Hampstead cinema-owner Daniel Broch has just acquired the Screen chain.
Changes are afoot in the North London cinema scene. In a deal worth £7 million, Daniel Broch, the man behind Hampstead’s Everyman cinema, has taken over the Screen chain, which includes the Screen on the Hill in Belsize Park, Screen on Baker Street and Islington’s Screen on the Green.
The 40-year-old businessman pledges that the popular Jewish Film Festival will continue to take place at the Screen on the Hill, but he is promising innovation at the chain, which he believes is in need of some fresh ideas after the retirement of former owner Romain Hart, who had been running them for the past 30 years.
“I’m looking to invest in technology and develop systems like online reservation and ticketing via mobile phones,” says Broch, who has successfully transformed the Everyman into a venue which stages talks, live music and acts such as New York’s Metropolitan Opera.
