As of: February 21, 2024, 12:00 p.m
By: Franziska Seliger
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Should take place again this year: The open-air cinema on the Berghalde.
The cinema operators are now looking for helpers.
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After a year's break, the operators of KinoP would like to organize an open-air cinema on the Berghalde again this year.
But this can only be achieved if helpers are found to help organize and run the event.
The establishment of an association is also being considered.
Penzberg – A summer cinema experience in the open air: Claudia and Markus Wenzl, the operators of KinoP, have already organized the open-air event twice.
In the summer of 2022, a total of almost 2,400 visitors came to the festival site on the Berghalde during the two weeks of the event (we reported).
The couple now runs KinoP alone
In view of this positive response from visitors, the couple would like to hold the event again this summer, says Markus Wenzl.
“We also have the necessary technology.” What is missing are helpers who are actively involved in the preparation and implementation of the event.
Last summer, the couple had to lay off all of their cinema employees and reduce the opening days by two.
The reason was the precarious economic situation of the small art house cinema, among other things as a result of the corona pandemic.
An open-air cinema was also not possible last year.
Since then, Claudia and Markus Wenzl have been keeping the cinema running on their own.
They definitely don't want to close it.
But holding an open-air cinema that lasts several weeks is impossible for two people, says Markus Wenzl.
That's why he and his wife now want to try to find fellow campaigners.
Wenzl gives a few examples of how they should coordinate logistics in advance, help with advertising for the event, design program flyers and help with set-up and dismantling.
At the open air itself, helpers would be needed to sit at the cash register or sell drinks to visitors.
In total, between 15 and 20 active people are being sought “so that all the work is well distributed”.
Helpers wanted for the preparation and implementation of the open air
No special skills are required to help.
The age of the helpers doesn't matter either.
Wenzl restricts that there are definitely activities that are physically demanding;
For example, setting up the screen or carrying loudspeakers.
But if that's too much for you, there are plenty of other fields of activity.
“The only important thing is commitment.” If there are enough committed helpers who want to work for the long-term survival of the open-air cinema, it is also conceivable to found an independent association that is relatively independent of the volunteers Cinema operators could be guided, says Wenzl.
But such a club is still a thing of the future.
This year the main aim is to make a third outdoor cinema experience possible.
If enough people sign up for this, Wenzl would like to organize an initial get-to-know-you meeting at KinoP in March to discuss initial details.
However, no specific date has been set for this yet.
It is possible to found your own club
As far as KinoP is concerned, operations are currently going well, says Wenzl.
But there are always more visitors in the winter than in the summer.
But in the entire year of 2023, only around 21,000 people came to the cinema - around a third fewer than in 2019 before the corona pandemic.
Laying off the employees and reducing the opening days by two was the right decision, says Wenzl.
“It worked out well.”
This made it possible to significantly reduce cost pressure.
In any case, closing the cinema is not an option for Wenzl.
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Cinema enthusiasts who would like to help organize and run the open-air cinema can contact Claudia and Markus Wenzl by phone at 08856/8020882 or by email at info@kinop.de.