• Trace Mulzac (DET Entertainment) delivered her first (sold-out) Cinema Jam event, House Party at The Cube cinema and has since gone on to collaborate with organisations such as Watershed, Trinity and Cables & Cameras on other film events. As part of Bristol’s Summer of Film takeover, DET entertainment partnered up with Bristol Museums to produce Windrush 75: Stories Through Film, a specially curated film programme in a Vintage Mobile Cinema Bus, delivered as one of the activities under the City Centre and High Streets Recovery and Renewal programme, funded by Bristol City Council and the West of England Combined Authority’s Love our High Streets project.
• Anne-Marie Dames: Coming from a background of television production and enthusiasm for film, Bournemouth-based participant, Anne-Marie Dames took part in Beyond Boundaries 360 cohort in 2021. Anne-Marie successfully partnered with BEAF – Bournemouth Emerging Arts collective – to produce and curate an event targeted at harnessing the growing Polish community in the area, which she felt were underserved. Her ‘BOSKINO’ evening comprised of a screening of ‘The In-Laws’ (2020), with a post-screening discussion, delivered in both English and Polish, in addition to communal sharing of Polish cuisine. The event was a sell-out, with Anne-Marie now in conversation with other Hub member organisations to further BOSKINO in her new locale of Southampton.
• Esther Afikiruweh was matched up with Afrika Eye Festival under the banner of Beyond Boundaries and has since become the Festival Producer and was selected as one of (Bristol) Rife’s 30 under 30 for 2022. As a Creative Producer, Esther specialises in combined arts and has built up a portfolio with a whole range of organisations such as Trinity Arts, St Pauls Carnival and Compass Presents. Her focus lie in producing, project ideation and coordinating artistic offerings across live events and cultural programming.
• Gary Thompson built on his already successful series of events at The Cube to launch Inspired, a weekend-long takeover of Watershed, showcasing films by Black and POC creatives and offering a whole range of events to inspire filmmakers to find their path into the industry. The inaugural Inspired was supported by Watershed, BFI FAN, BFI NETWORK and BFI South West Academy (awarding funds from National Lottery funding) and included a sold-out premiere screening of South West backed BFI NETWORK short film Pickney with a Q&A with the writer-director Michael Jenkins and lead actor Ajani Cabey (Image ©Rickey Thompson.) 69% of overall Inspired attendees surveyed had never been to Watershed before. 80% felt they were introduced to a new type of film and 73% were inspired to watch more films like the one they have seen. 100% of surveyed audiences rated their experience of the event a very good/good. The event has since happened annually with a growing range of partners and sponsors. Cables & Cameras was also successful in securing funding for a new development programme for budding documentary filmmakers DOC2DOC from the BFI Doc Society Ripple Effect Fund, a National Lottery funded initiative that enables and empowers communities, networks and organisations to build their own inclusive vision for the independent UK documentary sector from the ground up.
• Adam Murray built on his exhibition practice as part of the Come The Revolution collective to develop his own very personal curatorial venture and company Bristol Black Horror Club in August 2021. He has since collaborated with a whole range of organisations including Forbidden World, Abertoir Horror Festival, South West Silents, Watershed and Cinema Rediscovered on a range of programme initiatives.

Here are just some of the comments from previous Beyond Boundaries 360 participants and also see three short case studies spotlighted below:

I’ve really enjoyed working with a community of like-minded practitioners.

Everything felt so tangible and doable, ALL sessions felt so useful, and action orientated. For me really did feel like it was cracking open things I wouldn’t have had any idea about.

Beyond Boundaries provided a place of reassurance, supporting my understanding that I was on the right path.

Not only they are giving me training, also support on different levels, networking opportunities and something unique, that is always finding a way I get paid for my work in a fair/professional way! 

We need more representation like this!

Meeting other creative people and that the weekly sessions kept my project on track. The Hub team were very helpful, inspiring, encouraging, insightful and accessible.

If you’re feeling inspired by these stories, and have a new idea for an audience-facing cinema project, then follow the link to learn more about Beyond Boundaries.