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The Cambridge Film Trust champions independent cinema, primarily in Cambridge and the Eastern region but also throughout the UK.  We deliver a broad portfolio of screenings, events and special seasons that enable audiences to engage with film culture in a challenging and creative way.

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Jan

26

Reel Revolution: a special season of Mexican films

Posted by admin, @ 6:54 pm, January 26, 2010

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To mark the centenary of the Mexican Revolution, the Cambridge Film Trust invites you to see three striking films at the Cambridge Arts Picturehouse in February and March 2010. Read the rest of this entry »

Dec

21

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The world-renowned Cambridge Film Festival will take place for the 30th time in September 2010, and we’d like you to help us make it the biggest and best ever by donating £30 to the Cambridge Film Trust, the registered charity that runs the Festival and other film events in Cambridge and across the UK.

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Dec

11

Free festive films coming to a shopfront near you!

Posted by admin, @ 5:20 pm, December 11, 2009

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As a festive treat, we’re presenting free screenings in an empty shopfront in 5 All Saints’ Passage in our historic city centre starting Tuesday 15 December.

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Nov

9

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In a continuation of our series of moving image work by contemporary Lebanese artists, ‘Cartes Postales: With Love from Beirut’, we’re screening a specially curated programme at the Arts Picturehouse on Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 November 2009. Read the rest of this entry »

Oct

29

African Film Festival opens tonight!

Posted by admin, @ 1:36 pm, October 29, 2009

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The 8th Cambridge African Film Festival (29 October - 8 November 2009) opens this evening with a special screening of SKIN (12A), directed by Cambridge’s very own Anthony Fabian.

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Oct

15

Light Up! Short Film Festival

Posted by admin, @ 3:40 pm, October 15, 2009

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The Trust is proud to be a partner of Light Up! Short Film Festival, a showcase of new and emerging talent in short film to be held at Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge on 23-24 October 2009.

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Jul

27

Listen to the Trust on 209radio now!

Posted by admin, @ 10:29 am, July 27, 2009

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Last Saturday the local 209radio show ‘Bums On Seats’ aired a piece about the restoration of the old Sawston cinema and PROJECTING THE PAST, a documentary detailing the history of cinema. The Cambridge Film Trust was interviewed as a part of the piece which is archived on the 209radio website for the next two weeks. Don’t miss out, listen now!

Jul

20

Footage of People’s Cinema Spectators

Posted by admin, @ 10:29 am, July 20, 2009

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Our resident photographer Tom Catchesides has captured some great footage of passers-by admiring our fantastic People’s Cinema project. It has proven to be quite a hit with the public, garnering coverage on BBC Look East, and this short clip demonstrates just how interested the people of Cambridge were in our screenings. Read the rest of this entry »

Jun

16

People’s Cinema filmed for BBC Look East

Posted by admin, @ 5:31 pm, June 16, 2009

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Last Thursday 11 June we launched our People’s Cinema project, turning an empty shop in central Cambridge into a unique cinema space.  BBC Look East interviewed our director, Tony Jones, and students from Long Road Sixth Form College involved in creating the magazine-style programme designed to entertain passers-by.

Watch the interview online

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Jun

3

Women’s View screenings at the Arts Picturehouse

Posted by admin, @ 11:23 am, June 3, 2009

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As part of Lucy Cavendish College Women’s Word Festival (13-28 June 2009), the Trust has programmed a special cinematic tribute to women’s love, image and vision called Women’s View.

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