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Registration now open for ICO Spring Screening Days!
Join the Independent Cinema Office for Spring Screening Days 2023 – a hybrid event running at BFI Southbank, London and online!
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BFI FAN Cinema Stories: The Palace Cinema – Broadstairs, Kent
BFI FAN Cinema Stories shares experiences of venues all over the country to highlight the innovations and challenges that exhibitors currently face within the sector.
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Right of Way: a new touring film programme exploring equity of access to the UK countryside
From the Independent Cinema Office and Lux comes a new national touring film programme examining access and inclusion in the UK countryside, featuring new film commissions by artists Ufuoma Essi, Dan Guthrie and Arjuna Neuman, plus a curated programme of archive film.
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The results of Independent Cinema Office’s UK Film Exhibition Workforce Survey
The Independent Cinema Office have released the results of their UK Film Exhibition Workforce Survey, which provide a snapshot of who is working in film exhibition, what needs to change, and what skills and training the sector requires to develop.
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ID Screening Days 2021: Ashley Clark on responsive and engaged film programming
Writing for The Bigger Picture, film programmer Thea Berry talks about the impact of Ashley Clark’s keynote speech at ID Screening Days 2021.
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Ropetackle Cinema: Relaxed and Friendly Screenings
Find out how Ropetackle Arts Centre developed the capacity and skillset of their team to deliver Relaxed and Friendly screenings.
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Ultimate Picture Palace’s life in a third national lockdown
As cinemas all around the country remain shut in a third national lockdown, Marketing & Events Manager Tom Jowett of Oxford’s Ultimate Picture Palace talks about what the staff of the independent cinema have been doing to continue engaging with their audience.
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System Crasher: How Saffron Screen moved screenings onto Facebook Live
When COVID-19 meant that Saffron Screen’s plans for the FAN New Release title System Crasher were cancelled, they moved their event online including guest speakers.
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ICO survey: Reopening cinema the independent way
The Independent Cinema Office has conducted a survey to help us create a picture of the independent sector’s views on industry proposals for reopening cinemas.
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Independent cinema exhibition in the time of COVID-19
These are strange times for many independent cinema exhibitors. With the COVID-19 pandemic shutting down all public venues, many have had to adapt in order to keep engaging their audience. Rebecca del Tufo, Programming Manager at Saffron Screen, explains what her and her colleagues have been doing over the past few weeks.
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