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Oska Bright Film Festival: Moving the learning disability film festival online during lockdown

By National

Many film events and festivals have had to adapt since the COVID-19 outbreak, but for the Oska Bright Film Festival, the leading learning disability film festival in the world, the lockdown brought a host of unique challenges.

Moving Cheltenham International Film Festival 2020 online

In 2020, Cheltenham International Film Festival became the first international film festival in the UK to go online to the British public.

Kino Prototype: Collective cinema experiences during the COVID-19 crisis

By National

Compiled by two participants in DFFB’s NEXT WAVE professional development programme, ‘Collective cinema experiences during the COVID-19 crisis’ provides an overview of exhibition initiatives that emerged as a reaction to the closure of cinemas.

UK Cinema Association and ScreenSkills launch COVID-19 learning resource

By National

The UK Cinema Association and the sector skills agency ScreenSkills have today launch an online e-learning module and assessment test around COVID-19 for all those working in cinema exhibition.

Stroud Film Festival

Stroud Film Festival has grown and evolved over the past few years into a community-wide event with 34 screenings and events appealing to a wide range of tastes at 13 venues across the town.

The latest advice and guidance regarding COVID-19

By National

The latest updates and guidance regarding the Covid-19 outbreak for exhibitors and venues.

UK Cinema Association launches cinema safeguarding campaign

By National

The UK Cinema Association has today launched a campaign to explain the safeguards UK cinemas will have in place to help protect audiences as they start to open over the coming weeks and months.

Genesis Cinema: Lessons learned a week after re-opening

By Film Hub London

On 4 July, London’s Genesis Cinema opened up its doors and welcomed its customers back. One week later, Tyrone Walker-Hebborn, Genesis’ owner, talks about the challenges the cinema has faced over the past seven days, the measures put in place and the lessons learned.

Film Hub Scotland New Promoters: Tanatsei Gambura in Conversation

By Film Hub Scotland

The Film Hub Scotland New Promoters scheme is aiming to increase the number of film programmers who are marginalised working for cinemas, festivals and venues within Scotland by providing six-month placements paid at the Living Wage.

Rainbow Film Festival

An inclusive film festival that engages local Bangladeshi communities across East London, with filmmakers sharing their expertise with local audiences through Q&As and seminars.