Rosie Bailey

cinema are committed to projecting 35mm screenings of films almost every Tuesday alongside their other digital offerings.

Student cinemas are funded by their students’ unions, but will often seek for supplemental funding elsewhere. In fact, York Student Cinema acquired their digital projector in 2014 after an extensive fundraising effort.

But the question is, will this funding be there forever? Almost everything to do with cinema exhibition is supported by funding and grants and the British Film Institute is mindful of this aspect. The newly appointed Executive Director of Public Programmes and Audiences, Jason Wood, spoke recently about how the BFI has had to learn how to operate on a basis that assumes that the vital funding they receive will not always be there, and it’s the same for most cinemas too.