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FILM CAMP is returning to Flatpack Festival this May!

By Becky Clarke

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…

BFI FAN Reflections celebrates four years of innovation in the exhibition sector

By National

Set up in 2012 with the support of National Lottery funding, the BFI Film Audience Network (BFI FAN) has supported a stronger and more connected approach to growing audiences for UK and international film on the big screen. 

Birmingham Bangla Film Festival community screenings

The Birmingham Bangla Film Festival had the opportunity to expand greatly and more deeply into the diverse socially excluded Asian and other communities in the West Midlands outside the main festival period.

BFI awards over £15.2 million to 11 UK-wide strategic partners to boost creative talent

By Film Hub South West

The new BFI funding will aim to grow cinema audiences, engage 16 to 25 year olds and support talent development across the UK’s nations and England’s regions over three years.

Off Y Grid

In 2016, Film Hub Wales approached venues across North Wales to develop a project designed to reduce isolation, build creative infrastructure and generate buzz around British independent and international films.

This Way Up 2022: Defying and (re)Defining: how genre programming is claiming its spot in the limelight

By Film Hub South West

Neil Hepburn writes how genre cinema is making a come-back with This Way Up 2022 guests Melissa Gueneau (Programmer, Mayhem Film Festival and Warwick Arts Centre), Andrew Partridge (Founder, Scotland Loves Anime) and Nia Edwards-Behi (Co-director, Abertoir Horror Festival) with chair Manon Euler (Programmes Manager, Film Hub Midlands) discussing its resurgence.

This Way Up 2022: Calling All Members

By National

From This Way Up 2022 at DCA Dundee, Paul Gallagher writes for The Bigger Picture on the ‘Calling All Members’ panel where the latest methods that independent cinemas are using to attract new audience members were discussed.

Short Film Day: Encounters Presents In Shorts Are Monsters

By National

This International Short Film Day (21 December), Encounters presents a curated package of chilling contemporary international short films to accompany the BFI season ‘In…

Cinema Rediscovered 2022 touring packages now available to book

By Film Hub South West

Three touring packages will launch at the 6th edition of Cinema Rediscovered and are now available to book from August courtesy of Park Circus.

This Way Up 2022 programme focuses on celebrating the value of UK cinema whilst exploring future challenges

By National

UPDATED: The full This Way Up 2022 programme is now live. From anime to AI, two days of inspiring sessions and speakers will help us to reflect on where we are, and energise us for what’s ahead.