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Want more young people to come to your indie cinema? How about asking *them* what they think? Alice Quigley of Film Hub South West & West Midlands gives top tips from a recent focus group asking young people what they want to see more of (and less of).
Another timely round-up of all the things we are currently doing at the Independent Cinema Office.
Each summer Bologna in Italy gives itself over to the love of cinema with its celebrated archive film festival, Il Cinema Ritrovato.
We asked Mikaela Smith, one of this year's FEDS trainees, about how her host organisation Showroom Cinema is thinking about diversity in their programme and how they are trying to improve representation on their screens.
Over the last two years, Agnès Salson and Mikael Arnal travelled across Europe looking for innovative practices in independent cinema exhibition. Starting in France, they eventually crossed twenty countries, meeting more than 200 cinemas.
Sadly, we're nearing the end of our Cannes reports and will soon have to start day dreaming about future film festivals. After accounts from Jo, Kenny, Jonny and Duncan, here's a whistle stop tour of what a trip to Cannes means for the Director of the ICO, Catharine Des Forges.
We caught up with Rico Johnson-Sinclair, one of the trainees currently taking part in our FEDS scheme, to mine him for tips for surviving a film festival. Less than a month into his placement, Flatpack Film Festival kicked off. Here's what he learned from his baptism of fire.
It may seem like many moons ago, but we still have lots of thoughts about Cannes 2017. Following on from Jo, Jonny and Kenny's takes on this year's festival, our Marketing & Communications Manager, Duncan Carson, shares his experience of the festival and his top 3 films.
Although it was a while ago now, our team still have plenty of opinions to share on their experiences from Cannes 2017. Our Head of Training, Hatice Ozdermirciler, finally had the chance to enjoy the latter end of the festival, and it was an experience to cherish.
We're continuing to find out what the ICO team made of the 70th Festival de Cannes. Following Jo's love for Agnes Varda's Visages, Villages, and Kenny's first time musings, it's time to hear what Senior Film Programmer, Jonny Courtney, made of this year's cinematic offerings.
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