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Members Top Films of 2022!

Posted on 28 Dec 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.

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South West film fans offered early viewings of  Mark Jenkin’s folk horror follow-up to BAIT 

Posted on 13 Dec 2022

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.

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Animating the environment: Beltane case study

Posted on 8 Dec 2022

We spoke to the south west team behind BFI NETWORK funded short folk-horror animation Beltane to discuss their environmentally friendly production and narrative and share advice for future animation projects applying to the BFI NETWORK Short Film Fund.

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Shorts2Features 2022: Meet the Cohort

Posted on 13 Oct 2022

BFI NETWORK South West is pleased to announce the 10 participants of the inaugural Shorts2Features career-development scheme.

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Announcing the BFI FAN Film Exhibition Fund 2022 Awards: bringing more films to audiences across the South West!

Posted on 29 Sep 2022

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.

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In Dreams Are Monsters: BFI’s Horror Season in the South West

Posted on 21 Sep 2022

IN DREAMS ARE MONSTERS, a major BFI UK-wide film and events programme celebrating the horror genre comes to the big screen at cinemas nationwide.   

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Pioneering scheme, Shorts2Features opens to south-west directors and producers

Posted on 1 Aug 2022

This new BFI NETWORK career development scheme is designed for south west-based producing and directing talent. Shorts2Features will run from late Sep to Mar 2023, and is now open for applications.

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Meet the speakers: Reframing Film 2023

Posted on 14 Jul 2022

Join some of the most inspiring voices in rep and archive film exhibition and distribution to explore alternative ways of connecting older films with a new wave of cinema goers and to get inspired to broaden repertory cinema beyond the comfort of the mainstream.

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