Category: News & Events

30th April 2025 will mark the 50th anniversary of the end of the American war in Vietnam. To time with the anniversary, known as National Reunification Day in Vietnam, we are delighted to be bringing…

Director of Live Cinema UK Lisa Brook will be joining creators of SXSW award winning Grand Theft Hamlet Pinny Grylls and Sam Crane and production company Project 1961 as Creative Producer for Be the Players…

Live Cinema UK CEO, Lisa Brook looks to the future as she joins the British Council Film Team and says goodbye to our Managing Director, Liz Harkman, as she moves on to a new exiting opportunity.

Star Nhà Ease: Vietnamese Cinema presents a captivating collection of Vietnamese cinematic treasures, marking their debut to UK audiences.

A weekend of the very best film and live music events comes to Dewsbury Town Hall on 6 and 7 October 2023, featuring DJ Yoda and Anna Meredith.

A UK-Viet Nam collaboration will present the first UK-Viet Nam produced cine-concert experience using archive film with a live score this October

Our first immersive screening of Ghostwatch has sold out, so we’ve added a second screening for those who missed out.

DUST & METAL (CÁT BỤI & KIM LOẠI) offers an unorthodox perspective of Vietnam. Through a unique partnership with the Vietnam Film Institute to digitise rare archive film, this Vietnamese-British project funded by the British Council is an unmissable audio-visual live cinema experience. 

Live Xinema IV: a festival of research and innovation exploring the role of hybridity and liveness in the future of cinema took place on Wednesday 21st to Friday 23rd September 2022. Convened by the University…

We were thrilled to present our panel – HEADSETS MAKE US THROW UP – at SXSX 2022 in Austin, Texas.

We’re delighted to have received UK Global Screen Funding.

Here are some of our learnings and reflections from 2021. In the report below you'll find a list of our events, some figures and statistics about our activity and a few words from our Artistic…