VOX Cinemas Launches VOX Culture in Lebanon

VOX Cinemas, the devoted cinema arm of Majid Al Futtaim, is proud to launch VOX Tradition, which offers audiences with larger entry to the wealth of native creativity and tradition inside Lebanon. As a part of the brand new initiative, VOX Cinemas’ auditoriums will present a platform for a various vary of multidisciplinary curated occasions together with stand-up comedy, reside theatre, concert events, and screenings to enchantment to all ages.

To have a good time the launch, VOX Cinemas in Beirut hosted a Hearth Chat with Ignace Lahoud, Chief Govt Officer, Majid Al Futtaim Leisure, Leisure & Cinemas earlier than native comedians Jessica Maghamess, Yorgo Kmeid, Jalal Achkar and Tera Irani took to the stage to entertain the group. VOX Tradition builds on VOX Cinemas’ dedication to innovate and diversify its providing with alternate content material, give again to the communities during which it operates and champion native inventive expertise.

“VOX Cinemas believes that the cinema is greater than only a place to observe a film and performs a key position in bringing communities collectively and enhancing cultural life. All through the pandemic and financial disaster, we witnessed the important social worth of cinema, which offered an inclusive area for the individuals of Lebanon to get pleasure from shared experiences collectively. VOX Tradition was established from our need to champion the humanities, be a part of the cultural scene in Lebanon and make a optimistic affect in the local people. We sit up for constructing on the momentum and establishing VOX Tradition as a signature programme that we are able to roll out throughout different markets sooner or later”, mentioned Ignace Lahoud, Chief Govt Officer, Majid Al Futtaim, Leisure, Leisure & Cinemas.

Since 2013, VOX Cinemas has been bringing the magic of film to Beirut. With the introduction of VOX Tradition, audiences can anticipate a wide range of new choices together with VOX Bites; a short-film competitors devoted to college students, VOX Talks; a sequence of masterclasses for up-and-coming expertise to be taught from professionals from the world of movie and theatre, VOX Expertise; a platform for individuals to showcase their creativity and VOX Comedy; a platform giving comedians the chance to carry out.

VOX Cinemas is the area’s largest exhibitor, working greater than 600 screens throughout eight markets within the Center East. An avid supporter of the movie business, it additionally operates a big regional movie distribution enterprise and content material manufacturing firm, which is devoted to producing premium Arabic content material that resonates with each native and worldwide audiences. For extra details about VOX Cinemas go to voxcinemas.com or the VOX Cinemas app.

About Majid Al Futtaim
Based in 1992, Majid Al Futtaim is the main shopping center, communities, retail and leisure pioneer throughout the Center East, Africa and Asia.

A outstanding enterprise success story, Majid Al Futtaim began from one man’s imaginative and prescient to remodel the face of procuring, leisure and leisure to ‘create nice moments for everybody, every single day’. It has since grown into one of many United Arab Emirates’ most revered and profitable companies, spanning 17 worldwide markets, using greater than 43,000 individuals, and acquiring the very best credit standing (BBB) amongst privately-held corporates within the area.

Majid Al Futtaim owns and operates 29 procuring malls, 13 accommodations and 4 mixed-use communities, with additional developments underway within the area. The procuring malls portfolio consists of Mall of the Emirates, Mall of Egypt, Mall of Oman, Metropolis Centre malls, My Metropolis Centre neighbourhood centres and 5 neighborhood malls, that are in three way partnership with the Authorities of Sharjah. The Firm is the unique franchisee for Carrefour in over 30 markets throughout the Center East, Africa and Asia, working a portfolio of greater than 375 retailers together with Metropolis+, the area’s first chec inikout-free retailer, and an internet retailer. Majid Al Futtaim operates greater than 600 VOX Cinemas screens, in addition to a portfolio of world-class leisure and leisure experiences throughout the area, together with Ski Dubai, Ski Egypt, Dreamscape, Magic Planet, Little Explorers and iFLY Dubai. The Firm is father or mother to a Style, Residence and Specialty retail enterprise, representing worldwide manufacturers akin to Abercrombie & Fitch, Hollister, AllSaints, lululemon athletica, Crate & Barrel, and THAT, a Majid Al Futtaim style idea retailer and app. As well as, Majid Al Futtaim operates Enova, a facility and vitality administration firm, by way of a three way partnership operation with Veolia, a worldwide chief in optimised atmosphere useful resource administration.
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