A series of free cinema screenings have been announced in the Liverpool City Region.
The discounted tickets are part of a project to bring new audiences to film screenings. Escapes, supported by the British Film Institute, has said one film will be selected every month for a free screening in a range of UK cinemas, with 15,000 free tickets up for grabs across the country.
It has pledged to showcase the “beauty and charm” of independent cinemas and “hidden gems" currently previewing as part of this "mission'" Three cinemas in the Liverpool City Region will be taking part.
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It has selected sports drama The Iron Claw for the first film, which will be shown across its partnered cinemas on the evening of Monday, February 5. Starring Zac Efron, Jeremy Allen White and Harris Dickinson, it tells the true story of the inseparable Von Erich brothers who make history in the intensely competitive world of professional wrestling in the early 1980s. All screenings of the film with Escapes will be presented with descriptive subtitles on screen.
FACT on Wood Street in Liverpool city centre will be showing the film at 5.45pm, while The Light at Marine Point, New Brighton, has a screening at 8pm. Reel Widnes will show the film at 7.30pm.
For more information, you can visit Escape’s website here.
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