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The Lexi & The Nomad: Exhibitor of the Month

Posted on May 26, 2016

We sat down with Rosie Greatorex, The programmer of the Lexi Cinema, to talk about putting a cinema at the heart of a community and how their cinema is making a difference to people's lives.

Black and white at the Winter Gardens: Programming in focus

Posted on May 6, 2016

In this blog post Catherine Mugonyi of Aunty Social gives an outline of how they carefully planned (and achieved admirable success with) a new film festival based in an historic Blackpool venue.

Party at the Pictures on the Isle of Lewis: Programming in focus

Posted on April 26, 2016

The business of programming is at the heart of the cinema experience, but what does programming actually consist of?

Dreamland Cinema: Programming in focus

Posted on March 31, 2016

Catherine O'Sullivan and Kate Wood from our Practical Programming course talk about their process with their programming strand Dreamland Cinema at 88 London Road in Brighton.

'You are not viewing, you are experiencing': VR Fest UK and the future of cinema

Posted on March 1, 2016

We sent Jenni Graham, one of our technical ambassadors, to VRUK at Ravensbourne, 'an exploration into the creative and technological potential of virtual reality.' Is virtual reality the future for film and cinema? Let's find out...

ICO's Best of 2015

Posted on December 9, 2015

The ICO staff sees an ungodly number of films each year. And we also have the pleasure of seeing and meeting some of the best cinemas around the world. Here's our pick of the things that mattered to us in the cinematic year that was.

Four films to look out for at Autumn Screening Days

Posted on October 22, 2015

Our goal at Screening Days is to make sure you get a chance to see the best films so you can bring your audiences a diverse and unique programme. Here we highlight four films at our Autumn Screening Days event at Broadway that might not yet be on your radar, but are well worth seeking out.

Exhibitor of the Month: Curzon Community Cinema, Clevedon

Posted on October 7, 2015

We spoke to Luke Doran, the Programming and Partnerships Manager of the Curzon Cinema and Arts Clevedon, about what it takes to make sure the cinema survives for another 100 years.

10 Years of Second Run: the UK's best DVD distributor?

Posted on September 10, 2015

We sat down with Mehelli Modi from Second Run to talk about what makes a Second Run film, refusing to eat unless shown cinema and what films hes been proudest to be part of.

Diversity: A matter of Staying Power

Posted on August 31, 2015

Having spoken to a variety of voices, we wanted to highlight the work of Jan Asante, who played a key role in organising our inspiration for the our D Word Screening Days - nitroBEAT's D Word Conference.