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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.

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.

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.

Inclusive Cinema: Deaf Awareness Week

By Film Hub South West

There are many ways in which cinemas and exhibitors can get involved to promote d/Deaf awareness from 2-8 May.

Image: Cinema Rediscovered 2021 at Watershed, Bristol c/o © Chelsey Cliff

Catch up on Cinema Rediscovered 2021!

By Film Hub South West

If you weren’t able to make it to Bristol for Cinema Rediscovered or missed the online events, you can catch up here!

Cinema – Where Curation, Culture and Communities Meet

By Film Hub South West

Held as part of AHRC funded research project, Beyond the Multiplex AHRC focused on the value of a diverse film culture. Watershed cinema curator Mark Cosgrove was invited to give one of the keynote addresses. He talked about how cinema can be a unique space where curation, culture and community converge.

Collective: Connecting more people to great films

By Film Hub South West

In Northern Ireland, a scheme called Collective was initiated, designed to “showcase the collective nature of our network, and the collective power of exhibition, distribution and production working together”.

WOFFF: How to host a watch-along

By Film Hub South West

Hosting a watch-along is a great way to stay connected with your audience but what if you’ve never hosted one before? Women Over 50 Film Festival director, Nuala O’Sullivan, hadn’t hosted one either – until recently. Here she outlines the key elements she considers each week as she puts together the WOFFF Watch-along and encourages you to set up your own watch-along.

Why cinema should be part of the arts ecology post-COVID-19

By Film Hub South West

There has been lots of debate about the impact of coronavirus on the film industry, but Mark Cosgrove, cinema curator of the Watershed, has been thinking about the long-term transformative impact of the pandemic on the sector.

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.