Hungarian cinemas reopen – here is what it will be like
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Thanks to the fact that the crisis officially ceased in Hungary, almost all shops, many catering services, such as restaurants and hotels, and even baths are slowly starting to reopen again after about three months of hiatus. We have previously not heard about cinemas, but many will be or are already open to the public. In this article, you can find some information about how going to the cinemas will be different in Hungary than it was before the COVID-19 pandemic.
According to Szeretlek Magyarország, starting from July 2, Cinema City will reopen their cinemas both in Budapest and around the country. They will reopen with a significant selection of Hungarian films, but they will have shorter opening hours in some cinemas. Hungarian films will have a key role in the program of the cinema franchise in July. The franchise will screen, among others, István Szabó’s Final Report (Zárójelentés), Not with You (Seveled) starring Juli Básti, Réka Tenki, and Béla Mészáros, and the nature documentary Wild Forests, Wild Summits – In the Footsteps of the Phantom (Vad erdők, vad bércek – A fantom nyomában). Unfortunately, these will probably be screened only in Hungarian.
In addition to Hungarian and European movies, the selection from March will also be back on schedule, including movies like Bad Boys for Life, Dolittle, Bloodshot, Dark Waters, and The Gentlemen, directed by Guy Ritchie. Novelties are AVA, starring Jessica Chastain, and the French comedy How to Be a Good Wife, starring Juliette Binoche. Cinema City also plans to host a Star Wars movie marathon.
After reopening, the second half of the year will be marked by Hollywood blockbuster movies, such as Christopher Nolan’s sci-fi, TENET, the Disney studio’s live-action Mulan movie, Wonder Woman 1984 starring Gal Gadot, Black Widow – which was shot in Hungary, the 25th James Bond movie, No Time to Die, or Tom Cruise’s Top Gun: Maverick. The detailed program of Cinema City cinemas is available from June 26th on the Cinema City website.
Cinema City is part of the world’s second-largest multiplex group. The Cineworld Group operates a total of 239 cinemas in Hungary, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Israel, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, the United Kingdom, and Ireland.
The cinema network continues to prioritise the health and safety of its employees and viewers, therefore:
- the ticketing system will automatically skip a space between each ticket purchase or seat reservation,
- all employees will wear masks,
- the cinema continues to regularly clean and disinfect public spaces, such as lobbies, washrooms, and halls, and they will install hand sanitisers in their cinemas,
- concerning Cinema City Arena VIP, instead of self-service, staff members will serve you what you would like to eat.
Aside from these measures, Cinema City asks anyone who experiences symptoms of any illness to stay at home.
But there are also other cinemas in Hungary. According to Origo, Pólus Cinema will also reopen to the public. In addition to recent blockbusters, the highlights of the first weeks will include some special things, such as concert films and film history classics.
The opening paragraph of this article is totally incorrect.
Urgency should be paid by the Editor to withdraw the statement and correctly write , obtaining from the Government, the state they are at, there opinion, we as a country presently see ourselves, in this novel corona virus pandemic.
The crisis certainly has NOT CEASED.
This lack of quality journalism – not in English communicating Factorially the correct position this virus is at and seen by our Government, must cease.
REMEMBER – there has still NOT been discovered a Vaccine, that can Immunize Human Beings, from contacting this virus.
We, in Hungary remain and for time will remain in a position of volatility.
The moving forward process re-opening of Society back to a form of normality, will need continual Society Discipline Obedience and firm committed attitude and ownership of Responsibility.
The novel coronavirus has NOT ceased in my beloved Hungary and this article needs correcting and replacing by the Editor withdrawing this statement, and written Factorially.
Stay Well – ALL.
Prime Minister – Victor Orban & his Government have been exemplary in there Management of this novel coronavirus pandemic, in Hungary.
This report, the first paragraph is deplorable and does not reflect the actual Governments line of communication to us Hungarians, the stage they are calling this virus is at, in Hungary.
It needs to be withdraw corrected and state the actual Governments communicated position, that they are seeing we as a country presently are placed in our fight against this virus.
There is dangerous wrongness and inaccuracy referred to by the journalist in this article stating that the “crisis has officially ceased in Hungary”.
That statement places totally false understanding into the heads or mind set of people, and needs Correcting.
This article urgently requires the editors correction and withdrawing of the first paragraph statement.