1. Jul 28th 2010
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    Skillset TV Freelance Fund are seeking training programmes which address Craft & Technical skills for TV production to promote to freelancers and employees working in television. 
     
    If your training courses meet their Craft & Technical criteria, you could be eligible for Skillset TV Freelance Fund bursaries.

    For more information on the Craft & Technical Priority Areas, how to apply and how the scheme works, please check here:  http://www.skillset.org/funding/organisations/craft_and_technical/

    PLEASE NOTE, there is no deadline for submission of course information.  Course outlines should be sent to both raechelc@skillset.org and kates@skillset.org.

  2. Jul 13th 2010
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    Digital & Brand Strategy Training Workshop/Consultations now available with specialist Rachel Mordecai for women at any level in Film/TV industry under the Women & Work Project.  £600 bursary for £200 of employee/employer investment.  

    Please inquire with Mordecai via m@madebymordecai.com if interested.  Act fast, limited time availability.

  3. Jul 8th 2010
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    Want to win £ 5,000 cash and £ 20,000 worth of digital marketing support for your feature documentary project?

    Applications are now open for Docs 360, a 9-month development programme and competition for documentary filmmakers who want to use cross-platform strategies to develop, finance, market and distribute their film. The programme is backed by Skillset’s Film Skills Fund, digital marketing agency Channel D  and leading UK distributor Dogwoof and run by Initialize Films and the Digital Filmmakers’ Network.

    To apply and for more information please go to www.docs360.co.uk

  4. Jul 8th 2010
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    News from Skillset - A Bigger Future 2

    Skillset has just launched A Bigger Future 2, the second phase of our UK-wide skills strategy for the film industry.
     
    You may know, we have received approximately a 50% reduction in funding for the coming three years. Our new strategy targets the key areas that our research demonstrates will have the strongest economic impact on the UK film industry.  For the coming three years we will be looking to fund training in the following areas:
     
    New industry trainees in priority grades such as construction, wardrobe, and a particular focus on VFX
    Training in new technologies
    Developing creative talent
    Improving business skills
    Enhancing health and safety skills
     
    You can visit our strategy website to find out more at www.abiggerfuture2.co.uk and see the detail behind each of the funding priorities.  The first round of funding calls has just been released, and you can find them at:
    www.skillset.org/funding/organisations/apply_FSF  Other funding programmes will be released in July and September.  A full schedule of release dates can be found on the website.
     
    Skillset will be holding two briefing meetings for potential training providers to come in and hear from the team talk about our new funding programmes, and the new application process.  These will be:
     
    Thursday 8 July, 13.00 – 15.00
    Friday 16 July, 14.00 – 16.00
     
    If you would be interested in attending one of these events, please contact kieranh@skillset.org.
     
    This year, the majority of our funding is going to organisations to subsidise the cost of training to participants.  From a film perspective, we will only have three very specific bursary pots.  These will be for:
     
    High level VFX and Editing training
    Health and safety training
    Business skills training
     
    There will also be a range of TV-specific bursary schemes that will be open during the year.  And we will shortly be announcing a bursary scheme that will cover a wide range of courses, but specifically targeting women.
     
    The VFX/Editing bursary scheme is currently open for application and the other schemes will open in September, dates subject to change.  You can find out about all current bursary schemes here: www.skillset.org/funding/individuals
     
    Please do check what is currently available, and contact us directly if you are unclear.  If you have previously promoted the availability of bursaries, please check that your course is eligible before promoting them again, to avoid building undue expectations from course participants.
     
    If you have any questions about our funding please do not hesitate to contact a member of the team. 

  5. Jul 5th 2010
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    This Summer Craven Arts is running 10 days of free training in community arts.  You'll learn all the following, meet other artists from round Shropshire, and have a lot of fun.


    - how to come up with grant-winning concepts
    - planning for a successful career in the arts
    - create expert publicity for your events and workshops
    - hands-on experience to build your CV and skills
    - build confidence and clear blocks for success in any art practice
    - better still you may even get paid for doing it!

    For 5 days in August professional trainers will give you the knowledge you need to work in, or set up community arts projects. You’ll then have a further 5 days working with a group of artists on a large and successful community arts project in Shropshire that includes outdoor events, installations and building a permanent sculpture park. Opportunities for all practitioners including visual artists, musicians, sculptors, performers, photographers and filmmakers. The training takes place over 5 days in mid August and 5 days at the beginning of September. There are three bursaries available, paid at a rate of £70 per day.
     
    Extended deadline for applications is 5pm, July 26th 2010. Please call the Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre on 01588 676060 for your application form.
     

  6. Jun 29th 2010
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    The groundbreaking marketplace takes place on 13 & 14 October 2010 in London and will showcase 20 of the world’s best cross-media projects at Power to the Pixel’s Cross-Media Forum.

    Held in association with The BFI London Film Festival Power to the Pixel’s Cross-Media Forum will run from 12 - 15 October 2010. The event has helped develop an agenda for digital change for creatives and businesses, gathering together some of the smartest and most pioneering media professionals and digital experts in the world.

    Its energetic, collaborative format has fostered an active international media community that has already helped build true cross-media businesses and helped finance innovative cross-media projects.

    The Forum has also been important in creating a bridge between pioneering cross-media developments and the mainstream media business worlds.

    The Pixel Market will be a natural progression for the Forum, introducing cross-media project producers to top international financiers, commissioners, tech companies, online portals and media companies during the two-day event.

    Each project will be based on stories that can span any combination of film, TV, online, mobile, interactive, publishing, live events and gaming.

    Up to 10 of the teams will compete for the £6,000 ARTE PIXEL PITCH PRIZE at Power to the Pixel’s public event, The Pixel Pitch on 13 October at NFT1, BFI Southbank. Producers will present their cross-media project to a handpicked roundtable of international jurors, who might themselves become viable partners for the projects.

    The jury will be made up of international decision-makers, commissioning executives and financiers working in film, broadcast, publishing, online, advertising, gaming, the arts and interactive media.

    The second day of the market on 14 October will offer one-to-one business meetings to the 20 project teams with potential investors and partners from across the media industries, technology and finance.

    Entries are invited from producer-led teams with a strong track record in film, broadcast, interactive media or other relevant creative industries. Projects must include the use of new tools, platforms, services and devices and be at an advanced stage of development.

    Teams selected for The Pixel Market will benefit from significant international publicity and can expect to be introduced to new international business and partnership opportunities.

    Last year’s Pixel Pitch competition saw seven cross-media projects presented to international companies including Summit International, Babelgum, Sony Computer Entertainment, BBC, YouTube, BBH Labs, Channel 4, UK Film Council, Arts Council of England, CAA and ARTE France.

    New York-based Desedo Films’ Heart of the City was awarded the Babelgum Pixel Pitch Prize 2009.

    The Pixel Market is supported by the Media Programme of the European Union, ARTE and The BFI London Film Festival.

    Liz Rosenthal, Founder and MD of Power to the Pixel said    : “The Pixel Market will highlight the exciting and growing trend of cross-media storytelling within the film and other media communities. Thanks to the generous support of the MEDIA Programme and our other partners, ARTE and The BFI London Film Festival, Power to the Pixel is able to help connect cross-media producers with potential new international partners from across the media industries.“

    Costas Daskalakis, Head of MEDIA programme unit at EACEA said: “Cross-media projects have attracted a lot of attention over the last year. MEDIA is happy to support events such as The Pixel Market so that they also attract funding. The MEDIA programme has developed an overall strategy to support cross-media projects including training, financial support for development, markets and distribution."

    Michel Reilhac, Executive Director Film, ARTE France Cinéma said:    ” We at ARTE have decided to sponsor the prize at The Pixel Pitch for the first time this year, because last year's event was so unique, thrilling and productive. It was very effectively and creatively handled. I found it to be the best way to learn about the strongest transmedia projects in the making around the world in a very compact and easily accessible format. I just loved it and I am thrilled that we can be involved this year...! Don't miss it! "

    For further information about Power to the Pixel and The Pixel Market please contact:

    Kate Lee / +44 (0)20 3003 6349 /Kate@freud.com

    Bianca Boey / +44 (0)20 3003 6394 / Bianca.boey@freud.com

    Tishna Molla / +44 (0)20 7025 1993 / tishna@powertothepixel.com

  7. Jun 29th 2010
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    ArtsFest 2010 (10 – 12 September 2010)

    ArtsFest is open for film submissions. ArtsFest is the UK’s largest free arts festival and takes place in the heart of the country, Birmingham.

    Last year ArtsFest featured over 80 different shorts (and a few feature films) ranging from music videos to animated comedies to live action dramas.  The films were shown in one of Birmingham’s premier venues located in the centre of the city, The Crescent Theatre.  This is to be the venue again for the film strand in September 2010.

    Films should be submitted on a playable DVD and sent to:

    ArtsFest, Sam Groves, 129 Northfield Rd, Kings Norton, Birmingham, B30 1EA

    Eligibility Guidelines

    - The film needs to have some connection to the West Midlands; this can come from a variety of avenues. For example, the filmmakers/actors etc may come from the region or have family that are/were based in the region. The filmmakers/actors etc may have studied in the region. The film may have been shot within the West Midlands. The film may have been shown in the West Midlands over the last 12 months. If you are unsure as to the strength of your connection to the West Midlands, please do not hesitate to get in touch with Sam Groves (contact details below).

    - The film can be of any length and of any genre.

    Deadline: - Saturday 17th July 2010

    For more information contact:

    Sam Groves, ArtsFest Film Strand Co-Ordinator, Sam.groves@hotmail.co.uk, 07779 255 779

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  8. Jun 16th 2010
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    Structured Training for New Entrants and Professionals in Junior Roles

    Projects supported under Structured Training for New Entrants and Professionals in Junior Roles will help the Skillset TV Freelance Fund (TVFF) to achieve its aim of bringing the UK TV industry a competitive edge, enabling us to compete in the global marketplace on the basis of the highest level of skills.

    The Skillset TV Freelance Fund will invest up to a total of £300,000 in Structured New Entrants/Professionals in Junior Roles Training in 2010.

    Find out more about the programme and how to visit http://www.skillset.org/funding/organisations/TVFF%20_newentrants/

  9. Jun 16th 2010
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    Screen WM and the London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (LOCOG) are pleased to announce that Film Nation Shorts will be going live on the 23rd June 2010.
     
    Screen WM is leading the delivery of this £2m national project supported by partners First Light and 104 Films, with Panasonic as the confirmed commercial partners. The project, which will be managed by LOCOG, will run for the next two years lead up to the London 2012 games.
     
    Film Nation Shorts is a nationwide competition that will engage young people in all the various creative and practical elements of filmmaking, with great prizes at the end of it, not least the chance to have their film shown at the London 2012 Games, to a worldwide audience of millions.

    The first set of workshops will take place during the Edinburgh International Film Festival and submissions for the first round will open on June 23, when entrants will then have until October 1 to upload their short films to filmnation.org.uk. The films, which are to be no longer than 3 minutes, must celebrate the “values of the Olympic and Paralympics Games; respect, courage, excellence, friendship, equality, determination and inspiration.”

  10. Jun 16th 2010

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    IFF is a feature film co-financing event at the Toronto International Film Festival® that brings together selected international and Canadian producers developing English language projects to do business through brokered meetings and networking opportunities with other international producers, as well as international sales agents, distributors, funders, agents, and executive producers.

    IFF 2009 brought producers together with representatives from Film4 (UK), Pathe (France/UK), Fortissimo Films (The Netherlands/Hong Kong), Aramid Capital (UK), Backup Films (France), Quickfire Films (UK), BBC (UK), Europa Corp (France), Overture Films (US), Filmax (Spain), Cinetic Media (US), IFC Films (US), Kinowelt (Germany), Match Factory (Germany), Festival Darlings (Denmark), Echo Lake Productions (US), Participant Films (US), Magnolia Films (US), International Creative Management – ICM (US), United Talent Agency- UTA (US), K5 International (Germany), Voltage Pictures (France), William Morris Endeavor – WME (US), E1 (Canada), Memento (France), Apparition (US) and Big Beach Films (US).

    Canadian and International feature film producers are invited to apply to participate in IFF 2010. Registration is free but competitive, with final selection to participate based on company track record and the suitability of projects.

    Deadline for application:  July 23rd

    Eligible applicants must have at a minimum, one full producer credit (not executive producer credit) on a theatrically released feature by a recognizable distributor, and a market oriented project in development that requires international co-production and/or financing partners

      International Financing Forum (IFF) Application Form

    Please direct any inquires to:

    Jan Nathanson
    Producer, International Finance Forum (IFF)
    Ontario Media Development Corporation
    Email: iff2010@omdc.on.ca

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