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Dimensions partners with film industry to urge UK cinemas to become autism friendly

By Film Hub South West

Dimensions, the national autism and learning disability support provider which pioneered autism friendly initiatives in cinemas nationwide, has ramped up their partnership with the…

This Way Up 2018: Is the idea of a silent cinema audience outdated?

By Film Hub South West

Are noisy audiences disrespecting the artform or is it simply a part of that shared collective experience? There’s nothing like watching a film with…

Into Film Festival

Now in its sixth year, 2018 saw the Into Film Festival introduce 30,000 young people went to the cinema for the very first time.

‘Out at the Cameo’ was a project delivered by Picturehouse at the Cameo cinema, aimed to recruit and train a group of young people to give them the skills and confidence to establish and programme a new LGBTQ+ strand at the cinema.

A Wall Is A Screen: Leith

A Wall Is A Screen: Leith was a free guided short film walk with films projected onto the exterior of buildings after dark.

Three resources for film exhibitors from Film Research

By Film Hub Midlands

A free library of hundreds of reports, research documents, toolkits, and data sets – now available in one place for the first time, indexed, and searchable.

Audience at We Are Parable event in London

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.

Bringing Film to the Westerly Edge

To develop inclusive cinema serving rural/isolated audiences on the Isle of Tiree, the most westerly of the Inner Hebrides. Tiree has a population of 650 and the nearest cinema is 4 hours away on a ferry. The project was initiated by Jen Skinner in December 2015 using an old projector in the cattle market.

Case Study

Glitch Film Festival: powerful film by LGBTIQA+ people of colour

GLITCH Film Festival is vital, ground-breaking and unique. Our programming focus centres around LGBTIQA+ people of colour. It encompasses either films/artists moving image created by LGBTIQA+ people of colour on any subject or films that feature/document LGBTIQA+ people of colour made by directors of any identity.

Dementia friendly screenings: A guide for cinemas

By Toki Allison

Sharing the best practice from the pioneers in the provision of dementia friendly screenings to encourage other cinema exhibitors to give Dementia Friendly Cinema Screenings a go