The board of the Countryfest Community Cinema has noticed that fewer people have been attendng movies since the COVID-19 pandemic.
And board member Marissa Philippe says they are curious as to why that is happening
"What is stopping you from coming to the movies and we really want to know so please share openly. Is there something we can change? Is it the hours that the movies are showing? Is it the type of movies that we are showing? Is it anything about the cinema? Tell us specifically what is keeping you from coming. And then what would make you come more often to the movies. What can we do to make that happen. And not just the feedback, but we would love to you to share your positive memories of cinemas so that we can share those on our social media pages."
Philippe is encouraging residents to reach out to them and provide this feedback.
"We have created an email specifically for this called This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . And you have to submit this feedback to us before May 15th to have a chance to win a prize that we are giving away to two lucky winners. And this will be an entire supply of tickets to the movies."
Fellow board member Ron Hedley says they plan to act quickly on the recommendations that they get.
"AS a board we have talked a lot about trying to figure out why people are not coming to the shows. And we know some of it is post COVID, but we really want people to tell us what it would take (to come back) and we will make changes fast to accomodate that. Because it is your theatre so please let us know."
