ScreenSkills has announced that Laura Mansfield has decided to step down as chief executive officer and that she will continue as CEO until her departure in mid-August. Lisa Opie, ScreenSkills chair, will step in as executive chair and, together with…
A landmark new pilot study from ScreenSkills and 4Skills, conducted by Ampere Analysis, has provided a first of its kind detailed look at the British Screen Industry’s off-screen workforce, enabling ScreenSkills to develop the talent and expertise required to build…
Following the recommendations set out by the Screen Sectors Skills Task Force in 2023, ScreenSkills has published its long-term vision that will power the future of the UK screen industries and make a significant contribution to the UK Creative Economy.…
A new cohort of 25 future senior leaders, from all parts of the UK and nominated by industry, is embarking on the High-end TV Skills Fund’s Leaders of Tomorrow inclusion focused programme. Leaders of Tomorrow is a three-year leadership programme providing…
Final Pixel Academy in partnership with ARRI Stage London will be running 2 taster sessions in December (7th & 8th) where heads of department (HoDs) from HETV or Film will receive hands-on learning to understand the basic principles and practices of working…
A pioneering industry-led initiative aimed at connecting Bristol’s future creatives with the local TV and Film sector is being launched next week; funded by ScreenSkills’ High-end TV (HETV) Skills Fund and delivered by Gritty Talent. The HETV Careers Schools Roadshow…
This year marks ten years of the High-end TV (HETV) Skills Fund. As we celebrate the occasion with a series of features that look at the work of the Fund in the past ten years, ScreenSkills’ Director of High-end Television, Kaye Elliott,…
Agents for change Although there is still some way to go to create a truly inclusive industry, there are many associations, initiatives and schemes making strides towards a more diverse filmmaking community. In part one of this special feature, we…
ScreenSkills’ Make a Move programme boosts the career development of crew members identified by a production as ready to progress up the ladder, encouraging their on-the-job training. Productions contributing to the Film Skills Fund are eligible for funding to support…
The industry-led initiative has been awarded more than £1 million from the Department for Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) to develop and deliver a programme of hybrid opportunities, resources and activities that will ensure there is a larger and more…
The ScreenSkills High-end TV Skills Fund has unveiled 22 mid-level crew identified by industry recommendation as Leaders of Tomorrow as part of the programme to support the need for skilled senior roles. They will form the second cohort of the…
ScreenSkills the industry’s skills body for the screen industries, has announced the launch of a new online series, created and funded by the HETV Skills Fund and industry partners, for broadcasters, streamers and production companies to support people new to the screen…
Trainee Finder, ScreenSkills’ flagship programme of paid placements for new entrants into film and children’s and high-end television, will open recruitment on October 24th with at least 250 places across HETV and Film available. The initiative, supported by the Film, High-end…
Recruitment for ScreenSkills’ 2023 Trainee Finder programme will open on Monday 24th October 2022 – and we are hosting a Q&A that day to explain what it is, how it works and whether it could be for you. Trainee Finder is…
ScreenSkills will launch its second cinema advertising campaign seeking to introduce cinema audiences to the broad range of roles and career opportunities available in the UK’s booming production industries. Reaching a diverse and representative audience, the campaign targets those with existing…
UKTV have signed up to the ScreenSkills Unscripted TV Skills Fund which is committed to supporting skills and training development for the unscripted workforce. The agreement, which will apply to commissions from 1 September, means they will pay a percentage…
The application deadline for ScreenSkills’ Leaders of Tomorrow programme is 7 August. The career progression programme accepts mid-level crew identified by industry colleagues as future leaders in HETV and champions them through mentoring, masterclasses, bespoke training and part-funded placements over…
A new forecast of film and high-end TV production growth and skills needs published Friday 24 June finds: Film and HETV production likely to hit between £7.07 billion and £7.66 billion by 2025 Between 15,130 and 20,770 additional crew needed…
The ScreenSkills Unscripted TV Skills Fund, designed to transform investment in the workforce for unscripted television, and future-proof the unscripted TV industry, is celebrating its first anniversary. The first year has seen the fund start to deliver on its mission to transform investment in…
Learn Unreal Engine and get the chance to take a paid placement with some of the best VFX film and TV studios in the UK. ScreenSkills are working with Escape Studios to ensure the VFX industry gets the talent it…
Following the recommendations from the Underlying Health Condition pressure group, this course has been designed to train 12 people as accessibility coordinators to support productions in hiring and working with disabled talent and crew. It will also support disabled professionals in…
ITV and Amazon’s Prime Video have signed up to the ScreenSkills Unscripted TV Skills Fund which is committed to supporting skills and training development for the unscripted workforce. The agreement means they will pay a percentage of all unscripted commission…
Contributions to the Film Skills Fund come in all sizes, ranging from box office tentpole releases to regional independent projects. While the Fund’s cap of 0.5% of a production’s budget is limited to £61,000, contributions from smaller-scaled productions are gratefully…
Award-winning professionals shared expert industry advice with 107 new ScreenSkills Trainee Finder trainees in preparation for their year on the paid placement initiative for new entrants. Spread across two consecutive weekends, the trainees were invited to online induction sessions designed…
The Congress brings industry and education together to discuss critical skills needs alongside the current challenges and opportunities in the UK screen industries. The theme “Re-writing the rules: talent and global content” will focus on how the rapid changes in…
The ScreenSkills High-end TV Skills Fund is to invest more than £10 million of industry contributions from UK producers, broadcaster in-house productions and inward investors in the coming year to meet the training needs of the booming sector. The investment…
One in five adults in the UK have some form of hearing loss. Yet how many people can say they fully understand the needs of a deaf person? How reflective are productions in the engagement of both deaf cast and…
Forty apprentices in skills shortage roles are to be recruited by ScreenSkills with major industry partners thanks to Department for Education funding. Forty apprentices in roles desperately needed in film and television are to be recruited by ScreenSkills with major…
A new report published paints a “bleak picture” of accessibility in animation and highlights six recommendations to help the sector become a more accessible place for disabled talent to work. Accessibility in Animation presents the findings of a survey of…
Two free online learning modules have been launched as part of ScreenSkills’ suite of e-learning to support achieving real change in film, television, animation, VFX and games. Inclusive hiring for the screen industries provides support for developing more inclusive recruitment and…
The new Apprenticeship Standard for Camera Prep Technicians is looking to expand after a successful first season launch. Last summer, nine trainees became the first cohort of apprentices to participate in a two-year programme during which they will be trained…
The first research by ScreenSkills exclusively to examine the skills needs of unscripted TV lays bare a wide range of skills needs with a particular focus on shortages in the “squeezed middle” of experienced crew. The report, which is designed…
As part of their Making Virtual Production Real season, ScreenSkills are running a series of webinars and in-person open days to introduce screen industry professionals to the creative opportunities of virtual production. ScreenSkills are open for bookings for the third…
Dylan has only been in the film and TV industry for a few years, but thanks to ScreenSkills’ Trainee Finder programme, has worked his way from runner to third assistant director on a variety of projects, including Apple TV+ series Ted…
Forty apprentices in roles desperately needed by the UK’s booming film and television sector are to be recruited by ScreenSkills with major industry partners thanks to Department for Education funding announced today (Thursday 10 February). ScreenSkills, the skills body for…
A new ScreenSkills immersive film is designed to inspire the next generation of talent in post-production by putting the spotlight on all the work that has to be done once the cameras stop rolling. First Day: In Post is a virtual…
The first of a series of webinars on virtual production is now available to view online. It forms part of ScreenSkills’ Making Virtual Production Real season, exploring the rapidly evolving use of virtual production and providing an overview of the…
Hear the stories of ten participants who used ScreenSkills to develop their careers. How ScreenSkills invests in the UK screen workforce is highlighted in a new series of short films today. Whether it’s people looking to get their first break…
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…
Ten courses have been endorsed this year by ScreenSkills Select, the industry-led scheme that gives employers confidence that students on these courses have the employability skills, experience and industry understanding they need. Many more applications from colleges and universities are…
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…
No Time to Die, the 25th film in the James Bond franchise, is being used to inspire the next generation of young people about a career in screen thanks to a partnership between Into Film, Universal Pictures and ScreenSkills. The…
Rise, the award-winning advocacy group for women in the broadcast media technology sector, and ScreenSkills has announced the pairing up of mentees and mentors for the ScreenSkills Rise Mentoring Programme. This new ScreenSkills Rise Mentoring Programme, funded by ScreenSkills as part of the BFI Future Film…
The British Film Designers Guild (BFDG) have announced the launch of their Mentoring Programme in partnership with the ScreenSkills Mentoring Network which is supported by the BFI, awarding National Lottery funds as part of its Future Film Skills strategy. The programme…
Mari, a Japanese cinematographer based in the UK, is one of the candidates selected for ScreenSkills new initiative, Film Forward, designed to create change in the UK film industry by supporting experienced Black, Asian or minority ethnic professionals to advance…
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…
Being able to deliver or receive thoughtful, regular and well-delivered feedback is a great way to promote personal and professional growth. This short session will give you simple frameworks for feedback, so you can make it a positive and welcome…
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…
ScreenSkills and BIFA have announced two new advanced-level training programmes with an inclusivity focus – Anti-bullying and Harassment training and Fair Recruitment and Inclusivity in the Workplace training. The new training initiatives will be run alongside Unconscious Bias Training, previously…
ScreenSkills, the industry-led skills body, Netflix and WarnerMedia has welcomed a diverse cohort of 20 apprentices on to a pilot programme for apprenticeships in the UK’s booming screen industries. The ScreenSkills apprenticeship pilot will see 10 apprentices train as broadcast…
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…
This two day course delivered online by NFTS is designed to give an understanding of the benefits of ACES (Academy Colour Encoding System) and the processes involved at various stages of production, specifically for those working in HETV. NFTS are…
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. …
More than 350 heads of department, course leaders, teachers and students from ScreenSkills Select endorsed courses came together last month to hear from screen industry experts about the best pathways into screen and in-demand job roles. The five Industry Sessions…
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…
The ScreenSkills High-end TV Skills Fund has unveiled 19 mid-level crew identified by industry recommendation as Leaders of Tomorrow. They are to be championed in a comprehensive programme of mentoring, masterclasses, bespoke training and paid on-the-job training over the next…
The BFI is undertaking a major strategic skills review on behalf of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS). The review will be conducted in close collaboration with the industry-led skills body ScreenSkills, national and regional screen agencies,…
The ScreenSkills High-end TV Skills Fund received £3.3 million in industry contributions in 2020/21 despite the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic compared with the record £3.9 million of a year earlier. The contributions are used to invest in skills and…
The ScreenSkills Mentoring Programme runs across all sectors of the screen industry and throughout the UK. It is aimed at new entrants, those who want to progress within or across the industry and those who want to return after a…
The first cohort of ScreenSkills’ Film Forward career progression programme is ready to be matched with films for paid placements. The new initiative is designed to create change in the UK film industry by supporting experienced Black, Asian or minority…
The screen industries believe there are opportunities created by the coronavirus pandemic to make lasting positive change that should not be missed, according to new research. Views on remote working, technological change and environmental sustainability were all explored in the…
As sponsors of the Photography & Lighting: Fiction category at the BAFTA TV Craft Awards, the ScreenSkills High-end Television Skills Fund presents a discussion featuring some of this year’s nominated cinematographers. In this one-hour session we’ll hear from talented professionals, including Small Axe‘s Shabier…
ScreenSkills has joined with colleagues across the creative industries in objecting to government proposals to cut funding to further and higher education courses in screen-related subjects. ScreenSkills have made a formal submission to the consultation on the proposed changes, registering…
David Harewood, the subject and presenter of the documentary, and Wendie Ottewill, its producer/director, talk about the making of the documentary and about psychosis and mental health. David talks about what it was like working as the presenter and subject…
The online module from ScreenSkills is designed to help recognise and address harassment and bullying behaviours in yourself and others. It builds on the principles and zero tolerance guidelines developed with organisations across film, television and games industries by the…
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…
ScreenSkills has called for greater collaboration on improving social mobility in the UK screen industries as new research shows that only a quarter of people working in the sector come from lower socio-economic backgrounds, compared to 38% across in the…
'Positive mental pathways: rewiring your thinking' is a course for freelancers working in HETV who want to discover how their internal mental processes influence their career.
A new fund which will address skills gaps and shortages in unscripted television across the UK and build a bigger pool of off-screen crew and talent in the nations and regions is announced today by ScreenSkills with broadcasters, SVoDs and…
More than 120,000 young people, 900 schools and 200 careers advisers have engaged with the Creative Careers Programme in the last year despite the challenges of COVID-19 restrictions. This includes 461 schools who participated in the Discover! Creative Careers Week 2021.…
The ScreenSkills Mentoring Network is applying the lessons of lockdown communication to new collaborations by encouraging organisations to facilitate more inclusive mentoring partnerships. This has been made possible through use of virtual meetings over the past year. Just over £130,000…
This online module from ScreenSkills is designed to help you understand what unconscious bias is, how it might manifest itself at work and how to challenge your assumptions to promote greater diversity and inclusion. People working in the screen industries…
A new fund which will address skills gaps and shortages in unscripted television across the UK and build a bigger pool of off-screen crew and talent in the nations and regions has been announced by ScreenSkills with broadcasters, SVoDs and Pact. The new Unscripted TV Skills Fund will…
Talking Point presents the course as part of the ongoing ‘Industry sessions, demystifying virtual production and pre-visualisation in film’. Virtual production has quickly become an established part of the feature film production process. This session will provide an opportunity to…
The end of the financial year coinciding so closely with the anniversary of the first lockdown of the pandemic led ScreenSkills CEO Seetha Kumar to reflect on the lessons of the past year and what was achieved. Kumar said: “I…
Award-winning experts from the UK and international screen industries gathered to share expertise and current intelligence with more than 150 educators at the inaugural ScreenSkills Select Congress 2021. The Congress brought educators and industry memebers together to discuss the big…
If I could ask the industry to do one thing to support trainees, it would be… “To encourage crew to look upon trainees as a golden opportunity to train the next generation of creatives and allow trainees to learn by…
The Four Nations Mentoring Scheme is designed for women looking to take a significant step in their career. 41 mentees have been selected from across the four nations take part in the 2021 programme. It runs for six months, during…
Producer Anita Overland, whose industry credits include The Iron Lady and the recent Small Axe, is to be the new chair of the ScreenSkills Film Skills Council. She succeeds Iain Smith, of Applecross Productions, who has recently stepped down after…
ScreenSkills has launched a new programme designed to support change in the UK film industry by helping upcoming productions extend their talent network of experienced Black, Asian or minority ethnic professionals ready for the next stage in their career. Film Forward will match…
A positive outcome of the COVID-19 pandemic has been the increased global attention towards health and safety within social and professional environments. But has it been enough to transform the film and television industry to avoid the tragic and high-profile…
More than 750 secondary schools and colleges have signed up to take part in the online Discover! Creative Careers Week 2021, which takes place from 1 to 5 March during National Careers Week. The initiative – which aims to build…
The cap on industry contributions to the Film and High-end TV Skills Funds will increase to £61,000 with effect from the new financial year. At the same time, the maximum contribution to both the Animation and the Children’s TV Skills…
A free online learning module designed to address unconscious bias in the screen industries goes live as the next step in a suite of ScreenSkills resources designed to support achieving real change in the sector. The training is designed to…
ScreenSkills has partnered with S.O.U.L Fest to launch a new mentoring initiative aimed at tackling the under-representation of black producers in film production. The initiative is supported using National Lottery funds awarded by the BFI as part of the Future…
Training provider Escape Studios are teaming up with ScreenSkills, to offer free training for furloughed workers, (and heavily subsidised fees for sole traders, micro-SMEs and self-employed) in the Unreal Engine, a new disruptive real-time technology that is changing how film…
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