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National Lottery funding through the BFI Film Audience Network supports members of the UK-wide network in critical need and facing closure.
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With Black, Asian and other ethnic groups being more likely to die from Covid-19, We Are Parable ask: where are the additional measures and guidelines we need to ensure our audiences are protected and safeguarded when they go to the cinema?
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The Screen Sector Taskforce, coordinated by the BFI, is a group of the UK’s leading film, TV and moving image bodies and organisations working together to identify challenges and develop policy recommendations for Government in response to the COVID-19 crisis.
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The Bigger Picture has compiled a list of useful How-to Guides to help venues continue to engage with their audiences.
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With the UK government seemingly easing lockdown restrictions and director Christopher Nolan holding fast on his July release date for his action blockbuster Tenet, The Bigger Picture speaks to two industry practitioners about re-opening their doors and maintaining public safety.
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Curated streaming service and theatrical distributor MUBI has created a UK Cinema Fund to help support the exhibition sector across the UK impacted by the coronavirus pandemic.
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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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How have cinemas and programmers reacted to this unprecedented pause on our industry? What happens when we reopen our doors post-COVID-19 outbreak? Audiences and exhibition consultant Jonny Tull has undertaken a short survey of the sector to seek insight into how we may react after restrictions are lifted.
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The BFI Film Audience Network (FAN) has opened the BFI FAN COVID-19 Resilience Fund, making £1.3m of National Lottery funding available to the exhibition sector across the UK
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If you’re missing the opportunity to talk to and curate for your audiences, we have some online opportunities that you can use in order to continue engaging with your audience.
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