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The National Museum of Photography, Film & Television has received a £1.93m grant towards its bid to build a 3-D IMAX screen. Amanda Nevill, Head of the NMPFT said:
"We are delighted and thrilled that the Arts Lottery has chosen to show its continued support for the Museum. It is absolutely right that having pioneered IMAX cinemas in Europe, the NMPFT is continuing to lead the way in this field in cinema technology."
Funding for the overall cost of the project - £2,783,000 - is being sought from a variety of sources, including the European Regional Development Fund.
"We have most of the funding we require and are just waiting for the final pieces of the jigsaw to fall into place," she added.
If successful the money will be used to re-equip the 15-year old IMAX cinema, with a new state-of-the-art projection system which will enable it to show both traditional 2-D and the revolutionary 3-D IMAX films.
The NMPFT pioneered the giant IMAX film format in Europe. Until 1997 it was the only cinema of its type in the UK able to screen the startlingly realistic films on its giant five-storey screen. IMAX is the world's largest film format and its unique films can only be shown in specially designed cinemas. The enhanced IMAX cinema will be completed in time for the NMPFT's reopening in spring 1999.
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 Dick Vaughan posted on Thursday, September 18, 2008 - 12:01 pm
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Well I couldn't let Jeff Smith have the record for dredging up the longest dormant thread so I thought I'd drag this up
Just 13 days shy of 10 years!! } |
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