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The Brussels-based International Union of Cinemas (UNIC), which represents European cinema’s main trade associations, is launching an appeal for more government support to face an estimated 70.6% drop in total 2020 box office grosses across Europe, which it says accounts … Continued
Alongside its Covid response programme, Theatres Trust has continued to support and advocate for theatres on its Theatres at Risk Register, which it publishes each year, highlighting buildings with significant architectural merit and strong community value or potential. Notwithstanding the … Continued
“Dear Comrades!” is inspired by a true story: It takes place over a few days in 1962 in the city of Novocherkassk, Russia, where the Khrushchev Kremlin has just announced hikes in food prices at the same time that industrial … Continued
In an age where representation in art and culture matters more than ever, the cinema-focused digital platform and archive Habibi Collective rises to the occasion by placing independent movies by female filmmakers from South-West Asia and North Africa on centre … Continued
Georgian filmmaker Dea Kulumbegashvili, whose powerful debut, ‘Beginning’, has a universal resonance, says that it is not only about looking at a woman in a marginalised community but also grasping the oppressive power dynamic which puts her on its periphery. … Continued
You may be wondering why, with cinemas closed, film releases delayed and an industry facing enormous challenges, we are still pushing ahead with our vision for a new Filmhouse. Edinburgh has the richest collection of architecturally stunning, purpose-built cultural buildings … Continued
A real Hollywood ending doesn’t always come from Hollywood; sometimes it comes from, gasp, the internet. Or in this case, the Internet Archive, which has stepped in at the 11th hour to save the Michelson Cinema Research Library. Lillian Michelson … Continued
Western New York is home to the only Refugee Film Festival in the United States. It starts Thursday night with the premiere of ‘Memory Is Our Homeland,’ a film documenting the little-known history of WWII Polish refugees in East Africa. … Continued
Revelations that Canadian director Michelle Latimer’s self-proclaimed Indigenous roots may be nonexistent — an inconvenient truth that led to her film “Inconvenient Indian” being pulled from Sundance — have become a rallying cry for the global Indigenous film collective that … Continued
Campbell High School math teacher Wesley Adkins preaches and teaches problem-based learning. He links his assignments to hands-on experience, like his latest lesson. “This project is really designed to be interdisciplinary to bring kids from all different academies together,” he … Continued