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News and Opportunities: November 2018 round up
Posted on November 29, 2018

All the news and opportunities that matter for your cinema, festival or film society right now.
Revolt, We Said: Sharing Women’s Revolutionary Films Around the UK
Posted on November 8, 2018

This summer, the ICO and Club des Femmes took on a mission to bring revolutionary films about women, by women, to big screens around the UK. The result was Revolt, She Said: Women and Film after '68, our groundbreaking film tour that took thirty venues by storm. We spoke to some of our collaborators about what they found most memorable about their screenings, how it helped them reach new audiences and why the tour's legacy still lives on.
Bringing new audiences to silent cinema
Posted on November 1, 2018

Accompanied by live music and with a touch of archive magic on the screen, a silent movie night can be one of the most unforgettable events you'll ever attend.  Ahead of our Archive Screening Day,  writer, critic and founder of Silent London Pamela Hutchinson (who'll be also speaking at our Women in Silent Film Comedy panel) shared with us her top five tips for bringing new audiences to silent cinema screenings.
News and Opportunities: October 2018 round up
Posted on October 25, 2018

All the news and opportunities that matter for your cinema, festival or film society right now.
News and Opportunities: September 2018 round up
Posted on September 27, 2018

All the news and opportunities that matter for your cinema, festival or film society right now.
Gaining Ground: The Case for Programming Beyond the Canon
Posted on September 20, 2018

If we want a more inclusive film future, how do we get there without knowing the diversity and struggle of film history? Following our and Club des Femmes' groundbreaking Revolt She Said: Women and Film after '68 tour that brought back into the spotlight female filmmakers whose work had often been overlooked, author and film activist So Mayer investigates whose films get filed in the canon, and whose are allowed to fall away – if they were even able to make them in the first place. 
A Modest Proposal: Documentaries are Real Films Too
Posted on September 6, 2018

When the average cinema goer attends around three times a year, how do you ensure one of those cinema trips is to catch a documentary? Sheffield Doc/Fest's Marketing Assistant (and one of our FEDS trainees) Aisha Jan writes how we can create buzz around these cinematic pieces of factual storytelling - and how they are as much real films as the fictional ones. 
News and Opportunities: August 2018 round up
Posted on August 30, 2018

All the news and opportunities that matter for your cinema or film society right now.

What it takes to be a film programmer
Posted on August 23, 2018

With applications now open for our next Cultural Cinema Exhibition training course, we talked to some of the brightest voices in film programming about the best tools that the course gave them - and how being a programmer takes more than just sitting alone in the dark with a pile of screeners...
What I Learned at the AMA Conference 2018
Posted on August 14, 2018

Creative Arts East is an arts and community development charity that focuses on engaging rural communities across the South East region. Read what their Communications & Content Assistant Zoe Fletcher took away from the leading event for arts marketeers in the UK - and how Film Hub South East's bursary helped her get there.

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