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Film Hub South West collaborated with BFI to support the regional release of ENYS MEN with enhanced marketing and a series of previews plus Q&As with the film’s BAFTA winning filmmaker Mark Jenkin, increasing its reach and enabling more audiences to enjoy a deeper engagement with this homegrown film.
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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.
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BFI National Lottery Open Cinemas is a new pilot activity which aims to boost attendance of new audiences at independent cinemas and grow engagement with independent film.
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The UK’s only independent cinema conference, This Way Up, has released the video and photographs from its 2022 edition at Dundee Contemporary Arts (DCA). The footage has been released alongside captioned videos of the conference’s sessions and speakers.
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Film Hub Wales has put together a selection of the most anticipated releases with Welsh connections coming to a cinema near you this year.
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Eleven community cinemas and venues in Northern Ireland will show this award-winning documentary as part of this spring’s Film Hub NI Collective Tour, which brings the best independent films to local places across the north. The tour starts at Roe Valley Arts and Cultural Centre in Limavady on Thursday 2 March and finishes at The Courthouse in Bangor on Wednesday 29 March.
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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.
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Supported by the BFI, awarding National Lottery funding, Borderlines Film Festival returns to 22 venues and cinema screens across Herefordshire, Shropshire, Malvern, and the Welsh Marches in its 21st consecutive edition.
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Writing for The Bigger Picture, Welsh-Pakistani writer Yasmin Begum talks about how Joyland, the next BFI FAN New Release title, is set to transform how Pakistani film is experienced across the UK.
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Join the Independent Cinema Office for Spring Screening Days 2023 – a hybrid event running at BFI Southbank, London and online!
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