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December 9, 2021

This Way Up 2021: Every Place Has a Story to Tell: Developing Audiences for Regional Film

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The This Way Up 2021 session covered Film Hub NI’s film touring programme Collective, celebrating Irish filmmaking, and a presentation from Film Hub Wales about their exciting project Made in Wales which is centred around developing Welsh audiences for Welsh made and Welsh language cinema.

December 8, 2021

New website Accessible Screenings UK allows exhibitors to showcase their inclusive screenings

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Accessible Screenings UK is a new listing site to help members of the public find information on exhibitors that put on accessible screenings.

December 6, 2021

This Way Up 2021: Catch up on ‘BFI in Conversation with Mia Bays and Stuart Brown’

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On the first day of This Way Up 2021, Mia Bays, recently appointed as Director of BFI Film Fund and Stuart Brown, BFI Head of Programme and Acquisitions (standing in for Ben Luxford, BFI Head of UK Audiences), welcomed attendees at the conference for a conversation, rather than a presentation, about the organisation’s approach to the next 10-years of National Lottery funding.

November 26, 2021

This Way Up 2021 full programme announced

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Ahead of This Way Up 2021 next week, the annual conference for people working in UK film exhibition, the full programme has been unveiled. …

November 22, 2021

62 cinemas awarded over £6 million from UK government’s Culture Recovery Fund

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Hundreds of arts, heritage and cultural organisations across England will receive a share of £107 million from the additional £300 million announced by the Chancellor at March’s budget for the Culture Recovery Fund, including 62 cinemas that will received £6 million via the BFI.

November 9, 2021

Why exhibitors shouldn’t be afraid of programming cinematic sexual narratives

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Writing for The Bigger Picture, film programmer Thea Berry writes about the narrative purpose of sex in cinema, why programmers shouldn’t be afraid of booking explicit content and the taboo-busting films that have come before.

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November 8, 2021

Caption This Cinema seeks to make UK cinema experiences more accessible

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Accessibility advocate Charlotte Little has combined her advocacy for accessible cinema experiences with her passion for curation and programming to develop a brand new pop-up cinema: Caption This Cinema (CTC).