Sax - Cinematographic Machinery & Services
Our Story
SAX MAQUINARIA CINEMATOGRÁFICA Y SERVICIOS, S.L. ("Sax")
was formed in 1950 and by 1960 had developed into one of the most successful
suppliers to the cinema equipment industry. Sax registered its trademark
and began selling its self-manufactured projectors and projector components.
In the mid-60s, Sax became involved in showing movies in a new venue:
the vastly popular open-air drive-in movie theatres.
El Mundo, 24 Jun 1999
In the following decade Sax followed a similar pattern until the 1980s,
fateful years for the box office all over the nation. The burgeoning
use of home videos and the subsequent closing of movie theatres in Madrid
created a new venue that replaced the old movie clubs with double-feature
and suburban theatres. These theatres became cultural centers and were
mostly dependent on local administration. They filled the vaccum created
in film presentation. During these transitional years, Sax, with its
crew and equipment, took a major role in fitting-out numerous theatres
and culture clubs, major colleges and other centers across the country.
Sax has continued this activity to the present day.
El Mundo, 15 Aug 1998
In 1995 Sax expanded its facilities and strengthened
it professional team, outfitting its workshop and office with modern
equipment and created a new department of information, planning and
cultural counseling open to organizations that showed movies in the
connection with their activities. Some of the activities Sax engaged
or collaborated in during this time include:
El Pais, 8 Oct 1995 El Pais, 25 Sept 1995
- Film Festival at Alcala de Henares (Madrid) (technical support)
- Showings and technical support at summer theatres on movie trails
in the Jaén and Badajoz provinces.
- Installation of cinema equipment in Galicia, Murcia, Andalucía,
Castilla - La Mancha and Madrid (in-theatre and open air).
- Open-air projections in Madrid 1995 premiere of "Lourdes de segunda mano" a short film by Chema de la Peña, 1995 presentation of "A Hundred Years of Spanish Cinema" with the film "Sombras y Luces" by Antonio Jiménez - Rico.
- Collaboration on equipment installation in multiplex theatres in Madrid, Cataluña and Jaén.
- Summer theatre productions at Casa del Campo, in connection with
the "Summers of the City" cycle organized by the City Council
- Production of "The General", "Nosferatu" and
"Don Quichote" at Zarzuela Theatre in 2002, 2003 and 2005
accompanied by the Madrid Orchestra .
- Work on various movie and TV productions.
