Awareness / attitudes Archives - Page 11 of 28

This Way Up 2021: Every Place Has a Story to Tell: Developing Audiences for Regional Film

By National

The This Way Up 2021 session covered Film Hub NI’s film touring programme Collective, celebrating Irish filmmaking, and a presentation from Film Hub Wales about their exciting project Made in Wales which is centred around developing Welsh audiences for Welsh made and Welsh language cinema.

A group of 7 smiling people stand outside of a cinema for a group photo.

Cromarty Community Cinema – New Navigations

Cromarty Cinema’s Young Programmers and two mentors developed a special season focused on Black Scottish history ‘straightening our history’ and women ‘stories of resilience’ of overcoming barriers.

New website Accessible Screenings UK allows exhibitors to showcase their inclusive screenings

By National

Accessible Screenings UK is a new listing site to help members of the public find information on exhibitors that put on accessible screenings.

A well lit cinema scene, with a presentation on the screen. people are sat watching one seat apart, wearing masks. a person stands at a podium, we look on as if sat in the back row. over the backs of heads they stand lit, commanding the room.

This Way Up 2021: Forthcoming Attractions With Delphine Lievens

By Film Hub South West

Closing the conference Delphine Lievens, Head of Distribution at Bohemia Distribution, presented a slate of optimism for cinemas. “We’ve still got a way to go,” she began, “but we’re going in the right direction.”

#NotYourPorn and BFI FAN host charity screening of Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn to raise awareness of intimate image abuse

By Film Hub London

Held at The Cinema in the Arches at Battersea Power Station, the screening helped raise awareness of intimate image abuse in the UK.

This Way Up 2021 full programme announced

By National

Ahead of This Way Up 2021 next week, the annual conference for people working in UK film exhibition, the full programme has been unveiled. …

Community-run cinema events reconnect Welsh neighbourhoods post-Covid

By Film Hub Wales

In village halls, libraries, rural arts centres and urban community spaces across Wales, community and volunteer run cinema events are reuniting local people safely through big screen experiences.

Why exhibitors shouldn’t be afraid of programming cinematic sexual narratives

By National

Writing for The Bigger Picture, film programmer Thea Berry writes about the narrative purpose of sex in cinema, why programmers shouldn’t be afraid of booking explicit content and the taboo-busting films that have come before.

Article

Caption This Cinema seeks to make UK cinema experiences more accessible

By National

Accessibility advocate Charlotte Little has combined her advocacy for accessible cinema experiences with her passion for curation and programming to develop a brand new pop-up cinema: Caption This Cinema (CTC).

London East Asia Film Festival 2020

The London East Asia Film Festival is the capital’s most celebrated champion of East Asian cinema, extending a hand across cultures through the dynamics of story-telling.