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Welcome to the Ipswich Film Theatre web-site. We are a community-based two screen cinema situated in the Corn Exchange in King Street, Ipswich.
IFT specialises in independent and world cinema. It presents films for people who are looking for something different from the mainstream Hollywood/multiplex experience.
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Film Course Starts Tues Feb 28
Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Film* (* But were afraid to ask!) Starting Tues 28 Feb at 7.30pm for 4 weeks Back by popular demand, Everything You Always Wanted… is the film course which takes the pain out of understanding films in a roller-coaster ride through the ins and outs, the highs and [...] -
National Theatre Live – Travelling Light
National Theatre Live – Travelling Light Screened in Cinema One on Thursday February 9 2012 at 7pm (Please note the earlier start time) The award-winning Antony Sher returns to the National Theatre to star in this new play by Nicholas Wright. In a remote village in Eastern Europe, around 1900, the young Motl Mendl is [...] -
NT Live at IFT
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Special Event: An Evening With The British Board of Film Classification
Presented by BBFC examiner John Wagland. Running time 90 mins approx Thursday May 12 at 7.30pm For a cinema-goer, the British Board of Film Classification exercises a strong influence over what you can & can’t see on screen or DVD. With its decisions often a source of controversy (from video nasties to the recent complaints [...] -
IFT – February/March Programme
It’s awards season. Golden Globes, BAFTAs, Oscars, there are so many shiny prizes to be shared between so many great films that it’s difficult to know what to watch first. In an effort to help you solve this dilemma, we have brought our February/March programme out early. Get your diaries out and make a date [...] -
We Are What We Are
The more things change, the more they stay the same. Confusion reigns over the future of the British film industry. So what’s new? Culture minister Ed Vaizey has announced that the British Film Institute has been given the responsibility for financing or rather helping to finance British movies. He’s even given them more money to [...] -
Film-making advice from David Cameron?
So, apparently our Prime Minister David Cameron believes that the British Film Industry should make more films like Harry Potter. What does he mean by this? Does he want more films about boy wizards? Or films about remote boarding schools in Scotland or more films about good young people battling evil demons from beyond the [...] -
Respecting our cinematic heritage
Looking through the Radio Times the other day, searching the film guide pages for some well-reviewed gem to improve my film education, it suddenly struck me how few classic films are on the box these days. Film publications are full of lists – ‘best of’ lists are a marvellous way to stimulate debate and fill [...] -
Supporting the supporting casts
Thinking about last week’s blog in which we talked about the importance of supporting British cinema, it occurred to me that British actors have long had an incredibly important role in world cinema. It’s not just stars like Cary Grant, Richard Burton or Anthony Hopkins who have fled these shores to take centre-stage in Hollywood [...] -
Supporting British cinema
Apologies for the lack of updates on the blog front lately. Holiday, ten days at the Cambridge Film Festival and pressure of work have all meant that I have been away from my computer for longer than I had intended. There has been quite a shake-up in the film world since last we spoke. The [...]