The BFI National Lottery Innovation Challenge Fund is awarding £192,500 to King’s College London to support the development of Intelligent Systems for Screen Archives, a project that will explore how UK moving image archives could creatively explore emerging artificial intelligence…
The BFI and Film4 reveal nine short films funded through Future Takes, thanks to investment from Film4 and BFI National Lottery funding. Each filmmaking team is awarded between £55,000-£90,000 to create an ambitious and compelling short film that has the potential…
New and aspiring screen talent in Cornwall have taken part in a one-day event to support the growth of the county as a filming location with a second event targeted at students in Somerset. Set Ready Cornwall was held by…
A new season of ScreenSkills webinars exploring the rapidly evolving use of virtual production will take place this autumn followed by open days where studios big and small will open their VP stages to industry professionals. The Making Virtual Production…
The Production Guild of Great Britain (PGGB), in partnership with the British Film Commission, has announced the participants for its inaugural Diversity and Inclusion Mentor Scheme which has matched 15 talented mentees with experienced industry mentors working in UK film…
New and aspiring screen talent in Cornwall will have the chance to learn from, and network with, industry professionals at a one-day event to support the growth of the county as a filming location. Set Ready Cornwall will be held…
More than 250 people from groups currently under-represented in the screen industries and working in areas of skills shortage are to be supported with mentoring thanks to £130,375 of funding from ScreenSkills. Ten partnerships with other screen-related bodies will provide…
Rise, the award-winning advocacy group for women in the broadcast media technology sector, has announced the launch of its second UK mentoring programme in 2021, the ScreenSkills Rise Mentoring Programme for women working across the sector, after securing funding from ScreenSkills. …
Film productions in the UK contributed just under £475,000 towards skills and training for nearly 450 new entrants and existing film workforce in the last financial year despite the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. Productions including Jurassic World: Dominion, The Fantastic Flitcrofts and Mothering Sunday were among 34 productions which paid £474,337.33 into the ScreenSkills…
In this webinar Duncan Bruce will be chatting to Charlotte Bruus Christensen ASC. Christensen’s work on films such as Far From the Madding Crowd, Fences and A Quiet Place have won her a acclaim and most recently she ventured into…
The BFI Doc Society Ripple Effect Fund is a new National Lottery funded initiative that enables and empowers communities, networks and organisations to build their own inclusive vision for the independent UK documentary sector from the ground up. If you…
Recruitment has launched for students to the UK’s second Centre of Screen Excellence which is designed to support the production hub at Elstree, Hertfordshire. ScreenSkills has joined forces with Elstree Screen Arts Academy (ESA), Elstree Film Studios and the National…
Two years after the publication of its first iteration, the ScreenSkills Assessment 2021 aims to provide a snapshot of skills issues affecting the UK screen industries and related potential solutions. During this online event, they will present the results of industry…
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