Each year, the Scalarama organisers produce a free printed newspaper that is available across the UK, featuring new articles on films and cinemas by those involved in the season. Check out online of the 2018 newspaper and previous editions below.
To pick up a printed copy of the 2018 newspaper, you can find them at these current stockists (keep checking back for updates). If you are a venue and want to request copies, please get in touch via hello@scalarama.com.
STOCKISTS
London: Fopp Covent Garden, Prince Charles Cinema, Curzon Soho, Curzon Bloomsbury
Liverpool: Baltic Social
Glasgow: Fopp Union Street, Fopp Byres Road, Mono Cafe Bar, Stereo Cafe Bar, The Old Hairdressers, Flying Duck, Hillhead Bookclub, NICE N SLEAZY, Broadcast, , Kinning Park Complex, GFT, Official 13th Note & The Seamore Neighbourhood Cinema
Leeds: Hyde Park Picturehouse
Lewes: Depot Cinema
Brighton and Hove: The Old Market
2018 Edition: Scala Cinema 1978 – 1993
It’s BACK! The Scalarama Newspaper returns with a bumper edition paying tribute to the Scala Cinema on its 40th anniversary. Plus the spirit of 1968 lives 50 years on with articles on key films from the year and how cinemas have paid tribute to that revolutionary period. Articles on Agnes Varda, including her 2008 manifesto “What to do?”, a look at new cinemas across the UK and an 8-page Anim18 pull-out zine.
Editied by Arjun Sajip. Design by Chris Jackson and Jonathan Spencer.
You can read the issue online below or by clicking here.
2017 Edition: Scalarama Bulletins
Instead of a printed newspaper, in 2017 Scalarama issued a couple of digital bulletins to help spread the word about organisers, the shared programme and the submitted listings.
Design by Chris Jackson and Jonathan Spencer.
You can read the bulletins online below or by clicking here.
2016 Edition: Admit All
Featuring the full listings of screenings across the UK, new articles on Psychomania, Out of Print and Spirit of the Beehive, words from our friends Into Film and Cinema For All, a leading provocation from Liverpool-based filmmaker Sandi Hughes and much much more – plus the London Underground as Films, and FREE popcorn!
Design by Chris Jackson and Jonathan Spencer.
You can read the issue online below or by clicking here.
2015 Edition: VOTE CINEMA!
The 2015 edition featured a leading provocation by Peter Strickland (Berberian Sound Studio, The Duke of Burgundy), included interviews with John Waters and Second Run DVD founder Mehelli Modi, focused on the core themes of this year’s season and covered amazing cinema initiatives from across the UK.
Design by Chris Jackson.
You can read the issue online below or by clicking here.
2014 Edition: Fill the Land with Cinemas!
2014’s 40-page edition, edited by Stanley Schtinter, featured contributions from filmmakers Martin Scorsese, John Waters, Jorg Buttgereit and Chris Petit, partners from the Scalarama network Reece Goddard (Certificate X), Christina Newland (Watergate Cinematek) and Nia Edwards-Behi (Abertoir) and writers Iain Sinclair, Jonathan Rosenbaum and Jarett Kobek amongst many others.
Design by Mike Leedham / 2D Design.
You can read the issue online below or by clicking here.