Guides & Resources for Exhibitors
Film Hub South West, and our partners across the BFI Film Audience Network, create guides and resources to help in lots of different areas: from developing young audiences to hosting dementia friendly screenings.
We also share workshop and event resources in this section so that even if you didn’t attend the workshop you can still check out the key points.
See below
Cinemas – keeping workers and customers safe during COVID-19
With support from the Government the UK Cinema Association has now published guidance on the safe operation of cinemas and mobile cinemas from 4 July as well as drive in and outdoor cinemas.
Ideas for Implementing Sustainable Practise in Film Exhibition
This guide takes you through some useful information that considers how to minimise the environmental impact of your activity, no matter the size of your organisation.
Bullying and Harassment Prevention for the Screen Industries
Principles and guidance for tackling and preventing bullying and harassment in the screen industries commissioned by the BFI and supported by organisations across the UK.
Dismantling Structural Inequality in Your Cinema
This toolkit by Sadia Pineda Hameed is, foremostly, a practical guide for improving the experiences of POC (people of colour) audiences, staff and filmmakers – and other intersections including gender, sexuality, disability, income and class.
Black Lives Matter
On this page you will find resources from Inclusive Cinema to help you in understanding and working to support #BlackLivesMatter.
Simple guide to comms during closure & working towards reopening
BFI FAN has created a document detailing some things that FAN members might want to think about in terms of communication with their audiences at this time.
Working safely during COVID-19 guidance for drive-in and other Outdoor Cinemas
Working safely during COVID-19 guidance for drive-in and other Outdoor Cinemas issued by the UK Cinema Association
Welcoming Deaf Audiences
Read over Film Audience guidance on welcoming Deaf Audiences, collated from around the UK
Dementia Friendly Screenings
A cinema guide, produced in collaboration with Alzheimer's Society and UK Cinema Association
Working with Young People
A collection of articles, links and research in to young audiences
For Filmmakers & Creatives
A handy resource to signpost filmmakers to different opportunities and strands of support
More from Film Hub South West
Beyond Boundaries 360: Lorena Pino of Trowbridge Town Hall and Films In The Front Room
"We participated in workshops on film curation, budgeting, marketing, fundraising, and we started to think about how to adapt all these new ideas to our own practice and - best of all - how we could do this together!"
Animation Roundtable – BFI NETWORK x Encounters Film Festival
BFI NETWORK South West are hosting an animation focused online roundtable, open to South West based writers, directors and producers who have an animated short film idea they want to make and are considering applying for BFI NETWORK Short Film Funding. Hosted by our regional Talent Executives, this informal roundtable session will be in a small group setting with a maximum of 15 filmmakers.
Masterclass: How to Budget an Animated Short with Producer Chris Hees – BFI NETWORK x Encounters Film Festival
Register for this online, masterclass as a part of Encounters 2021 edition. Explore the most common issues faced when putting together an animation budget for a funded short film.
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