Focus Areas: Young Audiences

Projects aimed at developing young audiences (under 30 years old) and/or co-produced with young people leaving a legacy of skills, confidence and enthusiasm for the sector.

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This Way Up 2022: Opening Up The Archive

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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.

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Exeter Phoenix: Young Audience Panel

In January 2021, Exeter Phoenix worked with a freelance Cinema Outreach Coordinator, Thea Berry, to work on an audience development project aimed at strengthening their visibility to, and to find new ways to reach, audiences under 25, and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic audiences.

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Beyond Boundaries 360

Beyond Boundaries: A free skills development opportunity aimed at individuals based in the South West who are under-represented in the cinema sector (particularly people of colour, disabled people, LGBTQI+ people, women and those from low socio-economic backgrounds) interested in putting on film screenings.

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Silent Film Revolution

Over the course of 2019 and 2020, South West Silents showcased the way that silent film could (and should) be correctly screened with the best restorations from around the world and the best musicians to play live alongside the films.

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