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Building a Digital Special for Pilot Light TV Festival

Season 5 of Pilot Light TV Festival was due to hit the big screen in May 2020, then COVID-19 hit, and a journey to take over the small screen began…

BFI Flare: London LGBTIQ+ Film Festival announces dates and format for 2021

By National

BFI Flare: London LGBTIQ+ Film Festival reveals plans for the 35th edition of the Festival from 17th- 28th March 2021.

Build Your Own Film Night

Flatpack has developed a series of workshops to give young people the tools and knowledge to build their own film night!

Inclusive Cinema tasks cinemas to take anti-racist action with launch of new toolkit

By National

The BFI Film Audience Network’s Inclusive Cinema has launched a practical guide for improving the cinema experiences of ethnically diverse audiences, and staff, which challenges institutions to make good on their Black Lives Matter and anti-racism statements from 2020.

CineQ Queer Film Festival

Starting as a community cinema operating in Birmingham, CineQ seeks to grow appetites and audiences for Queer and LGBTQIA+ films whilst champion New Queer Cinema in the region – with a focus on the perspectives of Queer Trans and Intersex People of Colour (QTIPOC)
CineQ has now grown into a two day festival supported by BFI FAN Film Hub Midlands.

Revisit This Way Up 2020

By National

Did you miss this year’s This Way Up? Don’t worry, now you can re-watch all the sessions.

This Way Up 2020: The need for diversifying British Film Culture

By National

Vicki Brown writes for The Bigger Picture about the main takeaways from This Way Up 2020’s session on Diversifying British Film Culture.

How can exhibitors welcome disabled audiences once cinemas re-open?

By National

How can exhibitors welcome disabled audiences once cinemas begin to reopen? Lockdown provides a prime opportunity for venues to reflect and improve access during UK Disability History Month.

This Way Up announces event highlights for 2020

By Film Hub Scotland

With two weeks to go until the digital edition of This Way Up 2020 on 1-3 December, the event has announced some event highlights to get attendees excited.

Collective: Connecting more people to great films

By Film Hub South West

In Northern Ireland, a scheme called Collective was initiated, designed to “showcase the collective nature of our network, and the collective power of exhibition, distribution and production working together”.