audiences | The Bigger Picture

July 18, 2023

New resource pack available to cinemas from Oska Bright Film Festival

By National

Brighton’s Oska Bright Film Festival, the world’s leading festival for films made by or featuring people with learning disabilities or autism, has issued a free resource for the cinema sector, Welcoming Learning Disabled Audiences Back, which is part of its wider Welcome Back support programme. The short information pack includes insights into the needs of learning disabled audiences and tips on welcoming them into cinemas.

April 21, 2023

FILM CAMP is returning to Flatpack Festival this May!

By National

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…

June 11, 2020

Why we need to talk about Black audiences returning to cinemas

By National

With Black, Asian and other ethnic groups being more likely to die from Covid-19, We Are Parable ask: where are the additional measures and guidelines we need to ensure our audiences are protected and safeguarded when they go to the cinema?

March 25, 2020

COVID-19: Online independent title opportunities for FAN members

By Toki Allison

If you’re missing the opportunity to talk to and curate for your audiences, we have some online opportunities that you can use in order to continue engaging with your audience.

Audience at We Are Parable event in London

September 28, 2018

A move towards creating inclusive cinema culture…

By Toki Allison

inclusivecinema.org is a digital resource that brings together existing best practice guidance, articles and opinion pieces, research and data and case studies.

September 26, 2018

Film Culture in the era of Netflix

By Film Hub South West

Mark Cosgrove (Cinema Curator, Watershed) on the importance of cinemas in shaping film culture and driving audiences for films throughout their commercial life span and beyond.