UK Cinemas build T.L.C for Trans-Led Stories on Screen

The Making of Pinochio © Alchemy Film & Arts
August 2022


A new series of events and podcasts from Inclusive Cinema called ‘T.L.C’ (Tender Loving Care for Trans-Led/Trans-Loved Cinema) are coming to UK screens.

From Orkney to London, cinemas, festivals and independent exhibitors will present film screenings, Q&As and panels on diverse topics related to trans visibility in cinema, thanks to support from the BFI Film Audience Network (BFI FAN) awarding National Lottery funding. These events will also be recorded live and made into podcasts.

T.L.C, supported by delivery partner, writer and activist So Mayer, aims to help address the historic imbalance of trans representation on screen. The events will be run by Milo Clenshaw, Alchemy Film & Arts (Hawick, Scotland), Lillian Crawford, Freelance Writer & Researcher (Manchester, England), Beatrice Copland, The Phoenix Cinema (Orkney, Scotland), Rebecca del Tufo, The Lexi Cinema (London, England) with additional podcast elements from Trans+ On Screen. Full events listings can be found on Inclusivecinema.org yma.

Megan Mitchell, Inclusive Cinema Project Manager for BFI FAN explains:

There is ongoing underrepresentation of trans voices on-screen and by supporting trans led and trans focused projects like T.L.C, Inclusive Cinema hopes to help address this and inspire other film exhibitors to undertake similar events. Those who will be running events under the T.L.C banner have all come to the project with their own unique insights into what is lacking when it comes to trans voices within cinema, reflecting the diversity of lived experiences of trans people. T.L.C is also for audiences, we want trans audiences to feel safe within cinema settings and be able to recognise their own experiences in what is being programmed and what ends up on screen.

The BFI FAN in a UK-wide network made up of national and regional Hubs which seek to ensure the greatest choice of cinema is available to everyone across the UK. Inclusive Cinema is part of BFI FAN and coordinated by Film Hub Wales.

Mae dros £30m yn cael ei godi bob wythnos ar gyfer achosion da ledled y DU gan y Loteri Genedlaethol.

Darllenwch y datganiad i’r wasg llawn yma


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Am Canolfan Ffilm Cymru:
Mae Canolfan Ffilm Cymru (CFfC) yn dathlu sinema. Rydym yn cefnogi cyrff sy’n dangos ffilmiau – o wyliau ffilmiau i gymdeithasau a chanolfannau celfyddydau cymysg. Wrth gyd-weithio gyda dros 315 o arddangoswyr ein nod ydy cyflwyno’r ffilmiau Prydeinig a rhyngwladol gorau i gynulleidfaoedd ar draws Cymru a’r DU. Ers sefydlu Canolfan Ffilm Cymru yn 2013 rydym wedi cefnogi dros 250 o brosiectau sinema cyffrous gan gyrraedd dros 480,000 o aelodau cynulleidfa.

We’re part of a UK wide network of eight hubs funded by the British Film Institute (BFI) which form the Film Audience Network (FAN), with Chapter appointed as the ‘Film Hub Lead Organisation’ (FHLO) in Wales.

Rydym hefyd yn falch o arwain ar strategaeth sinema cynhwysol ar ran FAN BFI.

Am Sinema Cynhwysol
Inclusive Cinema is a UK-wide project from the BFI Film Audience Network (FAN). It supports film exhibitors by countering cultural, systemic and physical barriers, with the aim of enabling everyone to participate in cinema. Exhibitors can access training, events and hundreds of resources on inclusivecinema.org – including a guide to dismantling structural inequality.

Led by Film Hub Wales on behalf of BFI FAN, the project champions the network’s aims to bring British, international and independent film to audiences, working towards the BFI Diversity Standards.

Am Rhwydwaith Cynulleidfa Ffilm BFI
Gyda chefnogaeth arian y Loteri Genedlaethol, mae'r Rhwydwaith Cynulleidfas Ffilm BFI (FAN), yn ganolog i nod y BFI i sicrhau bod y dewis mwyaf o ffilm ar gael i bawb. Wedi'i sefydlu yn 2012 i adeiladu cynulleidfaoedd sinema'r DU ehangach a mwy amrywiol ar gyfer ffilmiau Prydeinig a rhyngwladol, mae FAN yn gydweithrediad unigryw, ledled y DU sy'n cynnwys wyth Canolfan a reolir gan sefydliadau ffilm a lleoliadau blaenllaw sydd wedi'u gosod yn strategol ledled y wlad. Mae FAN hefyd yn cefnogi datblygiad talent gyda Gweothredwyr Talent Rhwydwaith BFI ym mhob un o'r Canolfannau Saesneg, gyda chenhadaeth i ddarganfod a chefnogi awduron, cyfarwyddwyr a chynhyrchwyr talentog ar ddechrau eu gyrfaoedd.

Canolfannau Ffilm FAN BFI yw:

  • Arweinir Canolfan Ffilm Canolbarth Lloegr gan Broadway, Nottingham yn gweithio mewn partneriaeth â'r Flatpack o Birmingham
  • Arweinir Canolfan Ffilm y Gogledd ar y cyd gan Showroom Workstation, Sheffield a HOME Manchester
  • Arweinir Canolfan Ffilm De Ddwyrain gan yr Independent Cinema Office
  • Arweinir Canolfan Ffilm De Orllewin gan Watershed ym Mryste
  • Arweinir Canolfan Ffilm yr Alban gan Glasgow Film Theatre
  • Arweinir Canolfan Ffilm Gogledd Iwerddon gan Brifysgol Queen's, Belfast
  • Arweinir Canolfan Ffilm Cymru gan Chapter yng Nghaerdydd
  • Arweinir Canolfan Ffilm Llundain gan Film London

Am BFI
Rydym yn elusen diwylliannol, dosbarthydd y Loteri Cenedlaethol a chorff arweiniol y DU ar gyfer ffilm a’r ddelwedd symudol. Ein cenhadaeth ydy:

  • cefnogi creadigrwydd a mynd ati i chwilio am y genhedlaeth nesaf o storïwyr y DU
  • tyfu a gofalu am Archif Genedlaethol y BFI, archif ffilm a theledu mwyaf y byd
  • cynnig yr ystod ehangaf o ddiwylliant delweddau symudol y DU a rhyngwladol drwy ein rhaglenni a'n gwyliau - a gyflwynir ar-lein ac mewn lleoliad
  • defnyddio ein gwybodaeth i addysgu a dyfnhau gwerthfawrogiad a dealltwriaeth y cyhoedd
  • gweithio gyda'r Llywodraeth a'r diwydiant i sicrhau twf parhaus diwydiannau sgrin y DU

Founded in 1933, the BFI is a registered charity governed by Royal Charter. The BFI Board of Governors is chaired by Tim Richards.

Am Chapter
Mae Chapter yn un o ganolfannau celfyddydau mwyaf a mwyaf deinamig Ewrop gyda sinemau, theatrau, gofod arddangos, stiwdios a chaffi, bariau arobryn, dros 60 o ofod gweithio diwylliannol a rhagor.

Mae gan Chapter enw da rhyngwladol am ragoriaeth, arloesi a chydweithredu. Mae’n cynnig rhaglen newidiol barhaus o’r perfformiadau, ffilmiau ac arddangosfeydd gorau o Gymru ac o amgylch y byd.

Am ragor o wybodaeth, cysylltwch os gwelwch yn dda gyda:

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