Kinoton Fills Giant Open-Air Screen at Asia's Largest Film Festival

 BIFF open-air theatre with seating for 4000 beneath outdoor roof with LED lighting

 Multipurpose screening hall with close to 840 seats (Pictures courtesy of the Foundation of BUSAN CINEMA CENTER)

This year’s BIFF International Film Festival took place at an ultramodern new venue in Busan, South Korea's second-largest city after Seoul. The prestigious 150-million-dollar Busan Cinema Center has total floor space of 54,000 square meters on nine stories. It houses a multipurpose screening hall with close to 840 seats, a 400-seat theatre, and two auditoriums with 200 seats each. It also boasts a spectacular open-air theatre with seating for 4000 beneath a huge outdoor roof with colorful LED lighting. All of the cinemas feature high-quality Kinoton film technology.

Kinoton Korea, our agency for the South Korean market, installed an FP 25 D film projector with an 8000-watt Gigalight lamphouse to fill the large outdoor screen, which measures 24 by 13 meters (79 x 42 feet). To offset the ambient light that is typical of open-air shows, Kinoton Korea chose a pearl-white screen, which ensures sufficient illumination for bright movie pictures. Between shows, a special outdoor screen cover shelters it from the weather to preserve its high reflectivity.

Another two FP 25 D projectors and two FP 30 D projectors capable of change-over projection are installed in the projection booths of the Busan Cinema Center’s three indoor halls. These 35mm Kinoton projector models have harvested international acclaim for their excellent picture steadiness and focus. SPT 5000 spool towers and an ST 200 E nonrewinding system feed film to the Kinoton projectors.

The 2011 BIFF Film Festival drew record attendance: nearly 200,000 visitors came to enjoy the attractive program of 307 films from 70 countries. The amazing new cinema venue and top-notch projection technology are bound to additionally boost Asia's largest and best-known cinematic event.