Vale Venues

What is Vale Venues?

Vale Venues was a exciting new pilot project that saw the development of a partnership between eleven mixed arts centres and community cinemas in the Vale of Glamorgan.

Taking inspiration from Off Y Grid, the project was first trialed with Film Hub Wales, in the summer of 2018 at the Barry Weekender. As part of BAFTA Cymru’s Cinemor, the Vale Venues launched shared marketing, alongside a screening of Welsh made film, Human Traffic. The project was coordinated by the Memo Arts Centre, in Barry in 2018.

By working together, the network aimed to generate greater awareness of each venue’s programme, particularly for rural and community audiences that might not otherwise visit their spaces to watch film. Their main goals were:

• Support, encourage and enable collective marketing approaches,
• Share and develop programming ideas,
• Build partnerships to deliver a county-wide focus on cinema,
• Build greater audience engagement,
• Develop exciting film projects,
• Provide rewarding cinema experiences for all ages,
• Create paths for inclusion and remove the barriers of isolation for many audience members,
• Engage with the broadest audience in all our communities throughout the Vale of Glamorgan.

The Vale Venues Coordinator started with series of ice-breaker projects in 2018, providing participating venues with the opportunity to establish workable models.

The network explored feasibility for a film festival that encompasses and celebrates film under the theme ‘Discovery’, the Wales’s Government tourism theme 2019. It would include unique cinema events across the venues.

• Barn At West Farm
• Colwinston Community Cinema
• Cowbridge Big Screen
• Dinas Powys Community Cinema
• Llancarfan Community Cinema
• Memo Arts Centre Barry
• Peterston Village Hall
• Snowcat Cinema At Penarth Pier Pavilion
• St Donats Arts Centre
• Sully Community Cinema
• Ystradowen Community & Sports Association

See our Members List for details of each venue.

For more information about Vale Venues screenings head over to their Facebook page or check for more information on the Memo Arts Centre page.