Making the Most of Your Digital Screen
Venue: QUAD, Market Place, Cathedral Quarter, Derby, DE1 3AS
Date: Thursday 15th January 2009
Times: 10.30am – 4.45pm, followed by networking drinks (registration from 9.45am)
This unique event has been designed especially for programmers, managers and administrators from independent cinemas from all over the UK who want to maximize the potential of their digital screen to strengthen their programme, broaden their audience and become more sustainable. It will also be of interest to distributors, screen agencies and local authority arts development officers.
Questions to be addressed will include:
- What impact is digital cinema having on specialised film releases and programming?
- What is the Virtual Print Fee deal and how will it affect me?
- How does the technology work and what are the plans for its future development?
- What initiatives related to digital screens can help my cinema reach new audiences?
- What are industry plans for future digital cinema roll–out and how do I not get left behind?
The day will include presentations from key players in the digital roll-out, a panel discussion between exhibitors and distributors, plus peer dialogue and networking on a national scale. An online forum will facilitate further discussion, ideas-sharing and the initiation of partnerships in the months following the course.
Speakers will include:
- Peter Buckingham, Head of Distribution and Exhibition, UK Film Council
- Colin Burch, Managing Director, Verve Pictures
- Mark Cosgrove, Head of Programme, and Madeleine Probst, Programme Development Coordinator, Watershed Media Centre
- Gemma Richardson, Head of Marketing and Communications, Arts Alliance Media
- David Sin, Director, Independent Cinema Office
- Alan Alderson-Smith, Programmer, Phoenix Arts
- Jason Wood, Film Programmer, City Screen
The course will take place at QUAD, Derby’s new centre for film and the visual arts, which boasts two cinemas, art gallery and BFI Mediatheque.
Cost:
Early bird rate of £90 + VAT (£103.50) if booked by 28th November, otherwise £100 + VAT (£115). The price includes lunch, refreshments and networking drinks. Bursaries are available towards fees, travel, accommodation and/or access costs from many of the Regional Screen Agencies and from the ICO:
Download bursary guidelines
Booking your place:
This course is now over.
Travel and accommodation:
QUAD is located in the heart of Derby's Cathedral Quarter in the Market Place.
For trains to Derby, see East Midlands Trains.
BMI Baby flies to East Midlands airport from Belfast, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Jersey. Eastern Airways flies to East Midlands from Aberdeen and Wick. Skylink runs a bus service from the airport to Derby city centre, which takes 30 minutes and costs £5.80 for a return ticket. A taxi from the airport will cost around £26.
If you are travelling by car, exit the M1 at J25, take the A52 towards Derby and follow signs to the City Centre ⁄ Cathedral Quarter. The nearest car park is the multi–storey Assembly Rooms, otherwise Chapel Street car park or Parksafe on Bold Lane are both a short walk away.
If you need to stay the night, see places to stay in Derby.
Access:
QUAD has street level access and a lift to the upper floors. There are accessible toilets on every floor. If you have other access needs, please let us know on your registration form or you can contact us by phone or email. The ICO has an access fund for this course. If you require financial support for access costs, for example, to provide a signer, special equipment or travel and accommodation for a helper, please see the bursary guidelines. Course information is available in alternative formats upon request.
Further information:
If you have any queries about the course or wish to check that it is suitable for your needs, please contact Tilly Walnes, Training & Development Officer: tilly@independentcinemaoffice.org.uk / 020 7079 0477.
This project is funded by the Skillset Film Skills Fund, which is supported by the National Lottery through the UK Film Council and the film industry through the Skills Investment Fund.
