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Sara and Hugh from Film Hub NI, part of the BFI Film Audience Network, talk to members of the Hub about how they are bringing the world's best film to cinemas across Northern Ireland.

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Film Hub NI Podcast #11: 'In Conversation With Shane Smith, Director of Programming at Hot Docs Festival'

July 23, 2019 • Film Hub NI • Season 1 • Episode 11

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 doc lovers, doc screeners and doc makers, and touches on the dark arts of making a huge documentary festival come alive, how Shane got started in the industry and how Hot Docs are taking the gospel of documentary beyond the borders of North America.

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Supported by National Lottery funds, Film Hub NI was established in 2013 by Queen’s Film Theatre, Belfast in their capacity as NI’s BFI Film Hub Lead Organisation (FHLO). FHNI works to support the creativity and energy of the film exhibition sector across NI and ensure a wide range of film is available to audiences right across the country.

The BFI Film Audience Network (FAN) is made up of 8 Film Hubs which cover the whole of the UK. Each Film Hub is led by a Film Hub Lead Organisation (FHLO) that receives funding from the BFI to deliver extensive programming, audience development activity and support sector training in their region.

Click here for more information on the scope of work carried out across the FAN.