formerly Mad Cornish Projectionist.
This weekend of March 13-15, cinema theaters were still open in the U.K. Unsurprisingly, due to Coronavirus fears, there was a very poor attendance in screening rooms over the weekend, causing the total of takings to fall drastically. Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/
Haifaa Al Mansour feature to be made available on select platforms from March 27. Source: https://www.screendaily.com/news/
The British Film Institute, the UK’s lead organization for film, is convening its Screen Sector Taskforce to help deal with the huge impact of the coronavirus. In a lengthy missive to industry this evening UK time (scroll down for letter in … Continued
The organisation attracts and supports inward investment in the UK. Source: https://www.screendaily.com/news/
The Secretary of State has reappointed Pat Butler as a Governor of the BFI for a period of one year from 18 February 2020 to 17 February 2021. Source: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/pat-butler-reappointed-as-governor-of-the-british-film-institute
The end of an era – and the removal of an eyesore – came in May 2008 on Burntisland High Street. A demolition team moved in to finally knock down the former Palace Cinema which had stood empty on the … Continued