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Our members chronicle their journeys, experiences and learnings here in our blog - dip in and find out what they've been up to.
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Blog 21 January 2019
Opening Our Doors Inclusivity and Diversity Day
On Thursday 17 January, Film Hub Scotland and Toki and Yasmine from FAN Inclusive Cinema hosted Opening Our Doors at the Theatre Royal in Glasgow. An invited group of Scottish exhibitors, including our Amplify cohort, spent a day of discussion, talks and activity focused on sustainable and meaningful ways to create diverse, inclusive cinema spaces.…
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Blog 12 November 2018
An Amplify visit to the Archive
Last week we teamed up with the Scottish Moving Image Archive and our Amplify cohort to dive into all things archive. A suitably spooky display greeted us with witchy animations and Halloween hauntings on the big screen, and talk turned to ways to bring archive to new audiences in member cinemas. Something to remember about archive film is that it’…
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Blog 08 October 2018
FHS Funded Projects 2018: The story so far
We’re half-way through the first year of BFI 2022 – bringing the BFI’s aims of inclusivity, diversity and supporting independent cinema to Scottish audiences. We are proud to have funded regional activity across Scotland via our Pilot Projects and Pitch Pots. Here’s some of the great audience development projects, screenings, events and programming…
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Blog 13 September 2018
CinemaAttic: Notes from a Spanish-Scottish Sophomore at the Venice Film Festival
Every year, Biennale and Venice Production Bridge partner with CICAE (Confederation of International Arthouse Cinemas) to organise an international training programme for cinema managers and film programmers, and after attending last year as a trainee this was my first experience as part of the organisation. Scotland in San Servolo was represented …
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Blog 12 July 2018
Morvern Cunningham reports from Clore
Freelance Creative Producer Morvern Cunningham talks about her recent attendance on the 54th Clore Intensive Leadership Course (formerly called the Short Course) run by the Clore Leadership Programme for cultural leaders. I recently attended a Clore Leadership Course, a residential two-week course in Hampshire, alongside 23 other participants from …
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Blog 06 March 2018
Exhibitors Days at Glasgow Film Festival - Follow Up
FHS Exhibitors’ Days Follow Up Friday 23 – Saturday 24 February 2017, Glasgow Film Festival With the recent snowpocalypse sweeping the country it's hard to believe that it was a little over a week ago that we hosted our Exhibitors' Days as part of Glasgow Film Festival 2018. We hope you all stayed warm and safe in the meantime and, as everyone is…
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Blog 16 October 2017
ART CINEMA = ACTION + MANAGEMENT in Venice
A bursary from Film Hub Scotland helped Corin Christopher, Assistant General Manager at the Cameo Cinema in Edinburgh, attend the ART CINEMA = ACTION + MANAGEMENT residential course in Venice this summer. Here she fills us in on an inspiring and enjoyable week...Having heard wonderful things from colleagues who had attended in the past, and having …
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Blog 12 August 2016
If you’re going to steal, steal from the best
We supported Grahame Reid, Film Programmer at Macrobert Arts Centre, to attend Sheffield Doc/Fest this June. It proved an inspiring experience... Earlier this year I was asked by our Artistic Director, Julie Ellen, what I thought was needed to continue the growth and development of film here at Macrobert Arts Centre. For me, the answer was simple. …
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Blog 22 June 2016
Vlogging Workshop at My Flatpack
Maximilian Marshall - a member of the Edinburgh International Film Festival's (EIFF) Young Programmers group - attended a Vlogging Workshop organised by the BFI Film Audience Network at Flatpack Film Festival this April. Here he tells us about his experience... From a networking perspective, it was incredibly useful to meet all these d…