Knowledge / experience Archives - Page 20 of 27

Strange Worlds, Changing Utopia, Victoria Park Productions

Strange Worlds, Changing Utopias Film Season was an originally curated season celebrating archive film and dynamic new stories exploring the pressing issues of our past, present and future. The season aimed to respond to the most important issues facing society today: people and the ever changing relationship to our environment.

7 principles to ensure an inclusive recovery

By National

We Shall Not Be Removed has worked in partnership with Ramps on the Moon, Attitude is Everything, Paraorchestra, and What Next? to create a new guide for the arts and entertainment sectors to support disability inclusion.

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.

Into Film: No Barriers to Cinema for young d/Deaf audiences

A doubleheader of educational special events from Into Film celebrating language, communication and d/Deaf cultural identity.

BFI FAN New Releases 2019/20 summary evaluation report

By National

From Summer 2019 to Spring 2020, BFI FAN supported a further four New Releases as part its ongoing work to help exhibitors across the UK engage with more diverse audiences, and programme more titles that might be perceived as being ‘risky’ or ‘too challenging’.

Switching to a digital release: System Crasher

Everything was in place for 606 Distribution’s System Crasher… and then lockdown happened.

Into Film: Programming ideas for families, children and young people

By Into Film

Cinemas are re-opening, but it is still the summer holidays. As such, Into Film have created a curated list of titles which may prove useful for BFI FAN venues to consult in reference to upcoming programming to attract children, families and young audiences as they begin to return to cinemas across the UK.

Leytonstone Loves Film

Leytonstone Loves Film was a two-day celebration of film taking place at the end of September 2019. It was commissioned by London Borough of Waltham Forest and produced by the Barbican leading a consortium of film organisations to celebrate International Film culture and explore the unique cinema legacy of the local community and environment. There were two days of family programming, including screenings of multiple shorts and features as well as workshops and activities.

What does film exhibition look like for the rest of 2020?

By National

With summer blockbuster release dates in a constant state of flux, we spoke to Joan Parsons of Queen’s Film Theatre and Kenji Lloyd of Altitude Films to find out how these changes are affecting exhibitors and indie distributors alike.

Oska Bright Film Festival: Moving the learning disability film festival online during lockdown

By National

Many film events and festivals have had to adapt since the COVID-19 outbreak, but for the Oska Bright Film Festival, the leading learning disability film festival in the world, the lockdown brought a host of unique challenges.