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| A commercial mobile cinema that tours the Scottish countryside showing recent releases to communities without cinema facilities is up for sale. Andrew Goodwin created Filmobile (Scotland) in 1995 as the country’s first mobile cinema. It is equipped with 35mm presentation and Dolby Digital Stereo sound to show its films. Goodwin told Cinema Business: “We show the latest and most recent films over a 48-week per year cycle. Since starting the business we have screened on average more 570 films a year, that’s over 7,400 films to audiences of 200 to 450 plus, depending on the location. Filmobile has now covered over 435,000 miles bringing film entertainment to rural audiences.” The mobile cinema initially concentrated on the Stranraer region of Dumfries and Galloway. Over the ensuing 13-years its footprint has expanded across Scotland. It now exhibits at local theatres, community halls, church and school halls through the Lowlands, the Borders, East, West and Central Scotland, as well as the Western and Shetland Isles. Goodwin, aged 65, hopes an enterprising new owner will grow the existing business into new market sectors. “I am constantly being asked by schools and other educational institutions to mount film shows,” he says. “Unfortunately, Filmobile is fully stretched in serving its core audience. But I could see Filmobile, under a new and expanded regime, utilise HD digital technology to fulfil such a need.” | | |||||||
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