Cinemas
Creation of a digital screen network; support for independent cinemas; and improving access to cinema for people with disabilities.
Fifteen million pounds of capital funding was delegated to the UK Film Council (now BFI) by the Arts Council of England, which is allocated as follows:
Digital Screen Network
The largest proportion has been used to create a network of screens dedicated to the exhibition of specialised films in locations across the UK where there is no such provision currently.
Capital funding for cinemas
This fund assists cinema operators to undertake and/or complete capital projects, particularly where the works are considered essential to the cinema's continued existence or of benefit to audiences that may currently be excluded (for example, by improving access for disabled cinemagoers).
Please note: no funding is currently available for cinemas.
