In 2016 Film Hub Wales approached venues across North Wales to develop a project designed to reduce isolation, build creative infrastructure and generate buzz around British independent and international films. Galeri, Pontio, Theatr Ardudwy and CELLB responded, bringing expertise and new cinema experiences to audiences in Gwynedd.
Conversations About Cinema: Impact of Conflict (Jan – July 2015) opened up discussions around a universal theme through film screenings, events and online publishing. It connected audiences, cinemas and partners across the BFI Film Audience Network, focusing on South West & West Midlands, Wales and Northern Ireland.
CREATE Film Festival was a project from multi-award winning organisation In Place of War, that looked at creativity in sites of conflict through the eyes of some of the world’s most daring and innovative filmmakers.
Why we let our audience pay what they want We’ve had some trials to help us decide whether allowing our audience to pay what they want to our events is something that could work. Since New Notions is quite young (we just passed our first birthday), we’re still growing and testing new ideas. We believe … More
Project overview Why the project matters Through working with autism and learning disabilities arts charity, Square Pegs, we identified that we weren’t reaching a local audience of learning disabled and autistic young adults, who currently do not access, experience and appreciate film through a local cinema experience. However, we also identified that our current set … More
Africa in Motion is an Edinburgh-based annual African film festival, managed and run as a not-for-profit organisation. The festival is directed by Lizelle Bisschoff and Stefanie Van de Peer, both researchers in African cinema, and is organised by a dedicated team of about 10 part-time staff and volunteers.
Come the Revolution is a collective of black curators, programmers and creatives that have been supported by Film Hub SWWM over the past 18 months to develop their practice and deliver a series of screening events in Bristol and Birmingham exploring and challenging black life, experience and cultural expression.
WOW Women’s Film Club runs female-friendly daytime screenings and mixed-gender evening events. Their events enable minority ethnic women, young people and communities across Cardiff and Swansea watch films in affordable and accessible spaces – with childcare, transport and refreshments taken care of.
Fringe! is a film and arts festival rooted in London’s queer creative scene and welcoming everyone. Shades of Queer is a new and unique strand of additional activity specifically focusing on queer and trans people of colour (QTPOC) that took place in addition to the core festival programme.
Project overview Scottish Queer International Film Festival (SQIFF) was founded in 2014, holding its first one-off screening in September of that year and 3 annual Festivals since then. Attendance has grown from 1801 at our first festival in 2015 to 4609 in 2017 (a 156% increase). SQIFF’s audiences are made up of diverse LGBTQ+ communities … More
