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.

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Inclusive Cinema

Inclusive Cinema is a UK-wide project developed by the BFI Film Audience Network (FAN) designed to support screen exhibitors. Together, we celebrate diversity on screen, in the audience and behind the camera.

Guides to Diverse Audiences

On this page you will find resources from Inclusive Cinema to help you in understanding and working to support diversity in UK cinema exhibition.

Accessibility: Welcoming Deaf Audiences

Read over Film Audience guidance on welcoming Deaf Audiences, collated from around the UK

Accessibility Guide: Dementia Friendly Screenings

A best practice guide for cinemas has been produced in collaboration with Alzheimer's Society and UK Cinema Association.

Guides for dismantling structural inequality in your cinema and preventing bullying and harassment

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.

Guides for Implementing Sustainable Practice 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.

Guides for Working with Families and Young People

A collection of articles, links and research in to young audiences

Guide to Working With Volunteers

A good practice guide by Film Hub South West

Guide to Working with Archive Collections

This Best Practice Guide has been produced by the BFI Film Audience Network, in collaboration with the Regional and National Film Archives, to support exhibitors to plan and deliver screen heritage events.

Guides to Marketing and Engaging Local Media

Getting the word out about your events is crucial to them being a success.

Listing Screenings and Events on Headfirst

This guide has been created in collaboration with Headfirst, to provide information to help Film Hub South Members to create an event on Headfirst to promote cinema to new audiences.

Producer’s Lab 2019: Meet the Participants

In April, BFI NETWORK South West held a Producer’s Lab in Bristol Bristol for seven new, emerging and established producers.

For Filmmakers & Creatives

A handy resource to signpost filmmakers to different opportunities and strands of support

Swindon’s Create Studios launches Sofa Screenings

Swindon’s Create Studios is leading on a new 3-year BFI Spotlight initiative in Swindon, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire bringing the best of old and new film to audiences hungry to share screening experiences again.

Supported Projects

South West members bring Powell and Pressburger to cinema screens this autumn

Showing Films

Programming as a Creative Practice (During a Pandemic)

Megan Mitchell of Matchbox Cine Club, reflects and reports back following their enrollment on a Open City Documentary Festival and UCL short course, attended with a bursary from Film Hub South West.

Blogs