Unanimously: All board members were confirmed at a recent meeting.
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The Filmtheater Twistringen association, which operates the cinema on site, has existed for about a year. It’s going better than expected. However, there is a large investment to be made.
Twistringen – “A great year. Also a very busy year. But I don’t want to miss it.” With a broad smile, Olaf Beuermann stands in front of the screen in the Twistringer cinema. If it hadn’t been for him and his colleagues from the Filmtheater Twistringen association, this screen would most likely no longer exist. The whole cinema would probably no longer exist. It’s been a good twelve months since the volunteers founded the association and thus saved the cinema from collapse.
“We’re far better than the numbers we used for calculations at the time,” says Olaf Beuermann, chairman of the board. The cinema association initially aimed for 3,500 visitors in the first year. 5,472 came.
During the year there were 469 performances in the movie theater, showing a total of 120 different films. Sometimes there were four or five performances a day. Recently there were fewer, the club has focused on evening performances. Depending on the time of year – “No one comes in the afternoon, everyone is in the outdoor pool,” explains Beuermann.
A big problem is the film projector in the Twistringer cinema
According to treasurer Heinz Meyer, the club is doing very well financially. Actually. “Our film projector is a big problem. It’s getting on in years,” explains Beuermann. “It’s a big investment for the club. We’re talking about a five-digit sum.”
The film theater in Twistringen. Over the past year there have been 469 screenings, showing a total of 120 different films.
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Despite this challenge, the volunteers are confident about the future. You want to continue to offer a varied program, with films “through the garden”, as Beuermann says. They plan to continue existing series of events and to work even more closely with other clubs and institutions. Be it with the senior citizens’ service office of the town of Twistringen regarding the coffee and cake cinema, with the adult education center (VHS) regarding the English film evenings or with choirs and music groups – after all, investments in recent months have included a stage for live music.
board of directors
At a general meeting of the cinema last week, the following board members were confirmed in their offices: first chairman Olaf Beuermann, second chairman Nina Stubbe, treasurer Heinz Meyer, second treasurer Matthias Drees, equipment manager Jonas Meyer, secretary Ludger Hamm, press officer André Diekmann, youth protection officer Michelle Anais Mickoleit, youth leader Leia Arnkens and the assessors Jens Bley and Klaus Peter Pöschl.
Other investments included hard drives to be able to temporarily store films, a slush ice machine and a device to be able to throw live transmissions directly onto the cinema screen. The club also bought a new popcorn machine; the old one had given up the ghost.
Twistringen cinema: The association is happy about everyone who helps
The volunteer cinema team would be happy to welcome more members in the future. Beuermann: “Our cinema falls and stands with the hard-working employees. We need every helping hand.”
The association is open to film requests. The animation film “Elemental” (3 p.m.) and the adventure film “Indiana Jones and the Wheel of Destiny” are showing in the Twistringer cinema today, before the club takes a two-and-a-half-week summer break starting tomorrow, July 20. “We’re looking forward to the break,” says Olaf Beuermann. “And then we look forward to getting started again on August 3rd!”
More info online at www.twistringer-filmtheater.de or on the Facebook and Instagram channels of the Filmtheater Twistringen association.
2023-07-18 15:22:47
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