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TAPE talk Community Cinema Programming

Our Marketing and Outreach officer Holly spoke to the Media Club at TAPE Cerdd a Ffilm Cymunedol about their Neighbourhood Cinema project and how they programme and market films to rural communities in North Wales.

What is the Neighbourhood Cinema project? 
We launched a cinema project called ‘Neighbourhood Cinema’ for communities across North Wales in 2023, with support from Film Hub Wales via BFI National Lottery funding. The project currently runs screenings at The Luxor Community Cinema in Llanfairfechan, various sites across Anglesey via Mencap Môn and at TAPE’s base in Colwyn Bay. We’re also exploring a number of ongoing partnerships with the aim of bringing films to communities where it’s more difficult to access regular film screenings.

What is the Media Club at TAPE and how is it involved?
Specialising in creative inclusion, we ‘co-created’ the project in collaboration with our Media Club – a safe and supportive space which offers hands on experiences to a cohort of people from across the local community. The Media Club focuses on giving people aged 18 and over the opportunity to gain experience in podcasting, sound recording, film reviews and cinema programming. The club meets weekly as a part of TAPE’s session schedule.

How do you programme films?
We watch films as a club. Sometimes we watch them at home by ourselves or as a group. We thenSnow Leopard come together to discuss whether we think they will be good choices for us here at TAPE and the other Neighbourhood Cinema venues we programme for. Recently, the group all really enjoyed Snow Leopard, The Mountain Within Me a Strange Darlings. We are keen to fit those into ours and Llanfairfechan’s programmes somewhere! Snow Leopard was one of the best films we have seen in a long time, it was absolutely brilliant. We try to pick films that people wouldn’t necessarily choose to watch or can’t find at mainstream cinemas, so we can provide that experience for them.

Do you try to estimate audience numbers for your screenings?
We do try to estimate numbers for the screenings as we programme. It’s difficult to be concrete about it as a lot of our screenings are free. People sign up for tickets but may not make it to the screening. We’ve tried lots of different ideas to retain as many people as possible, but you can’t win against the elements! If it’s been raining all day, we have reduced numbers (even though a rainy day is the perfect excuse to hide away at the cinema!)  

With the Neighbourhood Cinema project, we’re trying to work with venues in places people can get to despite weather and transport issues. Small rural villages are perfect because people do tend to make the journey if the film is really good and they can walk to it (and we always programme really good films!)  

The Luxor Community Cinema in Llanfairfechan is a really good example of this. They hit the ground running with their first two screenings. I was at The Sound of Music screening and it was packed – the atmosphere was fantastic and we had  such a good time. They also screened Brian and Charles and they had a great crowd there as well. After both screenings, they received feedback from the audience and there is a real enthusiasm there. People are making suggestions about what they want to see, and it feels like the venue has become involved within the community straight away and  we have a really good partnership.

It’s great to hear that the Luxor has had such an amazing start! What do you think is working particularly well in Llanfairfechan? 
Chris Potter, who runs the community hall is really active in running the whole centre. They are constantly telling people about the cinema and the upcoming screenings. The venue is already very well used by the local community, but the cinema has generated a lot of excitement in t

he village so there is enthusiasm there from the very start. They’ve also ensured that the community a part of the cinema experience, asking them for feedback on the screenings and suggestions about what they would like to see in the future. I think the village has wanted the cinema back for a long time.  

We helped them out with the opening of the cinema, as we loaned them our air-screen whilst they crowd-funded the money for some permanent projection kit. We didn’t want them to have to wait any longer!  

I think it was also a great idea to show The Sound of Music as their first screening, as it was the film that they were going to show before the Luxor Cinema closed down in 1964. The apprentice projectionist from 1964 actually came along to the screening as he still lives in the village, which just adds to the local history of it all! The Luxor is such a good example of what happens when you have the perfect venue and the perfect team. 

Where do you go from the programming stage? What sort of marketing do you currently do to spread the word about your screenings?
We’re very active on our social media platforms – we mainly use Instagram and Facebook. We also produce an audio podcast that goes out every Saturday and they’ve been doing really well. Local radio has been really important for us, they’re supportive of our regular bespoke adverts for the events. It always feels like there is more marketing that we can do, and it is crucial to give people as much time as possible to find out about our events.

Is there anything else that you have done outside of marketing to increase engagement with your programme?
We’ve just started to do some programming with partner organisations. We started by working with Mencap Môn to programme for the Oriel Môn venue in Anglesey and that has been amazing from the start. We have just started to work with an organisation called Anheddau, which is a disability services and support organisation here in North Wales. They want to engage with the people who use their services more, so we are  creating a bespoke programme together, which will be really special. We’re also in the process of talking with organisations like Mind to create similar bespoke programmes there as well.  

We’ve also been doing some outreach screenings at film locations which has been really fun. We hosted a Halloween screening of our second feature film Approaching Shadows at the pub featured in the film. The screening was packed! The crowd were raucous in the best way and they loved it, it worked really well. We’re planning on going back to that same village in January to screen Brian and Charles, as that was also filmed there! It is a different way to engage these communities with Welsh films as well which is nice. 

It’s a really exciting time for the project and we can’t wait to see where it goes in 2025.

Find out more about the Neighbourhood Cinema project yma.

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Cardiff Animation Festival attends BFI FAN CON 2024

Ellys Donovan, Festival Producer of Cardiff Animation Festival tells us about her experience at BFI FAN CON 2024.

 

BFI FAN CON is a brand new conference for BFI FAN (Film Audience Network) members, from small community cinemas and touring collectives right up to large multi-screen independent cinemas and landmark film festivals. The inaugural event took place in September 2024 (Belfast) and Ellys attended on behalf of Cardiff Animation Festival.

Here’s what Ellys told us about her experience:

I had a brilliant time attending my first BFI FAN CON in Belfast. I attended a lot of insightful talks, discussions and training sessions and it was brilliant to meet everyone and talk so passionately about film exhibition and festivals.

 Ellys attended the following talks, all of which she found were engaging and informative:

  • Spotlight: Working with Communities in Underserved Areas
  • Making Film Festivals More Sustainable and Inclusive
  • Integrating Accessible Cinema Experiences For All Audiences
  • Deaf Awareness Training
  • ‘We’ll Come To You’ People Centred Approaches to Film Exhibition
  • The Evolving Role of AI in Cinema
  • Family Fortunes: Reaching Families and Children

The ‘Family Fortunes: Reaching Families and Children‘ talk was presented by Exeter Phoenix a Cinemagic Film Festival which explored how they have successfully engaged children / family audiences with their programme and developed a sustainable practice with families being one of their biggest audiences. This is something Cardiff Animation Festival will consider when programming in the future and how they can bring new content to families that would otherwise not have access to it on the big screen.

Read more about all the sessions above.

A community engagement session, We’ll Come to You: People-Centred Approaches to Film Exhibition (curated by Linnea Pettersson) explored potential barriers for audiences from underserved socio economic backgrounds and what can be done to to address them – this was helpful for Ellys in relation to the touring programmes they offer to communities across Wales and how they can consider a people-centred approach to their programming.

Linnea Pettersson is the BFI FAN Socio Economic Champion, read more and find resources here.

Ellys made several new connections with festivals and cinema programmers across the UK and Ireland which could result in more exciting collaborations for Cardiff Animation Festival in future. The new knowledge, training insights and contacts will be shared with the festival team to continue improving Cardiff Animation Festival events for the years ahead.

…the lunches and dinners at BFI FAN CON were a great, relaxed networking opportunity to meet fellow film exhibitors and gain an insight into how everyone approaches their work in a similar role to me – which is something I don’t often get the chance to experience.

Ellys attended BFI FAN CON with the support of Film Hub Wales via our Bursary scheme. If you want to attend a meeting, course or event that would benefit your organisation and develop audiences but the costs are prohibitive, you can submit an application for support here.

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The Mark Lewis Jones Collection

As actor Mark Lewis Jones’ latest film Portraits of Dangerous Women hit cinema screens on October 11th 2024, he’s also is preparing to receive the BAFTA Cymru 2024 Siân Phillips Award. Across his 38-year acting career, he’s starred in a host of critically-acclaimed films and television dramas. To celebrate this achievement, we’ve curated a list of some of Mark’s films from our Made in Wales catalogue.

To see Mark’s full filmography and TV credits, click yma.

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Ffilmiau Cymreig sy’n Ymddangos mewn Sinemâu dros y Gaeaf Hwn
9 Hydref 2024

Os ydych chi’n gobeithio llenwi’ch calendr gyda ffilmiau Cymreig ac eistedd o flaen y sgrin fawr mewn sinema glyd, mae gennym ni restr o ffilmiau i chi dros y gaeaf hwn.

Mae 2024 eisoes wedi bod yn flwyddyn brysur i ffilmiau gyda chysylltiadau Cymreig. Eleni rhyddhawyd ffilmiau dramatig megis The Almond and the Seahorse, Unicorns and Chuck Chuck Baby, a’r animeiddiad epig; Kensuke’s Kingdom. Roedd cyfweliad Gwnaethpwyd yng Nghymru arbennig ar gael i bob un i gyflwyno’r cysylltiadau Cymreig i gynulleidfaoedd.

Mae hyd yn oed fwy ar y gweill i ni eu mwynhau, gan gychwyn gyda Timestalker, sydd yn cael ei rhyddhau 11 Hydrefed. Mae’r cyfarwyddwr Alice Lowe yn creu siwrnai carmig, doniol, sydd weithiau’n dreisgar, sy’n dilyn yr arwres anlwcus, Agnes, sy’n ailymgnawdoli ar ôl ailadrodd yr un camgymeriad: sef cwympo mewn cariad gyda’r dyn anghywir. Mae gan y ffilm nifer o gysylltiadau Cymreig, o’r cynhyrchydd, Vaughan Sivell, i’r actor Aneurin Barnard, a ffilmiwyd ar gyfer cyfweliad Gwnaethpwyd yng Nghymru’r wythnos yma. Fe’i ffilmiwyd yng Nghaerdydd a Thŷ Penpont yn Aberhonddu. 

Esbonia’r Cynhyrchydd, y Cymro Vaughan Sivell:

Ers fy ffilm gyntaf, Third Star, rydyn ni wedi llwyddo i ffilmio nifer o’n ffilmiau’n rhannol gartref yng Nghymru, ond yn yr achos yma, fe lwyddon ni ffilmio Timestalker yn ei gyfanrwydd yng Nghymru. Bannau Brycheiniog oedd Ucheldiroedd yr Alban, Tŷ Penpont oedd Lloegr Sioraidd a Bae Caerdydd oedd Efrog Newydd y 1980au! Roedd y criw o Gymry yn rhagorol, ac fe gawsom ni amser anhygoel. Dw i’n edrych ymlaen yn fawr i gynulleidfaoedd lleol weld y ffilm ar y sgrin fawr.

Fis Tachwedd, mae gennym ni ddwy ffilm ddogfen sydd â themâu o bwys rhyngwladol. Yn gyntaf, India’s 1st Best Trans Model Agency, gan y cyfarwyddwr sy’n byw yn Sir Benfro, Ila Mehrotra, a ddaw i’r sgrin fawr 11 Tachwedd, yn ystod Wythnos Ymwybyddiaeth Pobl Drawsryweddol. Mae’r siwrnai emosiynol yma a ffilmiwyd ar hyd saith blynedd, yn dilyn stori hynod Rudrani Chettri, ei ffrindiau a’r gymuned drawsryweddol yn Delhi wrth iddynt greu asiantaeth modelau traws cyntaf India. Mae’r ffilm yn edrych ar gymhlethdod ‘trydydd rhywedd’ India, sef Hijra, lle mae gwerthoedd traddodiadol a hawliau dynol yn gwrthdaro. Daw’r ffilm â straeon cyfarwydd o gariad a cholled, gobaith a thlodi, harddwch, swyn a gogoniant y catwalk.

On November 22nd, the multi award winning O R Tambo’s Comrade Tambo’s London Recruits ei rhyddhau i gynulleidfa ehangach mewn sinemâu, drwy’r hyn y mae’r trefnwyr yn ei alw’n ‘Rhyddhad y Bobl’. Mae’r ffilm, a ddisgrifiwyd gan Variety fel 'ffilm ddogfen gyffrous sy’n eich cadw chi ar flaen eich sedd‘, wedi’i gosod ar anterth apartheid yn y chwedegau hwyr / saithdegau cynnar. Mae grŵp o actifyddion dosbarth gweithiol, gwrth-hiliol yn Llundain ateb galw cyfrinachol Oliver Tambo am asiantiaid cudd i ddod â gobaith i’w bobl ddiobaith yn Ne Affrica. Mae’r rhyddhad yn cael ei drefnu mewn partneriaeth â’r mudiad Undeb Masnach ac mewn cydsafiad â’r sefydliad o Dde Affrica, ACTSA, mewn ymateb i derfysgoedd hil ledled y DU. Bydd sgwrs banel allweddol yn dilyn y ffilm, i drafod sut y gall bob un ohonom gyfrannu at Brydain wrth-hiliol.   

Esbonia’r Cyfarwyddwr, y Cymro Gordon Main pam fod rhyddhau ffilmiau megis Comrade Tambo’s London Recruits mor bwysig:

Gydag adain dde eofn ar ein strydoedd unwaith eto, mae’r ffilm yma’n cynnig dewis arall pwerus, gwrth-hiliol i gasineb. Fe fentrodd y London Recruits eu rhyddid er mwyn creu byd gwell. Maen nhw’n ysbrydoliaeth. Wedi’i ffilmio yng Nghymru a De Affrica, mae’r ffilm yn gydweithrediad balch rhwng Cymru a De Affrica. Mae’n arddangos talent a lleoliadau arbennig yn y ddau le, ac yn rhan o sgwrs artistig a diwylliannol ehangach, sy’n gweld partneriaethau creadigol Cymreig / Affricanaidd yn hollbwysig ar gyfer Cymru ddiwylliannol iachus, rhyngwladol, sy’n edrych allan.

Mae’r ail ffilm gan y Cyfarwyddwr Sambiaidd Cymreig, Rungano Nyoni: On Becoming a Guinea Fowl hefyd yn uchafbwynt ar y gorwel. Mae’r ffilm yn dilyn Shula wrth iddi yrru ar hyd ffordd wag yng nghanol y nos a darganfod corff ei hewythr annwyl Fred. Wrth i drefniadau’r angladd ddwyn ffrwyth o’u hamgylch, mae Shula a’i chefndryd yn taflu goleuni ar gyfrinachau eu teulu Sambiaidd dosbarth canol. Cadwch lygad barcud am ddyddiad rhyddhau, a gyhoeddir yn fuan.

Gall y rheiny sy’n hoff o ffilmiau gwaedlyd hefyd edrych ymlaen at y ffilm uchelgeisiol, fychan ei chyllideb, Scopohobia gan y cyfarwyddwr ac ysgrifennwr o Gymru, Aled Owen yr Hydref hwn, yn ogystal â Protein am lofrudd cyfresol sy’n byw a bod yn y gampfa, a ddaw cyn bo hir gan dîm o gynhyrchwyr o Gymru, Craig Russell, Tom Gripper a Dan Bailey. Crëwyd y ddwy ffilm yn ninas Abertawe a’i chyffiniau. Gall gynulleidfaoedd hefyd barhau i fwynhau dangosiadau o’r ffilm arswyd gwerinol Prydeinig, Starve Acre, sy’n serennu’r actorion o Gymru, Morfydd Clark ac Erin Richards.

Hana Lewis, Rheolwr Canolfan Ffilm Cymru’n esbonio sut fydd y prosiect Gwnaethpwyd yng Nghymru’n cefnogi’r ffilmiau hyn wrth iddynt gael ei rhyddhau: 

Drwy ein prosiect Gwnaethpwyd yng Nghymru, rydyn ni’n cydweithio’n agos gyda’r rheiny sy’n dal hawlfraint y ffilmiau, er mwyn hyrwyddo’r ffilmiau. Rydyn ni’n creu cynnwys megis cyfweliadau gyda thalent ac erthyglau golygyddol sy’n dwyn sylw i elfennau megis themâu neu leoliadau, y gallai fod yn ddiywybod i gynulleidfaoedd. Mae’n holl bwysig bod y ffilmiau hyn yn cyrraedd cymunedau mewn sinemâu, gan eu bod yn helpu ni i weld Cymru ar y sgrin, ac yn helpu’r byd i’n gweld ni. Gallwn archwilio ein hunaniaeth ddiwylliannol mewn ffyrdd Newydd, gan roi llais i’r rheiny sy’n adrodd straeon amrywiol, a herio canfyddiadau ystrydebol ynglŷn â Chymru.

Mae prosiect Gwnaethpwyd yng Nghymru (GYNg) Canolfan Ffilm Cymru Film Hub Wales’ yn dathlu ffilmiau sydd â chysylltiadau Cymreig. Mae’n cynnig gweithgareddau ar hyd y flwyddyn mewn partneriaeth ag arddangoswyr yng Nghymru, gan gynnwys catalog ffilmiau, sy’n gartref i dros 1000 o ffilmiau hir a byr a phodlediad Gwnaethpwyd yng Nghymru. Gall gynulleidfaoedd gael diweddariadau ynglŷn â ffilmiau Cymreig sydd ar ddod a’r cyfweliadau diweddaraf drwy ddilyn @Madeinwales_ ar y cyfryngau cymdeithasol.

Mae MIW yn bosibl diolch i gyllid gan Cymru Creadigol a Rhwydwaith Cynulleidfa Ffilmiau (FAN) BFI, yn dyfarnu cyllid gan y Loteri Genedlaethol. Mae FAN BFI yn cynnig cymorth i arddangoswyr ledled y DU i roi hwb i raglennu diwylliannol ac ymgysylltu â chynulleidfaoedd amrywiol. Yng Nghymru, caiff y gweithgarwch hwn ei arwain gan Ganolfan Ffilm Cymru, sy’n cael ei rheoli gan Chapter.

Darllenwch y datganiad i’r wasg llawn yma

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Ffigurau Cudd: Cwrdd ag aelodau Canolfan Ffilm Cymru sydd yn rhedeg prosiectau yn 2024

Bob tro y byddwch yn gwylio ffilm ar sgrin fawr, mae tîm o bobl yn gweithio'n galed y tu ôl i'r llenni i sicrhau eich bod yn cael y profiad gorau. Eleni, byddwn yn eich cyflwyno i'r bobl y tu ôl i'n prosiectau a ariennir – ffigurau cudd arddangosfa ffilm yng Nghymru. O gyfarwyddwyr prosiect i guraduron ac arbenigwyr marchnata sydd i gyd yn rhoi cynhwysiant wrth wraidd eu gweithgareddau arddangos...

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BFI announces ART OF ACTION, a major UK-wide season celebrating the artistry of real action choreography
29th July 2024

The season will be presented by the BFI Film Audience Network at venues UK-wide from October-December 2024, with highlights including:

  • BFI Distribution re-release of Kathryn Bigelow’s POINT BREAK (1991), in cinemas UK-wide on 8 November
  • UK-wide screenings and events presented in partnership with the BFI Film Audience Network, including the ninth edition of the Fighting Spirit Film Festival, a celebration of women of colour working in action cinema and screenings dedicated to the ‘original Hollywood action hero’ Buster Keaton
  • Major season at BFI Southbank and BFI IMAX featuring focuses on John Woo and Bollywood action
  • BFI 4K UHD release of SEVEN SAMURAI on 21 October, with screenings at selected cinemas from 27 September, including a premiere event at BFI IMAX on 26 September
  • A collection of films to stream on demand on BFI Player

The BFI today announces a new season celebrating the artistry of real action choreography, that has kept film audiences on the edge of their seats since the early days of cinema. Presented by the Rhwydwaith Cynulleidfa Ffilm BFI (BFI FAN) using funds from the National Lottery, ART OF ACTION will take place at cinemas across the UK from October-December 2024, with the chance to get behind-the-scenes insights from those working in the action and stunt communities, via special events, demonstrations, talks and screenings throughout the season. ART OF ACTION will spotlight the genre through the ages, with films ranging from cult classics to lesser-known gems from around the world. It will illuminate the work of female stunt performers and their struggle for recognition, and champion the new wave of action stars and filmmakers who are building upon the legacy of those who have fallen, crashed, smashed and picked themselves up before them.

From the jaw-dropping stunts of the silent era to the intricate dynamic choreography of today’s biggest action films, via the daredevil ethos of Hong Kong filmmaking, ART OF ACTION will feature screenings of THE GENERAL (1926), THE TRAIN (1964), THE WILD BUNCH (1969), the POLICE STORY TRILOGY (1985-1992), RUN LOLA RUN (1998), CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON (2000), POLITE SOCIETY (2023) and many more. The centrepiece of ART OF ACTION will be a BFI re-release of Kathryn Bigelow’s POINT BREAK (1991) starring Keanu Reeves as FBI agent Johnny Utah, who goes undercover with a gang of surfers, led by Patrick Swayze’s Bodhi, who are suspects in a series of bank robberies. Bigelow’s kinetic masterpiece, which has rarely been seen on big screens in the UK in recent years, will be released in selected cinemas UK-wide by BFI Distribution on 8 November, with the film also available on BFI Player on the same date.

Timon Singh, BFI FAN Producer and programmer of ART OF ACTION, said:

After the triumph of EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE and the continued success of franchises like JOHN WICK and MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE, it’s clear that the thrill of watching ‘real action’ done by stunt performers, as well as stars like Michelle Yeoh and Tom Cruise, still captivates audiences. This season looks at the cinematic artistry, skills and craft involved in creating iconic action sequences and films, as well as engage with the historic roots and cross-cultural influences of the genre. We’ll celebrate the skill and daring of actors and stunt performers and their extraordinary on-screen exploits and provide opportunities to get behind-the-scenes insights into the daring world of action design which will thrill and entertain, and hopefully inspire the next generation of creatives.

Jason Wood, BFI Director of Public Programme & Audiences, said:

Art of Action will be a high-octane crowd pleaser at a moment when we truly need to be supporting cinemas, which provide such vital culture and entertainment to communities across the UK. The BFI Film Audience Network plays a really important role in getting diverse films to audiences and this has been an inspirational and creative collaboration with our colleagues at Watershed, Bristol taking the lead. It’s a greatblueprint for how the BFI can work with partners UK-wide on major projects. Art of Action’s broad historical and international scope presents the films we love alongside brand-new discoveries from silent gems to combat charged women, martial arts to major blockbusters plus a long-awaited re-release of Kathryn Bigelow’s seminal Point Break. Buckle up and enjoy the ride!

The season will be programmed around three key themes, with the first dedicated to spotlighting action through the ages – from the early visual gags of silent gems like THE GENERAL (1926) to influential classics such as THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD (1938) and THE TRAIN (1964), through to the intricate and dynamic wuxia choreography of CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON (2000). ART OF ACTION will also bust the myth that action is just by and for men; celebrating the plethora of female talent in front of and behind the camera, as well as shedding a light on under-represented voices in the action community, from YES MADAM (1985) to POLITE SOCIETY (2023) via RUN LOLA RUN (1998). Finally, the season will explore how action films became a global phenomenon as both Eastern and Western filmmakers were inspired by each other, and the impact of such cross-cultural influences on cinema today – from SEVEN SAMURAI (1954) and THE WILD BUNCH (1969) to the POLICE STORY TRILOGY (1985-1992).

More than 50 venues UK-wide will host events and screenings supported by the BFI Film Audience Network, with some of the highlights set to include:

  • Broadway Cinema’s action mini season designed for Under-25s and marginalised audiences, which will include a day of Robin Hood screenings to mark Nottingham’s Robin Hood Marathon.
  • Call to Action, a programme curated by Reclaim the Frame that centres women of colour working in front of and behind the camera in the action genre, from the 90s to the present day. Comprising special events with guests including stunt performer Ayesha Hussian, panel conversations, demos and screenings, Call to Action will tour venues including Hackney Picturehouse, Dukes at Komedia, Picturehouse (Brighton), Glasgow Film Theatre and Midlands Art Centre (Birmingham).
  • Cromarty Kicks Ass, a tightly packed season of films run by Cromarty Community Cinema in the Highlands, Scotland, will address themes of justice, revenge, honour and the global desire to have the cinema shake with action, alongside parkour and capoeira demonstrations and workshops, and a free outdoor screening of a Jackie Chan classic accompanied by a live musician and torchlight lion dance.
  • Exeter Phoenix: Smash The Glass, which will celebrate the women who have advanced action cinema both on and off-screen, delivered in partnership with Girls on Film critic and broadcaster Anna Smith, with collaborations from Plymouth Art Cinema.
  • Fabrica in Brighton will deliver Creative Action, a weekend-long festival empowering young people aged 16-25, women and people of marginalized genders by repositioning the cultural significance of action films for audiences. The festival will engage these groups through partnerships with women, non-binary and queer-friendly martial arts clubs, a programme of shorts from local and international animators and a collaboration with their young film programmers’ group, Fresh Perspectives.
  • The ninth edition of Fighting Spirit Film Festival, with martial arts shorts and features presented alongside martial arts and weapons demonstrations, a martial arts workshop and seminars on choreographing a short action sequence.
  • Hyde Park Picture House Leeds’s programme exploring the history of car races and chases in global cinema, featuring talks and Q&As with academics, car enthusiasts and stuntwomen, plus a day-long educational session as part of Hyde Park Picture House’s Film School strand.
  • The Magic Lantern screening POINT BREAK alongside the local surf community in Tywyn with entertainment including a live band and a party; THE GENERAL with live musical accompaniment and trips on the Talyllyn steam railway; martial arts demos, a free sword fighting workshop and Welsh filmmaker Garth Evans’ RAID II.
  • MilkTea’s ESEA In Action, at Brixton Ritzy in London and City Screen in York, which will showcase a program of East and Southeast Asian (ESEA) cinema with their programme theme, Black x Asian cultural crossover, in partnership with Dark Matter.
  • Mitchell Arts Centre’s celebration of the ‘original Hollywood action hero’, Buster Keaton, with enhanced screenings featuring live musical accompaniment from musician Meg Morley and an introduction from local film historian Ray Johnson.
  • Queen’s Film Theatre Belfast’s programme spanning the breadth of the genre with special events including a celebration of women in action with film journalist Helen O’Hara, a stage combat demonstration by fight director Philip Rafferty, and an action all-nighter curated by QFT’s LUMI programmers.

The full UK-wide line-up of screenings, events and touring programmes will be announced soon.

BFI Southbank will play host to a major season from 21 October – 30 November, concentrating on several themes alongside stunts; the women of action, the master John Woo and the influence of Bollywood, as well as serving a plotted guide through the history of action cinema with a special all action-themed edition of Big Screen Classics, where BFI Southbank shows classic films on a daily basis for just £9. Special events confirmed for the season so far include Stunt Saturday on 16 November, a special day of talks, panel events, screenings and workshops all celebrating the art of stunts. BFI Southbank will welcome Nida Manzoor for a Q&A on 17 November, following a screening of her hilarious and exhilarating action/comedy POLITE SOCIETY (2023), which follows 16-year-old Ria, an aspiring stuntwoman, who is alarmed when her sister Lena is swept up by a charming suitor and starts heading towards marriage at speed. Also on 17 November, The Art of the Action Trailer will present some of the best and worst action trailers through time, pondering the iconic trailer voiceover and decide whether it’s better to reveal or conceal the big stunts.

BFI IMAX, the UK’s largest screen, is one of the best places to watch an action blockbuster with its immersive, unmatched scale. The cinema will host a number of events during the season, including all-nighters dedicated to JOHN WICK a MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE, and the premiere of a new 4K restoration of Akira Kurosawa’s SEVEN SAMURAI (1954) on 26 September. SEVEN SAMURAI will also be released by the BFI on 4K UHD on 21 October, with the new restoration playing in further selected cinemas as part of the season. More information about the 4K UHD release will be revealed soon.

Audiences will also be able to stream films from the season at home on BFI Player, with a selection of titles set to include FIST OF FURY (1972), THE STREET FIGHTER (1974), ARMOUR OF GOD (1986), HEROES SHED NO TEARS (1986), POINT BREAK (1991), RUN LOLA RUN (1998), LEONOR WILL NEVER DIE (2022) and many more to be announced soon.

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Beth sy ’mlaen yn Sinemâu Cymru: Ffilmiau fforddiadwy i Gymunedau ledled Cymru
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Mae Canolfan Ffilm Cymru (CFfC) wedi rhoi dros £100,000 o gyllid Loteri Genedlaethol y BFI i 19 o sinemâu annibynnol a gwyliau ffilmiau yng Nghymru drwy ei Chronfa Arddangos Ffilm. 

Bydd yr arian yn galluogi cynulleidfaoedd yng Nghymru i wylio’r ffilmiau annibynnol diweddaraf o’r DU a ffilmiau rhyngwladol yn eu cymunedau lleol, am bris fforddiadwy. O ddangosiadau ymlaciedig, ffilmiau i’r teulu, llinynnau eco a’r ffilmiau Cymreig diweddaraf, mae digon o ddewis.  

Bydd cynulleidfaoedd ym Mhen-y-bont ar Ogwr a Blaenau Ffestiniog yn cael gwylio’r ffilmiau mewn safleoedd sinema newydd a chyffrous. Mae Ymddiriedolaeth Ddiwylliannol Awen yn lansio Prosiect Sinema Cwm Llynfi yn Neuadd y Dref Maesteg, yn dilyn adnewyddiad werth miliynau o bunnoedd. Yn Cellb, bydd ‘Sgrin Emyr Ankst’ yn agor er cof am Emyr Glyn Williams – arloeswr cerddoriaeth a sinema Gymreig – bydd ei gyfraniad yn parhau i ysbrydoli pobl ifanc Cymru am flynyddoedd lawer.  

Esbonia Rhys Roberts o Cellb bwysigrwydd eu sgrin newydd i’r gymuned: 

Mae Cellb wedi’i leoli yng nghanol tref Blaenau Ffestiniog, lleoliad mynyddig islaw chwareli Stiniog, gyda’i hanes cyfoethog yn niwydiant, treftadaeth a diwylliant. Dyma oedd lleoliad y ffilm gyntaf yn y Gymraeg, Y Chwarelwr, ffilm bwysig sy’n adlewyrchu bywydau’r chwarelwyr lleol yn y gymuned. Roedd diwylliant hanesyddol a’r Gymraeg yn holl bwysig i’w ddynameg gymdeithasol a diwylliannol.

Heddiw, teimlwn ei bod hi’n bwysig dathlu ac addysgu ein pobl ifanc am arwyr cyfoes fel Emyr, a gyda hyn ar flaen ein meddyliau yr ydym yn dymuno cyflwyno ein Sgrin 1 yn ei enw. Mae angen modelau rôl ar bobl ifanc – unigolion sydd wedi llewyrchu yn y celfyddydau a diwylliant, ac mae Emyr yn esiampl arbennig o fachgen ifanc a anelodd yn uchel a gafodd effaith enfawr ar ddiwylliant Cymreig. Mae hwn i ti, Emyr, rwyt ti wedi’n hysbrydoli ni ac fe gadwn dy fflam ynghyn i’r bobl am flynyddoedd i ddod. Diolch Emyr, Caru chdi.

Yn Theatr y Torch, Aberdaugleddau, maent yn adeiladu cysylltiadau gyda’u cynulleidfaoedd a’u partneriaid lleol, gan archwilio themâu byd-eang hunaniaeth groestoriadol, a hynny drwy eu rhaglen o ffilmiau. Maent yn agor yr adeilad i gymunedau newydd drwy ddathlu dyddiadau ymwybyddiaeth o bwys megis Hanes Mis Pobl Ddu, Mis Hanes LGBTQIA+ a Diwrnod Rhyngwladol Pobl ag Anableddau.

Esbonia Chelseyy Gillard, Cyfarwyddwr Artistig,Theatr y Torch:

Rydyn ni wrth ein boddau’n cydweithio â Chanolfan Ffilm Cymru i gyflwyno cyfres o dymhorau sinema sy’n dathlu, ar draws chwe mis. Bydd y cyllid yn ein caniatáu ni i adeiladu perthynas gyda’n cymunedau a darganfod beth mae pobl am ei weld yn eu sinema leol, gan lywio ein cynaliadwyedd tymor hir. Drwy gydweithio â phartneriaid ledled Cymru sy’n dod â chyfoeth o brofiadau bywyd, byddwn yn gallu dangos amrywiaeth fwy eang o ffilmiau a hwyluso digwyddiadau ar ôl y dangosiadau y gobeithiwn y bydd yn cefnogi trafodaeth, myfyrdod a chysylltiad.

Ymhlith yr uchafbwyntiau eraill mae digwyddiadau dan arweiniad pobl ifanc yng Nghanolfan y Celfyddydau Taliesin yn Abertawe a Theatr Gwaun, Abergwaun; dangos gwaith gwneuthurwyr ffilmiau niwrowahanol yng Ngŵyl Undod Hijinx a drwy linyn Lleisiau Gwahanol Gŵyl Animeiddio Caerdydd; yn ogystal â llinyn natur/ecoleg o fewn arswyd yng Ngŵyl Ffilmiau Arswyd Abertoir – megis parasitiaid ffiaidd go iawn a ‘natur yn ymladd yn ôl’.

Dywedodd Hana Lewis, Pennaeth Canolfan Ffilm Cymru:   

Mae’r gronfa wedi’i chynllunio i helpu sinemâu, gwyliau a sgriniau cymunedol ddod â’r gorau o ffilmiau annibynnol y DU a ffilmiau rhyngwladol i gynulleidfaoedd Cymru, mewn ffyrdd fforddiadwy a hygyrch. Mae gymaint i edrych ymlaen ato eleni, a does dim posib i gymunedau gael yr un wefr o wylio ffilm gartref. Drwy fynd i’w sinema leol, maent yn rhan o rywbeth mwy yn eu cymuned, a gyda llu o weithgareddau eraill ar gael, mae cynulleidfaoedd yn cael noson mas am bris eu tocyn sinema.

Cefnogir y prosiectau gan Ganolfan Ffilm Cymru, sy’n rhan o Rwydwaith Cynulleidfa Ffilm y BFI (FAN), gan ddefnyddio cyllid gan y Loteri Genedlaethol i sicrhau bod y dewis gorau o sinema ar gael i bawb ledled y DU. Mae cronfeydd yng Nghymru’n cael eu gweinyddu gan GFfC drwy Chapter, fel Sefydliad Arweiniol y Ganolfan Ffilm.

Caiff dros £30M ei godi bob wythnos ar gyfer achosion da ar draws y DU gan y Loteri Genedlaethol.  

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Sol Cinema attends Sheffield DocFest 2024

Paul O’Connor, Co-Founder of Sol Cinema attended Sheffield DocFest 2024 and told us about his experience after 10 years away from the festival…

 

Sheffield DocFest is the UK’s leading documentary festival and one of the world’s most influential markets for documentary projects. They champion and present the breadth of documentary form – film, television, immersive and art – in the vibrant city of Sheffield each June at Showroom Cinema.

Paul was hoping to attend workshops, film screenings, meet filmmakers and event organisers to explore collaborations with Sol Cinema which brings new audiences to see short films they wouldn’t usually see.  

Here’s what Paul told us about his festival experience:

 I attended a VR workshop and will be exploring new options around that. I was impressed with the software DocFest used for including live audio translations at each panel discussion and I shall explore this for future Sol Cinema events.

DocFest brought together filmmakers from across the world and Paul felt inspired by the networking sessions, workshops and film premieres he attended. A funding panel outlined the need to think differently about where to source funds, he gained insights into the current climate of the creative industries and he met potential new bookings for Sol Cinema.

Paul attended the Sheffield DocFest with the support of Film Hub Wales via our Bursary scheme. If you want to attend a meeting, course or event that would benefit your organisation and develop audiences but the costs are prohibitive, you can submit an application for support here.

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Swydd Wag: Cydlynydd Marchnata Aelodau Canolfan Ffilm Cymru (Ar Gau)
  • Cydlynydd Marchnata Aelodau Canolfan Ffilm Cymru (CFfC)
  • Cyflog: £26,353 (dyfarniad cyflog i ddod)
  • Cytundeb: Ebrill 2025 – 31 Mawrth 2026, (yn amodol ar gyfnod prawf o 3 mis)gyda'r potensial i ymestyn, yn amodol ar gadarnhad o gyllid blynyddol.
  • Oriau: 40 awr yr wythnos (TOIL). Mae peth gwaith gyda’r nos ac ar benwythnosau yn angenrheidiol i’r swydd
  • Lleoliad: Hybrid. 1 - 2 ddiwrnod gwaith yr wythnos yn Chapter yng Nghaerdydd a/neu gyfarfodydd oddi ar y safle

Diben y Swydd
Cefnogi’r Ganolfan a’i haelodau i ddatblygu cynulleidfaoedd ar gyfer sinema annibynnol Brydeinig a rhyngwladol, a hynny ledled Cymru, drwy waith marchnata ac allgymorth. Mae hyn yn cynnwys prosiect 'spotlight' penodol yng Ngogledd Cymru a marchnata B i B o gyfleoedd i aelodaeth y Ganolfan.

Ceisiadau:

  • Mae disgrifiad swydd llawn ar gael i’w lawrlwytho isod. Ni allwn dderbyn CVs.
  • Os oes gennych unrhyw ymholiadau am y broses o wneud cais cysylltwch os gwelwch yn dda gyda apply@chapter.org
  • Llenwch ffurflen (ar-lein) ffurflen Cyfle Cyfartal.
  • Sicrhewch eich bod yn cyfeirio at bob pwynt yn y fanyleb person.
  • Ni fyddwn yn gallu cyfarfod gydag ymgeiswyr unigol cyn y cyfweliad.

Dyddiad Cau ar gyfer ceisiadau: Dydd Iau 13 Mawrth, 5.30pm
Cynhelir cyfweliadau: Dydd Llun 24 Mawrth unai yng Nghanolfan Gelfyddydau Chapter, Caerdydd

 

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Spotlight programme announced by BFI FAN

The programme will see investment in eight local areas across the UK to boost audience choice and improve access to screenings of independent film.

Announced today as part of the latest iteration of BFI Rhwydwaith Cynulleidfa Ffilm (FAN), SPOTLIGHT sees additional BFI National Lottery investment in eight local areas across the UK to boost audience choice and improve access to screenings of independent film. In addition, each FAN Hub now also has funding available – totalling over £750,000 – to support a wide range of exhibition activity across the UK, and Network is also rolling out significant skills programmes to upskill exhibition professionals. This comes as an external evaluation of BFI FAN is published, highlighting its success in reaching new audiences and broadening access to screen culture.

For BFI FAN 2023 to 2026, the BFI ringfenced £1.85 million National Lottery funding for SPOTLIGHT. It takes a hyper-local approach to developing screenings in eight areas, each identified as having little or no screening provision by their local Film Hubs. The projects will be delivered over three years, in many cases operating in partnership with locally based film organisations, with an end goal of establishing audiences and screening activities that can be sustained and continue once this targeted support ends.

The SPOTLIGHT areas and the partners set to receive support are:

  • Film Hub London: Barking a Dagenham and Newham
  • Film Hub Midlands: Stoke on Trent and Stafford, in partnership with Flatpack Festival
  • Film Hub Northern Ireland: Newry a Mourne, in partnership with Newcastle Community Cinema
  • Film Hub North: Sunderland, in partnership with Sunderland Shorts Film Festival
  • Film Hub Scotland: Moray Firth area, in partnership with Eden Court, Inverness
  • Film Hub South East: Peterborough, in partnership with the Gateway Film Festival
  • Film Hub South West: Swindon, in partnership with Create Studios
  • Film Hub Wales: Rural Conwy, in partnership with TAPE, Community Music a Ffilm

Ben Luxford, BFI’s Director of UK Audiences says:

The aim of BFI FAN has always been to open up access and opportunity for everyone across the UK to be able to discover and watch a rich variety of UK and international indie film. Given the ongoing challenges the exhibition sector is facing, the value of FAN, particularly the financial support and training it offers, is more vital than ever. The latest FAN evaluation outlines where it has had a positive impact and helped us set the roadmap for this latest iteration – it tells us that having a connected national network which has a localised approach is key to its success. In introducing SPOTLIGHT we want to encourage ultra-local audience development, focussing on a specific area that is underserved and enable the Hubs to take action to improve the offer and engage the local community. As well as benefit to those audiences, we also hope the whole of FAN will gather learnings to make longer-term impact.

Also rolling out in 2024 are a series of BFI FAN skills and development initiatives intended to provide Hub members with access to vital training and learning opportunities. These include REACH: Strategic Audience Development training which has been created by the ICO and run for four previous editions. This intensive course will give its participants an opportunity to build their expertise in growing and developing audiences and is soon to be followed by a new course – Revisiting Your Cinema Business Model – intended to address the pressing need for greater financial and commercial knowledge within cinemas across the UK.

A regular programme of online webinars is also being offered to FAN members across the UK covering a range of topics including environmental sustainability, access, working with young audiences and screen heritage. Later this year will also see the launch of a new BFI FAN Conference, bringing member organisations together to share best practice in reaching audiences with innovative film programmes and develop a more connected community of peers within the Network.

These initiatives come as BFI FAN published an evaluation of its activity between 2018 and 2022 undertaken by Indigo Ltd. The report highlights the success of the decentralised funding model that saw an £8 million investment support over 2,428 projects that added an estimated value of at least £21.2 million to the economy. FAN exceeded its ambitious audience targets, with supported activity achieving almost 2.3 million admissions from 1,514 audience facing projects.

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A Tribute to Emyr Glyn Williams

We are devastated by the loss of our friend and colleague, Emyr.

We were fortunate to have worked with him over the last ten years, since the start of his journey at Pontio. He called us in excitement to chat about programming the cinema, before the building had even opened. He was a constant collaborator from that point onwards, someone who supported us, as much as we hopefully did him. He inspired the idea of the ‘Off y Grid’ project because he felt the loneliness of running a venue at times and wanted to create partnerships with neighbouring cinemas.

He was the kind of person that would meet you with open arms and hug you like he meant it. You could talk to him for hours (and we did sometimes) about films or creative ideas. He was someone that we could approach for any project idea and know he’d come up with something spot on. A brilliant champion of Welsh language and culture and font of knowledge when it came to Welsh film.

We only shared a small part of Emyr’s life and are grateful for that. We send our love and deepest condolences to his family, friends and his colleagues at Pontio and beyond.

Emyr often found himself quoted all over our site because he had a beautiful way with words. You’ll find him as a permanent fixture on our home page, where he summed it up in six words: ‘cinema belongs to all of us.’ We’ll miss you Emyr. We know you’ll already have the lights down low and a projector running up there.

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Sinemâu Cymru yn Dathlu Pen-blwydd Canolfan Ffilm Cymru yn 10

Mae hi’n ben-blwydd arnom ni’n 10! Rydyn ni’n edrych yn ôl i’r un cyfnod yn 2013, pan lansiwyd ein rhaglen newydd sbon mewn partneriaeth â sinemâu, gwyliau ffilmiau a sgriniau cymunedol ledled Cymru. Ein nod oedd cynyddu cynulleidfaoedd ffilmiau annibynnol Prydeinig a ffilmiau rhyngwladol ledled Cymru.

Mae’r cyfan wedi bod yn bosib drwy ddiolch i’n partneriaid arddangos a BFIFAN gyda chyllid gan @TFNLUK drwy law’r BFI. Ymunwch â ni i edrych yn ôl ar damaid bychan o’r oll yr ydym wedi’i gyflawni dros y ddegawd ddiwethaf.

Gwyliwch y fideos isod gyda negeseuon gan ein haelodau, ynghyd â fideo sy'n dangos ambell i uchafbwynt o'r ddeg mlynedd ddiwethaf, a'n datganiad i'r wasg, uchafbwyntiau a straeon y cyfryngau cymdeithasol:

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Select a tab to view Films Available in the package

LETTING IN THE LIGHT – Letting in the Light animation project was a collaboration between the Contemporary Art Society for Wales, Engage Cymru, Cyfarthfa Castle Museum & Art Gallery and pupils of Pen y Dre High School and their Artist in Residence Adam Griffiths. The animation was facilitated by Gerald Conn of Gritty Realism Productions.(screener link: https://vimeo.com/224346765)

JUST LIKE THAT! – A short Arts Council of Wales funded film made with children from Bedwas Junior School following Tommy Cooper as he makes a whistle stop tour of his home town Caerphilly performing magic tricks that don’t always go to plan. Winner of the Media 4 Schools Best Animation Award 2013 and a Heritage for Schools Award in 2015.(screener link: https://vimeo.com/78536180 )

ALADDIN’S JOURNEY – This short animated film, inspired by the style of Chinese shadow puppets, tells the story of how Aladdin leaves home in search of his fortune and was made by pupils from Oakfield primary school. The film was funded by Arts Active at St David’s Hall. (screener link: https://vimeo.com/37267141)

TRAVELLERS TALES – THE REAL LIVES OF YOUNG GYPSIES – This film was made for Save the Children’s Travelling Ahead Project in which young Travellers talk about their views on negative stereotypes and how they would like to see things change. These interviews are illustrated with animation made by the young people during the summer of 2012. Selected for Sheffield Documentary Festival 2013.(screener link: https://vimeo.com/65775336 )

TALES IN THE TIMES  –  This story is inspired by the collections at the National Roman Legion Museum. Bethan Thomas and Jacob Rendle worked with Gritty Realism films to create this short animation.  As part of the process they looked at Roman archaeology and learned animation techniques. The project was funded by People’s Collection Wales and organised by staff at the National Roman Legion Museum and Newport Communities First education team. (screener link: https://museum.wales/blog/2017-08-22/Tales-in-the-Tiles/)

CITY OF DREAMS – Is an interegerational story told through layers of wallpaper. Live action introduction but the rest of the short is animation, animated Jane Hubbard. (screener link: https://vimeo.com/56988620)

MOMENTS OF GOLD – This film is about Josef Herman, the Polish Artist who lived in Wales. Directed by, Leonie Sharrock and Jane Hubbard. (screener link: https://vimeo.com/30941422)

POLITICAL ANIMALS  – Made with Cyfarthfa Junior School in 2015 as part of the Into Film iPad filmmaking project. Produced by Winding Snake Productions, with Support from Into Film and First Campus.(screener link: https://vimeo.com/149648902 )

A BIRD IN A CAGE – This film uncovers the forgotten story of Lady Rhondda, one of these fascinating and revolutionary historical figures, whose groundbreaking work for women’s rights during the first half of the 20th Century has largely gone unrecognised until now. A WINDING SNAKE PRODUCTIONS film. Directed by LAUREN ORME. (screener link: https://vimeo.com/109969370)

FLASH BACK: I MUST NOT SPEAK OF THIS THING AS I MIGHT – This film is the creative response of pupils from schools in Abertillery and Cyfarthfa to their engagement with the social, cultural and human costs of war. The nine month Flashback project has offered students aged 9-18 an artistic lens through which to consider how we as humans respond to war. A WINDING SNAKE PRODUCTIONS film. (screener link: https://vimeo.com/98744526)

NEWPORT GUN GIRLS – Newport Gun Girls is a new immersive history and digital media programme from Winding Snake Productions.  Throughout 2016, the team with Newport East Rainbows, Brownies, Girl Guides and Rangers investigated what life was like for women workers based at Newport’s Royal Ordnance Factory 11 during the Second World War. (screener link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-vNnNmawrvpQnV0ejZ2YmtVTm8/view)

Please note all of these shorts are free to screen and would be perfect for pre-feature presentations, please email umulkhayr@filmhubwales.org if you have any question and to book any of these films.

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