With the latest three-year contract up for grabs, Cinematheque•Passion’s first ever operator saw its chance to get back in the game.
Cinematheque Passion
Jenny Ip Chao Mui, the operations manager of Cinematheque•Passion, told reporters on Tuesday that the cinema’s monthly budget is around MOP 400,000 to 500,000, predicting that this month it will be able to operate within its budget.
Jenny Ip Chao Mui, operations manager of Cinematheque•Passion, says that her new team consists of young people full of passion and aspirations, adding that the team wants to pay tribute to their love of cinematic art, therefore they entitled September’s reopening theme as “A Love Letter to the Cinema”.
The former operator of the government-owned Cinematheque•Passion, CUT, said in a statement on Wednesday that it will hold a film day on Sunday with live music, an exhibition and screenings of two short films – This is Not the End and À Bout de Cinémathèque (“At the End of Cinémathèque”).
The Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) said in a statement on Wednesday that the Cinematheque•Passion located in Travessa da Paixão will reopen on 1 September.
The tendering process for the operation of Cinematheque Passion was fair and transparent, according to a top Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) official.
Taika Waititi-directed film will open this year’s International Film Festival & Awards Macau taking place on December 5-10.
Cinematheque Passion officially opened its doors Thursday and is ready to introduce locals to the world of film with screenings of new releases of non-mainstream movies.
Cinematheque Passion, an art house and film archive run by the Cultural Affairs Bureau (ICM), will start its long-awaited trial run today, according a statement from the bureau on Sunday. The trial will end on December 31. The cinematheque is located in Travessa da Paixão next to the Ruins of Saint Paul’s Church. The name […]