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A well lit cinema scene, with a presentation on the screen. people are sat watching one seat apart, wearing masks. a person stands at a podium, we look on as if sat in the back row. over the backs of heads they stand lit, commanding the room.

This Way Up 2021: Forthcoming Attractions With Delphine Lievens

By Film Hub South West

Closing the conference Delphine Lievens, Head of Distribution at Bohemia Distribution, presented a slate of optimism for cinemas. “We’ve still got a way to go,” she began, “but we’re going in the right direction.”

This Way Up 2021: Catch up on ‘BFI in Conversation with Mia Bays and Stuart Brown’

By National

On the first day of This Way Up 2021, Mia Bays, recently appointed as Director of BFI Film Fund and Stuart Brown, BFI Head of Programme and Acquisitions (standing in for Ben Luxford, BFI Head of UK Audiences), welcomed attendees at the conference for a conversation, rather than a presentation, about the organisation’s approach to the next 10-years of National Lottery funding.

This Way Up 2021 full programme announced

By National

Ahead of This Way Up 2021 next week, the annual conference for people working in UK film exhibition, the full programme has been unveiled. …

Community-run cinema events reconnect Welsh neighbourhoods post-Covid

By Film Hub Wales

In village halls, libraries, rural arts centres and urban community spaces across Wales, community and volunteer run cinema events are reuniting local people safely through big screen experiences.

Why exhibitors shouldn’t be afraid of programming cinematic sexual narratives

By National

Writing for The Bigger Picture, film programmer Thea Berry writes about the narrative purpose of sex in cinema, why programmers shouldn’t be afraid of booking explicit content and the taboo-busting films that have come before.

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Caption This Cinema seeks to make UK cinema experiences more accessible

By National

Accessibility advocate Charlotte Little has combined her advocacy for accessible cinema experiences with her passion for curation and programming to develop a brand new pop-up cinema: Caption This Cinema (CTC).

London East Asia Film Festival 2020

The London East Asia Film Festival is the capital’s most celebrated champion of East Asian cinema, extending a hand across cultures through the dynamics of story-telling.