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“The flow of visitors gradually improved a bit towards September with the greater arrival of new films. In fact, we’ve been living since the unveiling in early June, you won’t even call it survival, because with the 2 meter distance limitation and the actual absence of movies, his outbursts happened and that third quarter of us was tragic.
We did everything we could and with the help of the state we did not fire any employees during the quarantine or during the summer, we tried to see what would happen in the fall. But we don’t see that much better. At best, it’s 40 percent. load compared to the same period last year. And in summer it was 15-20 percent. load, ”G. Plytnik told Eltai.
For these reasons, according to the owner of the company, it was decided to reduce the number of employees.
“Seeing what the real situation is and that until the new year the devil knows what awaits us here, I am talking about limitations, and seeing what the supply flow is, we decided to talk to the staff to find understanding. It is not that we have thought and forgiven. It was a human job, in which everyone was spoken to individually. It was a difficult decision, but it was made, we can’t give them all the work we could have a year ago, “said G. Plytnik.
He said the film market is expected to rebound next year.
“We are not afraid of people or spectators, but if we can plant 15-20 instead of 100 for a while, then the math doesn’t matter. I wouldn’t say the mood is too bad, I even thank the providers of movies that have kept movies on the grid and in September we have some that attract viewers. We see the new year in a positive light, “he said, adding that about 60 percent. the premieres of the film moved to the next year.
“Perhaps our great privilege is that Lithuanian cinema has grown stronger over the last decade, and audiences go to it, and we have an alternative. We are not in as desperate a situation as the Americans, because their cinema found itself in a tragic situation, “added G. Plytnik.
According to data from Sodra in July, the Lithuanian branch of Forum Cinemas OU had 142 insured employees.
Previously, ELTA announced that the Multikino cinema center would lay off seven employees due to falling traffic flows.
“We are currently laying off seven employees because our sales and cinemas have not recovered, 70 percent. Down, and in some weeks it was 80 percent. We just can’t retain that many employees. We see that attendance will not recover and in the winter it will be even more difficult, it was decided to reduce the number of employees on that basis, ”said Donata Glėbė, director of the Film Center.
A spokeswoman for the film center hoped that more workers would be laid off in the future.
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