Finding audiences for independent film is a process that has many midwives. With the rise and rise of Irish and Northern Irish production, and audiences becoming more diverse and disparate, including audiences in the development process is beco...

We caught up with Maeve Cooke, Director and Stephen McNeice, Special Projects Officer from the mighty Access Cinema to talk about the independent cinema scene in Ireland and how their work develops and...

Hugh (on his own this time) headed up the road to Derry/Londonderry to speak with Eavan King, Film Programmes Manager at Nerve Centre and Christopher Morrison, Programmer of Foyle Film Festival. We talked about the cinema heritage of the Nerve ...

With the Academy Awards over, we thought we would release this recording of NI's own Oscar recipients, Tom Berkeley and Ross White, which we made last year as part of Northern Ireland Screen's Masterclass series. In the famous Screen 1 of Queen...

Sara and Hugh are joined by Isabella Koban of Ghouls on Film the Belfast based, feminist horror film society screening at the Black Box. In a fascinating discussion, Isabella to...

With the Imagine Festival currently screening films that highlight the role of censorship in what and how we watch, we were delighted to invite Dr Sian Barber, Senior Lecturer in...

In this special episode, Film Hub NI are joined by Joan Parsons, Head of QFT and Mimi Turtle, CEO of Strand Arts Centre to discuss the huge impact of Kenneth Branagh's Belfast on local cinema and local audiences.  We're al...

After too long a break, Sara and Hugh return with a new series of podcasts celebrating the return of Film Hub NI members, doing what they do best, showing great films. First up we're joined from Belfast Film Festival by Michele Devlin, ...

Before COVID-19, UK & Ireland cinema admissions were booming - increasing year on year, with Northern Ireland performing particularly well. Shutting the entire film sector down practically overnight has had a massive impact on every aspect,...

If your organisation has been moved to screening online and engaging audiences in this way, what happens next as we move out the pandemic? As cinemas and venues start to reopen, it is important not to lose the connections made and ...

It is difficult enough to measure the impact of screenings and evaluate audiences in real life, so trying to do this in an online world is even more tricky.For this podcast Hugh and Sara are joined by two experts in evaluation to break ...

You’ve chosen the platform, you’ve booked the films now how do you reach audiences to tell them?For this podcast Hugh and Sara take a deep dive into audience development and marketing for online work. Joined by Ellen Reay (QFT) and Jo Taylo...

Ensuring that your in-venue screenings are as accessible to the widest audience possible is a key consideration for most cinemas and community cinemas.As the shift to online viewing has increased substantially during the pandemic, how d...

The art of programming film for real life screenings is one which takes much time to learn but how does this transpose into programming online?How have distributors responded during the pandemic? What sort of engagement can cinemas expe...

There are a variety of new and established online screening platforms available to film exhibitors of all sizes. Choosing the right one for your organisation can be a tricky decision as all have different pricing structures, functions and analy...

Sara and Hugh talk to Dr Sam Manning about his new book Cinemas and Cinema-Going in the United Kingdom. Decades of Decline, 1945-65, published in March by the University of London Press.The book analyses in detail the decline o...

This week, Sara and Hugh of Film Hub NI speak to Andi Jarvis of Eximo Marketing live from his Bangor hideaway, about how Film Hub NI members can engage and communicate with audiences during this period of shutdown. We explore how social media h...

Sara and Hugh talk to Mick Bonner and Rose Baker of Moving on Music about the film programme in their forthcoming jazz and new music festival beginning on the 27th February 2020. We talked about jazz on film, how to track down rare film...

Hark do you hear the sleigh bells? Sara and Hugh take a whistle stop tour of the Christmas offerings from across the Film Hub NI membership, and avoid the topic of whether Die Hard is a Christmas movie. Happy holidays, one...

Sara and Hugh speak to Dominic from Ormeau Community Cinema, Maureen from Ballyclare Picture House Community Cinema and Ellen Reay, Marketing Officer at the Queen's Film Theatre about their activity on the forthcoming Cinema Day 2019. ...

As part of Docs Ireland we were delighted to sit down with Shane Smith, Director of Programming at Hot Docs, North America’s largest Festival and Market for documentary film. The event took place at the Ulster Museum, in front of an audience of...

Ahead of the gala screening of their new film,'A Bump Along the Way' at the Belfast Film Festival, Sara and Hugh from Film Hub NI talk to Louise and Bronagh Gallagher. We talk about being a women in the film industry, how a Northern Irish film ...

Sara and Hugh are joined by Michele Devlin of Belfast Film Festival to hear about the upcoming 19th Festival starting on 11th April. Titles such as 'Beats' and 'A Bump on the Way' which are opening and closing the Festival and the great guests ...

Sara and Hugh are joined by, Ruth McCarthy Artistic Director of Outburst Queer Arts Festival and Jim McClean Editor-in-Chief of the BanterFlix movie review website, to discuss the Berlin Film Festival, Netflix, currywurst sausage and much, much...

We're joined on this month's podcast by Michael Delaney, Audience Development Assistant at QFT to discuss their Christmas offerings, and argue about Die Hard and It's a Wonderful Life, think about egg nog and round up the Christmas films showin...