Cinema For All

Cinema For All

Non-profit Organization Management

The national organisation for the support and development of volunteer-led cinema in the UK. Supported by the BFI.

About us

Cinema For All - building film communities across the UK Cinema For All is the national support and development organisation for community-led cinema: community cinemas, film clubs and societies. Since 1946 we have been helping communities across the country to develop and sustain the type of film screenings they want. Whether you have been screening films in your community for many years, or are just thinking about setting up, Cinema For All can support you along every step of your journey. We offer much of our advice and support for free, as well as providing a huge range of additional services and benefits for our members. We can help with film licences, affordable equipment hire, skills development though our coaching programmes, and much more. Our Booking Scheme features over 800 films, representing some of the very best of world cinema, British films, independent features, documentaries and crossover titles. Our work is funded by the BFI, member subscriptions, sponsorship, film licence fees as well as project funding from trusts and foundations. Our patrons are Ken Loach, Mark Herbert and Danny Leigh. What is a community cinema? A community cinema is any volunteer-led and non-profit organisation that shows films in its community. Community cinemas offer something special: they empower local communities from diverse backgrounds with an opportunity to build their own cinema that responds to the needs of their area. Community cinema can be responsive in its programme in many ways that commercial and mainstream cinemas cannot. They can screen films chosen by a community for their community in a diverse, affordable and socially cohesive environment. Community cinema the perfect platform for giving new insights into other cultures, challenging subjects and thinking about these things together.

Industry
Non-profit Organization Management
Company size
2-10 employees
Headquarters
Sheffield
Type
Nonprofit
Founded
1946
Specialties
community cinema, film societies, programming, screening equipment, film licensing, getting started, education, film, cinema, and community

Locations

  • Primary

    Unit 411 The Workstation

    15 Paternoster Row

    Sheffield, S1 2BX, GB

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Employees at Cinema For All

Updates

  • Passionate about the power of cinema? We need you! We are looking to appoint two new Trustees to the Cinema For All Board. If you would like to contribute your skills to help lead, support and grow Cinema For All, we would love to hear from you! We are particularly seeking people that have experience in working at a strategic level, in membership/audience or partnership development, screen heritage, sponsorship and business relations, or have film/screen industry connections and are ambitious leaders. All our trustee positions are voluntary. We pay travel expenses for any in-person meetings you are expected to attend – however, many of our meetings are now online via Zoom. Find out more about the role by reading the role description on our website. Closes 2nd May, 2023. #film #trustees #community #volunteers

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    First Class Graduate in History with a Year Abroad from The University of Sheffield | Exchange student at Utrecht University

    As someone with an interest in Film and TV, I wanted to do a round-up of some exciting film-related things that happened to me in June/July! This year marked the 75th Anniversary of Film Unit, where I have been volunteering as Publicity Officer/Newsletter Editor for the last 3 years. To help with our anniversary celebrations, Film Unit was nominated for 3 Cinema For All awards – Best Student Cinema (which we won!), Best Programme, and Best Marketing and Publicity. I’ve had an amazing time with Film Unit, so its really exciting to see all of our hard work be rewarded. I'll miss working with the rest of the committee, but I can't wait to see what they do next. In June, I volunteered at Sheffield DocFest for the second time, this year on the Info Desk. Once again, I had an amazing time and got to meet some incredible people, as well as watching some equally incredible documentaries! I was also lucky enough to attend a documentary filmmaking workshop run by Otoxo Studios where I got an insight into the world of documentary filmmaking, and even got to practice pitching a documentary! I'm already looking forward to volunteering at Sheffield DocFest again next year. In July, I got the opportunity to attend ITV Studios in London as part of a collaboration between the The University of Sheffield and Creative Access. I had an amazing time visiting the studios and seeing where some of the most popular Daytime TV shows are filmed! I was also lucky enough to attend a networking session with some incredible guests, which taught me so much about how to make a head start in the creative industries.

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