Find a venue that is equipped with the audio-visual equipment required to show a film: a screen and projector that can be connected to a computer or a large television screen that can be seen by everyone in the room, with a good sound system (e.g. speakers). Make sure the space has a strong wifi connection.

To get started, we recommend contacting your local library, places of worship, school auditorium, community center, or cinema as potential venues.

It’s important that you check what format the venue can accommodate or would prefer.

Once you’ve found a suitable venue, confirm the date and time of your screening. End of the week events and screenings are usually better attended than screenings held on Monday or Tuesday evenings, however they may also conflict with other community events. 

Be sure that other nearby events held at the same time will not reduce your audience: avoid scheduling your event on religious or public holidays, or local sporting events and festivals. 

Find out if any other activities are happening at the venue on the same date, to avoid any confusion on the day of your screening. 

You are welcome to charge tickets for your event, it’s completely up to you. Perhaps you need to generate funds to cover the costs of venue hire, or perhaps you’d like to raise funds, or help out your school, community theater, or local arts organization.

• Using a “Pay What You Can” model

  • A “Pay What You Can” model could open up a paid screening event to more people who might not otherwise be able to afford the ticket price, and will help to make your local screening event as inclusive as possible! 

  • It’s helpful to offer a suggested price for entry so your guests know what’s reasonable. You could even offer a few different tiered ticket prices for different financial situations.

  • Make sure people know why you’re using a “Pay What You Can” model, and what the funds will go towards (e.g. are you covering the venue hire costs? fundraising for an organization of your choice?)

• Fundraising with your screening event

  • As well as using the proceeds from ticket sales to fundraise for an organization of your choice, you could also consider having the following opportunities for your guests to donate at your event:

    • a physical donations bucket

    • a poster or on-screen slide with a QR code or link to a Crowdfunder or other platform for donations

We have created the marketing assets below to make it as simple as possible for you to promote your screening in your local area:

• High-Res Stills

• Social Press Kit (including social media graphic tiles and film trailer)

• Audience Evaluation Survey QR code poster

These will be sent to you once you confirm your screening.

After your screening, we strongly encourage you to host a discussion with your audience to help take them from inspiration to engagement and action! Your discussion could be at your screening venue, or through Zoom or another platform of your choice.

Once you confirm your screening, we will send you a discussion guide to help you facilitate your screening.

Here we’ve collected some additional ideas to really get your audience engaged and connecting with each other through the arts.

• Pair your screening with a local arts showcase – this could be a performance, reading, exhibition, or other event curated by the community.

• Enhance your screenings with intergenerational storytelling sessions where young people, elders, and theatre-makers share short stories or memories sparked by the film, about finding belonging, being different, or moments when the arts changed their minds or lives.

• Pair your screening with a facilitated small-group conversation modelled on theatre talkbacks. Each circle could mix local residents, artists, and visiting audiences to explore themes of belonging, creativity, and community connection.

• Set up low-pressure creative stations outside your screening where audiences could make zines, postcard art, or collaborative murals with prompts like “What makes your town magic?”, "Why is art important to you?", and/or "How can art create change and conversation?"

• Pair your screening with theater or improv workshops exploring themes of belonging, creativity, and community connection.

Everyone who attends a screening of CREEDE U.S.A. should be motivated to reflect and engage with their local community.

See our Take Action page for ideas!