Arthouse Cinema Training • CICAE

The CICAE’s annual Arthouse Cinema Training is a one-week intensive programme bringing together arthouse exhibition professionals from around to world to gain in-depth insight into the management of a movie theatre. Taking place in the heart of Berlin, Germany, the training offers participants a chance to get together, form connections, and learn from some of the industry’s leading experts. The world’s only programme of its kind, the ACT provides a unique opportunity to meet and exchange best practices with colleagues from around the globe and become a successful part of the international arthouse community.

• In-depth workshops and lectures on innovative arthouse programming, audience development and marketing, data analysis, businessplanning, budgets and fundraising, current technological developments in cinema exhibition, sustainability, as well as diversity,equity and inclusion.
  
• Lectures, masterclasses, and get-togethers with filmmakers, festival organisers, funding representatives, advocacy leaders and political decision-makers.
  
• Networking opportunities with cinema professionals from across the world.
  
• The chance to work on up-to-date case studies and develop individual projects under the guidance of experienced tutors.
  
• The chance to explore Berlin’s vibrant cultural scene with a likeminded international group.
  
• A digital training kit.
  
• Access to the CICAE’s global alum network.

• Supporting arthouse exhibitors in their core challenges, offering knowledge about day-to-day operations and best practices, and the film professionals in better understanding the arthouse exhibition sector.
• Communicating to the new generation of art house managers the specific knowledge (methods, tools, ideas and contacts) they need for programming, event organisation and management of an arthouse cinema.
  
• Offering exhibitors a space where they can reflect on their practices, share their experiences and discover new opportunities in their industry.
• Providing insight into the know-how and the challenges of the sector.
• Benefit from the skills of around a hundred top-notch cinema professionals and trainers.
• Creating a network of contacts and exchanging experiences with other peers.
• Developping short and long-term projects.

The Arthouse Cinema Training 2024 was generously funded by Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, The Senate Chancellery of Berlin, the FFA – Filmförderungsanstalt, the CNC - Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée. The ACT 2023 also received the kind sponsorship from MUBI and Comscore.

The participation fee includes:

• The sessions in Berlin
  
• Training material
• Hotel accommodation close to the seminar venue at Holzmarkt Berlin for the duration of the training
• Breakfast and Lunches
  
  Please note that travel costs are not included in the fee.
  
  

The CICAE Arthouse Cinema Training programme is suitable for:

• Young exhibitors, programmers and cabin operators of independent cinema theatres
• Exhibitors planning to change their cinema into an independent cinema
• Exhibitors planning to (re)open an independent cinema theatre
• Institutional and other film professionals wanting to understand and develop their skills in the independent exhibition industry. 

The CICAE values diversity and encourages applications from all individuals regardless of cultural background, race, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, or disability. The training venue as well as the accommodation are wheelchair accessible. The CICAE is committed to facilitating the participation of applicants with special needs.

To evaluate the impact of the first 18 editions of the training on its participants and the arthouse cinema sector, the CICAE launched a survey within its alum network.