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When can you see the Oscar-winners on the big screen?
Find out when the year’s big Oscar winners will be available to screen in cinemas.
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Crip Camp toolkit enables exhibitors to create welcoming space for disabled audience
With the release of Crip Camp sparking conversations about disability and accessibility, Charlotte Little spoke to Lindsey Dryden, an Emmy-winning producer and director, and a founding member of FWD-Doc (Documentary Filmmakers with Disabilities) and Jim LeBrecht, co-director of the Oscar-nominated documentary, about the creation of a new toolkit.
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DCMS and BFI launch UK Global Screen Fund to boost global exports of UK content
The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and the BFI have launched the UK Global Screen Fund, a one year pilot fund designed to boost international development and distribution opportunities for the UK’s independent screen sector.
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Round 2 of Culture Recovery Fund sees grants awarded to 92 independent cinemas
92 independent cinemas have been awarded grants from a second round of the Government’s Culture Recovery Fund.
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Welcome audiences back for National Lottery Cinema Weekend 2021 on 19-20 June 2021
To celebrate the National Lottery’s support for film, and to provide support for UK cinemas, National Lottery Cinema Weekend (NLCW) will be returning.
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New survey reveals UK public is “more eager than ever” to return to cinemas
Survey results released today by Film Distributors’ Association confirm that the UK public is more eager than ever to return to cinemas when they start to reopen next month, with 59% citing the cinema as their most missed out-of-home entertainment activity.
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BFI FAN Film Exhibition Fund 2021-22 is now live!
Following last year’s successful Film Exhibition Fund, which saw £750,000 awarded to UK exhibitors to support diverse programming and bring back audiences, the BFI have launched a new fund for 2021.
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2019-20 highlights from the Film Audience Network
As cinemas look forward to reopening, BFI FAN take a moment to celebrate and reflect on some of the collective achievements from the UK wide Film Audience Network (FAN) in 2019-20, the last full year of operation before lockdown.
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Borderlines Film Festival launches its first online edition from 26 March – 11 April 2021
In its 19th year, Borderlines Film Festival launches for the first time as an online festival.
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New podcast series offers free digital training to creative and cultural organisations planning 2021 events
Film Hub NI (FHNI) which has just completed a hugely successful training programme with its members, which it is making available FREE online to encourage others in the creative sector to engage with new audiences by hosting virtual events.
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