Village Cinemas

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Village Cinemas
Type Public (ASX: VRL)
Founded 1954
Headquarters Melbourne, Australia)
Key people Robert G. Kirby, CEO
Industry Cinema
Products Cinemas
Slogan Where Movies Live!
Website www.villagecinemas.com.au

Village Cinemas is Australia's largest cinema chain. Village is a division of Village Cinemas International, which, together with its strategic partners, currently operates over 1000 screens in Australia, Europe, Asia, New Zealand and South America. Village which has output deals with all major film distributors shows all mainstream and some arthouse films.

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[edit] Village Cinemas

Cinemas owned and operated by Village are:

[edit] Associated Cinemas

Some Cinemas are run under the Village franchise although are not owned and run by Village Cinemas International. They are:

[edit] Gold Class

Gold Class Cinemas are luxury cinemas with various locations across Australia and as of late New Zealand. Gold Class Cinemas are operated inside a regular Village Cinema although they are held in a separate specialised auditorium. Gold Class Cinemas include cloakroom facilities, butlered refreshments and finger food and reclining seats. Gold Class Cinemas are located at:

[edit] Cinema Europa

Cinema Europa showcases the best of world film, mostly European films and documentaries. Cinemas Europa also shows many arthouse films which are not shown in regular Village Cinemas. Cinema Europa locations are inside regular Village Cinemas, although are held in regular auditoriums. Cinema Europa locations are:

[edit] V max

V max cinemas feature enhanced film display, picture quality and digital sound. The screens at V max are all over 25 metres (the largest being 28 metres at Knox) and are placed in large auditoriums which feature larger seats, stadium seating and wider armrests. V max locations are:

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