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Build Your Own Film Night

Flatpack has developed a series of workshops to give young people the tools and knowledge to build their own film night!

Second Round of Culture Recovery Fund for Independent Cinemas now open

By National

A second round of funding offering an additional £14 million through the Culture Recovery Fund is now open to independent cinemas in England whose businesses have been unavoidably interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, and will continue to support them as they transition back to a viable and sustainable way of operating in the months ahead.

Updated: BFI and Camelot reunite for National Lottery Cinema Weekend 2021

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To celebrate the National Lottery’s support for film, and to provide support for UK cinemas, National Lottery Cinema Weekend will be returning on Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th March 2021.

CineQ Queer Film Festival

Starting as a community cinema operating in Birmingham, CineQ seeks to grow appetites and audiences for Queer and LGBTQIA+ films whilst champion New Queer Cinema in the region – with a focus on the perspectives of Queer Trans and Intersex People of Colour (QTIPOC)
CineQ has now grown into a two day festival supported by BFI FAN Film Hub Midlands.

What will distribution in 2021 look like?

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As 2020 comes to an end with many of the year’s planned releases thrown into turmoil, Jack Bell looks ahead and how distribution could change in 2021.

Over 200 independent cinemas supported so far through the Culture Recovery Fund

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More than 200 independent cinemas across England are being supported with £16m in grants from the government’s £1.57bn Culture Recovery Fund administered by the BFI.

Vertigo Releasing’s Sound of Metal receives New Release Support from BFI FAN

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Darius Marder’s Sound of Metal, starring Riz Ahmed, is the latest film to receive BFI FAN New Release support.

BFI FAN Film Exhibition Fund awards over £750,000 to UK exhibitors to support diverse programming and bring back audiences

By National

National Lottery funding aims to re-engage audiences with collective, big screen film experiences

Awards nominations announced for 2020 British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs)

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Saint Maud leads the list of nominations for the 2020 BIFA awards with a strong showing for UK talent inc. first-time filmmakers, female directors and filmmakers and performers of colour well represented in many categories.

UK Cinema Association rebukes new Tier 3 cinema restrictions

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The UK Cinema Association has strongly criticised today’s Government announcement which will see cinemas in ‘Tier 3’ in England required to remain closed when the national lockdown ends on 2 December.