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Film London’s Microwave scheme unveils two new releases

By Stefanie Rodgers

Film London’s Microwave scheme, in partnership with BBC Film and BFI, has helped produce two recent releases – Verve Pictures’ Body of Water and Bulldog Film’s Looted.

Dial F For Freelancer: Taking freelance support into our own hands

By National

With the launch of the Dial F For Freelancers scheme, Toki Allison, FAN Access Officer and Freelance Access & Audiences Consultant writes about why film exhibition and distribution freelancers are so crucial to the sector.

An open letter from indie cinemas

By National

In the wake of most multiplex chains temporarily closing or reducing their operating hours, a number of independent cinemas have penned an open letter to studios, distributors and industry partners.

Cineworld/Picturehouse closure: Independent venues and distributors discuss the impact on the UK exhibition sector

By National

With the closure of Cineworld’s 127 sites and Odeon scaling back its operations in the UK, The Bigger Picture speaks to independent venues and distributors to discuss the impact on the UK exhibition sector.

42 cinemas to share £650,000 in first awards from the Culture Recovery Fund for Independent Cinemas

By National

Cinemas across England to benefit in first allocations of government’s £30 million fund for independent cinemas, with more venues to receive cash in coming weeks

Film and TV Charity announces new COVID-19 fund to protect film, TV and cinema workers

By National

The Film and TV Charity is announcing a new Covid-19 Recovery Fund that will distribute up to £2m to UK film, TV and cinema workers who have been hit hardest by Covid-19, helping to sustain them and their careers through and out of the pandemic.

Strange Worlds, Changing Utopia, Victoria Park Productions

Strange Worlds, Changing Utopias Film Season was an originally curated season celebrating archive film and dynamic new stories exploring the pressing issues of our past, present and future. The season aimed to respond to the most important issues facing society today: people and the ever changing relationship to our environment.

Attract audiences this autumn with these upcoming independent theatrical titles

By National

With Tenet steadily luring audiences back into multiplexes, film writer Neil Ramjee looks at the independent titles that could attract crowds at independent exhibitors.

Welsh cultural and heritage organisations eligible for share of £18.5 million of government’s Cultural Recovery Fund

By Film Hub Wales

A new fund from the Welsh Government will see independent cinemas and other venues such as recording and rehearsal studios; Heritage organisations and historic attractions; accredited museums and archive services; libraries; events and their technical support suppliers and the publishing sector being able to bid for a share of £18.5 million.

£59 million emergency funding announced for Scottish cultural sector inc. £3.5 million for independent cinemas

By Film Hub Scotland

Culture and heritage sectors are to benefit from a £59 million funding package to protect jobs and help the industry weather the effects of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.