Cinerama is a

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in central

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, the Netherlands. It started in 1960 and was rebuilt in the 1980s. It has seven screens and is owned by the Kinepolis group. The cinema screens both

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and mainstream films. It also hosts a variety of festival screenings such as Arab Cinema, IFFR and the Wildlife film festival.

History

Cinerama was opened in July 1960, occupying the site of the former Scala cinema, which had gone bankrupt after just 3 years. It was named after the

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projection system. The first film screened was

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Capacity

The current capacity for the seven screens are as follows: *Screen 1 - 291 *Screen 2 - 123 *Screen 3 - 123 *Screen 4 - 88 *Screen 5 - 145 *Screen 6 - 145 *Screen 7 - 67

References

{{Authority control Buildings and structures in Rotterdam Cinemas and movie theaters in the Netherlands Rotterdam