CineAsia

Asia-Pacific is where most of the last decade's screen growth happened, and the operating assumptions differ enough from Europe and North America that the sessions are genuinely not interchangeable.

Local-language production is dominant in several of the largest markets rather than supplementary to Hollywood. Mobile-first ticketing arrived earlier and went further — in parts of the region, an app is not a channel but the channel. Premium large format penetration is high. And the circuits at the top end are operating at a scale that does not exist elsewhere.

Unlike CinemaCon and CineEurope, which have settled venues, CineAsia moves between host cities, so the location is worth checking each year rather than assuming.