DORCHESTER S independent Plaza Cinema is to receive more than £100,000 in grant funding as part of the Government s Culture Recovery Fund to help it survive the Covid-19 pandemic. The cinema has been awarded £126,458 - allocated by the British Film Institute - to help meet the immediate costs of putting covid-secure measures in place to protect staff and audiences, as well as to protect the cinema s future. Adam Cunard, managing director at the Dorchester Plaza, said: “The Culture Recovery Fund has enabled Picturedrome cinemas and our teams to continue proudly serving the communities we love. Our traditional cinemas will remain the beacon of light and entertainment at the heart of the high street, a comforting glow in what have been challenging times for everyone.