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Three FAN-supported projects receive FOCAL Award nominations

By Film Hub Scotland

Three FAN-supported projects have received FOCAL Award nominations – the Film Hub North supported Lost Connections, which has been nominated in the Best Short category – and two Film Hub Scotland projects – Launch! On the Sea with Scotland’s Lifeboats (2021), nominated for Best Use of Footage in a Factual or Natural World Production, and Living Proof – A Climate Story, a partnership between the National Library of Scotland’s Moving Image Archive and Film Hub Scotland, nominated in FOCAL’s Best Cinematic Feature category.

Wales Youth Festival Network/Wicked Wales

Wales Youth Festival Network (WYFN) is an informal network for supporting film festivals and venues across Wales to screen independent films to young audiences aged 15-26.

Welsh Cinemas to Explore the History of Slate and Slavery on Screen

By Film Hub Wales

A new film season from Film Hub Wales’ Made in Wales strand called ‘A Roof of Slate for Every House’ is coming to cinemas in 2022.

How Innovation Lab 2021 diversified cinema audiences and programming

This year’s (postponed) Innovation Lab focused on diversifying cinema audiences and programming through partnering venues with independent programmers who represented a wider diversity of experiences, cultures and heritages.

WATCH: FAN Conversations #4: Exploring the benefits of connecting with younger audiences

By National

Miss the latest FAN Conversation event? Watch it now on The Bigger Picture.

Reel Roots: Windrush – an exploration and celebration of Black British Caribbean stories and talent in cinema

By Film Hub Scotland

Film Hub Scotland is thrilled to announce Reel Roots: Windrush, an exciting new film tour of Scotland available May-June 2022.

Welsh Cinemas to develop D/deaf led film screenings for audiences with hearing loss

By Film Hub Wales

Film Hub Wales (FHW) and the Wales Council for Deaf People (WCDP) are working with seven Welsh cinemas, to establish D/deaf volunteer groups who will help to improve cinema experiences for audiences with hearing loss, in their local communities.

Film Feels CURIOUS applications are now open

By Film Hub North

Film Feels is back and this time they are feeling CURIOUS!

EVENT: 24 March – Film London Exhibitors’ Breakfast at Catford Mews

By Film Hub London

Join Film London for the next Exhibitors’ Breakfast, hosted by the Catford Mews in Lewisham, Borough of Culture 2022.

Exeter Phoenix: Young Audience Panel

In January 2021, Exeter Phoenix worked with a freelance Cinema Outreach Coordinator, Thea Berry, to work on an audience development project aimed at strengthening their visibility to, and to find new ways to reach, audiences under 25, and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic audiences.