The Cambridgeshire Film Consortium is a partnership between Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge Arts Picturehouse, Cambridge Film Festival, Long Road Sixth Form College and Parkside Community College. It is core-funded by Screen East.

The Consortium employs a full-time Film Education Offficer, Trish Sheil, to implement its aims which are:

• Encouraging an interest in film education linked to cinema screenings, production work and other activity
• Fostering film literacy and developing links between informal and formal education
• Ensuring cultural diversity in the programming of events and activities
• Researching published material relating to film education
• Consulting with Screen East, The Film Council and the British Film Insitute for the delivery of a regional film education strategy
• Contributing film education initiatives to the Cambridge Film Festival

Since its inception the Cambridgeshire Film Consortium has received funding from:

• Arts Council of England
• Heritage Lottery Fund
• UK Film Council First Light

Further details on these funded projects can be found here.