(ANSA) - ROME, APRIL 24 - From April 26 there will be a "steady and gradual growth of screens that will resume activity, there will be no mass reopening. There are structures such as the larger peripherals whose audience is mainly young, who are not they can think of reopening with the possibility of performing the last show at the latest at 7.30pm ".
Luigi Lonigro, president of distributors in Anica and director of 01 Distribution, explains this to ANSA, talking about the restart of cinemas in the yellow zone from 26 April.
Various exhibitors in the city "will reopen, they are proving more ready. The concomitance with the Oscars, and the release of some quality titles that could win the main statuettes (among the 'nomads' arriving in the hall Nomadland, Minari, Mank, A promising woman, Pieces of a woman, Collective), gave him a little more motivation ". Lonigro siaspetta at the beginning "important reopenings not from a numeric point of view but from a qualitative point of view. The multiplexes and the province will leave a little later, and so will the south, since today Sardinia is still red and most of the other regions are in the area When "also the reopenings arrive, for now announced in mid-May of the TheSpace and Uci chains, which represent 40% of the market, it will also be possible to hypothesize a coverage of 50%".
It starts again "in worse conditions, because now there is also a curfew (at 10 pm, ed), but the hypothesis of a relaxation of the measure by mid-May makes us hopeful and allows us to plan the new releases in the room". Gradually "and with great patience" we want "to rekindle the engines of the market, in the hope that there will be no false restarts. We must be optimistic and positive and hope that everything goes well. We also have a great moral duty as distributors, especially of Italian cinema, to protecting producers and italents, defending those who worked for a film for two years and put a company at risk ". However, never as "in this moment the producers have given great availability and are willing to take risks with us". (HANDLE).