This year, BFI also presented the Embankment Garden Cinema, a 820-seat temporary projection room, featured thanls to Christie\u2019s participation<\/strong> This year, BFI also presented the Embankment Garden Cinema, a 820-seat temporary projection room, featured thanls to Christie\u2019s participation Following a successful debut at last year, the BFI once again…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":24051,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2497],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\nFollowing a successful debut at last year, the BFI<\/strong><\/a> once again presented the 820-seat Embankment Garden Cinema<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 a full-scale, temporary venue constructed to the highest technical specifications including 4K projection<\/strong>. A hugely popular addition last year saw almost 30,000 visitors<\/strong> in just 10 days.<\/strong>
\nThe 61st BFI London Film Festival<\/a><\/strong> screened almost 250 films<\/strong> from both established and emerging global film-makers over 12 days<\/strong> at the Embankment Gardens Cinema<\/strong><\/a>. The venue was a bespoke auditorium specially constructed for the Festival and benefited from a 16m<\/strong> wide screen and 4K projection<\/strong> from Christie<\/a>.<\/strong> The Garden Cinema<\/strong> also provided a real connection and stepping stone between Festival screenings in the West End<\/strong> and the BFI\u2019s<\/strong> home cinema at BFI Southbank.<\/strong>
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\nThe Embankment Garden Cinema<\/strong><\/a> was a rigid-bodied structure complete with tiered cinema seating, black box lining with serge, plus a full box office area and bar. Christie<\/strong><\/a> supplied two Solaria CP4230<\/a> DLP projectors<\/strong> which were installed on a 6m<\/strong> high platform at the rear of the auditorium. The projectors used the 6KSP lamps<\/strong>, and as there are no 3D<\/strong> screenings, the matt white screen ensured enhanced 2D<\/strong> image quality.
\nDominic Simmons, Head of Technical Services at the BFI<\/a><\/strong>, said: \u201cIt\u2019s no easy task to construct a high spec 820<\/strong> seat cinema in a matter of days but it went spectacularly well. We had an enthusiastic response from everyone which meant we were very keen to repeat it. We made some small improvements for this year and with the help of our partners such as Christie<\/strong><\/a>, we were able to give our audiences the big screen BFI London Film Festival<\/strong><\/a> experience in a unique venue.\u201d
\nPhil Lord, cinema sales manager for Christie EMEA<\/a><\/strong> was happy once again to be involved in the project: \u201cWe have been a projection partner of the BFI<\/strong><\/a> for many years and being a key part of the Embankment Garden Cinema<\/strong><\/a> team was a highlight so far in the relationship.\u201d
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