Training

The The BFI NETWORK’s weekend long talent development programme is back for 2020! The BFI NETWORK Weekender is an initiative designed to to invigorate, challenge, inspire and connect the most dynamic new filmmakers across the UK.

Last year, they invited 22 fantastically talented trans, non-binary and female-identifying filmmakers to spend a weekend in Manchester to explore identity, absorb crucial advice from top industry guests and meet like-minded creatives from all over. You can read more about how it went here: https://network.bfi.org.uk/news-and-features/industry-insights/network-weekender-2019

This year, they’re so excited to bring Weekender to Liverpool and welcome 22 working class writers, directors and producers from all over the UK to come together and expand their skillset in a workshop-style environment.

The film industry has a class problem and can feel closed off and unattainable to those who are working class or come from low income backgrounds. With this year’s Weekender, new filmmakers of this experience and a host of industry guests and creatives will explore the ways in which their work intersects with class and identity.

They’re looking for filmmakers at the start of their careers who are about to take that next step into the industry but may need support in terms of finding their voice as a creative, meeting potential collaborators or furthering their knowledge of how the industry works.

Ripples of change are beginning in the industry, and this programme aims to celebrate the rising voices of marginalised filmmakers while nurturing their talents and helping to guide their future work.

The Weekender will run from 17^th – 19^th April 2020 and applications are open now.

To apply click here.

Applications will close at midnight on 24^th February 2020

If you have any questions about the applications for Weekender or if you’re unsure whether this event is for you and you’d like to have a conversation about the programme please get in touch at bfinetwork@bfi.org.uk and we can discuss your questions over the phone, via email or in person.

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Are you an LGBTQ+ identified filmmaker looking to take the next step in your career?

The BFI Flare x BAFTA Crew Mentoring programme in partnership with BFI NETWORK returns for a sixth year, offering six emerging LGBTQ+ filmmakers an incredible opportunity to develop their industry knowledge and professional connections.

About the programme

BFI Flare x BAFTA Crew Mentoring is a partnership between BFI NETWORK, BFI Flare: London LGBTQ+ festival and BAFTA.

Since its launch in 2015, the programme has supported 29 LGBTQ+ filmmakers working towards their first feature or major broadcast / online commission. Selected participants are matched with a senior industry mentor, based on their individual needs and ambitions, alongside additional support from BAFTA on how to get the most out of the experience. This programme aims to strengthen professional networks, create new pathways to industry, and offer a space for discussion and better understanding of opportunities and challenges for LGBTQ+ filmmakers, both in the UK and the global marketplace.

The programme begins at BFI Flare: London LGBTQ+ Film Festival (18-29 March 2020), where selected filmmakers will participate in a series of exclusive sessions with senior industry professionals  and festival guests. Selected filmmakers are then paired with a mentor and meetings will be facilitated throughout 2020.

Applications are now open. 

Benefits

At BFI Flare –

• Industry Accreditation for BFI Flare: London LGBTQ+ Film Festival (18-29 March 2020), with access to Press & Industry Screenings, an Industry Programme exploring LGBTQ+ media production, networking opportunities and the Festival’s Digital Viewing Library
• A bespoke programme of roundtables and in-conversation events with visiting filmmakers and senior industry figures
• Invitation to the Opening Night film and reception on Wednesday 18 March 2020
• The opportunity to include their short film on the BFI Flare Digital Viewing Library

Throughout the year –

• 3-4 one-to-one meetings with their selected mentor
• Industry Accreditation for the BFI London Film Festival (7-18 October 2020)
• Access to BAFTAs year-round Learning and New Talent programme including BFI NETWORK x BAFTA Crew

Criteria

To be eligible for this opportunity you must:

• Have written, produced or directed a short film which has screened at a BAFTA-qualifying festival
• Or, for writers only: have one piece of full-length theatre work performed professionally in the UK or one radio credit
• Be working towards a debut feature film or television pilot/online commission
• Be a UK resident

Please note: If your film has not screened at a BAFTA-qualifying festival, but has screened at a number of recognised international film festivals, you are encouraged to apply.

Applications are now open. 

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UPDATE: Please note this course has moved online. See updated info here.

This film locations course is delivered by Film Birmingham and will run over 2 weekends. It is designed to inform, educate and give hands on skills to the next generation of aspiring film and TV Location Managers.

Dates:  March 21st-22nd and March 28th-29th, 2020

Location: Library of Birmingham

Time: 9:30am – 5:30pm

Course Leader: Harriet Lawrence

Course Fee: £100

An Introduction to Working in the Locations Department (WILD) will be led by top UK film and TV drama Location Manager Harriet Lawrence. Harriet has worked in location management for over 20 years and her impressive CV includes prime time TV shows Downton Abbey, Parks and Recreation and Dancing on the Edge and Hollywood movies The Personal History of David Copperfield, My Cousin Rachel, Suffragette and Burton and Taylor.

Outline of the WILD Film Locations course:

The locations department has a wide and varied remit within a production. It extends from the creative beginnings of a script breakdown, working alongside Directors and Designers and scouting locations, to the logistical and detailed planning of a shoot. It enables all other departments to go about their jobs as smoothly and safely as possible. This film locations course will cover what to expect in this challenging, yet rewarding work environment. It will also advise on potential routes into film and TV location management.

It will briefly look at an overview of the industry, the different types of productions and then move on to the exciting challenges of scouting, planning a shoot and managing all aspects of the shoot day. The sessions will also outline some of the essential principles of health and safety, touch on some of the many things included in the locations budget and give tips on how to take great location recce pictures. The first weekend will be classroom-based and the second will be putting into practice all that was learnt during the first weekend.

About Your Teachers

The WILD course will be led by award-winning locations manager Harriet Lawrence, who has worked in commercials, film and TV during her 30 years in the industry. She was also the 2016 recipient of the Production Guild Inspiration Award. Supporting the course will be BIFA- and BAFTA- winning production designer Cristina Casali, who gained a Best Production Design 2019 BIFA award for her work in The Personal History of David Copperfield. Supervising location manager Michael Grisewood has worked extensively throughout the West Midlands with award-winning series and films such as Doctors, Ray and Liz and Boy with the Topknot, and will offer a practical session to course participants.

How to apply to the WILD Film Locations Course

Film Birmingham welcomes applications from a broad range of participants; from new entrants with some production experience to those more established in the media industry. The course fee is £100 and there will be 3 subsidised places available for qualifying participants. We welcome applications from diverse backgrounds.

If you are interested in being considered for the course, please complete this form. Applications close Monday February, 24th.

For additional information, please email wild2020@filmbirmingham.co.uk, with WILD Course in the subject.

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Are you an experienced film professional looking to develop your leadership and management skills? Are you looking to take the next step up in your career? Are you responsible for overseeing entry-level and early-stage colleagues in your department? Do you feel like an ‘accidental’ manager and want to learn more about leadership and management? Are you available from Friday 6th – Sunday 8th March 2020, for all 3 days?

If the answer to any or all of those questions is yes, then this course, Leadership and Management for Film Professionals, delivered by Screen Central and commissioned by ScreenSkills, is for you. It’s a two-day intensive course from Friday 6th – Sunday 8th March 2020; in developing leadership and management skills for film led by experienced industry professionals together with expert speakers.

For £75 – it includes attendance at the training course, hotel accommodation (if required) and all meals. Participants will be expected to attend the full course including the evening events.
For more information: http://bit.ly/30RUNiJ

Requirements

We’re looking for 12 participants from any department – you could be producing, directing, an assistant director, in locations, art department, costume, hair and make-up, production office, cameras, lighting, sound or post-production. The main criteria is that you’re looking to step up into management and want some training and support to do this or are already a manager and looking to polish your skills.

By the end of the workshop, you will have created a professional development plan identifying how to actively apply your newly acquired leadership and management skills.

How to apply

Early applications are encouraged and will be considered before the deadline. The application deadline will close on the 12th February 2020. Reminder: There is a fee of £75 per person payable by participants for taking part in this course.

Apply now at: http://bit.ly/30RUNiJ

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UPDATE: Please note this course has been postponed until further notice.

This film locations course is delivered by Film Birmingham and will run over 2 weekends. It is designed to inform, educate and give hands on skills to the next generation of aspiring film and TV Location Managers.

Dates:  March 21st-22nd and March 28th-29th, 2020

Location: Library of Birmingham

Time: 9:30am – 5:30pm

Course Leader: Harriet Lawrence

Course Fee: £100

An Introduction to Working in the Locations Department (WILD) will be led by top UK film and TV drama Location Manager Harriet Lawrence. Harriet has worked in location management for over 20 years and her impressive CV includes prime time TV shows Downton Abbey, Parks and Recreation and Dancing on the Edge and Hollywood movies The Personal History of David Copperfield, My Cousin Rachel, Suffragette and Burton and Taylor.

Outline of the WILD Film Locations course:

The locations department has a wide and varied remit within a production. It extends from the creative beginnings of a script breakdown, working alongside Directors and Designers and scouting locations, to the logistical and detailed planning of a shoot. It enables all other departments to go about their jobs as smoothly and safely as possible. This film locations course will cover what to expect in this challenging, yet rewarding work environment. It will also advise on potential routes into film and TV location management.

It will briefly look at an overview of the industry, the different types of productions and then move on to the exciting challenges of scouting, planning a shoot and managing all aspects of the shoot day. The sessions will also outline some of the essential principles of health and safety, touch on some of the many things included in the locations budget and give tips on how to take great location recce pictures. The first weekend will be classroom-based and the second will be putting into practice all that was learnt during the first weekend.

About Your Teachers

The WILD course will be led by award-winning locations manager Harriet Lawrence, who has worked in commercials, film and TV during her 30 years in the industry. She was also the 2016 recipient of the Production Guild Inspiration Award. Supporting the course will be BIFA- and BAFTA- winning production designer Cristina Casali, who gained a Best Production Design 2019 BIFA award for her work in The Personal History of David Copperfield. Supervising location manager Michael Grisewood has worked extensively throughout the West Midlands with award-winning series and films such as Doctors, Ray and Liz and Boy with the Topknot, and will offer a practical session to course participants.

How to apply to the WILD Film Locations Course

Film Birmingham welcomes applications from a broad range of participants; from new entrants with some production experience to those more established in the media industry. The course fee is £100 and there will be 3 subsidised places available for qualifying participants. We welcome applications from diverse backgrounds.

If you are interested in being considered for the course, please complete this form. Applications close Monday February, 24th.

For additional information, please email wild2020@filmbirmingham.co.uk, with WILD Course in the subject.

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Join the #DiscoverCreativeCareers campaign, from 18th – 22nd November, as part of the Creative Careers Programme. Here is a message from them about their upcoming opportunity:

Careers opportunities in the creative industries are increasing daily with employment in the sector growing three times faster than the rest of the UK economy. This growth shows no signs of slowing down, yet many young people aren’t aware of the variety of roles and vast areas of work available. We want to change that.

Taking place across England from 18th – 22nd November, Discover! Creative Careers Week will see over 500 employers from across the creative industries opening their doors to thousands of young people to inspire and inform the next generation of workers. During the week, young people will get to learn about animation with the creators of Peppa Pig, go back stage at the National Theatre, use interactive 3D computer modelling with XSite Architecture in Newcastle, explore individual career paths by interviewing the team at Tate Liverpool, get a taste of the world of publishing with Hachette, and understand how a film is promoted and distributed with Sony, plus much more.

The Discover! Creative Careers Week campaign aims to not only celebrate the activities taking place during the week, but also to highlight the sheer number of roles available within the creative industries and the pathways into them, by putting real names and faces behind the job titles with Discover! My Creative Career and supporting the campaign on social media. So even if you’re not hosting an event, you can still get involved.

The Discover! Creative Careers Week Campaign Pack contains various key messages, templates and tools that will support your involvement in the campaign so we can reach a much wider audience and demonstrate the commitment of the sector. Click here to download the pack.

Be sure to tag us in your Discover! Creative Careers Week posts using @CreativeCareer5 and #DiscoverCreativeCareers.
Take part in Discover! My Creative Career
Download your campaign pack here
 
We want to hear from you! To get in touch about any aspect of the Creative Careers Programme, please email creativecareers@ccskills.org.uk.

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About Man Like Mobeen

Man Like Mobeen is produced by Tiger Aspect, part of Endemol Shine UK, for BBC Three. The third series is due to air early next year. The series has scooped numerous awards and widespread critical acclaim. 63% of its audience is aged under 35 – well above the average for BBC Three.

Written and created by Guz Khan and Andy Milligan, Man Like Mobeen follows Mobeen (Guz Khan), friends Eight (Tez Ilyas) and Nate (Tolu Ogunmefun), and little sister Aks (Duaa Karim), from Small Heath, Birmingham. Offering a rarely seen insight into working-class life as an ethnic minority, the series addresses issues such as religion and class whilst showcasing Khan’s unique voice.

After the cliffhanger at the end of series two, the show will return to Small Heath. Here, Mobeen has been sucked back into the dark underworld of his criminal past. Has he gone beyond the point of no return? And what will the consequences be?

Training Scheme

Ahead of filming commencing, Guz Khan launched a training scheme in partnership with Film Birmingham, BBC Comedy and Tiger Aspect, offering eight entry-level positions for individuals from all backgrounds in and around Birmingham to get first-hand experience of the TV industry by working behind the scenes on the show’s production. The eight candidates will work in departments such as directing, producing, costume, make-up and camera work. They are also being paid £550 a week. Four of the placements are funded by BBC Comedy, with two places funded by Film Birmingham and two funded by Tiger Aspect.

Guz Khan says: “Accessing the entertainment industry is one of the trickiest things I have ever seen. And it’s for this reason it was imperative for us to allow working-class people the opportunity to do so. I want to see more of our people in front of and behind the camera. The best way to do this is to facilitate these opportunities when we can. I am genuinely excited to see regular folks grow into something special.”

Shane Allen, Controller of Comedy Commissioning at the BBC says of the scheme: “This initiative is a pro-active way to honour Guz’s commitment to including and representing the community he comes from. Tiger Aspect and the BBC are committed to tackling the socio-economic challenges that underpin TV’s need to open the doors to people of all sorts of backgrounds and enrich the off-screen talent pool.”

Film Birmingham Comments

Sindy Campbell, Head of Film Birmingham says: “Authentic representation on – and off – screen is extremely important to us and we’re proud to support Man Like Mobeen which showcases and inspires communities like Small Heath. Birmingham has one of the UK’s most diverse populations; we want to ensure our creative workforce reflects this. We are pleased to champion this initiative which provides the opportunity for those of all backgrounds to break into Birmingham’s screen industries.”

Damian Kavanagh is Managing Director for Tiger Aspect. He says: “Man Like Mobeen skilfully blends laugh out loud comedy with the important issues affecting Small Heath. The show has always had something to say. So I’m delighted it can now leave a huge legacy through this trainee scheme by providing the opportunity for a brand new generation of talent to get their first step on the ladder in TV production.”

Man Like Mobeen is a Tiger Aspect production written and created by Guz Khan and Andy Milligan. The producer is Gill Isles, the director is Ollie Parsons, and the executive producer is David Simpson. The Commissioning Editor for the BBC is Kate Daughton.

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

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Have you ever dreamt of working on films like Star Wars – Episode IX, Wonder Woman: 1984, Downton Abbey, Horrible Histories: The Movie or How to Build a Girl? Have you recently finished school or university? Or do you work in an industry with transferable skills, such as events, logistics, office management, construction or hair and make-up? Then this ScreenSkills Bootcamp might be for you!

About the ScreenSkills Bootcamp

This free to attend boot camp training course by ScreenSkills takes place over one day and is for anyone looking to break into the world of Feature Films. The Film Bootcamp: Get Started in Film introduces you to how the film industry, and how film sets run. You will meet experts who’ve worked on films, and receive freelancing and CV advice. You’ll also work with two trainers, both highly experienced in these areas.

Training will take place on Monday November 18th 2019 in Central Leicester.

Who They Want

We are particularly interested in participants who want to work in Hair/Make-up, Art Department, Costume, Floor/AD, Locations, Production Office, Cameras, Sound, Lighting and Editing. We are working to develop an inclusive workforce in film and television. So we strongly encourage applications from under-represented groups, particularly those from BAME backgrounds or those who consider themselves disabled. A passion for making a career in feature films is the main criteria we are looking for in all applicants.

To Apply

Places are limited. We encourage early applications and we will consider these before the deadline.

The application deadline is 19th October 2019. Applicants will then be notified on or before 1st November 2019.

ScreenSkills supports this training course using National Lottery funds awarded by the British Film Institute (BFI) as part of the Future Film Skills programme.

Apply here!

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Course content

For more information and to register, click here.

Who it’s for

This programme is open to all film and TV industry practitioners with a minimum of two screen credits or three years experience in an industry role. Twelve of the total number of places available across the Making It Possible 2019 – both location and online options –  are open to directors, and are being supported through Directors UK. Applicants must be parents and/or carers and looking to develop their careers to the next level. They must be and be aged over 18.

For more information about Making it Possible, email info@raisingfilms.com.

To register for the online or on-site course, click here.

Source: www.screenskills.com

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