Magic Mum (2024)
Bobby & Amy (2024)

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.

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.

BFI2022 Reflections celebrates four years of film showing and making in the South West – read the report in full
Over the last four years, Film Hub South West has been a driving force behind film culture in the region, supporting exhibitors and nurturing filmmaking talent with regional partners and the support from BFI awarding funds from National Lottery.

Career Pathways in Film & TV Production: Thu 16 Mar
A pitching workshop and networking event for female-identifying and non-binary women of colour, in partnership with Channel 4 and Blak Wave Productions.

Selling Your Idea: What Makes a Great Funding Application?
BFI NETWORK South West Talent Executive Nadia Attia has read countless scripts for Channel 4, BBC, BFI, Studiocanal and more, and as an ex-filmmaker herself she’s been on the flipside of applying for funding. She took some time out to share her learnings with you, to help your application stand out and prepare you for the next round of funding.

Members Top Films of 2022!
Every December, Film Hub South West polls exhibitors in the region on the films which stood out to them in year just gone. The list below features the top 20 feature UK cinema releases that our members loved this year.

South West film fans offered early viewings of Mark Jenkin’s folk horror follow-up to BAIT
Film fans across the South West are being offered an early chance to see the new feature by Cornwall’s BAFTA-winning filmmaker Mark Jenkin and pick up some insights into his distinctive style, Cornish culture and its language at the same time.