Freelance opportunity: Champion Black and Global Majority audiences

We are looking for a freelancer or partner organisation to support our UK-wide work with Black and Global Majority audiences.

Evidence shows that Black and Global Majority audiences remain under‑represented across UK independent exhibition. The BFI Film Audience Network EDI Champion: Black and Global Majority Audience Inclusion, will help to identify practical barriers and actionable opportunities for change, highlight effective models, and share achievable approaches that film exhibitors can adopt.

The Champion will conduct research, produce accessible, engaging resources, and provide advice for BFI Film Audience Network (FAN) member organisations. Ultimately, they will be responsible for helping film exhibitors to welcome a more Black and Global Majority audiences to their film screenings and events.

Purpose of the role

As the EDI lead for BFI FAN, we coordinate learning, resources and support to help Film Hub members to make their organisations and events more equitable, inclusive and accessible. For the last X years, Access Consultant Charlie Little has led our EDI work for Deaf and Disabled audiences. They have delivered webinars, regular Access Bulletins, an Access Directory, and have provided targeted support to Film Hub member organisations across the UK. Explore our EDI resources.

Now, we are looking for a freelancer or partner organisation to support a new strand of our EDI work: Black and Global Majority audience inclusion. This project aims to identify practical barriers and actionable opportunities for welcoming Black and Global Majority audiences to film screenings and events. Additionally, it will highlight effective models to stakeholders and partners, and share learnings that can be adopted by film exhibitors across the UK.

This is a three-year project, running from 2026-29. The fee is: INCLUDE.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct secondary research into existing inclusion resources, training offers, and sector models
• Produce an Inclusion Directory summarising key findings, frameworks, and practical recommendations
• Develop case studies of UK film exhibitors successfully engaging Black and Global Majority audiences
• Provide consultations to FAN member organisations seeking to improve audience inclusion or develop anti‑racist programming
• Collaborate with the FHS team and, where relevant, with other FAN Champions, to explore cross‑cutting themes

Who can apply?

We encourage applications from freelancers or small organisations with practical experience relating to:

• Community engagement and/or audience development
• Anti‑racist cultural practice
• Curatorial or programming work
• Work with Black and Global Majority communities

Freelancers/organisations based in Scotland are particularly encouraged to apply. We are also interested in those who combine research skills with practical, on-the-ground experience of audience development or cultural programming.

How to apply

Please read the full Job Description for information about key deliverables, project budget, and timeline.

Deadline to apply: 24th May 2026. The start date is flexible between April – May 2026. If you require this application in a different format, please get in touch and we’d be happy to help.

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Image: Glasgow Film Theatre’s Black History Month, 2024 | Photo by: Erika Stevenson