{"id":2964,"date":"2025-09-12T09:50:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T07:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/espoocine.fi\/?p=2964"},"modified":"2025-09-18T13:16:29","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T11:16:29","slug":"the-attendance-figures-for-2025-have-been-published","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/espoocine.fi\/en\/2025\/09\/the-attendance-figures-for-2025-have-been-published\/","title":{"rendered":"The attendance figures for 2025 have been published"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Espoo Cin\u00e9 festival concluded this year\u2019s cinema season with steady popularity. Together with the children\u2019s and youth program Junior Cin\u00e9, total attendance was\u00a018,728 viewers, a decrease compared to last year. The drop is mainly due to funding constraints that limited the scale of Junior Cin\u00e9, despite strong demand, and the fact that there was one fewer outdoor screening than last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Festival Director\u00a0<strong>Tytti Rantanen<\/strong>\u00a0commented: <em>&#8220;The overall attendance fell short of last year\u2019s figures primarily because cuts to cultural funding have affected Junior Cin\u00e9, which presents children\u2019s and youth films to school audiences. We had to reduce the number of screenings even though demand was higher. 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