Since we began managing Film Hub South East in 2018, and after establishing our new strategy and schemes within the priorities of BFI FAN and BFI2022, we have supported a number of venues, networks, festivals and projects across the region.
In 2018, our Film Festivals scheme continued to support the networks and film festival organisations previously supported through the BFI Film Festival Fund; while working towards a strategy for longer-term festival development and sustainability in the region.
Browse individual exhibitors and projects below or our online map, right.
Most recently awarded
2023-2024
£500 for: Cinema Unbound — The Creative Worlds of Powell & Pressburger
£500 for: Cinema Unbound — The Creative Worlds of Powell & Pressburger
£2,000 for: Family Fridays
£73,000 for: Cambridge Film Festival 2023, 2024, 2025 (Multi-Year)
£500 for: Cinema Unbound — The Creative Worlds of Powell & Pressburger
Women Over 50 Film Festival CIC
£3,000 for: WOFFF23 and Best of the Fest Tour
£3,000 for: Cinecity/Black Narcissus
£11,500 for: Watersprite Film Festival 2024
£2,000 for: Through the Looking Glass — A Journey into Powell & Pressburger’s Dreamweaving Cinema
£4,000 for: Fifty Four
£1,500 for: Through A Different Lens Film Festival & Creative Connection Meet Ups (bi-monthly)
£1,100 for: Found in Translation — Contemporary World Cinema
£1,500 for: Short Film Festival
£90,000 for: Creative Arts East Screen Extra (Multi-Year)
£2,500 for: The Imaginations of Powell & Pressburger
Worthing Theatres &Museum (Connaught Cinema)
£375 for: Cinema Unbound — The Creative Worlds of Powell & Pressburger
£7,500 for: Folkestone Documentary Festival
£5,900 for: Transformation in Powell & Pressburger
£500 for: Cinema Unbound — The Creative Worlds of Powell & Pressburger
£375 for: Cinema Unbound — The Creative Worlds of Powell & Pressburger
Electric Palace Cinema, Hastings
£5,000 for: Through the Lens — Powell and Pressburger Rexamined
£4,350 for: Powell + Pressburger in Folkestone
£7,370 for: Powell and Pressburger — Dual Delights
£250 for: Cinema Unbound — The Creative Worlds of Powell & Pressburger
£125 for: Cinema Unbound — The Creative Worlds of Powell & Pressburger
£500 for: Cinema Unbound — The Creative Worlds of Powell & Pressburger
£1,5000 for: Taste of Anatolia V
£7,500 for: Lowestoft Film Festival
£5,000 for: Surrey Short Film Festival & Cameo Launch Film Programmers Internship
£6,400 for: Community Cinema — South Asian film
Anglo Asian Arts & Heritage Alliance
£7,500 for: Thurrock Screen Culture Festival & 8 Film Clubs
£5,000 for: Watching Together — Cinema for connected exhibition and audiences in Brighton & Hove
£5,000 for: KFF Film Clubs
£1,796 for: FHSE Programming Group 2023
£16,500 for: 31st Chichester International Film Festival
£3,000 for: Film Finds Pay What You Can
£17,000 for: 21st CINECITY Brighton Film Festival
£4,000 for: FilmPride Film Festival
£6,180 for: Programming Group/Maverick Mondays, Young Film Programmers Group, and Sight & Sound Greatest Films of All Time
Ramsgate International Film & TV Festival
£5,000 for: Ramsgate Film Festival
£6,298 for: Audience Development and Young Programmers Scheme
£3,000 for: FHSE Programming Group 2023
£3,000 for: Choice Cut at The Horton
Brighton Rocks International Film Festival (BRIFF)
£4,000 for: Brighton Rocks 6th Annual Festival
£260 for: Deal Film Festival 2023
Previously awarded
2022-2023
£2,500 for: FHSE Programming Group 2022/23
£2,000 for: Balik Arts YFP Social Media Internship
£2,000 for: Maona Art YFP screenings @ Ultimate Picture Palace
Chichester Cinema at New Park (PG)
£1,880 for: FHSE Programming Group 2022/23
The Palace Cinema, Broadstairs
£10,000 for: Magic Hours – Film & Cinemas in Broadstairs, Margate & Ramsgate then and now
£6,850 for: Norwich Film Festival 2022
£2,000 for: Babylon Cinema – “Film Finds” FHSE Programming Group
Watersprite Film Festival (YFP)
£4,706 for: Watersprite Young Film Programmers
£3,007 for: Monday Night Screenings
£7,500 for: Folkestone Documentary Festival
£6,000 for: Lowestoft Film Festival
£9,000 for: September 2022-March 2023 including Gateway Film Festival
£4,000 for: WOFFF22, Best of the Fest Tour
£8,805 for: Formative Film
£17,000 for: 20th CINECITY Brighton Film Festival
£3,000 for: Revolutions
£9,500 for: Bute Street Festival 2023
£467 for: Angus, Thongs & Perfect Snogging: A Slumber Party!
Anglo Asiatic Arts and Heritage Alliance
£13,071 for: Thurrock Film Festival + Thurrock Film Clubs 2022/23
£25,000 for: Cambridge Film Festival 2022
£8,000 for: Watersprite Film Festival
£2,775 for: Riverside Young Film Programmers Group
£18,000 for: 30th Chichester International Film Festival
£4,500 for: Taste of Anatolia – 4th Edition
£3,613 for: Celebrating Newbury Pride Film Festival
£2,000 for: Short Film Festival
£30,000 for: Screen Extra
£5,000 for: FilmPride – LGBTQIA+ Film Festival
£10,425 for: Young Film Programmers Takeover 22-23
£1,800 for: FHSE Programming Group 2022/23
Brighton Rocks International Film Festival
£5,000 for: Brighton Rocks Film Festival 16-24 July
2021-2022
£2,250 for: FHSE Programming Group 2021/22
£2,340 for: FHSE Programming Group 2021/22
£2,400 for: FHSE Programming Group 2021/22
£750 for: FHSE Programming Group 2021/22
£5,000 for: Spring Film Season 2022
South Hill Park Cinema
£3,000 for: FHSE Programming Group 2021/22
Norden Farm Centre Trust
£5,620 for: Developing Audiences for Cinema at The Farm
Babylon ARTS
£7,000 for: Building Connections
Cine-Sister
£1,250 for: Gateway Film Festival
videoclub
£2,500 for: Film Explorers Festival
Margate Film Festival
£3,000 for: Margate Film Festival 2021: Borders & Boundaries
Norwich Film Festival
£4,085 for: Norwich Film Festival 2021
Ropetackle Arts Centre
£1,865 for: Ropetackle Film Audience Recovery
Violet Pictures
£6,000 for: Folkestone Documentary Festival
Depot Cinema
£1,600 for: Green Festival
The Riverside
£700 for: Riverside Young Film Programmers Group
Women Over 50 Film Festival
£3,500 for: WOFFF21
Anglo Asiatic Arts and Heritage Alliance (AAAHA)
£2,000 for: Thurrock Film Festival 2021
Bute Street Festival
£4,000 for: Bute Street Festival 2022
Balik Arts
£2,500 for: Taste of Anatolia – Films from Turkey
Watersprite Film Festival
£8,000 for: Watersprite Film Festival
Cambridge Film Trust
£22,00 for: Cambridge Film Festival 2021
University of Brighton
£10,000 for: 19th CINECITY Brighton Film Festival
Chichester Cinema at New Park
£12,500 for: 29th Chichester International Film Festival
Creative Arts East
£14,920 for: Screen Extra Relaunch
2020-2021
£3,016 for: Arthouse Activity
£6,741 for: Palace Passport Project
Brighton Community Cinematheque
£1,862 for: Online Activity
£5175 for: Deal Young Film Programmers
£1,400 for: New Perspectives
£5,267 for: Maintaining Curatorial & Audience Diversity in Cinema
£5,867 for: Your Cinema, Growing the Ultimate Picture Palace’s Young Audiences
Gulbenkian, University of Kent
£2,050 for: Black History Month & LGBT History Month film series
Cinecity, University of Brighton
£5,700 for: 18th Cinecity Brighton Film Festival
The Picture House, Uckfield (YFP)
£3,160 for: Young Programmers Group
£15,000 for: CFF at Home
Women Over Fifty Film Festival
£2,000 for: WOFFF20 Online
£4,900 for: Towner Cinema – Reopening 2020-21
£2,015 for: Preparation & Promotion for 2021 Festival
£3,500 for: Trinity Young Programmers & Autumn Programme
£3,490 for: Young Electrics’ Restart Programme
£5,000 for: Bute Street Festival
£7,818 for: Re-connecting The Farm & Screen
King Street Cinema, FKA Ipswich Film Theatre
£1,750 for: Programming from Oct 2020 to March 2021
2019-2020
Watersprite Film Festival
£5,510 for: Watersprite Film Festival
Women Over Fifty Film Festival
£3,000 for: WOFFF 2019 Tour
Cine-Sister
£5,000 for: Gateway Film Festival
CINECITY
£5,200 for: Shared Marketing – Brighton Cluster
Latest Group CIC
£4,800 for: FilmPride
Creative Arts East
£25,997 for: Screen Extra
Chichester Cinema at New Park (FF)
£10,500 for: 28th Chichester International Film Festival
The White Bus (FF)
£7,000 for: Southend-on-Sea Film Festival 2019
CINECITY (FF)
£19,000 for: 17th CINECITY Brighton Film Festival
2018-2019
Runaway Media
£700 for: Culture in Conflict
Eyes Wide Open Cinema
£4,000 for: Queer Horizons
The Mill Arts Centre Trust
£2,500 for: The Mill Film Club
Independent Cinema Milton Keynes (ICMK)
£10,000 for: pilot Vagabond Film Festival
Open Colour
£1,500 for: Open Colour project and audience development
Haslemere Hall
£1,350 for: Indie £5 at 5pm
Balik Arts
£1,000 for: Taste of Anatolia – Film from Turkey (Cambridge)
Norwich Film Festival
£3,350 for: Norwich Film Festival
CINECITY
£1,500 for: Brighton & Hove FHSE Activity Report
Women Over Fifty Film Festival
£2,000 for: Women Over Fifty Film Festival 2018
Thurrock Council
£2,000 for: for TIC Film Festival
Fisheye Film Festival
£1,896 for: Fisheye Independent Film Programme
Sawbridgeworth Memorial Hall
£1,750 for: Outdoor Screenings
Folkestone Fringe
£3,150 for: Outdoor Screenings
The White Bus (FF)
£7,000 for: Southend-on-Sea Film Festival 2018
Chichester Cinema at New Park (FF)
£8,000 for: 27th Chichester International Film Festival
Creative Arts East (FF)
£20,000 for: Screen Extra (Touring Network)
CINECITY (FF)
£25,000 for: 16th CINECITY Brighton Film Festival
Cambridge Film Festival (FF)
£22,500 for: Cambridge Film Festival 2018
Programming Group
The Programming Group brings a committed group of cinemas together to grow audiences for cultural cinema. Through regular meetings and programming advice, it’s designed to help selected venues develop local audiences for a broader range of films than previously shown.
Members to date
- Babylon Arts
- Broadway Cinema & Theatre, Letchworth
- Bute Street Festival
- Chelmsford City Theatres
- Chichester Cinema at New Park
- Cinema at Campus West, Welwyn Garden City
- Corn Exchange, Wallingford
- Elgiva Theatre
- Gulbenkian, Canterbury
- Harlequin Theatre and Cinema
- King Street Cinema
- Kino-Teatr, Hastings
- Leighton Buzzard Centre
- Norden Farm Centre for the Arts, Maidenhead
- Odyssey St Albans
- Orion Image Ltd
- The Palace Cinema, Broadstairs
- Picture House Uckfield
- Silver Screen Cinema
- South Hill Park Arts Centre
- The Riverside Cinema & Theatre, Woodbridge
- The Theatre, Chipping Norton
- Towner Eastbourne
- Ultimate Picture Palace