Have you voted for your favourite film of the year yet? Deadline is this Friday!

Into Film are now inviting cinemas across the UK to take part in their next cinema programme which runs from the 6-27 March 2026 - a fantastic opportunity to engage with local schools and young audiences. Please complete this short sign-up form below. forms.office.com/pages/respon...

Want to explore disability-focused programming within your screenings? Join the next BFI FAN: EDI in Focus webinar where our speakers will deliver a practical session on intersectional programming and working with disabled curators. 📅 Wed 3 Dec, 1-2pm 🔗 bit.ly/DisabilityProgramming

Discover how Sitges Film Festival and Kendal Mountain Festival transform their locations into globally recognised festival destinations year after year. This free webinar takes place on Tuesday, 9 December, 2pm – 3.30pm (London time). www.independentcinemaoffice.org.uk/training/pla...

Every week, because of National Lottery players, £30 million is raised every week for good causes in the UK. Here at Film Hub South West, we are part of an extraordinary network of over 250,000 organisations and are able to support all our members and their cinematic ambitions #BecauseofYou.

National Lottery Ambassador Celia Imrie made a surprise visit to Warwick Arts Centre as part of The National Lottery’s “Because of You” campaign, highlighting the extraordinary people and projects made possible by players across the UK. #BecauseofYou www.bfi-fan.org.uk/news-article...

Big thank you to everyone who joined us yesterday. Here’s a couple of pics of us testing the films before we opened the doors… gives you a good sense how impressive the Megascreen is. Thank you to @filmhubsw.bsky.social and @20thcflicks.bsky.social. We are back next weekend: ti.to/film-noir-uk...

At BFI FAN venues across the UK until the end of December, experience Too Much: Melodrama on Film. In the South West, there are a host of events from one-off screenings to wide-ranging seasons. To view the full list of events happening around the country, visit: www.bfi.org.uk/too-much

Have you voted yet?

Wondering if it was @tippingmyfedora.bsky.social at one point… Mystery 'fedora man' at Louvre heist scene revealed as teenage detective fan www.bbc.com/news/article...

Why we’re still falling for David Lean’s 1945 romance... screening as part of BFI FAN's Too Much: Melodrama on Film season.

And so The Big Scream is over for another year! We are blown away that so many of you came out for our biggest swing yet - two nights of weird, wacky and wonderful exploitation Australian horrors! Forbidden Worlds will return: 23-26 April 2026 www.instagram.com/p/DQRpQeigu8...

Don’t forget to join us this December for a special Gloria Swanson double bill as part of the BFI’s Melodrama Season. We have 1925’s Stage Struck with live music by Meg Morley and Sunset Boulevard (1950) all at the Bristol Megascreen. With thanks to @filmhubsw.bsky.social: ti.to/film-noir-uk...

💔 From October-December at BFI FAN venues across the UK, get ready for TOO MUCH: MELODRAMA ON FILM. Visit bfi.org.uk/too-much to find out what is screening near you... and don’t forget your tissues. #Melodrama #TooMuch #BFIFAN

The time has come for Film Hub South West members to recognise the best indie cinema releases of 2025! Let us know your favs by Friday 28 November. VOTE NOW: forms.gle/FfiLMJArTif1...

Take part in the biggest-ever celebration of volunteer-led cinema with @cinemaforall.bsky.social's Festival of Community Cinema. Screen films from their specially curated menu of 25 titles and receive bursaries to support your screenings 🎞: bit.ly/3ZYIMrL

The time has come for Film Hub South West members to recognise the best indie cinema releases of 2025! Let us know your favs by Friday 28 November. VOTE NOW: forms.gle/FfiLMJArTif1...

THIS WEEK: Planning energy upgrades but stuck on funding? Join Film Hub North online on Friday 7 November for an interactive BFI FAN: Green Hour session on retrofit fundraising for cinemas and multi-use community venues. Find out more: bit.ly/3J2O14g

A weekend of danger, desire, and despair starts today in the shape of @filmnoiruk.bsky.social’s 2nd #FilmNoirFest at the Plaza Cinema, Weston-super-Mare. Expect plenty of #FilmNoir and crime action. Singular tickets (nearly all £5 each) are still available: wsm.merlincinemas.co.uk?forcechoice=...

How can you welcome neurodiverse audiences to your screenings? What does meaningful, inclusive engagement look like? The latest session on film sector accessibility and inclusion led by BFI FAN‘s EDI Champion, Charlie Little (Matchbox Cine) is here!

From October-December at BFI FAN venues across the UK, get ready for Too Much: Melodrama on Film. In the South West, there are a host of events being run by FAN members from one-off screenings to wide-ranging seasons. Find out what's screening near you: watershed.co.uk/filmhub/news...

Can’t believe it’s the second week already! It’s filled with cinematic delights including previews, guest speakers, film & food events & the Rex Gala. Don’t miss out - book now zurl.co/RPgVN #PurbeckFilm #Dorset #Wareham #Swanage #Poole #DorsetEvents #DorsetsBiggestCelebrationOfFilm

Get swept up in a wave of emotion this winter with All That Melodrama Allows: our season of romance, passion and heartbreak ❤️‍🩹 Find out more and book your tickets here: www.watershed.co.uk/.../all-that... Artwork by: Beth Morris (Bam Create)

“Guillermo del Toro joins the Frankencanon with a messy but gloriously visceral melodrama which understands that at its core Frankenstein is a cautionary tale about awful parenting” Catherine Bray reviews www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...

A great piece in The Guardian about the magic of community cinema and our centenary celebrations, with words from Harrogate Film Society, King’s Lynn Community Cinema Club, Queer Boots Film Club, Cromarty and Resolis Film Society, and Cinema For All CEO Jaq Chell:

Wonderful to see so many BFI FAN members mentioned in this article.

Presented by BFI FAN using funds from the National Lottery at cinemas and venues across the UK, make sure to grab your tissues and brace yourself for TOO MUCH: MELODRAMA ON FILM. In cinemas UK wide and on BFI Player, October to December www.bfi.org.uk/too-much cc @therealbanksie.bsky.social

In 2 weeks time we’ll be starting #FilmNoirFest with a special Stanley Kubrick #FilmNoir Double Bill marking 70 years since the release of Killer’s Kiss (1955). Our thanks to the Kubrick Archives, Park Circus and @filmhubsw.bsky.social! Tickets + festival passes available here: ti.to/film-noir-uk...

We are back in #Wareham this November for the #SilentFilm Weekender; tickets and passes on sale: www.therex.co.uk/news/18363 Our thanks to @filmhubsw.bsky.social.

As part of the BFI FAN Melodrama on Film season, there are a host of touring programmes showing the best of melodrama from around the world including Invisible Women's touring season of Mexican melodrama and The New Black Film Collective's celebration of Nigerian cinema. www.bfi.org.uk/too-much

You bring the big screen to life - now it’s time your behind-the-scenes experiences are seen and valued. The @filmtvcharity.bsky.social's Money Matters survey is back, and it’s all about understanding the real financial challenges faced by you. Take the survey today: eu1.hubs.ly/H0nhW540

MEMBER EVENT: Bath Film Festival kicks off next week with a host of special Q&A screenings including RESTLESS with lead actress Lyndsey Marshall and producer Benedict Turnbull. Find out more: filmbath.org.uk/schedule/res...

Planning energy upgrades but stuck on funding? Join @filmhubnorth.bsky.social online on Friday 7 November for an interactive BFI FAN: Green Hour session on retrofit fundraising for cinemas and multi-use community venues. Sign up here: bit.ly/3J2O14g #GreenCinema #RetrofitFunding 💡

The ICO have announced four new films for Autumn Screening Days at Phoenix Leicester on 15-16 November inc. the tense Brazilian political thriller, The Secret Agent. Passes are selling fast and will only be on sale until 31 Oct. www.independentcinemaoffice.org.uk/screening-da...

Cinema should be for everyone! We’re supporting @ReclaimTheFrame and their campaign #ReclaimTheFrameForAll to make screenings accessible to everyone. 💥 Every £ donated is matched by @BigGive until 15 Oct! 👉 donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...

Cinema should be for everyone! We’re supporting @ReclaimTheFrame and their campaign #ReclaimTheFrameForAll to make screenings accessible to everyone. 💥 Every £ donated is matched by @BigGive until 15 Oct! 👉 donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...

Coming to cinemas on World Mental Health Day, 10th October, The Road of Excess is a Made in Wales film that talks about toxic masculinity, mental health, addiction, fame and what happens when it’s gone. Find out more:

Join the next BFI FAN: EDI in Focus webinar to hear from @ALittleOutlook and Georgia Kumari Bradburn @stimscollective for an interactive session on creating welcoming events for neurodivergent audiences. 📅 Tuesday 21 October, 12 - 1pm 🔗 bit.ly/RelaxedScreenings

BFI announces Too Much - Melodrama on Film, a UK-wide celebration of emotion and heightened drama. #BFISouthbank #TooMuchSeason #Melodrama #classicmovies #cinema

BFI announces TOO MUCH - MELODRAMA ON FILM, a major UK-wide season celebrating cinema’s biggest emotions and heightened dramatics from around the world! wearecult.rocks/bfi-presents...

#ICYMI BFI announces TOO MUCH - MELODRAMA ON FILM, a major UK-wide season celebrating cinema’s biggest emotions and heightened dramatics from around the world! wearecult.rocks/bfi-presents...

Break down in tears, cause a scene, fall in love, feel something 💔 We're delighted to be part of BFI’s UK-wide season TOO MUCH: MELODRAMA ON FILM, a celebration of cinema’s biggest emotions from around the world: https://bit.ly/toomuchbfi Book from Wednesday 17 September 🎟️

Surrender to the drama this Autumn 💔 Feel it all at GFT with Too Much: Melodrama on Film — a season of cinematic melodrama from the US, Europe & Asia - plus Queer Hollywood gems & a Tennessee Williams spotlight. Screening this October and November. Book now via our website 🎟️

Leaves are falling, temps are dropping — and so is our October programme 🍂 🎬 Black History Month 🎃 Halloween chills incl. Frankenstein & The Descent 🎭 Too Much: Melodrama on Film 🔥 New releases + Scotland Loves Anime ❄️ It’s A Wonderful Life returns! 🎟️ On sale now!

We’re excited to unveil the bespoke projects we’re supporting as part of BFI FAN’s UK-wide melodrama season. From camp cinema takeovers in Blackpool to craft-along screenings in Newcastle, there’s so much for audiences to swoon at! Learn more: bit.ly/48tHLwH

Northern cinema exhibitors, this is your last chance to get involved in BFI FAN’s Too Much: Melodrama on Film! Celebrate the visual excess and dramatic power of melodrama with a menu of key titles from UK distributors. Apply by Monday 29 September: bit.ly/4e1AO6J 🎥

"You're just Too Much" is exactly what we want to hear this autumn! As Midlands screens serve scandal, betrayal, and big feelings, as part of the BFI FAN Too Much: Melodrama on Film season 🔥It’s cinema turned all the way up Find a screening near you filmhubmidlands.org/toomuchmelod...

QUAD in Derby is taking part in the BFI Melodrama season Too Much! Films are screened each Sunday in Oct with discussions after & include UK-backed Black Narcissus, The Wicked Lady & Brief Encounter before heading off for more worldwide weepies www.derbyquad.co.uk/melodrama/

Two Hollywood legends are coming to #Bristol in November and December 2025. As part of the #BFI’s Too Much Melodrama film season. #SilentFilm #FilmNoir 15/11/2025: Joan Crawford Double Bill: ti.to/film-noir-uk... 06/12/2025: Gloria Swanson Double Bill: ti.to/film-noir-uk...

'Too Much' is SUCH a good title for a melodrama season