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Filmmaker Julia Marchese offers her take on why local indie cinemas are such a crucial part of our artistic and social communities, and why maintaining access to repertory cinema should be a priority for us all.
Johnathan Ilott, Film Programme Manager at The Dukes in Lancaster, tells us about the pioneering initiative they undertook at their cinema and the impact it's had on local audiences.
It's midway through summer but we're still as busy as ever. Click through to take a look at everything going on in the ICO office.
This year we're once again running our FEDS scheme (funded by Creative Skillset), aimed at giving young trainees an opportunity to learn on the job in film distribution, exhibition and international sales. Here, one of our trainees, Rebekah Taylor, working at Errol Flynn Filmhouse in Northampton, gives her impressions of the experience and why she wanted to join the scheme.
In this piece Jo Comino, Marketing Manager for Borderlines Film Festival, reports on her 2016 trip to the wonderfully enjoyable festival that is Il Cinema Ritrovato.
The full history of women's filmmaking has yet to be discovered. One place that helps us grow our picture of work on film by women are screen archives. We caught up with Sarah Hill, Senior Research Associate at the University of East Anglia ahead of Archive Screening Days.
It might only be the beginning of summer but things are already hotting up in here. Click through to see our latest updates.
MediCinema, an organisation that currently runs seven cinemas in NHS hospitals and clinical settings throughout the UK, is based on the principle that hospital cinema provision is therapeutic and should be as widespread as possible. We spoke to their Chief Executive Kat Mason about how their cinemas operate, and the valuable impact of their work.
MUBI have courted the affections of the film faithful through a combination of careful curation, true passion, technological smarts and market differentiation. Now they are entering the theatrical distribution market in a big way.
Our inaugural Practical Programming course, supported by Creative Skillset and BFI's Film Audience Network was designed to help independent exhibitors create innovative, well-structured and (crucially!) well-attended film programmes. Here Isabel Moir talks about her experience selecting films for the first ever Overnight Film Festival.
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