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Independent Cinemas in England Receive $838,000 From BFI Culture Recovery Fund

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Naman Ramachandran The British Film Institute (BFI) has released the first tranche of money from its £30 million ($38.6 million) Culture Recovery Fund, with £650,000 ($838,000) disbursed to 43 independent cinemas across England, U.K.

culture secretary Oliver Dowden announced Friday.The BFI grants are part of the U.K. government’s larger $1.9 billion lifeline for the arts sector that was announced in July.

They are being allocated by the BFI on behalf of the government’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS).More venues will receive cash in the coming weeks.“We all enjoyed the escapism of a good film during lockdown, but nothing beats the experience of the big screen,” Dowden said.

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