Building starts for Basildon East Square cinema project | Echo
Building of a brand new 10-screen cinema complex in Basildon town centre is now underway. Source: Building starts for Basildon East Square cinema project | Echo
Colchester Council rejects drive-in cinema bid to run for two years | Gazette
THE team behind plans for a drive-in cinema in Colchester say they will appeal after council planners rejected the bid. Source: Colchester Council rejects drive-in cinema bid to run for two years | Gazette
Green cinema toolkit – Independent Cinema Office
New Green Cinema Toolkit Want to increase your cinema’s environmental sustainability? Climate change is an existential threat, and the need for urgent and far-reaching action has never felt so real. To help cinemas make better and more environmentally sustainable choices, … Continued
#CJCinema Summit LAUNCHES TODAY – COMPANIES ALREADY SIGNED UP…
LONDON, 19th MARCH 2020 — Celluloid Junkie, Filmgrail and The Big Picture have announced a co-ordinated on-line communications approach to delivering up to date information on the current crisis facing our industry. In this moment of crisis #CJCinemaSummit is launching … Continued
UK confirms plan to exit Creative Europe funding program
The UK will not participate in the next Creative Europe funding program, which has awarded almost €90m ($100m) to hundreds of UK-based cultural and creative organisations and audiovisual companies between 2014 and 2018. The decision, prompted by publication of the … Continued
Britain’s first Blitz: Film shows effects of Germany’s 1914 warship attack on Hartlepool that killed 130 and swung public opinion behind World War One campaign
Previously unseen footage found by chance among box of broken cameras and lenses bought at market sale The bombardment left hundreds wounded as commentators declared: ‘This is not warfare, this is murder’ Winston Churchill branded the Germans ‘baby killers’ as … Continued