What is Drupal Cinema Zapping?
Drupal Cinema Zapping is a community-driven event format built around short videos, shared laughter, and the culture of the Drupal ecosystem. Instead of another standard meetup session or community event, the idea was to create a lively, memorable experience that gave space to inside jokes, creative edits, community references, and the human side of Drupal.
The year was 2015 AD and there was one special night. It was a movie night,... but not some random Hollywood movie premiere. It was Drupal Cinema Night, premiering Drupal Cinema Zapping - exclusively for the eyes of attendees of the DrupalCamp Vienna…
The story of Drupal Cinema Zapping
What is Drupal Cinema Zapping?
A concise explanation:
- community side event for Drupal camps and Drupal-related events
- a fast, funny, community-driven video mashup
- full of references, edits, remixes, weird moments, and inside jokes
- made for the big screen and shared experience
Let's use the iconic original format language in a polished way:
- One cinema
- One night
- One epic mashup from outa space ;)
- ~30 minutes of film
- rapidly cut and intentionally raw
- the smallest video quality possible ;P
- made for the Drupal crowd
- viewing long believed lost scenes
- just for the IRL crowd
You know a video which should be in the Drupal Cinema Zapping?
We want your video on the big screen!
Drupal Cinema Zapping @ Ironcamp
Drupal Cinema Zapping @ DrupalCon Vienna
Why we created it
At ACOLONO, we have always believed that strong open source ecosystems are built by people who contribute more than code. Communities grow through shared experiences, rituals, events, and stories.
Drupal Cinema Zapping reflected exactly that mindset. It created space for creativity inside a highly technical ecosystem and showed that Drupal community building can be smart, funny, welcoming, and memorable at the same time.
What made Drupal Cinema Zapping special was not just the format. It was the tone.
It was community-first, playful, and proudly a bit different.
Drupal Cinema Zapping is also a good example of how we work as a company.
We do not just deliver Drupal projects. We actively invest in the Drupal ecosystem. Furthermore, we organize, contribute, support, experiment, and help shape the spaces where the community meets.
- For clients, that means you work with a team that is deeply embedded in Drupal.
- For potential team members, it means ACOLONO is a place where Drupal is not just a job title. It is part of the company culture.
That matters because great Drupal work is never only about implementation.
It is also about understanding the community, its values, its standards, and its momentum.
Quotes from the community
Cinema Zapping proves how the Drupal community is contributing to create entertainment material beyond kitten videos
Ruben Teijeiro
Cinema Zapping, the perfect chance to once again realize, that our awesome community is full of great talents outside our eryday expertise area and that in the end we are all made of stars.
Zsófi Major
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What‘s the deal?
If you got curious, or you have been to a Cinema Zapping Night before: Good news! We would be honored to have our Magic be part of YOUR Drupal (related) Event!
If you are willing to invite us (doesn't matter where around the world you might be located), lend us a hand a little with local organizing/planning and rent a suitable location (preferably a small cinema), then we promise a memorable night.
Drupal Cinema Zapping is an event from acolono GmbH for the extraordinary Drupal community.