With all the glitz and glamour of the 91st Academy Awards set for 24 February 2019, Ster-Kinekor has launched their popular annual OSCAR® Buzz campaign. This kicked off on 7 February with a special red-carpet event: a preview of Best Picture nomination, Green Book.
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With the audience packed with actors, actresses and other local celebrities, the screening set a sparkling tone for this year’s OSCAR® race. Audiences have been deeply moved by Green Book‘s telling of the unlikely friendship that developed between celebrated African American pianist, Dr Don Shirley, and his Italian American bodyguard, Tony Vallalonga, during a road trip through the Deep South in 1962. With nominations for OSCARs® in five categories (as well as several nominations for Golden Globe awards and Critics’ choice awards), Green Book looks to be a strong contender. It releases in Ster-Kinekor theatres on 14 February – so don’t miss it!
Ahead of this much anticipated 91st Academy Awards, visit Ster-Kinekor Theatres social media sites and you could stand a chance to FREE movie tickets for ONE YEAR!
HOW TO ENTER
- Visit the Ster-Kinekor Theatres Facebook , Instagram and Twitter pages
- Vote for an Oscar Nominated title that you believe will walk away with an award
- Stand a chance to WIN FREE movie tickets for ONE YEAR! Competition ends on 23rd February 2019.
All of this year’s OSCAR® nominations for Best Picture and Best Animated Film will show at Ster-Kinekor and Cinema Nouveau cinemas over the next few weeks, allowing lovers of great film to “Do Oscar Season Right”. And, in case you missed the announcement on 22 January, the nominations for Best Picture are:
- Black Panther
- A Star Is Born – Now Showing
- Roma – Now Showing
- The Favourite – Now showing
- Vice – Now showing
- Bohemian Rhapsody – Now showing
- BlacKkKlansman
- Green Book – releases on 14 February
So, book now and experience these future classics as they were meant to be seen – on the big screen!
About Ster-Kinekor Theatres
Ster-Kinekor Theatres is a wholly-owned business within the Primedia Group and is the largest movie exhibitor on the African continent. To most South Africans, the word ‘movies’ is synonymous with the name ‘Ster-Kinekor’. The company operates 55 commercial cinema complexes in South Africa, with seven international sites based in Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The cinema chain’s sites house more than 424 large-scale screens, over 60 994 seats and the largest 3D footprint featuring more than 154 state-of-the-art 3D screens across the country (Commercial, 3D, IMAX and Cine Prestige) with 137 in South Africa. In Africa, the company operates in 5 cinema complexes with 26 screens and 3607 seats.
As the industry leader, Ster-Kinekor has pioneered cinema concepts such as Cinema Nouveau, one of the world’s largest dedicated art-house multiplex circuits, and the luxurious Cine Prestige theatres, the first ‘business class’ cinema experience in South Africa. It boasts the only cinema on the continent that is fitted with the advanced Dolby Atmos sound system (at Gateway in Durban); and has headed the return of the IMAX® Experience, with the opening of seven IMAX® Theatres across the country.
As one of South Africa’s most loved brands, it is Ster-Kinekor’s ongoing mission to become synonymous with the unrivalled magic of the cinema experience, by providing ‘Great Moments at Their Greatest’. During 2013, the company embarked on a massive roll-out project to convert and equip every cinema with the very latest in digital projection and sound technology. The result of this upgrade is that every cinema now boasts state-of-the-art cinema technology that encompasses 2K and 4K digital projection and 5.1 and 7.1 surround sound systems.
The SK Club loyalty programme rewards members with redeemable points when they swipe their card when buying movie tickets or catering, as well as half price tickets on Tuesdays. Combined with industry leading loyalty programmes from Edgars Club, Discovery Vitality and Standard Bank, these give Ster-Kinekor a strong consumer value proposition and competitive advantage.
As the market leader, Ster-Kinekor aims to spearhead the advancement of cinema across both South Africa and the rest of Africa, to ensure that consumers continue to experience movies as they were made to be seen – on the big screen.
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Numetro also has Dolby Atmos in their Scene Extreme sites. I stand to be corrected but they have 7 Scene extremes with screens equally as big or even larger than Ster Kinekors Imax. The Century Cinemax in Northgate Johannesburg also has a Max Dolby Atmos screen. Then there is Tsogo Suns Movies@Montecasino that has il Grande with the largest screen in Africa.