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The Art Deco Rio cinema in Dalston
- Credit: Rio cinema.wikimedia commons
Treasured independent cinemas, from the Rio in Dalston to the Phoenix in East Finchley, have been thrown a lifeline government grant.
A total of £16 million was awarded to 202 small scale picture houses by the Culture Recovery Fund, including the Close Up in Shoreditch (£23,270) , the Arthouse Crouch End (£71,391), the Barbican (£92,750), the Lexi in Kensal Rise (£162,000) and The Castle in Hackney. (£369,911)
Part of the bailout is a safety grant to help venues become Covid-secure, while the rest is a to shore up their finances and help them survive the pandemic. Many, like the Phoenix which opened in 1912 as the East Finchley Picturedrome and is the oldest continuously run cinema in the UK, are run as community cinemas by a charity.
The Art Deco Rio cinema in Dalston
- Credit: Rio cinema.wikimedia commons
Treasured independent cinemas, from the Rio in Dalston to the Phoenix in East Finchley, have been thrown a lifeline government grant.
A total of £16 million was awarded to 202 small scale picture houses by the Culture Recovery Fund, including the Close Up in Shoreditch (£23,270) , the Arthouse Crouch End (£71,391), the Barbican (£92,750), the Lexi in Kensal Rise (£162,000) and The Castle in Hackney. (£369,911)
Part of the bailout is a safety grant to help venues become Covid-secure, while the rest is a to shore up their finances and help them survive the pandemic. Many, like the Phoenix which opened in 1912 as the East Finchley Picturedrome and is the oldest continuously run cinema in the UK, are run as community cinemas by a charity.