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Coronavirus lockdown: Confined in homes, people find solace in 'open' cinemas

Lithuania
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Lithuania

Hundreds of movie fans flocked to Lithuania's main international airport which was transformed in to a drive-in cinema just metres away from planes which have been grounded by the coronavirus pandemic. 
 

Columbia
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Columbia

Locals in Colombia’s capital Bogota watch a movie projected on a giant outdoor screen from their balconies, as they remain quarantined inside their homes during a nationwide lockdown.

The viewing was put on by a company that says it wants to bring free cinema to residents while they are stuck inside their homes to make their time more enjoyable. 

Czech Republic
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Czech Republic

Citizens of Prague parked their cars to watch plays and film in drive-throughs as the country eases out of a lockdown imposed to curb the spread of the coronavirus infection.

France
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France

The coronavirus lockdown forced the team running Paris’s La Clef cinema to close their auditorium to moviegoers.

As an alternative they projected movies onto the wall of an adjacent apartment building.

Spain
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Spain

Madrid's city hall deployed a portable cinema in an attempt to provide entertainment to those confined to their apartments as a part of the lockdown to tackle the spread of the new coronavirus.

Germany
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Germany

Residents of the German city of Essen flocked to their local drive-in cinema reigniting a pastime of the old world fit for today's time.

Cinemas were closed in the country with no date set for when they might be able to re-open.