What the city representatives had to offer at the Malchiner “Filmbühne” on Wednesday evening was not really big. In November, operators, employees and supporters of the cinema asked MPs for support in their efforts to keep the cinema in its current form, but this request was not worth a single word from the city representatives, at least in the public part of their end-of-year event.
Since the new owner of the cinema building, Thomas Braasch, made his plans for the future of the house public, there has been great concern in Malchin that the last curtain could soon fall on the “Filmbühne”. But that is exactly what Braasch rules out. Technical systems urgently need to be repaired, but after refurbishment and modernization the cinema will resume operations, he assures.
Fronts rather hardened
The new house owner probably drew the displeasure of many Malchiners for a completely different reason. He had described the cinema as quite “rocked” and announced that he wanted to part with the cinema operator and his team. But it’s not that simple. Cinema operator Peter Markiewitz still has a two-year lease.
The fronts have hardened even more in the past few days. Thomas Braasch sees himself exposed to a campaign with which the cinema people and their supporters stand up against his plans. After all, they have received around 2000 signatures with which the preservation of the cinema “in its current function as a socio-cultural meeting place” is demanded. Even in the neighboring cities of Teterow and Stavenhagen, the cinema team has already been on the way to collect signatures.
Fight for jobs
But what happens to the lists, to whom they should be handed over, no one seems to have really thought about it yet. In any case, Mayor Axel Müller (CDU) cannot really understand the discussion. “How and in what form cinema events will run in the future is not a matter for the city, but for the owner and / or the cinema operator,” says Müller. However, the mayor has meanwhile also shown understanding that the long-term cinema employees are fighting for their jobs. After all, they are “the face of the cinema in Malchin”, as Müller said. “But even here the mayor cannot oblige the owner or future cinema operator to keep the employees busy, but only ask them to do so,” explained Müller.
How the conflict can now be resolved is open. Thomas Braasch wants to present his ideas for using the cinema building at a public event in the town hall hall at the beginning of January and then answer questions from interested parties, announced Mayor Müller.
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