participants’ technical questions.

On 9 February 2007, Odeon, the largest cinema chain in the United Kingdom, launched two all digital, fully networked and DCI compliant multiplexes, bearing the OdeonDigital brand name. They are located in the outskirts of London, at Hatfield and Surrey Quays. The visit to the Odeon Surrey Quays will represent one of the highlights of the DigiTraining Plus 2008 course.

All 9 screens at Surrey Quays are equipped with digital projection systems which are also used to experiment with new forms of entertainment, such as the screening of 3D films, concerts and sports events.
This week’s programme includes digital screenings of six different titles, including the Oscar winner “No country for old men”.

The Kino Digital cinema at Hawkhurst in Kent is the first “purely digital cinema”, which means no 35mm projectors, to be set up in the United Kingdom.
DigiTraining Plus 2008 will be visiting it thanks to the co-operation of Paul Corcoran, Managing Director of Kino Digital, who will explain to participants the technology available in his cinema and, more importantly, a completely new concept of programming and offer of services for audiences.
This cinema, that opened in 2006, is part of the DSN initiative promoted by the UK Film Council.
Later the same company launched another “purely digital cinema”, with 2 screens, at Sevenoaks. Digital equipment purchase was in this case financed by Kino.
Paul Corcoran says in fact: “We are in absolutely no doubt that the increased revenue and the savings achieved by digital exhibition make such a purchase financially viable”.