FAN Film Exhibition Fund 2026 is now open!
Submit to the Film Exhibition Fund (FEF) for awards of up to £9,000 per year. The Film Exhibition Fund (FEF) is for awards of up to £9,000 per year. The BFI […]
Spotlight 2026-29: BFI FAN investment into Cornwall
As part of Spotlight, the BFI Film Audience Network (FAN) wide initiative , Watershed, the Film Hub Lead organisation for the South West, was invited to make a strategic intervention in parts of the region that currently have […]
Rip It Up: Here’s to the joy and defiance of being young in the UK
From October-December at BFI FAN venues across the UK, get ready for Too Much: Melodrama on Film.
Film Hub South West: 2024-25 Reflections
With 2025 now over, we reflect on the impact of Film Hub and BFI NETWORK and BFI Academy on audiences, talent, and the film sector over the past 12 months here in the South West.
Film Hub South West’s Films of 2025
As voted for by our members!
Vote for your favourite films of the year!
The time has come for Film Hub South West members to recognise the best indie cinema releases of 2025! There’s only a month left in the year and so once again, […]
Announcing our New Voices cohort 2025
BFI NETWORK South West are delighted to announce the latest New Voices cohort.
Grab your tissues for Too Much: Melodrama on Film
From October-December at BFI FAN venues across the UK, get ready for Too Much: Melodrama on Film.
BFI NETWORK @ Encounters 2025
Find out what BFI NETWORK South West will be up to at Encounters 2025.
Film Hub South West Annual Members’ Survey 2025
Please spend 10 minutes to share your thoughts on our current approach at Film Hub South West
New Voices 3: where are they now?
As the fourth round opens for applications in July 2025 we wanted to chat to a few writer-directors who took part previously, to reflect on their experience and tell us where they are now.
Cinema Unbound: The Creative Worlds of Powell and Pressburger
Film Hub South West members’ Films of 2024!
Every December, Film Hub South West polls exhibitors in the region on the films to find out their favourite films of the year!
Film Hub South West: 2023-24 Reflections
As the 2023-24-year ends, we reflect on the impact of Film Hub and BFI NETWORK and BFI Academy on audiences, talent, and the film sector over the past 12 months here in the South West.
Spotlight: Create Studios, Swindon
Swindon’s Create Studios was awarded a £147,000 over 3-years to lead Spotlight in Swindon, Wiltshire and South Gloucestershire to nurture partnerships and grow the opportunities for people to access film screenings.
Programming with archives: A guide to The Box’s South West moving image collection
The Box is Plymouth’s major archive collection - readily available for Film Hub South West Members to access. Find out how you can develop audience facing archival programmes.
Film Hub South West members’ Films of 2023!
We asked you what your favourite indie AND studio films of the year were and why and you let us know!
Beyond Boundaries: Meet the 2024 Participants
Film Hub South West is thrilled to be collaborating with a wonderful cohort that will develop their practice and film event ideas as part of Beyond Boundaries 360.
Announcing the BFI FAN Film Exhibition Fund 2023 Awards: bringing more films to audiences across the South West!
Following our call for applications to the BFI Film Audience Network (FAN) Film Exhibition Fund this year, a number of large-scale public events are taking place across the South West this Autumn.
Spines: A Case Study in Working with Neurodiverse Talent and Crew
In 2022 we commissioned one of our funded teams to create a case study on their short film Spines.