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Who are We?

MiMAC-Rushes is a community interest digital film, video and media access company, providing a range of services that offer support and mentoring for independent filmmaking, emerging talent and enables public access to moving image resources. MiMAC-Rushes community interest company (C.I.C.) status means that our profits do not go to shareholders but are re invested into new resources and projects for the benefit of the community.

What do we do?

MiMAC offers 5 key services.

1 KIT HIRE for digital video cameras and accessories
2 TRAINING for 1 to 1 tuition and group workshops
3 COMMERCIAL VIDEO PRODUCTION for corporate, commercials and web movies
4 CHANNEL-FIFE for programme making oportunities
5 ADVOCTES for change in improving broadcast access for Fife and the regions of Scotland

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MiMAC-Rushes C.I.C. has a lineage which dates back to the Fife Film & Video Workshop in 2000 and the establishment of the Fife Council MIMAC (Moving Image Media Access Centre) in 2002.

Special Projects

Ghost Show is our latest special project. It is a Heritage Lottery supported documentary project that celebrates the culture and heritage of Scotland’s Travelling Showpeople. Offering a unique insight into the people behind ‘The Shows’ in Scotland. The project is run by MIMAC-Rushes C.I.C in partnership with the Scottish Screen Archive and the Glasgow Film Theatre.

MiMAC-Rushes was registered as a CIC in Scotland on the 8th of January 2008, Registration No.SC335908

MiMAC-Rushes is managed by a Board of Directors drawn from Film Makers, Film Production Companies and multi media creative artists and includes stakeholders from the membership and the media access sector and educational institutions.

C.I.C. = Community interest Companies

Community interest companies (CIC) are a new type of limited company with special additional features, designed specifically to operate for the benefit of the community rather than for the benefit of the owners of the company. This is achieved by a "community interest test" and "asset lock", which ensure that the CIC is established for community purposes and the assets and profits are dedicated to these purposes.

"CIC’s are an integral part of the govt’s new Third Sector" Quote: the Cabinet Office

As a Community Interest Company MiMAC-Rushes aim is to:

Encourage an environment within which the creative and the Moving Image sectors can thrive, developing these sectors as an integral part of Scotland’s society, economy and environment.

Working in partnership with grant aided and lottery projects MiMAC-Rushes aims to keep the allocated funding within the Scottish creative industries.

Enable, campaign for and empower, the creative media producers, independent filmmakers, and emerging talent, enabling public access to media creation facilities, particularly for those at risk of social exclusion.

Strengthen the creative moving image communities, drawing together people from different sections and backgrounds to develop the use of the creative media as a commercial and artistic tool to the benefit of society.

Enable social enterprise growth and development, combining business and social goals in the creative and moving image sector.