Projects supported

Read about the activities and organisations Film Hub South East has supported from 2018.

Since we began managing Film Hub South East in 2018, and after establishing our new strategy and schemes within the priorities of BFI FAN and BFI2022, we have supported a number of venues, networks, festivals and projects across the region.

In 2018, our Film Festivals scheme continued to support the networks and film festival organisations previously supported through the BFI Film Festival Fund; while working towards a strategy for longer-term festival development and sustainability in the region.

Browse individual exhibitors and projects below or our online map, right.

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See the geographical spread of projects supported byFilm Hub South East

Most recently awarded

2024-2025

King’s Lynn Film Festival

£125 for: Art of Action

The Silver Screen Cinema

£500 for: Art of Action

Nova Cinema

£375 for: Art of Action

Gateway Film Festival

£125 for: Art of Action

Fabrica

£4,645 for: Creative Action — A short film festival celebrating the art of action

The Ultimate Picture Palace Community Cinema

£8,800 for: Fight Nights! An action-packed festival of East Asian cinema

Cambridge Film Trust

£1,500 for: Fierce Frames

Independent Cinema Office

£11,800 for: South East Young People’s Art of Action tour

Electric Palace Cinema, Hastings

£4,500 for: Thrills & Spills

Chichester Cinema at New Park

£500 for: Art of Action

King Street Cinema

£500 for: Art of Action

Brighton International Animation Festival

£2,000 for: Brighton International Animation Festival 2025

Towner Eastbourne

£3,000 for: Developing a new cinema audience in Eastbourne

Babylon Arts

£2,500 for: Film Finds 2024

Centre for Creative Arts & Technologies

£2,000 for: Sustain Film Festival

Through A Different Lens

£2,000 for: Film Festival & Creative Connection

Ultimate Picture Palace

£5,000 for: Kino Kids Cinema Club

Aldeburgh Cinema Trust

£1,300 for: Found in Translation — Contemporary World Cinema

South Hill Park

£1,200 for: Classic Modern Foreign Language Films

Chelmsford Theatre Studio

£2,350 for: Chelmsford Theatre Studio Arthouse season 24-25

Norwich Film Festival

£3,000 for: Norwich Film Festival 2024

Screen South

£8,500 for: Folkestone Documentary Festival 2024

King Street Cinema

£1,200 for: Programming Group

Watersprite Film Festival

£8,500 for: Watersprite Film Festival 2025

Electric Palace Cinema, Hastings

£7,500 for: Eggtooth Film Club and Neurodiversity Film Festival

Dear Future Films

£1,000 for: Dear Future 2024 – Wild Magic!

Ramsgate International Film Festival

£3,500 for: Ramsgate International Film Festival

Women Over 50 Film Festival

£3,000 for: WOFFF24 and WOFFF on Tour 2024 – 2025

Chichester Cinema at New Park

£17,000 for: Chichester International Film Festival

Kent Film Foundation

£8,200 for: Ramsgate Community Cinema

Chichester Cinema at New Park

£1,980 for: FHSE Programming Group 2024

Brighton Rocks International Film Festival

£3,500 for: Brighton Rocks 7th Annual Festival

The Theatre Chipping Norton

£2,100 for: Off The Beaten Track

Anglo Asiatic Arts and Heritage Alliance (Film Thurrock)

£4,000 for: Film Thurrock (Screen Cultures Activities 2024/25)

Fabrica

£5,917 for: Finding Film — A project exploring and sharing young voices to establish a love for film early in life

King Street Cinema

£1,000 for: One From The 80s

The Riverside

£3,500 for: Maverick Mondays, Pride Weekend, Women in Art

Sunrise Studios

£16,000 for: Sunrise Film Festival 2024 & 2025 (Multi-Year)

King Street Cinema

£1,000 for: Mother Cutters

Cinecity

£15,000 for: 22nd CINECITY Brighton Film Festival

Cinecity

£5,800 for: 22nd Days of Wonder (Multi-Year)

2023-2024

Regal Picturehouse

£500 for: Cinema Unbound — The Creative Worlds of Powell & Pressburger

Cinema City

£500 for: Cinema Unbound — The Creative Worlds of Powell & Pressburger

Electric Palace, Hastings

£2,000 for: Family Fridays

Cambridge Film Festival

£73,000 for: Cambridge Film Festival 2023, 2024, 2025 (Multi-Year)

Vision Box Cinema Ltd

£500 for: Cinema Unbound — The Creative Worlds of Powell & Pressburger

Women Over 50 Film Festival CIC

£3,000 for: WOFFF23 and Best of the Fest Tour

Cinecity

£3,000 for: Cinecity/Black Narcissus

Watersprite Film Festival

£11,500 for: Watersprite Film Festival 2024

Cambridge Film Trust

£2,000 for: Through the Looking Glass — A Journey into Powell & Pressburger’s Dreamweaving Cinema

Maona

£4,000 for: Fifty Four

Through A Different Lens

£1,500 for: Through A Different Lens Film Festival & Creative Connection Meet Ups (bi-monthly)

Aldeburgh Cinema Trust

£1,100 for: Found in Translation — Contemporary World Cinema

Suffolk Shorts

£1,500 for: Short Film Festival

Creative Arts East

£90,000 for: Creative Arts East Screen Extra (Multi-Year)

Depot

£2,500 for: The Imaginations of Powell & Pressburger

Worthing Theatres &Museum (Connaught Cinema)

£375 for: Cinema Unbound — The Creative Worlds of Powell & Pressburger

Screen South

£7,500 for: Folkestone Documentary Festival

Ultimate Picture Palace

£5,900 for: Transformation in Powell & Pressburger

Chichester Cinema at New Park

£500 for: Cinema Unbound — The Creative Worlds of Powell & Pressburger

Aldeburgh Cinema Trust

£375 for: Cinema Unbound — The Creative Worlds of Powell & Pressburger

Electric Palace Cinema, Hastings

£5,000 for: Through the Lens — Powell and Pressburger Rexamined

Golden Arrow

£4,350 for: Powell + Pressburger in Folkestone

Fabrica

£7,370 for: Powell and Pressburger — Dual Delights

King’s Lynn Film Festival

£250 for: Cinema Unbound — The Creative Worlds of Powell & Pressburger

Norwich Film Festival

£125 for: Cinema Unbound — The Creative Worlds of Powell & Pressburger

King Street Cinema

£500 for: Cinema Unbound — The Creative Worlds of Powell & Pressburger

Balik Arts

£1,5000 for: Taste of Anatolia V

Sunrise Studios

£7,500 for: Lowestoft Film Festival

Cameo Launch

£5,000 for: Surrey Short Film Festival & Cameo Launch Film Programmers Internship

ReelN

£6,400 for: Community Cinema — South Asian film

Anglo Asian Arts & Heritage Alliance

£7,500 for: Thurrock Screen Culture Festival & 8 Film Clubs

Fabrica

£5,000 for: Watching Together — Cinema for connected exhibition and audiences in Brighton & Hove

Kent Film Foundation

£5,000 for: KFF Film Clubs

Chichester Cinema at New Park

£1,796 for: FHSE Programming Group 2023

Chichester Cinema at New Park

£16,500 for: 31st Chichester International Film Festival

Babylon Arts

£3,000 for: Film Finds Pay What You Can

Cinecity

£17,000 for: 21st CINECITY Brighton Film Festival

Latest Group

£4,000 for: FilmPride Film Festival

The Riverside

£6,180 for: Programming Group/Maverick Mondays, Young Film Programmers Group, and Sight & Sound Greatest Films of All Time

Ramsgate International Film & TV Festival

£5,000 for: Ramsgate Film Festival

The Theatre Chipping Norton

£6,298 for: Audience Development and Young Programmers Scheme

South Hill Park Arts Centre

£3,000 for: FHSE Programming Group 2023

The Horton Arts Centre

£3,000 for: Choice Cut at The Horton

Brighton Rocks International Film Festival (BRIFF)

£4,000 for: Brighton Rocks 6th Annual Festival

Deal Film Club

£260 for: Deal Film Festival 2023

Previously awarded

2022-2023

King Street Cinema (PG)

£2,500 for: FHSE Programming Group 2022/23

Balik Arts

£2,000 for: Balik Arts YFP Social Media Internship

Maona Art

£2,000 for: Maona Art YFP screenings @ Ultimate Picture Palace

Chichester Cinema at New Park (PG)

£1,880 for: FHSE Programming Group 2022/23

The Palace Cinema, Broadstairs

£10,000 for: Magic Hours – Film & Cinemas in Broadstairs, Margate & Ramsgate then and now

Norwich Film Festival

£6,850 for: Norwich Film Festival 2022

Babylon Arts (PG)

£2,000 for: Babylon Cinema – “Film Finds” FHSE Programming Group

Watersprite Film Festival (YFP)

£4,706 for: Watersprite Young Film Programmers

Saffron Screen

£3,007 for: Monday Night Screenings

Violet Pictures

£7,500 for: Folkestone Documentary Festival

Sunrise Studios

£6,000 for: Lowestoft Film Festival

Cine-Sister

£9,000 for: September 2022-March 2023 including Gateway Film Festival

Women Over 50 Film Festival

£4,000 for: WOFFF22, Best of the Fest Tour

Fabrica

£8,805 for: Formative Film

Cinecity

£17,000 for: 20th CINECITY Brighton Film Festival

Reel Connections

£3,000 for: Revolutions

Bute Street Festival

£9,500 for: Bute Street Festival 2023

Open House Film Club

£467 for: Angus, Thongs & Perfect Snogging: A Slumber Party!

Anglo Asiatic Arts and Heritage Alliance

£13,071 for: Thurrock Film Festival + Thurrock Film Clubs 2022/23

Cambridge Film Festival

£25,000 for: Cambridge Film Festival 2022

Watersprite Film Festival

£8,000 for: Watersprite Film Festival

Riverside (YFP)

£2,775 for: Riverside Young Film Programmers Group

Chichester Cinema at New Park

£18,000 for: 30th Chichester International Film Festival

Balik Arts

£4,500 for: Taste of Anatolia – 4th Edition

Corn Exchange

£3,613 for: Celebrating Newbury Pride Film Festival

Suffolk Shorts Film Festival

£2,000 for: Short Film Festival

Creative Arts East

£30,000 for: Screen Extra

Latest Group

£5,000 for: FilmPride – LGBTQIA+ Film Festival

Place Bedford

£10,425 for: Young Film Programmers Takeover 22-23

Riverside (PG)

£1,800 for: FHSE Programming Group 2022/23

Brighton Rocks International Film Festival

£5,000 for: Brighton Rocks Film Festival 16-24 July

2021-2022

Gulbenkian Arts Centre

£2,250 for: FHSE Programming Group 2021/22

Chichester Cinema at New Park

£2,340 for: FHSE Programming Group 2021/22

The Theatre Chipping Norton

£2,400 for: FHSE Programming Group 2021/22

The Riverside

£750 for: FHSE Programming Group 2021/22

The Place Bedford

£5,000 for: Spring Film Season 2022

South Hill Park Cinema
£3,000 for: FHSE Programming Group 2021/22

Norden Farm Centre Trust
£5,620 for: Developing Audiences for Cinema at The Farm

Babylon ARTS
£7,000 for: Building Connections

Cine-Sister
£1,250 for: Gateway Film Festival

videoclub
£2,500 for: Film Explorers Festival

Margate Film Festival
£3,000 for: Margate Film Festival 2021: Borders & Boundaries

Norwich Film Festival
£4,085 for: Norwich Film Festival 2021

Ropetackle Arts Centre
£1,865 for: Ropetackle Film Audience Recovery

Violet Pictures
£6,000 for: Folkestone Documentary Festival

Depot Cinema
£1,600 for: Green Festival

The Riverside
£700 for: Riverside Young Film Programmers Group

Women Over 50 Film Festival
£3,500 for: WOFFF21

Anglo Asiatic Arts and Heritage Alliance (AAAHA)
£2,000 for: Thurrock Film Festival 2021

Bute Street Festival
£4,000 for: Bute Street Festival 2022

Balik Arts
£2,500 for: Taste of Anatolia – Films from Turkey

Watersprite Film Festival
£8,000 for: Watersprite Film Festival

Cambridge Film Trust
£22,00 for: Cambridge Film Festival 2021

University of Brighton
£10,000 for: 19th CINECITY Brighton Film Festival

Chichester Cinema at New Park
£12,500 for: 29th Chichester International Film Festival

Creative Arts East
£14,920 for: Screen Extra Relaunch

2020-2021

Saffron Screen

£3,016 for: Arthouse Activity

Palace Cinema Broadstairs

£6,741 for: Palace Passport Project

Brighton Community Cinematheque

£1,862 for: Online Activity

Deal Film Club (YFP)

£5175 for: Deal Young Film Programmers

Fabrica (YFP)

£1,400 for: New Perspectives

Connaught Theatre & Cinema

£5,267 for: Maintaining Curatorial & Audience Diversity in Cinema

Ultimate Picture Palace

£5,867 for: Your Cinema, Growing the Ultimate Picture Palace’s Young Audiences

Gulbenkian, University of Kent

£2,050 for: Black History Month & LGBT History Month film series

Cinecity, University of Brighton

£5,700 for: 18th Cinecity Brighton Film Festival

The Picture House, Uckfield (YFP)

£3,160 for: Young Programmers Group

Cambridge Film Festival

£15,000 for: CFF at Home

Women Over Fifty Film Festival

£2,000 for: WOFFF20 Online

Towner Eastbourne

£4,900 for: Towner Cinema – Reopening 2020-21

Fisheye Film Festival

£2,015 for: Preparation & Promotion for 2021 Festival

Trinity Theatre & Arts Centre

£3,500 for: Trinity Young Programmers & Autumn Programme

Electric Palace Cinema (YFP)

£3,490 for: Young Electrics’ Restart Programme

Bute Street Film Festival

£5,000 for: Bute Street Festival

Norden Farm

£7,818 for: Re-connecting The Farm & Screen

King Street Cinema, FKA Ipswich Film Theatre

£1,750 for: Programming from Oct 2020 to March 2021

2019-2020

Watersprite Film Festival
£5,510 for: Watersprite Film Festival

Women Over Fifty Film Festival
£3,000 for: WOFFF 2019 Tour

Cine-Sister
£5,000 for: Gateway Film Festival

CINECITY
£5,200 for: Shared Marketing – Brighton Cluster

Latest Group CIC
£4,800 for: FilmPride

Creative Arts East
£25,997 for: Screen Extra

Chichester Cinema at New Park (FF)
£10,500 for: 28th Chichester International Film Festival

The White Bus (FF)
£7,000 for: Southend-on-Sea Film Festival 2019

CINECITY (FF)
£19,000 for: 17th CINECITY Brighton Film Festival

2018-2019

Runaway Media
£700 for: Culture in Conflict

Eyes Wide Open Cinema
£4,000 for: Queer Horizons

The Mill Arts Centre Trust
£2,500 for: The Mill Film Club

Independent Cinema Milton Keynes (ICMK)
£10,000 for: pilot Vagabond Film Festival

Open Colour
£1,500 for: Open Colour project and audience development

Haslemere Hall
£1,350 for: Indie £5 at 5pm

Balik Arts
£1,000 for: Taste of Anatolia – Film from Turkey (Cambridge)

Norwich Film Festival
£3,350 for: Norwich Film Festival

CINECITY
£1,500 for: Brighton & Hove FHSE Activity Report

Women Over Fifty Film Festival
£2,000 for: Women Over Fifty Film Festival 2018

Thurrock Council
£2,000 for: for TIC Film Festival

Fisheye Film Festival
£1,896 for: Fisheye Independent Film Programme

Sawbridgeworth Memorial Hall
£1,750 for: Outdoor Screenings

Folkestone Fringe
£3,150 for: Outdoor Screenings

The White Bus (FF)
£7,000 for: Southend-on-Sea Film Festival 2018

Chichester Cinema at New Park (FF)
£8,000 for: 27th Chichester International Film Festival

Creative Arts East (FF)
£20,000 for: Screen Extra (Touring Network)

CINECITY (FF)
£25,000 for: 16th CINECITY Brighton Film Festival

Cambridge Film Festival (FF)
£22,500 for: Cambridge Film Festival 2018

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