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This Way Up 2022: Opening Up The Archive

By Film Hub South West

Over the last ten years, curatorial innovations and digital resources have radically transformed public engagement with moving image archive, giving new life to film collections. At DCA Dundee for This Way Up 2022, a panel spoke about how young audiences are discovering film heritage in a whole new light – Camilla Baier writes for The Bigger Picture about what was discussed.

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.

StoryTrails immersive storytelling project draws inspiration from the UK’s moving image archives

By National

StoryTrails, a new immersive storytelling project from StoryFutures Academy, brings ground-breaking experiences and interactive trails to audiences in 15 towns across the UK, unearthing untold stories and taking moving image from national and regional archives into a whole other dimension.

Made in Wales

Made in Wales celebrates films with Welsh connections through tailored advice and assets that add value to the film’s release.

Three FAN-supported projects receive FOCAL Award nominations

By Film Hub Scotland

Three FAN-supported projects have received FOCAL Award nominations including Living Proof – A Climate Story, a partnership between the National Library of Scotland’s Moving Image Archive and Film Hub Scotland, nominated in FOCAL’s Best Cinematic Feature category.

Welsh Cinemas to Explore the History of Slate and Slavery on Screen

By Film Hub Wales

A new film season from Film Hub Wales’ Made in Wales strand called ‘A Roof of Slate for Every House’ is coming to cinemas in 2022.

Applications for Changing Times’ Curious programme are now open

By Film Hub North

Funding is now available for archive film events investigating the unexplored and unexpected.

Hippodrome Silent Film Festival Online Edition

The Hippodrome Silent Film Festival (HippFest, est’d 2011) – Scotland’s first and only festival of silent cinema centred in Scotland’s oldest cinema.

Cinema Rediscovered – celebrating the return of the big screen experience

Cinema Rediscovered celebrated the return of the big screen experience in and around Bristol before going on a UK wide tour and online c/o MUBI.

Lost Connections launches on BFI Player and is still available for exhibitors to screen

By Film Hub North

BFI FAN are excited to announce that Lost Connections – a new, archive-based short from the BFI Film Audience Network – has launched on BFI Player and, as part of the New Directions season, UK film exhibitors can screen it online and in-venue for free.