Alexey Vasyasin, Managing Director of the combined cinema network Cinema Park and Formula Kino, said: RBCCanadian company IMAX has banned the use of its format of the same name to show Russian films.
He explained that the equipment to show the movies in IMAX format belongs to domestic distributors, but such a show would need permission from the company. Vasyagin noted that due to such a ban, even domestic films in IMAX format cannot be shown.
Vasyagin also emphasized that the leadership of the cinema network plans to sue and show films in a different format on existing equipment.
“We have a very strict contract with them since they have to work here. “If they don’t remember this contract by the end of this year, there will be a hearing,” he said.
Since June 1, IMAX has ceased its activities in Russia. How declaration The head of the Association of Cinema Owners, Aleksey Voronkov, the company suspended its activities in Russia, but did not leave it completely.