In less than 24 hours two starkly different approaches emerged as to how cinemas in the UK will treat their staff while they are closed because of the Coronavirus outbreak. This was also one of the hot topics at yesterday’s #CJCinemaSummit, where the record number of participants (over 500 people joined) were urged to talk to their HR departments, … [Read more...]
New Covid-19 Film and TV Emergency Relief Fund set up | BFI
The BFI and The Film and TV Charity have partnered to create the new fund, established with a £1m donation from Netflix, to help support the creative community, which has been devastated by the pandemic. Source: New Covid-19 Film and TV Emergency Relief Fund set up | BFI … [Read more...]
UNIC – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – UNIC urges national government support for European cinemas during COVID-19 crisis
Brussels: 24 March 2020 – The International Union of Cinemas (UNIC), the body representing European cinema trade associations and operators, has today issued the following statement on the current situation with regard to the outbreak of Coronavirus/COVID-19: The overwhelming majority of cinemas in Europe have closed in response to measures to … [Read more...]
Celebrate Our Cinemas: How To Help Your Local Cinema | Movies | Empire
There’s no better place to watch the latest releases than your local cinema – be it a massive multiplex, an aesthetically-pleasing arthouse, or a true one-of-a-kind independent. Cinemas of all kind give us a place to escape for a few precious hours, offer us a film community, somewhere to congregate and get the communal experience that only the big … [Read more...]
#CJCinemaSummit 2 – Thursday 26th March KEEPING CINEMA CONNECTED
LONDON, 24th MARCH 2020 — Celluloid Junkie, Filmgrail and The Big Picture have come together to form a free and open online forum with regular updates for the global cinema industry, as it faces the unprecedented challenges of the coronavirus outbreak. In this moment of crisis #CJCinemaSummit is launching on Thursday 26th March at (16:00 GMT). … [Read more...]
Exhibitors and distributors despair as cinemas close – IF Magazine
The closure of Australian cinemas and entertainment venues as well as licensed clubs, hotels and pubs, casinos and nightclubs is a body blow to Village Roadshow Ltd (VRL) and the broader exhibition and distribution sector. Source: Exhibitors and distributors despair as cinemas close - IF Magazine … [Read more...]
