Audience Engagement Archives - Page 13 of 28

New website Accessible Screenings UK allows exhibitors to showcase their inclusive screenings

By National

Accessible Screenings UK is a new listing site to help members of the public find information on exhibitors that put on accessible screenings.

A well lit cinema scene, with a presentation on the screen. people are sat watching one seat apart, wearing masks. a person stands at a podium, we look on as if sat in the back row. over the backs of heads they stand lit, commanding the room.

This Way Up 2021: Forthcoming Attractions With Delphine Lievens

By Film Hub South West

Closing the conference Delphine Lievens, Head of Distribution at Bohemia Distribution, presented a slate of optimism for cinemas. “We’ve still got a way to go,” she began, “but we’re going in the right direction.”

This Way Up 2021: Catch up on ‘BFI in Conversation with Mia Bays and Stuart Brown’

By National

On the first day of This Way Up 2021, Mia Bays, recently appointed as Director of BFI Film Fund and Stuart Brown, BFI Head of Programme and Acquisitions (standing in for Ben Luxford, BFI Head of UK Audiences), welcomed attendees at the conference for a conversation, rather than a presentation, about the organisation’s approach to the next 10-years of National Lottery funding.

#NotYourPorn and BFI FAN host charity screening of Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn to raise awareness of intimate image abuse

By Film Hub London

Held at The Cinema in the Arches at Battersea Power Station, the screening helped raise awareness of intimate image abuse in the UK.

This Way Up 2021 full programme announced

By National

Ahead of This Way Up 2021 next week, the annual conference for people working in UK film exhibition, the full programme has been unveiled. …

62 cinemas awarded over £6 million from UK government’s Culture Recovery Fund

By National

Hundreds of arts, heritage and cultural organisations across England will receive a share of £107 million from the additional £300 million announced by the Chancellor at March’s budget for the Culture Recovery Fund, including 62 cinemas that will received £6 million via the BFI.

Community-run cinema events reconnect Welsh neighbourhoods post-Covid

By Film Hub Wales

In village halls, libraries, rural arts centres and urban community spaces across Wales, community and volunteer run cinema events are reuniting local people safely through big screen experiences.

Why exhibitors shouldn’t be afraid of programming cinematic sexual narratives

By National

Writing for The Bigger Picture, film programmer Thea Berry writes about the narrative purpose of sex in cinema, why programmers shouldn’t be afraid of booking explicit content and the taboo-busting films that have come before.

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Caption This Cinema seeks to make UK cinema experiences more accessible

By National

Accessibility advocate Charlotte Little has combined her advocacy for accessible cinema experiences with her passion for curation and programming to develop a brand new pop-up cinema: Caption This Cinema (CTC).

Film Hub NI to tour Belfast-based film Nowhere Special around Northern Ireland

By Film Hub Northern Ireland

A special tour of Belfast based film Nowhere Special is being organised by Film Hub NI (FHNI) as part of its Collective programme which…