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How your film festival can build sponsorship and funding
Mindaugas Morkūnas (Head of Festival Development, Vilnius IFF), Catharine Des Forges (Director, ICO), Brooke Duval (Director of Corporate Partnerships at TIFF) and Astrid Hallenstvedt (Director of...
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Black and white at the Winter Gardens: Programming in focus
Images from the first Winter Gardens Film Festival, a project developed on our Practical Programming courseOur inaugural Practical Programming course, supported by Creative Skillset and the BFI's Film...
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Overnight Film Festival: Programming in focus
Attendees of the inaugural Overnight Film Festival in front of its location, the incredible Queens Hotel EastbourneOur inaugural Practical Programming course, supported by Creative Skillset and BFI's...
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My first job in cinema: Rebekah's FEDS experience
This year we're once again running our FEDS scheme (funded by Creative Skillset), aimed at giving young trainees an opportunity to learn on the job in film distribution, exhibition and international...
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FEDS 2016: Yasmeen's experience working at the East End Film Festival
As our FEDS trainee scheme (funded by Creative Skillset) passes the halfway mark for the current cohort, one of our trainees, Yasmeen Ismail, who is based at London's Genesis Cinema, provided us with...
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The future of cinema technology at IBC in Amsterdam
Last weekend, the annual International Broadcasting Convention (IBC) Conference was held in Amsterdam. This is a chance for technology companies from across the world to showcase their most...
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The future of independent exhibition: Screen Exhibitors' Forum
On 20 October, we headed to Everyman's Screen on the Green for a day debating the hot topics in independent exhibition in partnership with Screen International. The Screen Exhibitors' Forum hosted...
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5 pieces of data your cinema needs to grow your audience
Sarah Boiling, the leader of our Data-Driven Marketing course that is currently open for applications, gives us some key points about audience data you should be collecting to grow attendance...In the...
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FEDS 2016: Krushil's experience with Glasgow Film Theatre
We spoke to Krushil Patel, one of 2016's FEDS trainees, about what he learned during his time with Glasgow Film Theatre and what advice he'd give to those wanting to get started in film exhibition....
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10 ways data can change the way you run your cinema
If you work in cinema marketing or audience development, our Data-Driven Marketing course is a great way to find faster and cheaper ways to find audiences for any film you're showing. Here's our top...
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Ask a #DYFFexpert with Wendy Mitchell
Last week we were joined by Wendy Mitchell, Contributing Editor at Screen International, for a live Twitter Q&A on how you can ensure your film festival is as press-friendly as possible to really...
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Round up: Cultural Cinema Exhibition 2017
After 8 days jam-packed with films both old and new, panels, presentations, discussions and workshops, we wrapped up our flagship training course, Cultural Cinema Exhibition, earlier this month. We've...
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Cinemas, community and culture in Northern Ireland: Allen's role at #filmFEDS
Allen (centre) debates with his fellow FEDS Maria (left) and Anthony (right) We're currently looking for the next generation of talent on our FEDS scheme, which offers eight months of paid training...
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The Festival of Mexico's 'City of Open Doors'
Since 2003, Mexico's Morelia International Film Festival (FICM) has become a unique meeting point for the country's cinematographic community, the people of the state of Michoacán and international...
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