The National Film and Television School and the UK Cinema Association are pleased to announce a renewed commitment from the UKCA to support two new scholarships for students wishing to join the School’s popular Marketing, Distribution, Sales and Exhibition (MDSE) MA.
The recovery of the UK cinema sector post-pandemic reached another milestone over the weekend, as UK box office for 2022 surpassed that of 2021, with five months of the year still to go.
A study released this week by the UK Government's Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) has confirmed that there is no significant risk of COVID transmission in the cinema environment.
UPDATED: Latest figures from industry data company Comscore confirm the ongoing recovery of the cinema sector, with UK box office revenues 88 per cent up on the previous year.
Latest survey figures confirm eagerness amongst UK audiences to return to the big screen is at an all-time high, this as around 80 per cent of UK cinemas are planning to re-open when allowed from Monday 17 May.
Survey results released today by the cross-industry body Cinema First confirm that the UK public is more eager than ever to return to cinemas when they start to reopen next month, with 59 per cent citing the cinema as their most missed out-of-home entertainment activity.
The UK Cinema Association has warmly welcomed today's announcement of the appointment of Vue International founder and CEO Tim Richards as the new Chair of the British Film Institute (BFI).
The UK Cinema Association has warmly welcomed today's announcement by the Scottish Government of over £3.5 million of funding to independent cinemas in Scotland, the overwhelming majority of whom are Association members.
42 cinemas across England have today been confirmed as the first beneficiaries of the £30 million Culture Recovery Fund established to support independent venues during COViD-19.
The UK Cinema Association has welcomed today's announcement by cinema service company CinemaNext that the UK Digital Funding Partnership (DFP) - the grouping of smaller operators established by Association in 2010 to support the digitisation of smaller cinema operators - has now fully recouped on its VPF funding.