News

2010

September

  • 2 September
    HONG SANGSOO ARRIVES IN THE UK

    Award-winning filmmaker Hong Sangsoo arrives in the UK for an on stage Q&A at the BFI Southbank for the first ever retrospective and regional tour of his work in the UK.
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August

  • 9 August
    EUROPA CINEMAS CALLS FOR NEW MEMBERS

    Cinemas which programme a significant number of European films can obtain financial support by becoming members of a European network supported by the MEDIA Programme: Europa Cinemas. The deadline for new members to join the network is 31 August 2010.
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July

  • 30 July
    COMMONS SELECT COMMITTEE LAUNCHES A NEW INQUIRY INTO THE FUNDING OF THE ARTS

    The Culture, Media and Sport Committee has launched a new inquiry and call for evidence into The Funding of the Arts and Heritage. The Committee is inviting written submissions and requesting views on spending cuts.
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  • 26 July
    CULTURE SECRETARY JEREMY HUNT ANNOUNCES PROPOSAL TO ABOLISH THE UK FILM COUNCIL

    A number of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport's 55 public bodies are set to be merged, abolished or streamlined as part of the Government's drive to cut costs and increase transparency, accountability and efficiency. One of the proposed changes is the abolition of the UK Film Council.
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  • 8 July
    RESCUE THE HITCHCOCK 9

    Hitchcock's 9 surviving silent films are a vital part of British cinematic history. Decades of wear and tear have left them in urgent need of restoration. The BFI needs you to bring these rare films back from the brink and into the digital age.
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June

  • 16 June
    A CENTURY OF CINEMA EXHIBITION: FROM SILENT SCREEN TO DIGITAL SCREEN

    Two-day event – Saturday 10 & Sunday 11 July 2010 – Phoenix Square, Leicester
    This event, hosted by the Cinema and Television History (CATH) Research Centre in DMU's Faculty of Humanities, will celebrate a century of cinema exhibition since the Cinematograph Act 1909, which was the first major legislation relating to moving pictures, came into force on 1 January 1910.
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  • 10 June
    BFI AND SHINE FESTIVAL UK WIDE YOUTH FILM SCREENING

    As part of Shine week BFI's Future Film are programming an exciting selection of short films made by talented young film makers to be shown at cinemas and screens all across the UK, all at the same time!
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  • 1 June
    PLAY YOUR PART IN SHAPING FUTURE SKILLS

    Skillset are conducting a survey into skills needs, experience of training and work patterns in the UK's Creative Media Industries, the results of which will determine future training support.
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May

  • 23 May
    HONG SANGSOO WINS UN CERTAIN REGARD

    Ha Ha Ha by Hong Sangsoo wins the Un Certain Regard Prize in Cannes. Look out for the ICO Hong Sangsoo retrospective in September 2010.
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  • 1 May
    NEW ICO CLIENTS - GULBENKIAN CINEMA, CANTERBURY & mac, BIRMINGHAM

    The ICO is pleased to announce that it will now be working with the Gulbenkian Cinema in Canterbury and the newly refurbished mac in Birmingham


March

  • 31 March
    ICO ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIP SCHEME

    The ICO is pleased to launch a new service to provide the UK independent cinema sector with access to specialist industry intelligence, expert programming support and exclusive networking and staff development opportunities.
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