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Channel 4 Production Training Scheme

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Channel 4 Production Training Scheme Breaking down barriers, championing the underrepresented, nurturing fresh talent. That's what they're all about on the Channel 4 Production Training Scheme. They offer opportunities across…

Channel 4 launches first equity strategy

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Channel 4 launches first equity strategy PSB looks to embed diversity and inclusion into decision-making Channel 4 has updated its diversity and inclusion policies with the launch of its first ever…

Cillian Murphy to star in ‘Peaky Blinders’ film, shoot set for September

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Cillian Murphy to star in ‘Peaky Blinders’ film, shoot set for September Speaking to Birmingham World at the premiere of his new BBC drama “The Town,” “Peaky Blinders” creator Steven Knight confirmed that recent…

ScreenSkills Getting in, Getting on

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Getting in, Getting on: supporting regional talent This ScreenSkills programme is designed to support talent based in the UK regions to access career development opportunities. It is aimed at those…

Stars hit red carpet in Birmingham for This Town premiere

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Stars hit red carpet in Birmingham for This Town premiere The new BBC drama from Peaky Blinders creator, Steven Knight premiered at Birmingham Town Hall last night, Tuesday 18 March…

BFI Film Academy open call for delivery partners

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BFI Film Academy open call for delivery partners The BFI Film Academy Courses programme is part of the BFI’s Skills and Workforce Development strategy. It aims to provide opportunities for…

Iris Prize Documentary Fund

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Iris Prize Documentary Fund 2024 The Iris Prize LGBTQ+ Film Festival has established a fund (up to £20,000) to finance documentary films (running time: 22/25 minutes or 40 minutes) produced by emerging UK-based LGBTQ+…

BFI NETWORK England short film funding 2024

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BFI NETWORK England short film funding For live action, animation and immersive/virtual reality. This fund is open to filmmaking teams with directors based in England. It supports the production costs…

Time + Space Award

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Time + Space Award Do you have a world-changing idea? If you’re aged 16–25, the National Trust want to hear your big idea and give you the chance to bring…

Producing Truth 2024

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Producing Truth: for UK documentary feature producers This programme is for documentary feature producers based in Northern Ireland, Wales, Scotland and the English Regions outside of London.  This programme is…

Duly Noted 2024

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Duly Noted 2024 Eleven Film launched Duly Noted 2021 (DN21) as a training programme for people in comedy and drama development. The workshops were designed to skill up aspiring script…

Made of Truth: BFI Doc Society Short Film Fund 2024

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Made of Truth: BFI Doc Society Short Film Fund 2024 The Made of Truth: BFI Doc Society Short Film Fund invites emerging storytellers from across all parts of the UK…

The Listening Pitch 2024

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Aesthetica X Audible: The Listening Pitch What Can We Hear if We Listen Right Now? In a world that's never been louder, this year’s Listening Pitch challenges filmmakers to find…

Skills Bootcamps in Film Production

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Skills Bootcamps in Film Production Skills Bootcamps are Creative Alliance's free, flexible courses of up to 8 weeks, giving you the opportunity to build up sector-specific skills and fast-track to…

Film Travel Grant Fund

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Film Travel Grant Fund The British Council have a new-look Travel Grant Fund, offering grants to filmmakers and XR creatives to support travel to selected international festivals and showcase events,…

BAFTA Connect Membership 2024

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BAFTA Connect Membership 2024 BAFTA members champion creativity, provide community, and promote progressive industry practices across the screen arts. Connect membership is open to talented emerging and mid-career professionals working…

Build Your Own Film Night 2024

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Build Your Own Film Night 2024 Learn how to curate and host your own pop-up film event with Film Hub Midlands. Build Your Own Film Night is a series of…

West Midlands Create Growth Programme

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West Midlands Create Growth Programme Does your business have creativity at its heart? Does your business have creativity at its heart – design, fashion, architecture, film, broadcast, createch, gaming, immersive,…

New Writers Collective 2024

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New Writers Collective 2024 A NEW OPPORTUNITY FOR UNCREDITED WRITERS The TV Foundation, the umbrella charity behind the Edinburgh TV Festival, has once again teamed up with leading international TV…

The Diverse Film Fund 2024: Life Beyond Labels

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The Diverse Film Fund 2024: Life Beyond Labels TOGETHER TV’S DIVERSE FILM FUND FOR DEAF, DISABLED AND/OR NEURODIVERGENT PEOPLE IS OPEN FOR APPLICATIONS Together TV's BAFTA-winning film fund is back…

Channel 4 New Writers Scheme 2024

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Channel 4 New Writers Scheme 2024 Channel 4’s New Writers Scheme is a one-stop-shop for new writers with a burning desire to write TV drama. It is open to unrepresented…

Write Across Birmingham and the Black Country 2024

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Write Across Birmingham and the Black Country 2024 What is Write Across Birmingham and the Black Country?  Write Across Birmingham and the Black Country is an eight-week development programme specifically…

Climate Short Animation Film Competition

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Climate Short Animation Film Competition presented by Climate Spring, TK-FX and Lowkey Films, in partnership with BBC Writers and in collaboration with BFI NETWORK ABOUT THE CLIMATE SHORT ANIMATION FILM…

BFI NETWORK Midlands Producers Series 2024

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BFI NETWORK Midlands Producers Series 2024 Are you looking to step up into producing? Want to learn more about what it takes to produce a short film? Refreshing skills ready…

Get down to This Town!

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Get down to This Town! Exclusive red-carpet screening for Steven Knight’s new BBC drama in Birmingham Members of the public are invited to a free glitzy red-carpet preview of the brand-new BBC series ‘This…

NFTS Prime Video Craft Academy 2024

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NFTS Prime Video Craft Academy 2024 The Prime Video Craft Academy delivered by the National Film and Television School has places for 25 people based in London, Cardiff and Glasgow…

Edge of Nature: Short Film Fund

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Edge of Nature: Short Film Fund The EDGE of Nature: Short Film Fund supports and nurtures emerging natural world storytellers to create fresh, out-of-the-box storytelling approaches to engage GenZ audiences…

RISE2 – A Channel 4 Production Mentoring Initiative

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RISE2 - A Channel 4 Production Mentoring Initiative RISE2 follows on from the successful Channel 4 /TripleC RISE mentoring initiative in 2022. RISE2 is an opportunity for deaf, disabled, and…

Festivals on Festivals: Autumn Edition

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Festivals on Festivals: Autumn Edition Recently, Birmingham and the West Midlands was crowned ‘Event Destination of the Year’ at an awards ceremony for the exhibitions industry, the EN (Exhibition News)…

Writers’ festival launched in partnership with Birmingham Hippodrome

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Writers' festival launched in partnership with Birmingham Hippodrome A new festival for stage and screen writers is being launched by Transition Stage Company in partnership with Birmingham Hippodrome. Taking place…

100 Days of Creativity starts with @flatpack Film Festival and ends with @BhamWeekender!

Share your creative events & venues in Birmingham below 👇

@visit_bham this Easter holiday & join a #filmandtv locations tour for only £10pp with PROMO CODE: EasterEggs

🎟️Also guests under 17 yrs (over 12 yrs) go FREE with a paying Adult

🐣 Do something different this holiday & book a #tour today 🎬⬇️

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/film-and-tv-locations-walking-tour-birmingham-tickets-290338790137?aff=oddtdtcreator

#Brum

The @mockbirdcinema have got you covered for Easter half-term with the return of KIDS CINEMA CLUB!

Featuring brand new animation ROBOT DREAMS, musical origin story WONKA and the exciting, colourful and fun MIGRATION. Tickets are only £4.95!

🎟️ https://filmbirmingham.co.uk/event/kids-cinema-club/

📢Ricky, Sue and a Trip or Two

TV royalty Ricky Tomlinson and Sue Johnston explore the nostalgic and the new on a very special road trip across the country, to the places that shaped their lives.

🎬Tonight they are in the Midlands, so keep an eye out for lots of familiar…

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