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Satyendra Pathak
Doha
Qatar Cinema and Film Distribution Company is all set to open its high-end four screen cinema complex in Katara in the second half of this year, the company’s top official said on Wednesday.
Talking to Qatar Tribune on the sidelines of the company’s annual general assembly meeting in Doha, Qatar Cinema and Film Distribution CEO and Managing Director Ali Ishaq Hussain al Ishaq said construction of the four movie theatres in Katara is almost complete and will be open for public in July or August this year.
Built at a cost of almost QR20 million, Ishaq said, the four-screen cinema complex will be one of the biggest and high quality cinema complexes in the region and expected to generate more revenues for the company.
“Besides this mega project in Katara, we are also in talks with a number of prime malls in Qatar to open movie theatres,” he said.
While working on new projects, he said, the company has also renovated and changed screens at its existing movie theatres in Landmark, Royal Plaza and The Mall to enhance the experience of viewers.
All these efforts have resulted in positive financial results of the company, he said.
Expressing satisfaction over the company’s financial results in 2018, he said, “Net income of the company increased to QR8.455 million in 2018 from compared to QR 7.816 million a year ago. Basic earnings per share in 2018 was QR1.35 compared to QR1.24 a year ago,” he said.
Based on these positive results, he said, the board had recommended distribution of a cash dividend of QR1.5 per share to the
shareholders.
The annual general assembly today approved the recommendation to distribute the cash dividend among the shareholders, he said.
“The other items on the agenda for the meeting have also been approved by the shareholders,” he said.
Qatar Cinema and Film Distribution Company General Manager Abdulrahman Najdi told Qatar Tribune that the company’s Doha Cinema and Gulf Cinema in Najama will also open after renovation in the near future.
“Currently we are mainly focused on opening the four screen cinema complex in Katara. Once the opening is done, we will focus on our cinema halls in Najma. It is centrally located and used to be very popular among large number of Asian expatriates living in the vicinity,” Najdi said.
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