Access & EDI
Engaging deaf and Disabled people: A Toolkit for Creative Groups
A toolkit designed to help creative groups spark creativity among their local deaf and disabled community.
BFI FAN: Accessible Cinema Bulletin | Spring 2026
The latest access and inclusion news for UK-wide Film Hub members.
BFI FAN: Accessible Cinema Bulletin | Winter 2025
The latest access and inclusion news for UK-wide Film Hub members.
BFI FAN Webinar: Creating relaxed screenings for neurodiverse audiences
Catch up on the recording of the BFI FAN's EDI webinars, featuring Charlie Little in conversation with Georgia Kumari Bradburn.
BFI FAN: Reducing socio-economic barriers for cinema audiences
A BFI FAN resource created to support exhibitors with identifying and addressing socio-economic barriers for audiences.
Governance and HR
Creative Lives: How to write a successful funding application
An in-depth guide to researching, collating and preparing your next funding application.
BFI: Tackling Bullying and Harassment
Principles and guidance for tackling and preventing bullying, harassment and racism in the screen industries.
UKCA: Coronavirus Awareness Training
An e-learning module on COVID-19 for all those working in cinema exhibition.
BFI FAN: Guide to Safeguarding
A guide to safeguarding for film exhibitors, including definitions, tips and policies.
Marketing
Webinar: Marketing Your Film Festival
This practical session - led by film marketing consultant Emma Jamieson - offers lots of useful insights to help you build your festival audiences.
Webinar: Exhibitor Marketing 101
The first in our new marketing webinar series, this session offers a step-by-step guide on how to begin, enhance and develop the marketing for your venue, community cinema or film festival.
ICO: Data-driven Marketing Online Course
Hear from the industry's leading experts in marketing, plus a selection of case studies from organisations using data as a core part of their marketing.
ICO: Marketing for Independent Cinemas
Want to start thinking more strategically about your marketing and communications? Read ICO's free guide.
Screen Heritage
BFI FAN Screen Heritage Resource Guide
This guide gives best practice programming guides for archive screenings, case studies, up-to-date contact details for Film Archives and potential partners, and tips from leading archive programmers.
Sector Research
ICO Survey: Capital investment for film exhibition
A summary of the Independent Cinema Office’s recent survey on the capital funding needs of independent film exhibitors.
BFI FAN: Guide to Working with Young People
Engage young audiences aged 16-30 with this free guide.
Starting Out
ICO: How to start a cinema
The ultimate guide to starting a cinema, or showing films in your community.
ICO: Local Licensing and Certification
Film not certified by BBFC? A how-to-guide on getting your films classified by local authorities.
Cinema for All: Guide to Equipment
Cinema For All detail the must-know information for hiring and installing equipment.
Community cinemas: Event planning & facilitation guide
A comprehensive guide to planning events and facilitating post-screening discussions, developed by Take One Action.
Scotland’s Screen Community: Guide to Screening Films
The ultimate guide to showing films in your local community, created by Cinema for All, Film Hub Scotland, Screen Scotland and Regional Screen Scotland.
Sustainability
Sustainable Scenes: Audience Travel Guide for the Screen Sector
Julie's Bicycle explore how you can help your audience to make more sustainable travel choices.
Demystifying Terms 101: A glossary for sustainability funding
Demystify the key terms to use in applications and grants for capital-based sustainability funding.
Culture for Climate Scotland: The Green Arts Initiative
The free-to-join network supporting Scottish arts and cultural organisations to create a sustainable future.
BFI Sustainable Screen Resource Hub
The Sustainable Screen Resource Hub offers 150 tailored resources for screen sector organisations on a diverse range of topics.
Act Green 2023: Cinema Insights
Catch up on Act Green 2023: Cinema Insights, a webinar presented by Indigo and BFI Sustainable Screen, exploring the data on cinema audiences from the Act Green 2023 survey.
Young Audiences
BFI FAN: Young Audience Case Studies
UK-wide case studies to help you navigate programming, planning and delivering events for young audiences.
Family and Young Audiences Film List
A list of engaging family films, and where you can find the rights to them.
Education in Cinema Gazette September 2023
Hear from RIG Arts, Alchemy Film and Arts, Glasgow Youth Film Festival, plus an interview Glasgow Film's Youth Programme Coordinator, Callum Neeson.
Education in Cinema Gazette June 2023
Catch up with the latest Education in Cinema news in Scotland, with a focus on activity in the Highlands (Eden Court, Cromarty Film Festival and Forres Film), plus reports from Hippfest 2023, Leeds Young Film Festival and an interview with GFT's Rosa Cato.
Education in Cinema Gazette: March 2023
The March issue of the Education in Cinema Gazette, featuring an interview with Director of Screen Argyll, Jen Skinner, and a focus on Ayrshire education projects.