formerly Mad Cornish Projectionist.
Leading European executives have expressed fears for the future of documentaries in the cinema at this week’s Sunny Side of the Doc. Source: Do theatrical documentaries have a future in European cinemas? | News | Screen
Bafta has revealed new details about the £25m redevelopment of its London headquarters, 195 Piccadilly, as construction work on the project gets underway. Source: Bafta kicks off £25m redevelopment of its London headquarters | News | Screen
The National Lottery Cinema Day is expanding to over 250 cinemas in its second year, including a new commercial partnership with Odeon, the UK’s largest cinema chain. Source: UK’s National Lottery Cinema Day partners with Odeon as part of 2019 … Continued
After a slow start to this year’s box office in the UK, the sector is beginning to look up, with grosses boosted by a notably strong April and May. Source: UK box office bouncing back after tricky start to 2019 … Continued
Emerging markets, digital challenges, and the combined might of Disney and Fox dominated the conversation between distributors and exhibitors at CineEurope, the annual exhibition form held in Barcelona this week (June 17-20). Source: CineEurope 2019: the key talking points | … Continued
A planning application has been submitted to demolish the iconic 20th Century Fox building in Soho Square, London, which has stood as the studio’s UK headquarters since it was built in 1936–7. Source: Iconic 20th Century Fox building in London’s Soho … Continued