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.
Monthly Members Meet Up (online)
Join the Film Hub South West team for the latest Hub news and opportunities.
Young Audiences Screening Day
Cinema Unbound: The Creative Worlds of Powell and Pressburger
Too Much: Melodrama on Film
Delivered in partnership with the BFI, FAN is proud to unveil the new UK-wide season – Too Much: Melodrama on Film – where audiences are invited to follow their emotions and get swept away by the big screen experience.
Monthly Members Meet Up (online)
Join the Film Hub South West team for the latest Hub news and opportunities.
To Bath Film Festival and Back – Radi Nikolov, Screams By The Sea
Screams By The Sea's Radi Nikolov talks about the network and screening opportunities at Bath Film Festival.
Building Connections at Distributor Slate Days – Roy Hanney and Yael Friedman, Making Waves Film Festival
Making Waves Film Festival organisers Roy Hanney and Yael Friedman talk about the benefits of attending Distributor Slate Days in order to build relationships with distributors.
Film Hub South West Annual Members’ Forum (November 2024) – Beth Thomas, The Poly
Beth Thomas, assistant manager at The Poly in Falmouth, writes about attending the Film Hub South West Annual Members' Forum at Watershed in November 2024.
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!
Postcard from Le Giornate Del Cinema Muto 2024 – James Harrison, South West Silents
James Harrison, director of South West Silents and Film Noir UK, discusses visiting Le Giornate Del Cinema Muto to discover the latest repertory finds in Italy.
Attending London Film Festival 2024 – Claire Horrocks, Exeter Phoenix
Claire Horrocks, film programmer at Exeter Phoenix, writes about how Film Hub bursary support allowed her to attend the London Film Festival this 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.
Art of Action
A open fund available to BFI FAN Members for Art of Action exhibition activity from October 2024.
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.
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.
South West members bring Powell and Pressburger to cinema screens this autumn
Discover what Powell and Pressburger events are being put on by Film Hub SW members this autumn.