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Film Hub Wales
Best of 2019-2020
It's been a challenging end to the year but so much fantastic work has taken place, thanks
to your hard work and support. We want to take a moment to look back at just some of
the exciting things that happened in 2019/20.
Film
547
films screened
(96% specialised)
45,803
admissions
96
locations
1334
screenings
81
Welsh films
screened
Audience
Audience
Demographics
21%
were aged
16-30
8%
came from
BAME
backgrounds
14%
identified
as LGBT+
11%
identified
as disabled
40% 93%
of the
audience
were new
of the
audience plan
to return
We supported 27 audience
projects in the following regions
Wales wide:
North (14.81%)
North East (3.7%)
North West (11.11%)
South East (18.52%)
South West (11.11%)
South / Valleys (3.7%)
West (14.81%)
Wales Wide (22.22%)
73 degrees screening of
The Last Witness
73 degrees screening of
Njinga Rainha de Angola
Wicked Wales / Rhyl LIttle Theatre
© Geraint Perry
© Geraint Perry
Young Audiences
Wales Youth Festival Network (WYFN)
Led by Wicked in Rhyl, WYFN is working to support festivals across
Wales via programming, shared resources and networking. This year,
they launched a new brand, established a Facebook group (please
email lmahoney.WYFN@outlook.com to join) and raised £2000 from
ACW.
Wicked Wales
Through their 4th annual film festival and 6 months of youth led
screenings at Rhyl Little Theatr, Wicked worked with local police on
a SAVI stand against violence scheme where vulnerable or excluded
young people chose monthly films in partnership with Barnados and
local schools. This was recently announced UK Street Games award
'Project of the Year!

Engaging Audiences
Vale Venues
Led by the Memo Arts Centre in Barry, 9 rural venues worked
collectively to share programming, distribution, licensing and marketing
expertise. They created shared leaflets, advertisements and social
pages. They also led a programme as part of BFI Musicals.
Sully Community Cinema succeeded in getting a grant to install new
equipment and are working on matinees for family and older audiences
seeing audiences as high as 65 at their screenings.
12
This
festivals
supported
Abertoir International Horror Festival
A packed six day programme of films from 16
different countries, included:
26 feature films,
6 UK premieries
shorts in competition,
6 silent films with live accompaniment
7 Q&A's
presentations
18
3
Plus an offsite screening, special effects masterclass, live performances
and an introduction to an anniversary screening of Alien from its writer Ron
Shusett, from a computer launched into space!
Spotlight: Off Y Grid
7
festival is worth a
year's wait, every time.
- AUDIENCE MEMBER
856
Watch Africa
Film Club
venues worked together to present an inclusive programme of multicultural
films to rural audiences in North Wales. Highlights included new pop-up events in
Portmeirion, creation of a new trailer from a local young filmmaker and they
welcomed Neuadd Ogwen to the network.
Made in Wales
17
member projects
included welsh film
251
screenings
425
films
promoted online
£37,610
raised for
new projects
1
brand evaluation
underway
Gwen Preview
at Chapter
Gwen
We worked with Bulldog Film Distribution during the
2019 Year of Discovery to support the release of William
Mcgregor’s Gwen. It screened in select cinemas across
the UK, including 22 sites in Wales. As part of FHW’s
Made in Wales scheme, bilingual assets, Into Film
Cymru reviews and a series of Q&As with cast and crew
were offered. Read more about it in our case study.

(...) it was the first time that we
felt considered and that someone
think to show an Arabic film, we
felt at our place, we felt that
Aberystwyth is Arabic.
- ABERYSTWYTH ARABIC
WOMEN'S COMMUNITY GROUP
Screen Heritage
Picturing our Past
The National Library of Wales Screen and Sound Archive celebrated Wales’ film
heritage with special screenings and a brand new app based on Dave Berrys
seminal book; Wales and Cinema. While some of the screenings are on hold, it
will offer an important resource for years to come.
Sinemaes
The 4th edition of the cinema programme at the National Eisteddfod expanded
the cinema programme to 3 venues, with 47 events across 8 days in Llanwrst. We
worked with the Screen and Sound Archive to offer daily themed archive
packages along with a special celebration of Arthur Cheetham's work with live
accompaniment from Paul Shallcross.
Diversity & Inclusion
Galeri Community Programmers
Galeri developed a new young programmers’ scheme in partnership with
local charity GISDA’S LGBT+ Youth Club. Led by film reviewer Dion Wyn
Hughes, the group organised an LGBT+ Film Festival that took place in
Galeri’s cinema every Monday evening throughout February. The festival
coincided with LGBT+ History Month, including films such as Tangerine
and God’s Own Country.
WOW Outreach
Iris Prize 2019
© Jon Pountney
This environmentally focused project worked in underserved
rural areas of West Wales, bringing:
A programme of archive and documentary film to
Abercych,
Documentary to Crymych, in partnership with Cwm Arian
Renewable Energy (CARE),
German animation to learning disabled communities
in Aberaron, in partnership with Mencap Ceredigion.
Spotlight: Autism Awareness
We are proud to be the lead Hub for Diversity and Inclusion in Wales on behalf of BFI
FAN.Toki and Midnight have been working with the FDA to secure accessible formats on 10
independent releases in 2020, along with a national multi-media campaign for access
awareness (increasing cinema audience understanding of those with additional
needs). See inclusivecinema.org for resources, tips and much more.

Network
306
exhibitors received
training
254
We networked
353
times!
Member Support
28
We offered 28 bursaries from
the Cinema For All conference
(Sinema Unnos) to Zanzibar
Film Festival (Watch Africa):
176 Members
We welcomed venues including the
Commodore in Aberystwyth, Theatr
Derek Williams in Bala, The Gaumont
Plaza in Flint and many more!
W E L C O M E
4 in North West
1 in West
1 in North
4 in North East
4 in South West
3 in South/Valleys
11 in South East
24
Cinema For
All Kit Hires
community cinema kit
hires. Congrats to new
hirer Gwehelog Cinema
who now hold monthly
screenings in Usk.
S U C C E S S
3
We
led 3 courses
from technical DCP training,
Networks Unite and Welsh film
Preview Days. 2 additional
courses will run later this year.
89%
of you felt
more confident
applying for
funding after
completing your
FHW project.
While I do seek unique titles it actually showed me
to focus more on homegrown cinema.
- WFPD Attendee
2
Welsh Film
Preview Days
We brought 6 upcoming Welsh
features to programmers in
North and South Wales, along
with clips and shorts.
O U R H I G H E S T T O D A T E !
Spotlight: University of South Wales Placements
12
students were placed with exhibitors on accredited placements. You
can read about their experiences at Cinema & Co, Snowcat Cinema and
The Riverfront on our website.

For information on all of our projects go to the projects page
on our website.
Our Audience Development Fund is currently closed but find
out how to apply for a training bursary on our website.
Hana Lewis,
Strategic Manager:
02920 353 740
hana@filmhubwales.org
Lisa Nesbitt,
Development Officer:
2920 311 067
lisa@filmhubwales.org
Megan David,
Marketing Officer:
02920 311 057
megan@filmhubwales.org
@filmhubwales