Four BFI NETWORK Hubs have teamed up with ScreenSkills Animation Fund to create this new lab for early-career writers to develop, experiment and expand their skills and understanding of storytelling in animation. Applications are now open and will close on Mon 11 May. Find out more and apply below.
New blog! Talent Exec Nadia Attia offers some thought-provoking pathways for writing about the climate crisis. Featuring practical tips plus resources and a watch-list, the blog invites you to consider how climate and the environment can become a meaningful part of your screen-based storytelling. 🌿
When we picture a “working class film”, most of us imagine something from the past. Uncommon Voices: Exploring Class in New British Cinema asks: what does working class Britain look like on screen today? https://ow.ly/9waY50YsbQk
📅 Tue 17 March - 18:00
🎟 £6 / £4 concessions
Our teaser trailer is now live! Take a look at this 30-second glimpse into the exciting projects being funded in the south west. And remember, applications for the BFI NETWORK Short Film Fund are open until Wednesday 18 January at 11am.
We are looking for a Film Hub South West Comms & Outreach Coordinator to join our team!
Find out more: buff.ly/pL4CLSx
Come and join Team @filmhubsw.bsky.social here at Watershed as Comms & Outreach Coordinator! www.watershed.co.uk/jobs/2026/03...
Filmmaking teams with a director based in England can apply. This is a highly competitive fund, please ensure you read the full guidelines to ensure you are eligible. Keep an eye out for upcoming events and resources on via the BFI NETWORK South West newsletter.
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The BFI NETWORK Short Film Fund is now open for applications!
We are looking for original ideas for fictional shorts across live action, animation or immersive/ virtual reality.
Apply before 18 March 11am.
One week until our final deadline!
Have you made an action, sci-fi or horror short film?
Send it to us and it could be screened as part of April's festival.
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Last chance to apply for Exeter Phoenix's 48 Hour Short Film Challenge. Applications close on Tue 3 Feb 10pm. Grab your mates and sign up now!
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We've got an incredible director Q&A preview screening for an incredible new film My Father's Shadow on Tue 27 Jan 18:00. We hope you can make it! www.watershed.co.uk/whatson/13792/preview-my...
The Netlix Documentary Talent Fund is open for applications until Thu 12 Feb 1pm. The theme for this year’s fund is ‘Change’. This opportunity is available to anyone across the UK and Ireland and will give five filmmaking teams the chance to make a short documentary film with a budget of £30,000.
On Wed 25 Feb 17:30 - 18:30, join us for a Q&A hosted by one of our south west Talent Executives to help answer any questions you might have, and help you decide if now is the right time to apply.
The BFI NETWORK Short Film Fund will be reopening next month. Thinking about applying? Check out these online events we're hosting to support applicants in the south west. On Mon 23 Feb 12:30 - 13:30 join us for Meet The Short Film Fund Producer: Lucy Mainstone.
🚨 We're extending the deadline for applications to our Working-Class Producers' Forum to Tue 13 Jan 10am. Hosted by acclaimed producer Sophie Reynolds, the forum will take place on Tue 3 Feb from 6pm-7:30pm. This forum is open to working-class producers based in the south west of England.
Calling Working-Class producers! Applications are still open for our Forum with Sophie Reynolds, until Thu 8 Jan 10am.
Donation guide showing how gifts of £26, £250, and £40 can provide vital resources for community support and accessibility initiatives.
Two people embrace warmly in a community space, surrounded by greenery and warm lighting, reflecting connection and support.
For one week only, your donation will be doubled through the @biggive.bsky.social Christmas Challenge. One donation, twice the impact.
Please share our campaign far and wide and donate today - your gift will be doubled: donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05... #ChristmasChallenge
Our Working-Class Producers’ Forum, hosted by film & TV producer Sophie Reynolds, will take place Tue 3 Feb 26 from 6pm-7:30pm. This forum is open to producers based in the south west of England who are from lower socio-economic background. Applications are now open and will close on Thu 8 Jan 10am.
Erebus Pictures and Delaval Film are looking for an Associate Producer to join the team on a BBC and BFI backed independent feature film shooting in London in late January 2026. Apply by 28 Nov (!).
Incredible to see Screen Cornwall launch their Equity Production Investment, a new £2.5 million initiative jointly backed by Cornwall Council and private investors, to boost film and high-end television production in the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly. Find out more below.
Come along to an online script read by @terrorarcade.bsky.social and Cariad Productions on Mon 24 Nov 18:30 where you will hear actors deliver the short horror scripts our ‘Scream Queens’ cohort have been working on these last 4 weeks - prepare to be scared!
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Retro-style poster with a person pointing forward and bold text urging to vote for Watershed to win BIFA Cinema of the Year.
TWO WEEKS LEFT to vote for us to WIN @bifa-film.bsky.social Cinema of The Year!
We were absolutely made up to be shortlisted - thanks to all of you - now we need your votes one more time ❤️
Vote here before 25 Nov - thank you so much x
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There's just under a week left to apply for this year's BFI NETWORK Early Development Fund.
The first stage of the fund supports long-form live-action, immersive and animation fiction projects with awards of £3,000 to £5,000 to develop a treatment.
www.bfi.org.uk/get-funding-...
Applications are now open for Sona Films’ Gatecrashers Writers Lab, a programme supporting bold new genre feature projects from writers from working-class and low socio-economic backgrounds. Open to UK-based writers aged 18 and over. Apply by Friday 27 November at 12pm.
Finally, we have Meet The EDF Writer with Joseph Inman on Mon 10 Nov 17:30. Writer-director Joseph was awarded the EDF in 2023, and then successfully applied for Stage 2 of the award, which saw him take his idea to a first-draft script.
We're partnering with @networkfhm.bsky.social on 'Telling Your Story Concisely' with BAFTA-nominated screenwriter Laura Jayne Tunbridge on Mon 3 Nov at 18:30.
We have lots of activity to support applications to the Early Developing Fund (closing Tue 18 Nov 11am) starting with an online Q&A with the South West Talent Executives on Wed 29 Oct 17:00. ✍️
