Coup 53 Returns to IFT At Home
4 January 2021
After an unplanned hiatus, Taghi Amirani and Walter Murch's documentary, COUP 53, returns to IFT At Home. This BAFTA and OSCAR qualifying documentary will be available to rent at home for a limited time from 8th January. … While making a documentary about the CIA/MI6 coup in Iran in 1953, Iranian…
Happy New Year from the IFT team!
31 December 2020
It's impossible to start any New Year's message without a heartfelt thank-you to all our customers who have purchased tickets in our virtual cinemas, donated valuable funds and sent messages of support throughout 2020. This year has seen us all experience extraordinary circumstances, and while…
IFT Receives Support Through the Culture Recovery Fund This Christmas
21 December 2020
Ipswich Film Theatre is one of more than 200 independent cinemas across England that are being supported this Christmas with £16 million in grants from the Government’s £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund. 202 cinemas have received funding so far from a £30 million pot allocated by the British Film…
IFT Partners with Glasgow Film Festival for 2021
10 December 2020
UPDATE: Due to the lockdown restrictions affecting most of Scotland, and the rest of the UK, Glasgow Film Festival 2021 (GFF21) will now take place online only, on the festival dates: 24 February to 7 March. … Plans to show in-cinema screenings of selected titles will be reviewed by GFF’s…
A Tribute to Sean Connery
8 December 2020
This month we celebrate the late Sir Thomas Sean Connery, who passed away in October 2020, aged 90. Connery made his uncredited debut in 1954 musical, LILACS IN THE SPRING, and went on to grudgingly enjoy four decades of stardom. Between 1962 and 1967 he played James Bond in five extraordinarily…
Score Masters: A Celebration of Music in Film
8 December 2020
February marks the birthday month of film composers John Williams and the late Jerry Goldsmith, and we're celebrating with a special weekend of films devoted to the work of both artists. SCORE MASTERS: JOHN WILLIAMS & JERRY GOLDSMITH commences a regular strand bringing the art of film scoring…
We Reopen on January 1st... Happy New Year!
7 December 2020
Ipswich Film Theatre is reopening on 1st January 2021. After a long and difficult year the acclaimed independent cinema in Ipswich’s Town Hall is finally reopening its doors with a programme of extraordinary new and classic films to celebrate the breadth of cinema from around the world. The IFT is…
