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Christopher Nolan and Steve McQueen pen letter to Rishi Sunak pleading for more UK cinema funding

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The Sunday Times, saying that cinemas are now 'on the edge of an abyss' due to the devastating effect of the coronavirus pandemic.

Bar a brief period of reopening for some screens over the summer, as lockdown measures in the UK were eased, the vast majority of cinemas were closed for most of 2020. Read more: No Time To Die could be pushed back to November“There is no doubt that if supported to survive, the sector will recover and once again thrive.

But the need for direct financial support is pressing,” the letter reads. “We recognise the support that government has already been able to provide.

But we fear that this will not be enough, with the challenges being most acute for those larger cinema operators who have not been able to access.

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