29 Mar, 2024 @ 16:10
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Cinephiles rejoice: Spain restores it’s Cine Senior programme, giving over 65s €2 tickets 

SPAIN has restored its beloved Cine Senior programme granting over 65s access to €2 tickets across the country. 

A royal decree to reinvigorate the initiative was approved on Tuesday, March 25. 

It will enable 9.5 million individuals over 65 to benefit from cheap cinema tickets, only available on Tuesdays. 

A huge €12 million has been allocated to the project in subsidies to cinemas. 

It marks the second phase of the programme, which ran from July to December 2023. 

The original project was a huge success, with a 49% increase in Tuesday cinema attendance compared to previous years. 

That’s why the Minister of Culture decided to grant the project an extra €2 million. 

According to the Cinema Exhibitors Federation (FECE), almost one million seniors used the programme last year. 

Cine Senior is designed to undo the damage done to cultural industries during the Covid-19 pandemic. 

Cinemas across the country can apply for funding from the project, expected to roll out between late April and early May. 

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Yzabelle Bostyn

Yzabelle Bostyn is an NCTJ trained journalist who started her journalistic career at the Olive Press in 2023.
Before moving to Spain, she studied for a BA in English Literature and Hispanic Studies at the University of Sheffield.
After graduating she moved to the university’s journalism department, one of the best in the UK.
Throughout the past few years, she has taken on many roles including social media marketing, copywriting and radio presenting.
She then took a year out to travel Latin America, scaling volcanoes in Guatemala and swimming with sharks in Belize.
Then, she came to the Olive Press last year where she has honed her travel writing skills and reported on many fantastic experiences such as the Al Andalus luxury train.
She has also undertaken many investigations, looking into complex issues like Spain’s rental crisis and rising cancer rates.
Always willing to help, she has exposed many frauds and scams, working alongside victims to achieve justice.
She is most proud of her work on Nolotil, a drug linked to the deaths of many Brits in Spain.
A campaign launched by Yzabelle has received considerable support and her coverage has been by the UK and Spanish media alike.
Her writing has featured on many UK news outlets from the Sun to the Mail Online, who contracted her to report for them in Tenerife on growing tourism issues.
Recently, she has appeared on Times Radio covering deadly flooding in Valencia.

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