Join us at the next Square Lens Alliance meet-up🙌Learn, network, & share with like-minded creatives!

💡Creative Lighting Workshop with Matt Glaz
🎥Presentation from our BFI Network Talent Team
🎬 A Bunch of Amateurs (Film) + Q&A

17:30, 16 May
Dean Clough, Halifax
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If you missed out on the Sprint event in Bristol, you can catch up on all things Art of Action online now! Hear more about the upcoming UK-wide season, and how you can develop your own film activity.

Watch the recording here ▶️ bit.ly/4aWrfE2

The time is now! Applications for the 2024 round of BFI NETWORK short film funding close in 1 week ⏰👀

The fund will support filmmaking teams working on fiction shorts in live action, animation & immersive/virtual reality.

Good luck!🍀
More info🔗 bit.ly/34zL2IC

Are you a film exhibitor working with heritage buildings? Interested in taking steps towards reducing your carbon impact? 🌿🏛️

Take part in the BFI FAN x Historic England heritage-led online carbon literacy course.

26 June & 3 July via Zoom
More info🔗bit.ly/3QrHG2R

Join the Film Hub South East team as Events & Communications Officer. More info below 👇

We're joining New Writing North Sunderland Shorts Film Festival for a roundtable discussion on breaking into the film industry 🎬💥

We'll be offering top tips and advice for early career Writers, Directors and Producers!

12:30-13:30, Friday 10 May
Sign up at: bit.ly/3UBT6nc

Aged 16-25 and have a passion for film? Apply to become a BFI Film Academy Northern Exposure Young Film Programmer!

Learn more about the industry from experts in the field, curate & host your own short film night at venues across the North🎬🎉

Sign up: bit.ly/3y6efNj

There's still time to get involved in IndigoLtd #ActGreen 2024! The research will help organisations better understand audience attitudes to the climate crisis, and shape strategies for how best to involve audiences in sustainability initiatives 🌿

Reminder that our online members' meet-up is coming up soon!

Filmmakers - the regular deadline for Spirit of Independence Film Festival film submissions is tomorrow!

Opportunity to join the Film Hub Wales team as their new Marketing and Outreach Officer. Are you passionate about developing audiences for independent film?

Apply by 8 May!

🗓️🔔Mark your calendars - applications for Round 2 of the Film Exhibition Fund will open on 30 May 2024!

The fund will support film exhibitors to reach and engage new audiences for independent film. Awards of up to £10,000 are available.

Find out more👇
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New training opportunity for those aged 18+, based in Northern Ireland. No previous production experience is required! Applications close midnight on 6 May 📅

Our next, and final (!), online filmmaker roundtable is happening next week 👀

This is your final opportunity to ask the BFI NETWORK team questions about the short film fund before it closes on Thursday 9 May.

Hear from Series Producer and Writer, Phil Dodds at The Unit next week Thursday. Free to attend, more info at eventbrite.com/e/industry-ins…

✨Upcoming Filmmaker Roundtables✨

Hear from Luna Carmoon, director of HOARD, on filmmaking & the process of progressing from shorts to first feature!

📍9 May @homemcr
📍16 May Tyneside Cinema
+ claim free ticket to the Q&A preview screenings.
Sign up: bit.ly/3xPB3RF

Producing BFI Shorts with: Hollie Bryan.

25.04.24.
6 PM - 8 PM.

In this session, Hollie Bryan will share her experience as a producer and discuss the BFI shorts that she has worked on in the past.

Book your tickets via the link below.

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Not long to go⌛️ Submissions for Women X 2024 are closing on 1 May!

They welcome short films, directed or written or produced by a woman or gender nonconforming filmmaker. All genres welcome. Find out more at: filmfreeway.com/womenx

Want to hear more about our festival? Join us at the event organised by Film Hub North in #Blackpool next week! We are planning a presentation on how to make a #filmfestival See you there!

Thinking of applying to BFI NETWORK Short Film Fund? One of the questions we get asked most often is ‘Where Do I Find a Producer?’ so we’ve put together some advice on what a producer does, where you can find them and how best to approach.

Read more: bit.ly/4b23ycQ