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ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR 2020 - The Dúplex Cinema in Ferrol was founded in 1996 by the Álvarez Rodríguez family in a working-class neighbourhood, two minutes from the city centre. Back then, the city had a population of around 83,000, considerably more than the 68,000 remaining in 2019, reflecting a steady population decline resulting from the dismantling of the naval sector since the 1990s.

BEST PROGRAMMING 2020 - Located in the heart of Thessaloniki, Northern Greece, Olympion is a lively cinema hub, housed in a landmark six-floor building complex. Designed in the 1950s by French architect Jacques Mosset and renovated in 1997 when Thessaloniki was the European Capital of Culture, it is one of the most iconic venues in the city.

BEST YOUNG AUDIENCE ACTIVITIES 2020 - Folkets Bio Malmö who run Panora was established in 1973 and is an independent branch of the nationwide association Folkets Bio, one of Sweden’s premier distributors of arthouse film. The first cinema opened in 1983, with one screen, a café, and an art gallery. In 2011, the property lease expired and a determined fight to gain support from the City of Malmö to establish a new cinema began.