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Hippodrome Silent Film Festival Online Edition

The Hippodrome Silent Film Festival (HippFest, est’d 2011) – Scotland’s first and only festival of silent cinema centred in Scotland’s oldest cinema.

EVENT: FAN Conversations #3: After 2020’s anti-racism pledges, where are we now?

By National

The next FAN Conversation event will be held at 10am on Monday 7th February and will focus on the work arts venues and cinema have done to back up their anti-racist pledges following the Black Lives Matter protests in 2020.

Newly released Welsh film ‘Save The Cinema’ focuses on Carmarthenshire’s Lyric Theatre

By Film Hub Wales

Samantha Morton (Walking Dead) and Tom Felton (Harry Potter) star in a new independent Welsh film, ‘Save the Cinema’, which tells the true story of the fight to save Carmarthenshire’s Lyric Theatre.

TAPE and Invisible Women present Touched: A collection of films exploring lust, sex and desire

By National

BFI FAN members can celebrate the diversity and fluidity of desire with Touched, an alternative Valentine’s Day screening showcasing sensuous shorts by female and non-binary filmmakers.

Cinema Rediscovered – celebrating the return of the big screen experience

Cinema Rediscovered celebrated the return of the big screen experience in and around Bristol before going on a UK wide tour and online c/o MUBI.

Opinion: How Katia Pascariu’s performance in Bad Luck Banging tackles institutional misogyny

By National

Writing for The Bigger Picture, Beth Privitera looks at Katia Pascariu’s unwavering performance in Radu Jude’s Bad Luck Banging or Looney Porn.

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.

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.

Could your cinema host free school screenings as part of Into Film’s spring programme?

By National

Into Film is looking for FAN venues to host free schools screenings as part of their spring programme (8-25 March 2022).

Tickets for This Way Up 2021 now on sale

By Film Hub South West

Tickets for This Way Up, the annual conference for people working in UK film exhibition, are now on sale.