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theguardian.com/film/2024/de…
The cinema experience is on the up and 2025 looks likely to be a bumper year. Yet Lewisham doesn’t have a single cinema since the closure of our beloved Catford Mews. What’s going on @LewishamCouncil?
@CatfordMews
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Am sure Starmer/the Government will now rush out with rescue plans, support, and help for impacted workers, as should be the case.
Creative industry workers have had zero support. We get a brief mention in Parliament but @DCMS haven't reached out to help us.
@lisanandy Why?
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all I can say is, you and me are one bad unforeseen circumstance away from being in their shoes.
I see myself in every human struggling to exist under the crushing weight of capitalism. (8/8
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This won't be news to producers who live it everyday but it helps highlight how unsustainable the current system is. We need to look at how tech and pharma approach R&D and see how we can learn from that to implement a new development system in film and TV.
SPA is calling for industry-wide reform for development funding and IP rights arrangements after a member survey revealed unsustainable financial pressures during the development phase of film and television projects.
Read the full findings here: ow.ly/WYar50Uezk9
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Everyone needs to book @shittheatre What's Left of Us @sohotheatre right now. Massive trigger warnings for grief but properly brilliant stuff.
"We are not afraid of ashes. Ashes are the proof that fire was."*
*I might be paraphrasing slightly. Just go see for yourself.
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2025 @sohotheatre tickets now on sale: sohotheatre.com/events/or-wh…
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If Liz truss lives to 96 she will have spent more days at the cenotaph than in Downing Street
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Now just sit back, relax, and wait for that sweet sweet trickle down economics to take effect .. 💰
That really would be great
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Max Winkler nails exactly what the major issue is for indie film at the moment:
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