Company DetailsCurzon is using its 85-year-old prized cinema brand to build a 21st century content-led business that provides unforgettable films in quality surroundings via Curzon branded cinemas and digital channels With a growing catalogue of Oscar and BAFTA prize winning films, its 20 Curzon ‘Public’ cinemas with 42 screens, and six million customers on Curzon ‘Home’ cinema channels, it is expanding fast and its vision is easily transportable and scalable outside the UK Curzon’s incomparable programming of the best in Hollywood and world cinema combined with having venues in the epicentre of London attracts strong talent participation with ‘A’ list Q&A’s; special events and world premieres. Curzon opened its first cinema in Mayfair, London in 1934 and developed a worldwide reputation for showcasing the latest in foreign language cinema. Each cinema has its own identity and is designed with respect to the heritage of the local area. Curzon’s distribution label has over 400 films in the catalogue and is the market leader in the UK for foreign language films. Curzon has won the best foreign language film Oscar for six years running from 2012-2017. In the last 10 years, five of the films have won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes film festival. Curzon works with many of the world’s greatest filmmakers and its pedigree is second to none. Curzon Home cinema has affiliate relationships with Samsung; BT; Amazon, Freesat and Virgin and its unique offering is to make its films available to its six million Curzon home customers the same day the films are available in Curzon cinemas. In 2015 Curzon became the first independent cinema group in the UK to pay the Living Wage. |
