The latest updates and guidance regarding the COVID-19 outbreak for exhibitors and venues.
Here are some resources that venues and exhibitors might find useful in this ever-changing situation:
21 December 2021
22 February 2021
11 January 2021
7 January 2021
- BFI: Working in the screen industry during Covid-19
- Gov.uk: £4.6 billion in new lockdown grants to support businesses and protect jobs
5 January 2021
7 Dec 2020
24 November 2020
6 November 2020
2 November 2020
- Gov.uk: Guidance for businesses and venues for the second lockdown
- Independent Cinema Office: COVID-19 restrictions for cinemas
- Independent Cinema Office: COVID-19 support and resources
28 October 2020
21 September 2020
14 September 2020
10 August 2020
- UKCA updates Cinemas – keeping workers and customers safe during COVD-19 and Drive-in and Other Outdoor Cinemas – keeping workers and customers safe during COVD-19 with revised government guidelines regarding face masks.
31 July 2020
24 July 2020
26 June 2020
24 June 2020
18 June 2020
20 May 2020
12 May 2020:
11 May 2020
- ComScore: Coronavirus and the UK & Ireland cinema industry
- UK Government: OUR PLAN TO REBUILD: The UK Government’s COVID-19 recovery strategy
29 April 2020
- MUBI launches fundraising campaign to support cinemas in the UK through BFI FAN COVID-19 Resilience Fun
- GOV.uk: New measures to protect UK high street from aggressive rent collection and closure
27 April 2020
20 April 2020
17 April 2020
16 April 2020
15 April 2020
8th April 2020
7th April 2020
- BBC Culture: Why cinemas will bounce back from the Coronavirus crisis
- Glasgow Film: Industry support and resources
6th April 2020
- Celluloid Junkie: How patrons are supporting cinemas around the world
- GOV.uk: Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
1st April 2020
- Creative Industries Federation: COVID-19: Support From Government
- Screen Daily: Modern Films launches initiative to support UK indie cinemas
- Variety: U.K. Distributors Take Steps to Support Independent Cinemas Amid Coronavirus
31st March 2020
30th March 2020
26th March 2020
25th March 2020
24th March 2020
- Together Films: Digital Impact Screenings Resource Guide (Week 1)
- UK Government: Coronavirus (COVID-19): what you need to do
23rd March 2020
- Cinema For All: How to set-up an online film club
- Cinema For All: Community Cinema advice and support whilst we stay at home
- Cinema Technology Community: Free CTC membership during Covid-19
- European cinema trade body UNIC issues call for industry solidarity
- Screen Daily: How UK indie cinemas are coping with the impact of coronavirus
- Variety: How U.K. Cinemas and Their Workers Are Weathering the Storm of Coronavirus
- UK Cinema Worker Solidarity Fund
20th March 2020
- Drive In Cinema info request form from Live Cinema UK
- BFI: COVID-19: Answering questions from the screen sectors
19th March 2020
- Independent Cinema Office: What cinemas can do right now
- UK Cinema Association welcomes FDA message of support
- COVID-19: HMG measures for freelancers and the self-employed from the BFI
- Facebook advice group for members of the UK Cinema Network
- Art House Convergence (U.S.): COVID-19 Preparedness Resources
18th March 2020
- Government statement on Coronavirus (COVID-19) guidance for employees, employers and businesses
- Statement from Adrian Wootton OBE, Chief Executive, Film London and the British Film Commission
- UK Film Exhibitors/Freelancers Facebook group
17th March 2020
On 17 March, UK Cinema Association issued the following statement on the current situation with regard to the outbreak of Coronavirus/COVID-19:
‘Mindful of the latest scientific advice from the Government, the coming days will see the closure of most UK cinema sites.
The priority now is to ensure that the thousands who work in the sector, many of them young people, are helped during what will be an exceptionally challenging period for them, and that cinema venues across the country are supported to overcome what for many will represent an unprecedented challenge to their existence.’
- BFI response to COVID-19
- Statement from Ben Roberts, BFI Chief Executive
- UK Government Response (including information for businesses and educational settings)
- Latest NHS Coronavirus COVID-19 Health Information and Advice
- Petition to the British Government to offer economic assistance to the events industry during COVID-19
- COVID-19 advice for BECTU union members
- Film and TV Charity Helpline (Support for people in the film and tv industry)
- Arts Council advice on COVID-19
- Cinema For All coronavirus advice for community cinemas
- Unlimited: Access: Best practice for employers and employees for supporting staff with autoimmune conditions
- Coronavirus advice to Equity Members
- HMRC Tax helpline to support businesses affected by coronavirus
