Cinobo stands for cinema no borders
Cinema with vision and diversity. Cinema that defies rules and stereotypes and explores cultures. Cinema that entertains. Cinema that makes you feel, laugh, and think. Cinema no borders means a cinematic experience and entertainment without limits.
The Cinobo Team
Just like the creation of a film, it all started with an idea. How could the enthusiastic love for cinema be transformed into a streaming platform? A platform that would not be chaotic, a platform that humans curate and not a machine, a platform where you have a hard time deciding what to watch first, a platform that will finally have all the must-sees on your bucket list! The idea started being written like a script, fortunately not science fiction, by two Thessaloniki residents. They developed it and when the final draft was ready, the group grew, the cameras were turned on, the editing was completed and the premiere took place in March 2020.
We will probably not make a sequel, but we are improving the original every day. We began with streaming films and series online and now we are also bringing films to the movie theaters. From 2 people we grew into a full team. People from completely different backgrounds, with a common denominator, the belief that cinema can change the world. We spend most of the day talking about movies. We discuss them, we love them, we hate them, they make us sad, they make us excited, they cause concern. However, the idea remains the same: to find the best ones, to present them in the best way possible and to make them accessible everywhere and always.
Life at Cinobo
We work in our pet-friendly office in Exarchia, but we’ve rarely been all in the same place at once. We’ve worked from all parts of Attica, Thessaloniki, Halkidiki, the islands, the beaches, the mountains and the valleys of the country, from Cannes, London and Stockholm - thank you Slack.
We walk the streets of central Athens with our bags and if we hold them a little tight it’s because they contain hard drives intended for subtitling companies and cinemas. But before that, we travel to Greek and foreign festivals to find and bring the films that will fill these hard drives (and our lives!).
The doorbell rings often at the Cinobo office, not only from our external partners, but also from Greek filmmakers with whom we have much more to share than their films. Without them, Cinobo wouldn’t be the same. During the lunch break (which one?) we will talk about the last movie we saw at the cinema and the next one we will release. Sometimes we also decorate the space in its theme - it is not always easy, how to decorate based on the “Decision to Leave”?
We have argued about everything that a movie could be about, but in the end, we have drinks and enthusiastically discuss everything we still want Cinobo to be. The work is a lot, everyday life is full, but the hours spent at Cinobo are more than worth it. We live - in a way - like a cinema.
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