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How can exhibitors welcome disabled audiences once cinemas re-open?

By National

How can exhibitors welcome disabled audiences once cinemas begin to reopen? Lockdown provides a prime opportunity for venues to reflect and improve access during UK Disability History Month.

This Way Up announces event highlights for 2020

By Film Hub Scotland

With two weeks to go until the digital edition of This Way Up 2020 on 1-3 December, the event has announced some event highlights to get attendees excited.

Collective: Connecting more people to great films

By Film Hub South West

In Northern Ireland, a scheme called Collective was initiated, designed to “showcase the collective nature of our network, and the collective power of exhibition, distribution and production working together”.

Beyond Boundaries 360

Beyond Boundaries: A free skills development opportunity aimed at individuals based in the South West who are under-represented in the cinema sector (particularly people of colour, disabled people, LGBTQI+ people, women and those from low socio-economic backgrounds) interested in putting on film screenings.

Event: Audiences beyond the multiplex: understanding the value of a diverse film culture

By National

On 2-3 March 2021, the Art and Humanities Research Council are hosting a two-day virtual conference on the diversity of film audience experience in the UK.

One week left for independent cinemas in England to apply to the Culture Recovery Fund

By National

Last chance for independent cinemas to apply for funding!

Film London’s Microwave scheme unveils two new releases

By Stefanie Rodgers

Film London’s Microwave scheme, in partnership with BBC Film and BFI, has helped produce two recent releases – Verve Pictures’ Body of Water and Bulldog Film’s Looted.

Dial F For Freelancer: Taking freelance support into our own hands

By National

With the launch of the Dial F For Freelancers scheme, Toki Allison, FAN Access Officer and Freelance Access & Audiences Consultant writes about why film exhibition and distribution freelancers are so crucial to the sector.

How audio description (AD) can help make titles and venues even more accessible

By National

This World Sight Day (8 October), Megan Mitchell of Matchbox Cine writes about the importance of audio description (AD) tracks for blind audience members, and why by not including them venues and distributors are potentially ignoring 2 million customers.

Cineworld/Picturehouse closure: Independent venues and distributors discuss the impact on the UK exhibition sector

By National

With the closure of Cineworld’s 127 sites and Odeon scaling back its operations in the UK, The Bigger Picture speaks to independent venues and distributors to discuss the impact on the UK exhibition sector.