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FILM CAMP is returning to Flatpack Festival this May!

By Becky Clarke

Film Hub Midlands has announced the return of FILM CAMP at the seventeenth Flatpack Festival in Birmingham so save the date – Thursday 18 May 2023! Film Camp is back to gather together film exhibitors from across…

Family audience sit on chairs and the floor looking at a screen behind the camera. Behind them is a string of coloured lights.

New Resource: Family Programming Beyond the Mainstream

By Film Hub London

Film London have published a brand new guide that will help FAN members meet the new priorities of the BFI’s Screen Culture 2033 Strategy….

Film Hub Scotland and The Skinny launch Indie Cinema Guide to boost independent cinemas across Scotland

By Film Hub South West

Film Hub Scotland and the Skinny have launched the Indie Cinema Guide, a publication to drive new audiences to independent cinemas across Scotland.

Enhanced marketing and South West tour of Enys Men

Film Hub South West collaborated with BFI to support the regional release of ENYS MEN with enhanced marketing and a series of previews plus Q&As with the film’s BAFTA winning filmmaker Mark Jenkin, increasing its reach and enabling more audiences to enjoy a deeper engagement with this homegrown film.

BFI FAN Reflections celebrates four years of innovation in the exhibition sector

By National

Set up in 2012 with the support of National Lottery funding, the BFI Film Audience Network (BFI FAN) has supported a stronger and more connected approach to growing audiences for UK and international film on the big screen. 

This Way Up 2022: Catch up on everything you missed with session videos

By Film Hub Scotland

The UK’s only independent cinema conference, This Way Up, has released the video and photographs from its 2022 edition at Dundee Contemporary Arts (DCA). The footage has been released alongside captioned videos of the conference’s sessions and speakers.

Discover the Welsh films coming to UK cinemas in 2023

By Film Hub South West

Film Hub Wales has put together a selection of the most anticipated releases with Welsh connections coming to a cinema near you this year.

Inclusive Cinema launches T.L.C.: a new podcast mini-series for trans curators, writers and thinkers within cinema exhibition

By Film Hub South West

Inclusive Cinema has launched a new T.L.C. (aka Tender Loving Care for Trans-Led/Trans-Loved Cinema) podcast resource is creating a space for the trans community and cis allies alike to celebrate, learn and share.

Film Hub NI announces tour of award-winning documentary ‘Lyra’

By Film Hub Northern Ireland

Eleven community cinemas and venues in Northern Ireland will show this award-winning documentary as part of this spring’s Film Hub NI Collective Tour, which brings the best independent films to local places across the north. The tour starts at Roe Valley Arts and Cultural Centre in Limavady on Thursday 2 March and finishes at The Courthouse in Bangor on Wednesday 29 March.

Birmingham Bangla Film Festival community screenings

The Birmingham Bangla Film Festival had the opportunity to expand greatly and more deeply into the diverse socially excluded Asian and other communities in the West Midlands outside the main festival period.