Village Cinemas
| Company type | Public (ASX: VRL) |
|---|---|
| Industry | Cinema |
| Founded | 1954 |
| Headquarters | Melbourne, Australia (headquarters) |
Key people | Robert G. Kirby, CEO |
| Products | Cinemas |
| Website | www.villagecinemas.com.au |
Village Cinemas is Australia's largest cinema chain. Village is a division of Village Cinemas International, which, together with its strategic partners, currently operates over 1000 screens in Australia, Europe, Asia, New Zealand and South America. Village which has output deals with all major film distributors shows all mainstream and some arthouse films.
Village Cinemas
Cinemas owned and operated by Village are:
- Airport West (Village Airport West)
- Albury (Regent Cinemas at Albury/Wodonga)
- Bendigo (Village Bendigo)
- Century City Walk (Century City Walk Cinemas)
- Coburg (Coburg Drive-In)
- Crown (Village at Crown)
- Dandenong (Village Dandenong)
- Eastlands (Village Eastlands)
- Doncaster (Doncaster Twin)
- Fountain Gate (Village Fountain Gate)
- Geelong (Village Geelong)
- Glenorchy (Village Glenorchy)
- Hawthorn (Rivoli Cinemas)
- Hobart (Village Hobart)
- Jam Factory (Village Jam Factory)
- Karingal (Village Karingal)
- Knox (Village Knox)
- Launceston (Village Launceston)
- Morwell (Morwell Mid Valley 8)
- Southland (Village Southland)
- Sunshine (Sunshine Megaplex)
- Waverley Gardens (Village Waverley Gardens)
Associated Cinemas
Some Cinemas are run under the Village franchise although are not owned and run by Village Cinemas International. They are:
- Ballarat (Regent Multiplex Cinemas)
- Rosebud (Peninsula Cinemas)
- Shepparton (Shepparton Cinema Centre)
- Sorrento (Sorrento Athenaeum Cinemas)
- Wangaratta (Wangaratta Cinema Centre)
- Warragul (Warragul Cinema Centre)
- Warrnambool (Warrnambool Capitol Cinemas)
- Werribee (Werribee 10 Cinemas)
Gold Class
Gold Class Cinemas are luxury cinemas with various locations across Australia. Gold Class Cinemas are operated inside a regular Village Cinema although they are held in a seperate specialised auditorium. Gold Class Cinemas include cloakroom facilities, butlered refreshments and finger food and reclining seats. Gold Class Cinemas are located at:
- Century City Walk (Gold Class Century City)
- Crown (Gold Class Crown)
- Geelong (Gold Class Geelong)
- Jam Factory (Gold Class Jam Factory)
- Karingal (Gold Class Karingal)
- Knox (Gold Class Knox)
- Southland (Gold Class Southland)
- Sunshine (Gold Class Sunshine)
Cinema Europa
Cinema Europa showcases the best of world film, mostlt European films and documentaries. Cinemas Europa also shows many arthouse films which are not shown in regular Village Cinemas. Cinema Europa locations are inside regular Village Cinemas, although are held in regular auditoriums. Cinema Europa locations are:
- Hawthorn (Cinema Europa at Rivoli Cinemas)
- Jam Factory (Cinema Europa Jam Factory)
- Karingal (Cinema Europa Karingal)
- Knox (Cinema Europa Knox)
- Southland (Cinema Europa Southland)
V max
V max, which is similiar IMAX are cinemas with enhance film display, picture quality and digital sound. The screens at V max are all over 25 metres and are placed in large auditoriums which feature larger seats, stadium seating and wider armrests. V max locations are: