RELATED:The Screen Machine – a 78-seat, air-conditioned, digital mobile cinema service – has been bringing the latest films to over 40 remote communities in the Highlands and Islands since 1998. A new operator has since been appointed to run a temporary leased mobile cinema, using funding from Screen Scotland for one year. But as of April, the lease will expire, leaving the future of mobile cinema in the Highlands uncertain. RSS says it now desperately needs to raise the £1.4m to secure a replacement Screen Machine. The balance would then have to be covered by embarking on a “massive fundraising effort.”Find out more about the Screen Machine and their fundraising efforts here.

Source: The Times February 01, 2024 18:45 UTC