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June 2018

News and Opportunities: June 2018 round up
Posted on June 28, 2018

All the opportunities that matter for your cinema or film society right now.
Fighting the elements: running a festival in the eye of a storm
Posted on June 21, 2018

Scotland may be notorious for erratic weather but GFT's Programme Assistant Chris Kumar thought he had seen it all. He was proven wrong this past February when Glasgow Film Festival was paid a visit by one of the harshest cold waves in years, the Beast from the East.

Three days at Sheffield Doc/Fest 2018
Posted on June 14, 2018

Our Project Coordinator James Calver blogged about the highlights of his visit to Sheffield Doc/Fest, their Alternative Realities VR strand and how the city of Sheffield embraces its world-renowned documentary film festival.

Why short films matter: Roisin Mullins on her FEDS placement at Aesthetica Short Film Festival
Posted on June 7, 2018

Short films are a unique and powerful art form, so why do we not give them more space in film culture? Roisin Mullins, one of our FEDS trainees, working at Aesthetica Short Film Festival in York, tells us why shorts are much more than a stepping stone and deserve to have a place in your cinema.

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