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Educating through film
Educating, informing and developing film audiences benefits our society and our industry. Creating a hunger and passion for screen content enriches lives and creates the audiences and practitioners of the future. Understanding and enjoying film can bring societies together through better cultural understanding and media literacy is vital for young people to understand and navigate their way through today's world.
Creative England now offers lottery funding for the education and exhibition sector in the English Region . For further information visit Creative England
Cine Yorkshire
From village halls to stately homes, festivals and arts centres, Cine Yorkshire brings a high quality digital film experience to local audiences underserved by cinema provision across North Yorkshire. Cine Yorkshire is a consortium helmed by the National Media Museum, Screen Yorkshire and community arts company Blaize.
First Light - Filmmaking for 5-19 year olds
First Light Movies is the UK's leading filmmaking initiative for 5-19 year olds. National Lottery grants of up to £30,000 are available for organisations to make up to 4 short films with groups of disadvantaged young people. Click on the link below to find out how you can get involved and how to apply for funding.
How we support the sector
Screen Yorkshire has invested heavily in the region's independent cinema infrastructure to ensure all communities have access to a wide range of diverse films. The Showroom in Sheffield, National Media Museum in Bradford and Pocklington Arts Centre are just a few of the independent cinemas in the county which are exhibiting film from around the world of all genres.
Creative England now has responsibility for investment into the independent cinema sector in the English Regions. For lottery funding visit Lottery or email lottery.admin@creativeengland.co.uk
or telephone 0844 824 3061
Click below to view a list of independent cinemas in our region in the links section.
The Yorkshire Film Archive Calendar
Yorkshire Film Archivenow online!
The fully interactive website features rare footage of Queen Victoria visiting Sheffield in 1897, the pioneering filmmakers of Bamforth and Company, our region's industrial powers of steel, textiles, farming and fishing, a royal visit from Charles and Diana to Leeds in 1982, home movies to the Yorkshire coast, wartime footage, the opening of the North York Moors Railway in 1973 (pictured) and more recent films including the Castleford Tigers Wembley dream from 1999.
YFA online is supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund, with the continued support of Yorkshire Forward and Screen Yorkshire, who have been central in developing and highlighting innovative ways of using archive footage for audiences across the region.
www.yfaonline.com
