And finally (for this week...), one of the standout shorts of 2020 - the superb, cliché-exploding Mandem by Black Thunder Ω G

🚨 JOB ALERT!🚨🎞📽 Are you passionate about new British fiction film and moving image? We’re looking for a Curator of Contemporary Fiction to join the curatorial team BFI National Archive. For full details and how to apply, see bfi.org.uk/jobs

The Encounters Film Festival '21 programme is absolutely cracking and I've been gorging myself silly on all the juicy nuggets. Huge congrats to the team for another incredible online fest! Running until the 30th Sept so if you haven't already done so, get down to encounters.film/film-festival-…

There's less than 48 hours to apply to #filmFEDS 2022! This year's placements are available at: 🔸Belfast Film Festival 🔸BFI 🔸Broadway 🔸Lewes Depot 🔸Flatpack Festival 🔸Hippodrome Silent Film Festival Apply by 12pm on Thursday: bit.ly/FEDS2022

Interested in archive film but not sure how to screen it to audiences? Tune in to a conversation with the BFI's Simon McCallum tomorrow PM, who'll be discussing his work on Paul Wright's Arcadia and curating archive events at BFI Southbank. Register 👉 bit.ly/3uYVbNy

When I told my daughter that I was off to the brilliant Independent Cinema Office #ScreeningDays this morning she was worried I’d be lonely and drew me a pic. Pleased to say that I’m not: there’s loads of wonderful exhibitors around and it’s fab to see industry coming together in person again!

What a lovely promo for the fantastic BFI archive, a truly national treasure!

Time to start doing things, Birkbeck supporters! Please RT widely! change.org/p/no-job-cuts-…

JOB OPPORTUNITY 🚨 We're hiring a Festival Director to lead our team, implement the creative vision of Encounters and deliver our annual festival & year-round activity. 📅 Applications close Mon 27 Feb, 17:00 GMT For further details & how to apply : bit.ly/3iZw88Y

👀FULLY FUNDED PHD!! Come and research the role played by migrant filmmakers on the development of British film 1940-70. Co-supervised by me BFI and @agnes_woolley School of Creative Arts, Culture and Communication Starts Oct 2023. Application deadline 19th June. See: bit.ly/42LiSXf CDP Connect UK Research and Innovation

The BFI's #FilmOnFilm festival was out of this world. Such a well thought-out mixture of films, panels, discussions, workshops with loads of free events. Some of the best and dynamic audience engagement I've experienced in 30 years of going to festivals there.

These jobs don't come up very often and involve doing very exciting things with very exciting people in very exciting places. And the team is knockout too!

And this is a peach of a role - you don't often find the immersive arts and international cultural relations in the same job description!