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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Nadia Khomami Arts and culture correspondent

Make films shorter if you want them shown in cinemas, says Picturehouse director

A still from The Brutalist.
A still from The Brutalist, which has a runtime of 3 hours and 35 minutes. Photograph: TCD/Prod DB/Alamy

Directors should make shorter films if they want their work screened in cinemas, the head of one of the UK’s leading cinema and distribution companies has said.

Clare Binns, the creative director of Picturehouse Cinemas, made the comments after being named the recipient of this year’s Bafta award for outstanding British contribution to cinema, amid concern over steadily lengthening film runtimes.

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