Supporters
| Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum With a £4million redevelopment programme underway, the Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum is moving into an exciting era, and to celebrate, we're getting involved in all sorts of unexpected things... As well as proudly sponsoring Viewfinder, our forthcoming exhibitions are often supported by film programmes in the Art Gallery & Museum setting with associated gallery tours and talks. From Easy Rider to Being John Malkovich you might find a whole lot more here than you anticipated! As well as a constantly changing programme of temporary exhibitions, the Art Gallery & Museum houses fascinating permanent collections of local history, paintings spanning 17th - 20th centuries, impressive Oriental objects and archaeological finds. The outstanding Arts and Crafts collection is one of national importance, giving the museum designated status. Our strong Arts Development and Education & Outreach programme ensures you are never too far away from the action. For more information, visit: |  |
| Cheltenham Borough Council | |
Cineworld, Cheltenham opened on March 24th this year and is the main anchor tenant of the new Brewery Complex. With 11 screens and a total seating capacity of 2000 it has the ability to offer unique programming opportunities for the people of Cheltenham and it’s surrounding area. The cinema boasts the latest in cinema surround sound technology and luxury stadium seating auditoria. It offers a licensed bar area and disabled access requirements. Cineworld Cheltenham's aim is to support filmmakers of all ages and offer them the opportunity to see their work on the big screen; therefore Cineworld Cheltenham is proud to be a partner institution for Viewfinder festival 2007. |  |
| Cirencester College Media Department provides a range of media and digital production courses aimed at full-time students, media professionals, community groups, teachers, artists and companies. The College is particularly interested in Digital Arts projects with recent collaborations including the Millennium Web site for Gloucestershire, the RALP funded Artist's Journey and work with GDAF on Digital Arts labs in the County. Visit their website at www.cirencester.ac.uk , email amf@cirencester.ac.uk or call on 01285 640994 |  |
| The Courtyard Arts Centre |  |
Cordial AV offers a complete service for all video production, photographic and sound requirements. Based in its studio at the former Morelands match factory on Bristol Road in Gloucester, Cordial scripts, shoots, edits, dubs, encodes and duplicates a variety of film projects. At present it has a couple of exciting broadcast projects in the pipeline. But when not pitching to the BBC and in meetings with hot-shot Hollywood directors, they can even duplicate CDs, DVDs and VHS tapes, encode 3G media files and - as soon as the technology is widely available - offer Blu Ray and HD DVD duplication. To find out more about the range of facilities and services available, log onto the Cordial website at www.cordialav.co.uk, or telephone 0845 094 0361. |  |
| Forest of Dean Community Radio has been running radio broadcast projects for the last 10 years and in 2005 became the first ever community radio station in the UK to be awarded a 5 year full time licence.The project aims to make a difference by focussing on the community of the Forest of Dean and supporting people of all ages and abilities to make radio.We have broadcast a mix of speech and music, giving the airwaves to as many new voices, varied opinions, local issues and as wide a choice of music as you will hear on any radio station. We are part of a new broadcast landscape that is spreading across the UK, with a few hundred new stations offering space for several thousand new voices. Sharing our experience is the basis of a countywide project to create new community radio broadcast projects.Winchcombe, Cirencester, Brockworth, Stroud, Gloucester and Cheltenham include sites for this work. Forest of Dean Radio is part of Forest Community Media, a not for profit, voluntary sector, creative organisation which runs a range of activity to work and support communities to explore media.Other aspects of FCM are Forest Artworks! which runs writing and local publishing and the Third Screen which promotes cinema and film education. Kicked off as part of the centenary of Cinema, when the BFI Moving Picture Movie Show came to the Forest of Dean, the project has grown into fortnightly screening at Coleford Studio Cinema of films from around the world which would not otherwise be seen locally on the big screen.In 2004 Third Screen contributed a strand of moving image programmes to the Voices in the Forest Festival that commemorated 10 years since the death of local author Dennis Potter. Third Screen is developing film production and educational projects, and also an active member of Glos Media Hub and the Viewfinder project. For further info see www.fodradio.org |  |
| GLOSS Gloucestershire's Arts Education Agency aims to provide opportunities for children and young people to access a wide range of quality creative arts experience by inspiring and supporting their teachers, parents and carers. It achieves this through the following objectives:
For more info contact: Zoe Channing, Director of GLOSS who can advise on all arts education and creative curriculum issues. Telephone: 01452 550439 Fax: 01452 550539 Email mailto:gloss@gloucestershire.gov.uk Website: www.gloss-artsineducation.co.uk |  |
| Guildhall Arts Centre, Gloucester has a regular cinema programme of the latest arthouse releases, classic films and world cinema. To encourage greater awareness of film there are practitioners' talks and screenings of short films by local directors before the big picture. Special deals are available for schools and colleges. Contact: pat.roberts@glos-city.gov.uk or call 01452 396385 for more information. You can see our current programme at http://www.gloucester.gov.uk/events |  |
| Gloucestershire County Council aims to improve learning, leisure and cultural opportunities for everyone (Gloucestershire Arts Strategy) and support arts organisations with a strategic county wide role, and development funding is also available to pump prime new arts provision. It recognises that moving image and media work is an area ripe for development, and would like to support new media development including this festival. Visit their website at www.gloscc.gov.uk Contact: Helen Owen, Arts Development Officer, Gloucestershire County Council, Colwell Centre, Derby Road, Gloucester GL1 4AD. Tel. 01452 544049email: helen.owen@gloucestershire.gov.uk . Zoe Channing, Director of GLOSS, Gloucestershire's Arts in Education Agency, can advise on all arts in education issues. Telephone: 01452 550439 |  |
| The Gloucestershire Media Group is charged with developing the media industry in the county. It holds monthly networking events, provides free training, offers business development grants and provides up-to-date industry information via its popular website and e-bulletin. Visit www.thegmg.org or contact Emma Heathcote-James at emma@thegmg.org for more info. |  |
Gloscat Arts and Media at Gloucester College of Arts and Technology (Gloscat) is one of only 2 Colleges in the UK who are approved by Apple Computers to deliver Apple Authorised Training Qualifications in industry standard film, video and music software such as Final Cut Pro, Logic, Shake, Soundtrack and Motion. The Centre for Vocational Excellence in Services to the IT Industry has recently teamed up with reknowned Soho Editors and can jointly offer the very latest and best training in the UK for practicing professionals locally and at the same time deliver a full range of vocational training to students wishing to enter the creative industries. Around 600 students in the arts and media department are currently studying work-related courses at levels ranging from level 1 (pre GCSE) up to level 4/5 (Degree/HND'C level) in areas such as Photography, Music Technology, Graphic Design, Multimedia, and Media Production. Our partners who help us to deliver courses designed to secure relevant employment in these demanding industries include the Gloucester Media Group, Silver-Worldwide, Central TV, RDF Media, Arturi Films, Yellow Shark Recording Studios, Submerge, HTV, the BBC and of course, Apple. Visit their website at www.gloscat.ac.uk, email andy.ginn@gloscat.ac.uk or call on 01452 563322 |  |
| Herefordshire County Council |  |
| Hibbert Ralph Animation |  |
| Kidderminster College has been at the centre of vocational learning in the town of Kidderminster since its foundation in the 1950s. Following the opening of a new campus building in Market Street in May 2003, it has become well established in the town centre, providing a modern learning environment, devoting particular strength to the subject specialist programmes in the Visual and Performing Arts of which Film Making has become a bespoke component. Major curriculum areas include Health and Caring, Office and Information Technology, GCSEs and A Level Studies, Sport, Fitness and Leisure/Tourism. |  |
Malvern Hills District Council is committed to improving opportunities for engaging residents in the arts across the district, in particular working with rural communities and young people. Existing activities will be supported, especially those that encourage and allow participants to explore their creativity and enhance their quality of life and well-being, engaging them in life long learning - in particular working with artists. Partnership working with organisations, such as the Viewfinder Film Festival, enable us to support activities and initiatives that offer a quality experience for the audience, participants and artists and the work that we will deliver and support will reflect and celebrate the diversity of the district. Visit www.malvernhills.gov.uk to view our Arts Plan and other events which we have supported. |  |
| Malvern Theatres, Malvern |  |
| The Market Theatre, Ledbury |  |
| The Roses Theatre, Tewkesbury, is both a thriving live performance space and a successful independent cinema. Over the past year an increasing amount of the Theatre's education and outreach work has involved digital video production with young people. In November 2002, the cinema screened "Homegrown Movies" to an audience of 200 people - seven videos which were the result of the first season's digital activities made in association with Catcher Media. In 2003 the Theatre, working with Catcher Media, developed a more ambitious programme of movies ranging from a project working with teen mothers to a larger scale production over the summer working with some sixty teenagers. Contact: Director of Youth and Community is Ruth Wells and her email is outreach@rosestheatre.org, on 01684 290734 |  |
| Rural Media Company works throughout the UK. We combine community and informal education, training and advocacy with the professional skills of the media industry. The results are effective, high-impact, high-quality media projects and educational materials at the cutting edge of current policy and debate. |  |
| Soho Editors Training provides expert, certified training to the global creative media industry. It is the largest Authorised Training partner in Europe for Apple, and has a growing reputation around the world with new training centres recently opened in New York and Johannesburg.Soho Editors Training strength lies in the fact that it is not simply a training company sitting outside the market it serves. Through the other activities of the Soho Editors Group, it has an integral understanding of the post-production sector, the technology, the latest developments, and the pressures of freelancers and post facilities. |  |
| The Space is a flexible performance space available for hire, accommodating 150 people in the main hall and 50 in a smaller downstairs meeting room. We are located in the centre of Stroud and provide a platform for local artists and companies to generate an income as a performing artist. We also host regional and national touring companies, host many workshops, including a performing arts course with Stroud College and provide performance space for the many festivals based here in Stroud. If you would like to hire The Space, or would like to be included on our mailing list, please contact us on 01453 767576. |  |
| South West Screen, the Regional Development Agency for film and video in the South West region. Based in Bristol , South West Screen offer a range of funding opportunities and support. To find out more visit www.swscreen.co.uk . Email them on info@swscreen.co.uk or call on 0117 377 6066 |  |
| The Sundial Theatre, Cirencester | |
| Third Screen is the Film Society based in the Forest of Dean. It has been operating for five years, and shows films twice monthly on a Monday evening at the Studio Cinema in Coleford. The films shown are usually European and foreign language films plus US and British films which do not have general release. Contact Roger Drury on 01594 820722 or email: roger@fodradio.org |  |
The University of Gloucestershire Pittville Studios at the University of Gloucestershire offers a range of film and media programmes for undergraduate and postgraduate study for 2006 entry including: Digital Film Production, Digital Film Management, Film Studies, Fine Art - Video, Media Communications, Popular Music, and MA in Digital Cinema Production. The University is also committed to community development, with its Widening Participation Unit providing the primary funding for the Viewfinder Festival. For more details on our programmes see: http://www.glos.ac.uk/faculties/mac/ |  |
| University of Worcester |  |
| Warehouse Cinema |  |
Wiggin LLP are the only law firm dedicated to pursuing excellence solely across these media sectors. That means not just being at the forefront of industry developments, but actually taking it further than anybody else by cutting new paths in legal innovation. The Financial Times agrees, recently calling Wiggin one of the 'Most Innovative Law Firms' in the UK. Within each of the media sector departments they have specialist commercial, litigation, corporate, tax, employment and property teams that understand the specific needs of the market and strive to provide clients with as far-reaching a service as possible. Wiggin LLP - "One of the UK's most innovative law firms" - ranked top - Financial Times Innovative Lawyers - 2006. Read about it at: http://www.wiggin.co.uk/upldfiles/FTInnovation.pdf |  |
Worcester Live |  |
| Wotton Electric Picture House is probably the first all digital-Cinema in the UK, pre-empting the and now part of (Feb 2007 installation) the Film Councils Digital Screen Network initiative. It is run by volunteers as a community co-operative and has shown 165 films to over 10,000 visitors in its first year of operation. Visit www.wottoneph.co.uk for more information or tel 01453 844601. |  |
Wychwood Music Festival (1-3 June 2007) Launched in 2005 and described in Time Out as "an excellent hybrid of The Big Chill, WOMAD and The Cambridge Folk Festival" Wychwood is a great new addition to the summer. Taking place on Cheltenham Racecourse the Festival is an eclectic mix of music playing host to some of the best artists from Folk, Indie, World, Pop, Jazz and Chillout. Combine this with workshops for all ages, top class comedy, wild and wonderful street theatre and the delightful presence and art of the folks at Viewfinder and you are looking at the best way to kick of the Summer! For more information please contact info@wychwoodfestival.com or visit www.wychwoodfestival.com |  |
Wyre Forest District Council The Arts Development Section is based within the Community Development Division of Wyre Forest District Council. Our offices are based in Kidderminster though we work in Stourport-on-Severn and the surrounding areas. We aim to provide access to high quality arts for the people of Wyre Forest, as well as opportunities and practical advice and support for professional artists and groups. Many of our projects involve working in partnership with independent organisations in the area and across counties. Contact: Loz Samuels Arts and Play Development Officer Cultural, Leisure and Commercial Services Green Street Kidderminster Worcs. DY10 1HA T: 01562 732977 M: 07815 296016 F: 01562 732905 |  |
