Mencap: Oska Bright Film Festival 2024 – film reviews
Our community group of people with a learning disability took a look at four films which are being shown as part of the Oska Bright 2024 Film Festival. Watch these short films below.
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Working with Volunteers – A Guide for Community Cinemas
This document was created by Cinema For All in partnership with Regional Screen Scotland
Film Hub South West: Guide to Working With Volunteers
A good practice guide, developed by Film Hub South West, to running professional volunteering programmes for both new and existing initiatives.
Cinema For All – support and learning
Cinema For All is the national charity for the support and development of community cinema, helping more than 1600 community cinemas and film societies across the UK.
Why are there so few accessible LGBTQ+ venues
Article on the Leonard Cheshire website. Being both Disabled and a member of the LGBTQIA* community brings additional challenges. Still, one of the most frustrating is the distinct lack of accessible queer spaces and venues.
The Unwritten: It’s Time to Make All Queer Spaces Accessible
Article on theunwritten.com
How bars can create safe spaces for queer communities
To foster welcoming environments for LGBTQ+ staff and customers, the bar industry must do more than merely pay lip service to inclusivity. Amy Hopkins speaks to experts who have been pioneering ways in which that can be achieved.
10 Tips to Make Your Venue More Inclusive for LGBTQ+ Tourism
Article on tiqets.com
A history of LGBTQ+ representation in film
An article on stacker.com Depictions of queer and trans people have been present in the film medium since its inception more than 100 years ago, but due to censorship and varying degrees of prejudice against the LGBTQ+ community at different points in time, onscreen representation has a long, complicated, and often coded history.
A Short History Of LGBTQ+ Cinema
An article on Freesat.co.uk Over the last century, film and TV have become a huge part of our culture and a vital medium for entertainment and telling stories. While not always obvious, the stories of queer and trans people have always been a part of the history of cinema, but the evolution of LGBTQ+ representation … More
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