REACH: Strategic Audience Development

N.B. This page details the 2024 edition of the course. For details of the 2025 edition of this course, which is now open for applications, visit the REACH 2025 page.

BFI FAN Training Course – Open to all FAN members across the UK

Want to grow the audience for your venue? Find ways to bring in people who have never been before? Or diversify the types of people who regularly attend?

REACH: Strategic Audience Development is a workshop-based, project-driven training programme for BFI Film Audience Network members from across the UK who want to build on their expertise in growing and diversifying audiences.

Delivered by leading industry professionals, REACH can make a real impact on your cinema or film festival’s ability to attract new audiences, encourage them to explore independent film and keep them coming back. As you develop a real-life project at your venue or festival, you’ll benefit from several months of tailored support from an advisor.

REACH 2024 will be delivered over six months, with one workshop in London on 5-7 March 2024, project work from March to September 2024, and finishing with an in-person workshop in Nottingham.

This is a UK-wide opportunity open to BFI FAN members from all Film Hubs.

REACH was created by the ICO. This 4th edition of the course is funded by the BFI Film Audience Network.