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Hassle-free funding launches for young filmmakers

Tuesday, February 16th, 2010 Posted in East, East Midlands, London, North East, North West, Scotland, South East, South West, West Midlands, Yorkshire, funding, television/film, young people | No Comments »

15th February IdeasTap launches Ideas Fund Shorts, £40,000-worth of funding to help young people realise short film projects. Recognising the wealth of talented young filmmakers in the UK, IdeasTap is offering eight awards of £5,000 each for the most original, ...

Can you make The Cut?

Monday, February 8th, 2010 Posted in auditions, television/film, young people | No Comments »

Are you a budding actress or actor? BBC Switch is looking for 2 lucky people to join the cast of The Cut and star in the second series on BBC Two. Yes, you read that right, they are looking for 1 ...

3rd Future Film Festival: 5 – 7 Feb 2010 BFI Southbank

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010 Posted in Festivals, television/film, young people | No Comments »

Want to get into film? If you’re 13–25 then the Future Film Festival is for you. Join the BFI and BBC Blast for an exclusive weekend of free film screenings, workshops and a chance to get up-close to on-screen stars ...

Future Film presents Stictly Success

Friday, December 11th, 2009 Posted in London, events, television/film | No Comments »

Saturday 12 Dec 12.00-17.45; BFI Southbank To celebrate the release of the timeless classic The Red Shoes in a new digital restoration we offer the future of film a day of dance and film, and explore just what it takes to ...

National Young Filmmakers Award 2010

Tuesday, November 17th, 2009 Posted in East, East Midlands, London, North East, North West, Northern Ireland, Scotland, South East, South West, Wales, West Midlands, Yorkshire, television/film, young people | No Comments »

The National Young Filmmakers' Award (NYFA) returns for it's 7th year showcasing the best new filmmaking talent in the UK and they're looking for the best short films from the movie geniuses of the future. Films can be of any ...

Terry Pratchett young filmmakers competition

Monday, October 26th, 2009 Posted in East, East Midlands, London, North East, North West, Northern Ireland, Scotland, South East, South West, Wales, West Midlands, Yorkshire, television/film, young people | No Comments »

A competition for under-18s was launched in the Guardian last week for young people aged 10 - 17. Following the success of the National Theatre's Christmas shows, His Dark Materials, Coram Boy and War Horse, Mark Ravenhill is this year adapting ...

BAFTA Rocliffe New Writing Forum Invites Submissions

Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009 Posted in Festivals, playwriting, scripts, television/film | No Comments »

BAFTA are accepting scripts submissions for the next two BAFTA ROCLIFFE NEW WRITING FORUMS taking place at the 2009 International Screenwriters Festival in Cheltenham on 28 October and at BAFTA headquarters in London on 28 November 2009. The closing date for ...

The BBC is looking for young writers for a new project

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009 Posted in London, Summer school, television/film, young people | No Comments »

Have you ever wanted to create your own drama? The BBC is searching for writers aged 16 – 22 to work on an exciting new project. Writers need to be London based and available for a summer school ...

MAKE A FILM, change your world

Wednesday, May 20th, 2009 Posted in East, East Midlands, London, North East, North West, Northern Ireland, Scotland, South East, South West, Wales, West Midlands, Yorkshire, television/film, young people | No Comments »

Co-operative Young-film Makers The Co-operative is calling for budding young movie-makers who dream of changing the world to submit entries to the prestigious Co-operative Young Film-Makers Festival. Youngsters, aged 19 and under, have until Friday 26th June to ...

New 2012 cultural fund boosts training in theatre, media and design

Tuesday, May 12th, 2009 Posted in Arts Council England, London, television/film, theatre, young people | No Comments »

Young Londoners and disabled people are being given the opportunity to develop their skills in the creative industries with funding from the London Development Agency (LDA). Under the first phase of its new 2012 London Cultural Skills Fund managed by ...