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Hippodrome Silent Film Festival Online Edition

The Hippodrome Silent Film Festival (HippFest, est’d 2011) – Scotland’s first and only festival of silent cinema centred in Scotland’s oldest cinema.

Cinema Rediscovered – celebrating the return of the big screen experience

Cinema Rediscovered celebrated the return of the big screen experience in and around Bristol before going on a UK wide tour and online c/o MUBI.

Lost Connections launches on BFI Player and is still available for exhibitors to screen

By Film Hub North

BFI FAN are excited to announce that Lost Connections – a new, archive-based short from the BFI Film Audience Network – has launched on BFI Player and, as part of the New Directions season, UK film exhibitors can screen it online and in-venue for free.

Revisit This Way Up 2020

By National

Did you miss this year’s This Way Up? Don’t worry, now you can re-watch all the sessions.

Three Films Festival

A three-day short online short film festival showcasing films made for and by young people aged 15-25.

This Way Up announces event highlights for 2020

By Film Hub Scotland

With two weeks to go until the digital edition of This Way Up 2020 on 1-3 December, the event has announced some event highlights to get attendees excited.

Silent Film Revolution

Over the course of 2019 and 2020, South West Silents showcased the way that silent film could (and should) be correctly screened with the best restorations from around the world and the best musicians to play live alongside the films.

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.