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Inclusive Cinema tasks cinemas to take anti-racist action with launch of new toolkit

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The BFI Film Audience Network’s Inclusive Cinema has launched a practical guide for improving the cinema experiences of ethnically diverse audiences, and staff, which challenges institutions to make good on their Black Lives Matter and anti-racism statements from 2020.

CineQ Queer Film Festival

Starting as a community cinema operating in Birmingham, CineQ seeks to grow appetites and audiences for Queer and LGBTQIA+ films whilst champion New Queer Cinema in the region – with a focus on the perspectives of Queer Trans and Intersex People of Colour (QTIPOC)
CineQ has now grown into a two day festival supported by BFI FAN Film Hub Midlands.

What will distribution in 2021 look like?

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As 2020 comes to an end with many of the year’s planned releases thrown into turmoil, Jack Bell looks ahead and how distribution could change in 2021.

Revisit This Way Up 2020

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Did you miss this year’s This Way Up? Don’t worry, now you can re-watch all the sessions.

BFI FAN Film Exhibition Fund awards over £750,000 to UK exhibitors to support diverse programming and bring back audiences

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National Lottery funding aims to re-engage audiences with collective, big screen film experiences

This Way Up 2020: New Year, New Cinema

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Reba Martin writes for The Bigger Picture about how the seventh edition of the This Way Up conference tackled the year’s unprecedented challenges and changes to the cinema industry.

Three Films Festival

A three-day short online short film festival showcasing films made for and by young people aged 15-25.

This Way Up 2020: The need for diversifying British Film Culture

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Vicki Brown writes for The Bigger Picture about the main takeaways from This Way Up 2020’s session on Diversifying British Film Culture.

Film Distributors’ Association launches A Season of Cinematic Goodwill

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As some cinemas re-open for the holiday season, the FDA is presenting a collection of Christmas titles that are now available to book – A Season of Cinematic Goodwill.

Culture, Community, Accountability, Resilience are Key Themes of This Way Up 2020

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This Way Up, the UK’s annual film exhibition conference, will focus on themes of Community, Culture, Accountability and Resilience for its first digital edition, taking place 1-3 December.