@networkfhm.bsky.social X BFIfilmacademy online mentoring sessions are back for the final time in 2025-26! Connect directly and gain tailored advice from inspiring indie filmmakers Apply by 7 December here - bit.ly/BFImidlandsmentoring For Midlands creatives aged 18 - 25 (limited exceptions)

🪩 We have teamed up with Birmingham Film Festival for a Midlands Mixer Join us to enter a room full of people who love film as much as you do 19 November | 6:30 PM Millennium Point, Curzon St, Birmingham B4 7AP | The Platform bar RSVP via bit.ly/BFFmixer25 @networkfhm.bsky.social

Early Development Fund is closing tomorrow! It's your last chance to tweak your application and hit submit Deadline: Tuesday, 18 November at 11 AM Midlands filmmakers apply now: bit.ly/edf25 @networkfhm.bsky.social

What a season coming up from #ScreenB14 and at prices that won't break the bank. Catch these cinematic classics on the big screen and check out our next live score event Meshes of the Afternoon with music by Piera Onacko followed by Sisters with Transistors doc! 🎟️ shorturl.at/l5b20

Film Hub Midlands presents The Ceremony | Roundtable + Q&A Join us @broadwaycinema.bsky.social for a special roundtable and screening of the feature film The Ceremony 18 November 5 PM Book now bit.ly/ceremonyroundtable

MEMBERS MEETUP We are delighted to invite you to our upcoming members' meetup for film exhibitors in the Midlands. 📍 @mockbirdcinema & The Nest 📆 6 November 🕙 10:30 AM - 1:30 PM For film exhibitors who are already members of Film Hub Midlands only RSVP bit.ly/RSVP-MM25

📢 Filmmaker notice Due to unforeseen circumstances, our Midlands mixer in Stoke-on-Trent has been cancelled. We apologise for any inconvenience. If you have already registered to attend, you will receive an email notification. Thank you for your understanding and support!

📽️ Get your project started and meet filmmakers at our next Midlands Mixer in Stoke-on-Trent! 4 November The Woodman RSVP filmhubmidlands.org/upcoming-events/

BFI NETWORK EARLY DEVELOPMENT FUND 🦩 Tailored sessions for Midlands writers to help make your application stand out! 🎫 Book now - filmhubmidlands.org/upcoming-events/ 📽️ Early Development Fund Deadline: Tuesday, 18 November - apply via filmhubmidlands.org/make @networkfhm @bfinetwork

Don’t miss out on an exclusive Midlands premiere! Falasteen on Film is bringing Palestine ‘36 to Birmingham for a special preview screening this Wednesday 📆 22 October | 5 PM 🎫 Book tickets via Mockingbird Cinema website Falasteen on Film is supported by Film Hub Midlands Film Exhibition Fund

The BFI NETWORK Early Development Fund is now open, supporting filmmakers in developing their debut feature idea into a strong initial treatment. Learn more and apply bit.ly/edf25 @networkfhm.bsky.social

OCTOBER FILMWIRE JUST LANDED 🎃 Check your emails or sign up already to see the spine-tingling slate of cinema being served up across the Midlands! bit.ly/Filmwire

📢 We’re back with Midlands Filmmaker in Focus Celebrating the voices shaping film in our region We spotlight BIFA-nominated director Rebekah Fortune, making waves with her upcoming feature Learning to Breathe Underwater 📖 Dive into the full feature filmhubmidlands.org/news

"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...

There's still time to join the roundtable starting at 5 PM today

Filmmakers in the Midlands! Join us for a filmmaker roundtable @broadwaycinema.bsky.social with The Severed Sun producer Rebecca Wolff 🗓️29 September | 5 PM 🎟️£5 ~ bit.ly/severedsunround Tickets are limited and inclusive of the special screening and Q&A

We are teaming up with Worcester Film Festival for a mixer. Meet filmmakers at the festival and discuss what you've seen so far! 25 September | 7 PM Spin the Black Circle, WR1 2QX RSVP - via filmhubmidlands.org/upcoming-eve...

⏳Just one week left to register for Distributor Slate Days An opportunity for film exhibitors to preview upcoming slates and meet distributors, held in London on 24-25 September For more information and eligibility, follow the link >> filmlondon.org.uk/film-hub-lon...

BFI announces Too Much: Melodrama on Film A major UK-wide season celebrating cinema’s biggest emotions and heightened dramatics from around the world! Look out for announcements of Midlands-supported screenings coming soon! Find out more bit.ly/melodramamid

Join BFI NETWORK Talent Executive Lauren Parker at Platform Leicester's event "What do producers actually do?" 📅TONIGHT ⏳6:30 PM 📍Phoenix Leicester Demystify the role of producing and join the panel in an honest conversation about the role Book Now bit.ly/Platformproducers

A huge thanks to @filmhubmidlands.bsky.social for being our event sponsor in May. Here’s @louishudson.bsky.social looking sheepishly unprofessional while half naked in a cake.

📽️Think you know what producers do? Producers have the most misunderstood role... Our BFI NETWORK Talent Executive, Lauren Parker, will be joining the panel of the next Platform Leicester to make it clear 🗓️28 August ⏲️6:30 PM Book Now - bit.ly/producerplatform

📽️Shake up your midweek and meet filmmakers like you tomorrow! 🗓️20 August | 6-8 PM 📍Number 28 Belper 💌RSVP ~ filmhubmidlands.org/upcoming-eve...

Love sharing, learning from and inspiring each other? 📜 Read about Max Harding's experience at New Horizons Film Festival and their new hopes for Flatpack via their blog here bit.ly/newbloghorizon Our bursaries make it so you can go watch films and bring back ideas!

📽️There's just one week left until we head to Belper for our next Midlands Mixer! Connect with other local filmmakers and our BFI NETWORK Talent Executives; you don't need anything but yourself 🗓️20 August 💌RSVP Now - bit.ly/MidlandsMixersonTour Can't wait to see you there!

🌟 10 days left for film exhibitors to apply! Build your expertise in growing and diversifying audiences while delivering your own audience development project with REACH 2025! Apply by 18 August >> bit.ly/reachAD25

August's Filmwire has landed to provide the roundup of film culture in the Midlands🚀 Read for film screenings across the Midlands filmhubmidlands.org/watch/filmwire/

Emerging producers, we've extended the deadline for our In Development: Producer Lab with @filmhubmidlands — you now have until this Wednesday at noon to apply! If you’ve been thinking about it, now’s the time!! https://bit.ly/fhn-idpl 🎬

💥Break Into Film🎬 The Midlands delivery partners for @BFIFilmAcademy Short Courses have been announced! Find a BFI Film Academy Short Course near you on our website >> bit.ly/MidlandsShortCourses #BFIFilmAcademyShortCourse #BFIFilmAcademy

Our In Development: Producer Lab with @filmhubmidlands lets participants dive into Aesthetica Film Festival – from industry sessions to cutting-edge short films, it’s all about sparking inspiration ✨ Apply by next Monday: bit.ly/fhn-idpl

📜Not long to go and we can't wait to hear your ideas Let's get them out of your notes and onto the page Stories to Shorts is a script development programme for ten writers based in the Midlands! Deadline ~ 10 August bit.ly/stories2shorts25 @networkfhm.bsky.social

Great at solving problems? A clear, confident communicator? You could be a Producer. Our free training with @filmhubmidlands‬ covers everything you need to manage a film production — no experience required. Apply now: bit.ly/fhn-idpl 🎓

The countdown is on – applications for In Development: Producer Lab close Monday, 4 August! @networkfhm.bsky.social annual residential with @FilmHubNorth is built for future producers from the North and Midlands, regardless of creative background Spots are limited:http://bit.ly/IDProducerLab25🎥

💫 We have one session left for @networkfhm.bsky.social producer series! 🤖 The last session of the producers series will be ‘ How to Budget an Animation Short Film with Amy Morris’ 📆 Thursday 31 July | 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM 🔗 Book here bit.ly/producerseries25

🚋We are touring our Filmmaker Mixers across the Midlands We’ll be visiting a wonderful local venue, Number 28 in BELPER Connect with local filmmakers and our BFI NETWORK Talent Executives! 🗓️ 20 August 🕕 6.00 - 8:00 PM 💌 RSVP Now - bit.ly/MidlandsMixe... Can't wait to see you there!

🎬 We're less than one week away from the Film Exhibition Fund deadline Submit your proposals for activity from September 2025 to February 2026 for up to £10,000 in support Deadline to apply: 28 July, 5 PM Find out more on our website bit.ly/FEFRound2

🎬 We're less than two weeks away from the Film Exhibition Fund Deadline Submit your proposals for activity from September 2025 to February 2026 for up to £10,000 in support Deadline to apply: 28 July, 5 PM Find out more on our website bit.ly/FEFRound2

We'd love to see some Midlands cinemas getting recognised and nominated - be sure to enter so you can receive votes! 🏆

💔Don't throw away your proposal for BFI FAN Too Much: Melodrama on Film Season! There's still time to polish up your applications and benefit from a UK-wide press and marketing campaign 📆Due Monday, 21 July Apply Now: bit.ly/toomuchmelo

📽️Midlands New Directors Series Join us for workshops designed to cover all you need to know about going from a small idea to a fully finished film Facilitated by award-winning writer/director Cassiah Joski-Jethi ⏳Apply by 20 July Find out more - bit.ly/NDS2025

One month left! 🎬 🚨In Development: Producer Lab is our free two-day residential with @filmhubmidlands.bsky.social‬, designed to support aspiring producers. Whether you’ve made your own short films or come from a different creative path, we want to hear from you: bit.ly/fhn-idpl

🚨 New award alert!🚨 We’re thrilled to be launching Cinema of the Year supported by Kia, a brand new BIFA award voted for by cinemagoers. 🏆 🎬 🗳️ We’re now open for cinemas to enter, with public voting open 22 August. 🔗 For more info head to: bifa.film/coty

🎬 The second round of our Film Exhibition Fund is now open! The Film Exhibition Fund is open to proposals from all Film Hub Members for activity running from September 2025 to February 2026 Deadline for applications: 28 July, 5 PM Find out more on our website bit.ly/FEFRound2

Curious about our In Development: Producer Lab? Join our free online filmmaker roundtable with @filmhubmidlands.bsky.social‬ next Tuesday 8 July to learn more and get application tips from the talent executives who’ll be running the programme. Save your spot here: bit.ly/fhn-round 🎞️

📣 Calling film exhibitors - Booking for Cinema Rediscovered on Tour is open! Following its 9th edition, in Bristol, UNESCO City of Film, Cinema Rediscovered (Wed 23 July - Sun 27 July) launches a UK & Ireland tour of highlights celebrating the return of the big screen experience from August 2025.

Led by industry pros and backed by us and @filmhubmidlands.bsky.social‬, this FREE programme is your chance to learn the fundamentals of producing, build your network and more! Whether you’ve made your own shorts or not — if you’re serious about producing, we want to hear from you.

🚋We are touring our Filmmaker Mixers across the Midlands We’ll be visiting a wonderful local venue, V&B Northampton in collaboration with @NNFilmFestival 🗓️23 June 🕕6.00 PM 💌RSVP Now - bit.ly/NMPTNMIX Can't wait to see you there!

✨ BFI NETWORK x BFI Film Academy Online Mentoring is back for Spring 🌷 Designed for people aged 18-25, passionate about writing, directing or producing Gain knowledge from one industry professional, three online sessions and 60 minutes to boost your career Apply by 15 June via bit.ly/mentorspr

Learn key cinema business and fundraising skills with expert-led webinars from BFI FAN! Open to all BFI FAN members, see the full programme now and learn more and save when you book all sessions for £25, or for £10 each: bit.ly/rycbmOPEN

Apply now for our Reframing Film Sessions taking place Wed 23 July at @wshed.bsky.social (start of #CineRedis25)! Join film exhibitionists and distributors for practical insights into restorations and reimagine how we present cinema of the past to new audiences. More info via the link in bio 🔗