Wed 23 July 11:00
This is a free event, but you still need to book tickets.
"For me, imagination is planetary, cosmic…" Souleymane Cissé, (1940 – 2025)
Join some of the most inspiring voices in the worlds of exhibition, distribution and restoration to explore exciting ways of connecting older films with a new wave of cinema goers, find out more about restorations and physical media, and acquire practical insights into film rights and materials.
You’ll also get find out about upcoming releases from some of the UK’s leading distributors and participate in 1:1 meetings and networking. Attendees will also receive an invitation to the Opening Keynote by BAFTA-winning and Oscar-nominated film producer Stephen Woolley and access to early morning industry preview screenings on Thu 25 and Fri 26 July.
This is a Film Hub South West led initiative co-presented with the Independent Cinema Office and BFI Film Audience Network (FAN) partners funded through National Lottery. This event is primarily aimed at BFI FAN Members and associated freelancers. If you are a UK based film exhibitor and are not yet a member, find out how to join BFI FAN (FREE) - contact your regional hub. Archive practitioners, distributors, sales agents and international exhibitors are also welcome to apply, and we will do our best to accommodate.
SCHEDULE
11:00 – 11:10 Welcome from the Festival team
11:10 – 12:10 Repping Rep – the long game
Get some fresh inspiration from some of the leading cinemas and pop-up brands active in the world of repertory film programming and marketing with a focus on lesser known/neglected films. Guests including Züleyha Azman (Kino Rotterdam), Mosa Mpetha (Hyde Park Picture House), Paul Vickery (Prince Charles Cinema) will share their approaches to connecting older films with a new wave of cinema goers through bespoke rep curation, partnership work, content creation and brand building.
Hosted by Cinema Rediscovered Founder Mark Cosgrove.
12:10 – 12:15 Break
12:15 – 13:15 Let’s Get Physical
Ever wondered how film restorations come about and how they end up in a beautifully packaged Blu-ray box set wit ha whole host of curated extras; and how these restorations might make their ways to a big screen near you (or in most cases how they probably won’t)?
Join Jo Griffin (R3store Studios co-founder), Anthony Nield (Head of Production, Powerhouse), George Crosthwait (Film Curator at The Garden Cinema) and James White (Head of Restoration and Technical Services at Arrow Films) to explore how the world of physical media has evolved since studios started licensing out restorations to indie companies and how this might impact on what is and what isn’t available for cinemas and festivals to screen.Hosted by Cinema Rediscovered Festival Producer Madeleine Probst.
13:15 – 14:15 Networking Lunch
A FREE (vegan/vegetarian) lunch sponsored by StudioCanal and Park Circus.
14:15 – 15:15 Know your rights
You've got the dream idea for a film screening or programme; now you just need to work out who holds the rights... This session, led by the Independent Cinema Office, will give you some avenues to consider when you hit that heartbreaking brick wall with films you know audiences would love. We'll be hosting honest conversations with programmers working in large institutions and community settings, on how they found the rights holders, negotiated and screened rare titles, as well as thinking about shared solutions for this ever-present frustration of the programmers' job. Speakers include curators Abiba Coulibaly (Brixton Cinema Club), Millie Zhou (Garden Cinema) and Lee Bentham (Leeds International Film Festival).
Hosted by Duncan Carson (ICO’s Project and Business Manager)
15:15 – 15:25 Break
15:25 – 16:25 Slate Presentation
A look at some of the forthcoming restorations and re-releases coming up in the months ahead. Join in our Restored & Rediscovered slate presentation hosted by film critic Neil Ramjee to hear more from leading distribution and sales companies about campaign plans, the context of re-issues and connecting with audiences.
16:30 – 18:00
You are welcome to use our Waterside spaces to book in one-to-one meetings with distributors involved in our Slate presentation (feel free to book these independently) and/or network with exhibition colleagues.
OR you can also join in a Chat & Craft Drop-in Workshop led by Cressida Williams.
Inspired by the films showing at Cinema Rediscovered, we will be providing a clay modelling station, badge stamping friendship bracelet making and much more. You're also welcome to bring your own creative activity or project to share with the group.
OR you can catch an exhibitor screening of Cal (Dir: Pat O'Connor,1984 c/o Warner Bros. and Park Circus, with support from Northern Ireland Screen) now remastered in 2K and introduced by Hugh Odling-Smee (Manager of Film Hub NI and FAN Screen Heritage Lead)
18:00 – 19:00 6 O’Clock Gin Opening Drinks
19:00 Opening Night Keynote: Stephen Woolley
BAFTA-winning and Oscar®-nominated Producer Stephen Woolley (also of Scala and Palace Pictures fame) delivers the Opening Night Keynote for the 9thedition of Cinema Rediscovered, ushering in the festival’s main retrospective strand Against the Grain: 1980s British Cinema including Absolute Beginners (1986), which opens the festival on a 35mm print c/o of BFI National Archive.
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
Where and when is this happening?
The event takes place at Watershed. Find out more about how to get there and access provision.
You're welcome to join us for tea and coffee from 10:00.
The first session then kicks off at 11:00 and the sessions ends at 16:30 but you are welcome to take advantage of our meeting room from 16:30 – 18:00 and are invited to the Opening Drink (18:00 – 19:00) and Keynote (19:00 – 20:00)
Who can attend?
This event is primarily aimed at BFI FAN Members and associated freelancers. If you are a UK based film exhibitor and are not yet a member, find out how to join BFI FAN (FREE) - contact your regional hub.
Archive practitioners, distributors, sales agents and international exhibitors are also welcome to apply on request and we will do our best to accommodate.
Thinking of staying on for a few days?
There are lots of great places to stay near the festival, from the cheap and quirky to the grand and luxurious.
Participants can access an 18% discount off the standard flexible room rate with breakfast courtesy our hospitality partners ibis Bristol Centre Hotel and Novotel Bristol Centre.
Look out for more details and discount codes in your confirmation email.
Reframing Film attendees get a 10% discount on Early Bird festival passes now on sale, an invitation to the Opening Keynote by BAFTA winning and Oscar-nominated film producer Stephen Woolley (also of Scala Cinema and Palace Pictures fame) and access early morning exhibitor previews Wed 23 – Thu 24 July.
Early Morning Exhibitor Screenings
We are also delighted to have teamed up with Park Circus and STUDIOCANAL to present early morning exhibitor previews of upcoming restorations Thu 24 - Fri 25 July.
Thu 24 July 09:00 Cinema 1
The Descent (Dir: Neil Marshall 2005 Park Circus and Pathé)
Fri 25 July 09:00 Cinema 1
The Devil's Backbone (Dir: Guillermo del Toro, 2001 c/o STUDIOCANAL and Sony)
Fri 25 July 09:00 Cinema 3
All That Heaven Allows (Dir: Douglas Sirk 1955 c/o Universal and Park Circus)
