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Black Film Bulletin Series, Part 3: Future vision
Publication ceased around the turn of the millennium, but now the Black Film Bulletin is coming back. ICO Director Catharine Des Forges spoke to its co-founder June Givanni, Curator and Director of June Givanni Pan African Cinema Archive; Melanie Hoyes, Industry Inclusion Executive at BFI and Jan Asante, Curator at Think Cinematic for part three of an extended conversation about the role of the BFB now, the effects of the pandemic on the industry and how they are looking ahead.
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News & Opportunities: November 2020 round up
Our regular monthly update featuring all the news and opportunities that matter for your cinema, festival or film society right now.
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What cinemas can do right now (again)
Back in March, just as the country was about to enter its first national lockdown, we published a blog with some ideas for what cinemas could do while their doors were closed. With many cinemas across the UK closed once more we wanted to do something similar, using what we've learnt in the time since then to provide some more advice, now with the added benefit of having done all this before.
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News & Opportunities: September 2020 round up
Our regular monthly update featuring all the news and opportunities that matter for your cinema, festival or film society right now.
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News & Opportunities: July 2020 roundup
Our regular monthly update featuring all the news and opportunities that matter for your cinema, festival or film society right now.
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Rotterdam 2013: Politics and Dreams
"Like all forms of art and culture, film has an intrinsic value that goes further than what the market is prepared to pay for it." - International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) catalogue
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New screens in cities, changes at City Screen
Last night saw the opening of two new independent cinema screens in London, as the Barbican opened the doors to its swanky new Cinemas 2 & 3, complete with a ribbon cutting from Vivienne Westwood. With a cafe at street level, this development significantly ups the visibility of the art centres film offer, which has previously been notoriously hard to find.