Case studies | The Bigger Picture

Fringe! Queer Film & Arts Fest: Shades of Queer

A new and unique strand of additional activity specifically focusing on queer and trans people of colour (QTPOC). Taking place in addition to the core festival programme, Shades of Queer consisted of 13 events across 6 venues in 3 London Boroughs, with a programme made up of relevant screenings and panels and Q&As.

In Place of War: CREATE Film Festival

A unique project that explores creativity in sites of conflict through the eyes of some of the world’s most daring and innovative filmmakers.

LOVE is all around

Love is All Around: An inspiring array of film screenings and supporting activity delivered across the UK during the key months of the BFI’s third Blockbuster season (October and December 2015).

MyFlatpack

A two-day workshop providing a unique insight into a film festival for young-people aged 16 – 24 and skills development in creating Vlogs and critically responding to film festival events.

Made in My Toun

A Scotland-wide tour of archive film screenings and special guests exploring what our towns and cities mean to us today

Reel Equality

Nottinghamshire film club, Reel Equality, counters the dominance of male-focused stories and tired female stereotypes in the mainstream film industry with monthly film screenings that tell diverse and interesting women-centred stories.

Shrewsbury Film’s Mid-Week Cinema

We aimed to test the market in Shrewsbury for year-round specialised films shown mid-week.

Adventures in Alternative Cinema

Adventures works with young people in Shropshire to explore cinema ‘beyond the multiplex’ and support new Young Programmer initiatives

Come the Revolution

Come the Revolution is a collective of black curators, programmers and creatives that have been supported by Film Hub SWWM over the past 18 months to develop their practice and deliver a series of screen events in Bristol and Birmingham exploring black lives, culture and identity.

Conversations About Cinema

Conversations About Cinema: Impact of Conflict (Jan – July 2015) opened up discussions through film screenings, events and online publishing.