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In this blog we hear from Laura Kloss, founder of Lightbox Cinema, about her work teaching and inspiring young audiences to learn more about cinema heritage. She offers tips on how to create interactive workshops looking back at silent cinema, 16mm film, magic lanterns, and the play of light and shadow.
Ahead of the ICO's UK premiere of Travels with Tove (streaming online from Friday 9 July), Club des Femmes' So Mayer discusses the expressive beauty of this globetrotting film - which shows an intimate, perhaps less familiar aspect to Moomin creator Tove Jansson’s life and art: her relationship and filmmaking collaboration with Tuulikki Pietilä, the graphic designer and artist.
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In this blog, animator and curator Christopher Childs highlights the lack of short, animated work currently shown in UK cinemas, and suggests several strategies programmers can implement to raise awareness of, and develop audiences for, auteur-driven short-form animation.
On Friday 14 May, freelance audience development consultant Anna Kime hosted a roundtable for Dial F for Freelancer to consider the future of support and advocacy for freelancers in film exhibition and distribution. In this piece, Anna covers some of the headline topics discussed, the work speakers are undertaking and Dial F’s hopes for the future.
Over the last year, many film festivals around the world have had to make the difficult decision to deliver their programmes online. While the benefits of increased accessibility for audiences are clear to see, delivering a virtual festival which sees strong box office results is another matter. In this blog we speak to representatives from Borderlines Film Festival, to hear how they managed to find success when they moved their festival online back in March.
The COVID-19 pandemic has meant many exhibitors have had to re-evaluate how they deliver their events and engage their audiences. One challenging question has been that of networking: how do you foster a sense of community and connection over a video call? In this blog, freelance programmer, writer and producer Rachel Pronger describes her experiences of attending various industry events online this past year and the ways in which organisations have tried to forge connections between attendees in the virtual space; as well as considering how these new ways of working have democratised access to such events and whether these innovations will continue into the future.
Young Film Programmer’s Groups give young people a stake in venues and aim to increase younger audiences made up of their peers. We spoke with Shelby Cooke, Film Programmer and Editor-in-Chief at Film East, about how she adapted the activities of her group to the online space and the valuable experiences being part of a YFP Group has given her, even during a pandemic.
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