Cinema festival in Thuringia: admission to the cinema for five euros on the weekend

Film fans can attend screenings in many Thuringian cinemas this weekend for less than usual. At the so-called cinema festival, participating cinemas offer tickets for five euros per performance on Saturday and Sunday, as the industry association HDF Kino announced. He organizes the cinema festival together with other associations and partners.

Which cinemas are included?

In Thuringia, according to an overview by the association, there are houses in Erfurt, Weimar, Jena, Bad Salzungen, Altenburg, Nordhausen, Mühlhausen, Ilmenau, Suhl, Sonneberg, Gotha, Eisenach, Saalfeld and Rudolstadt. Cinemas across Germany are involved.

Which films will be shown?

According to the organizers, the program includes current films such as “The Odyssey” and “Fatherland” with Sandra Hülser. In some cinemas there are special screenings, for example on the anniversaries of popular older films, but also previews - i.e. films that are shown on the screen before their official release.

How do you get the tickets?

The tickets can already be booked now. Organizers also recommend buying tickets in advance because performances can be fully booked. Tickets can be purchased directly from the cinemas or via the respective online booking systems. Last year, according to HDF Kino, almost 1.65 million visitors were counted at the promotional weekend across Germany.

Why is the Prime Minister promoting this?

Thuringia's Prime Minister Mario Voigt is also supporting the cinema festival again. In a video message about the weekend of action, he explains that he recently went to the cinema with his sons. “I actually wanted to see “Odyssey,” but they chose another film, but that was also exciting.” The CDU politician emphasized going to the cinema as a family experience.

How has the Thuringian cinema year been so far?

Recently, cinema ticket sales in Thuringia have increased again: from January to June of this year, according to the Federal Film Funding Agency (FFA), around 850,000 cinema tickets were sold in Thuringia. In the same period a year earlier there were around 779,000 tickets. At the same time, however, the price that cinemagoers had to pay on average for a ticket rose, from 9.64 to 10.17 euros.