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Cinemas in a number of German states are set to reopen in May after being shuttered since mid-March due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, but the decision has led to complications for theater owners.
North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany’s most populous state with 17.5 million inhabitants, was first to announce that it would allow theaters to re-open on May 30. Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein followed suit with planned reopenings on May 18.
Germany began reopening some
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A German insolvency court has filed bankruptcy proceedings against a film company based in Cyprus and owned by Alexander Rodnyansky, the famed Russian producer of Oscar-nominated features Leviathan and Loveless, claiming the company owes more than $2 million to the shareholders of now-defunct German production and licensing group A Company.
Germany's largest state has unveiled plans to reopen movie theaters as the local economy begins to transition from the lockdown due to the novel coronavirus pandemic. The western German state of North Rhine Westphalia (NRW), which has a population of just under 18 million and is home to major cities such as Cologne and Dusseldorf, will allow cinemas to re-open on May 30 under strict hygienic guidelines.