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Screen England responds to
select committee enquiry into arts and heritage fundingScreen England - the network comprising the nine regional screen agencies including Northern Film & Media – has issued an open letter response to the Culture, Media ...
Learn how to successfully
market your film onlineUK independent film companies can take advantage of the new Marketing Movies Online event in London on 29 September to learn how to effectively market their films on...
Edinburgh TV Festival blog by
Charly Conquest“What I Did In The Summer Holidays by Cherylyanne Conquest (aged 25 ½)” Fearing that anyone kind enough to care about my escapades might be fatigued with the barrage...
Jimmy & the Sounds beach
party provides opportunity to appear in a music videoSound & Vision selected band Jimmy & the Sounds is looking for at least 60 people to appear in their debut music video this Saturday at Seaton Carew, near Hartlepool...
Northern Film & Media
supported initiative is the UK’s favourite Lottery funded Arts
projectThe Beacon Hill Film Project – a Northern Film & Media supported initiative helping young people with learning difficulties to make films – beat competition from ac...
BAFTA Call for Entries:
Short Film and Short Animation AwardsBAFTA is now accepting entries for its Short Film Award and Short Animation Award 2010/11 which aim to raise the profile of talent individuals in the UK. The Awards ...
BBC Blast Event work
placement availableThe BBC is looking for 5 young people (aged between 18-24) to work on a BBC Blast event in Middlesbrough this autumn. The work placements will be for three weeks, st...
NFM issues response to Regional Growth Fund
consultationThe Coalition Agreement committed the Government to “create a fairer and more balanced economy, where we are not so dependent on a narrow range of economic sectors, ...
Skillset launches
£300k multiplatform bursary schemeSkillset’s TV Freelance Fund will grant £300,000 worth of multiplatform training bursaries to TV professionals over the next year.The scheme will give professionals ...
Primetime TV slot for
Tyneside projectNorthern Film & Media supported initiative and National Lottery Awards finalist the Beacon Hill Film Project features on a special live BBC One broadcast this Saturd...
Mark Kermode: It's Only A Movie at
Northern StageMark Kermode will be visiting Newcastle’s Northern Stage this November, to share his experiences of life as a film critic. Kermode will be reading excerpts from his...
Filmmakers given opportunity
to work with international brandsIndependent filmmakers network Shooting People are currently supporting MOFILM’s Rome Film Festival competition in which selected filmmakers will have the opportuni...
@North launches games
networking eventThe NFM supported @North Initiative will be holding a networking evening for games developers and web companies at the City Inn, Leeds on 8 September. Designed to pr...
FULL: Richard Klein and Alex
Graham to launch NFM commissioner events strandNorthern Film & Media is launching a new series of commissioning events designed to connect North East talent with the industry’s key decision makers. Join commissio...
Have your say on the future
of creative industries trainingSkillset – the UK’s skills agency for the creative industries – is seeking opinions on how training can better reflect the needs of the sector. The agency has launch...
Subsidised places available
on weekend masterclass for Directors and DOPsThe Directors Guild of Great Britain and Directors Guild Trust (DGGB) are offering graduates/working directors and DOPs an opportunity to attend the next in their se...
SoulBoy buzz starts on BBC
BreakfastSoulBoy star Mark Compston appeared on the BBC Breakfast sofa this morning, ahead of the film’s release next month. Northern Film & Media backed SoulBoy tells the co...
£100k funding
available at Sheffield Doc/FestSheffield Doc/Fest is offering £100k of funding for development, production and placements through a series of pitching competitions at the event which takes place f...
Berwick Film & Media
Arts Festival announces programme highlightsDetails of five action-packed days of international film and video art have been announced for this year’s NFM funded Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival taking place...
Fine films focus on the
TyneThe Port of Tyne Reflect film judges have a tough job ahead in picking a winner of the NFM supported competition, says Meerkat Films’ Magnus Dennison. Meerkat were c...
Entries now open for Zoom Short Film
Scheme.Entries are now open for the BSLBT Zoom Short Film Scheme for Deaf filmmakers. The scheme, supported by Neath Films aims to support the production of 6 short films,...
Have your say on the future of
arts fundingThe House of Commons Culture, Media and Sport Committee has launched a new inquiry and call for evidence into Arts and Heritage funding. The Committee is inviting wr...
ITF announce autumn coursesLondon based Indie Training Fund (ITF) provide training courses for media and digital practitioners. Their autumn courses include the following, some of which are s...
NFM goes behind the scenes
of Digital Nation ShortOn an overcast day in August, Northern Film & Media trekked to a remote farm in Northumberland to visit the set of one of this year’s Digital Nation films. Happy Cl...
NFM annual review 09-10 now
availableThe story of an unprecedented year for Northern Film & Media and the North East's creative industries is now available to download in our annual review 09-10. Cover...
Submissions open for IDI Concept
film nightNorth East filmmakers have the opportunity to showcase their work at Teesside University's Institute of Digital Innovation (IDI) on 8 September as the Concept Film N...
$20,000 up for grabs in
Babelgum animation competitionThere is still time to enter VOD platform Babelgum's $20,000 cash purse animation competition Animatron. Animatron is the first tri-platform (online, mobile and offl...
BFI needs the help of
Hitchcock fansThe British Film Institute (BFI) has launched a public campaign to rescue legendary filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock’s 9 surviving silent films. The Pleasure Garden (1925)...
4Talent on the hunt for work
experience students and placements4Talent has extended its Work Experience scheme nationally and is looking for participants and placement companies. As part of Channel 4’s commitment to inspire, tra...
Download Tom Harvey's paper
on public-private investment partnerships in the creative
industriesNorthern Film & Media CEO Tom Harvey has published a new paper outlining a vision for how public and private investment can work in partnership to deliver more profi...
Berwick Film & Media
Arts Festival announces commissions4 international film projects have been commissioned by the NFM supported Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival and will be exhibited at the event in September. Over 10...
Tim Bevan headlines London Screenwriters'
FestivalWorking Title Films' Co-Founder Tim Bevan leads a list of industry figures confirmed for the London Screenwriters' Festival (LSF) running from 29-31 October. Featuri...
ICO launches programming and
audience development courseThe Independent Cinema Office (ICO) will be delivering a course on 28 September designed to enable festivals organisers and exhibitors to fine-tune their programming...
First Light seeking North
East applicationsYoung filmmakers in the North East could be just a step away from securing UK Film Council First Light funding when applications open on 10 August. First Light’s You...
Hoults session unlocks the
secrets to successful copywritingKeen copywriters in the North East turned out in force last week to hear top tips from respected journalist Mike Wilson as part of Northern Film & Media’s Hoults Ses...
CBBC commission is landmark
success for Newcastle indieA Newcastle indie is celebrating after a Northern Film & Media investment helped secure a new CBBC commission for a programme following the experiences of children a...
DCMS: screen agencies provide
excellent valueThe DCMS has asserted the value of the screen agencies after Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt outlined plans to abolish the UK Film Council as part of an efficiency rev...
Sound & Vision filmmaker
announcedNorthern Film & Media are pleased to announce the winner of the filmmaker and final section of the Sound & Vision scheme as Villing Chong. Sound & Vision is a uniqu...
Discovery Museum welcomes the BFI
MediathequeTuesday 20 July saw the launch of the BFI Mediatheque at the Discovery Museum in Newcastle. The Mediatheque is a digital jukebox of film and television programmes f...
NFM announces recoupment models
for funded filmsNorthern Film & Media CEO Tom Harvey used last night’s film finance event at Hoults Yard to question traditional public sector recoupment models and explore the comm...
Northern Film & Media CEO Tom Harvey has proposed ‘A different model for creative industries development’ as part of the coalition government’s spending challenge – ...
Liberty Bell chimes with
first NFM-NorthStar TV investmentLiberty Bell Productions has secured the first TV investment from Northern Film & Media’s Finance for Business – North East Creative Content Fund with the launch of ...
On Tuesday 29 June, Film 21st Century Literacy held a seminar at the Baltic in Gateshead to introduce their new strategy on using film in education. The event welcom...
Volunteer Positions with Kids for
Kids UK Film FestivalKids for Kids UK is a national film festival and competition for children and young people which showcases the work of aspiring young filmmakers from ages 6-16 years...
North East drama writing legend
diesIt is with great sadness that NFM announces the passing away of influential Jarrow-born drama writer Alan Plater. Alan wrote extensively for stage and screen and pen...
BBC launches North East work
placement initiativeThe BBC Blast bus will be visiting Middlesbrough from 28-30 October and is offering a work placement opportunity to help deliver the programme. The national initiat...
ITV to make major new drama in the
North EastTV drama has continued its resurgence in the North East after confirmation that ITV Studios will make a series of feature length episodes of Vera from their base at ...
NFM's Kate Taylor outlines
exhibition visionNew NFM Audience Development Manager Kate Taylor presented her plans to drive the growth of the North East's cinema and festival infrastructure. Kate, who has extens...
Skillset online visual
effects training bursaries availableNorthern Film & Media partner agency Skillset is teaming up with Escape Studios to offer new bursaries to TV professionals looking to broadentheir visual effects ski...
Interview: Adam GeeAdam Gee is Cross-platform Commissioner for Factual at Channel 4. He is responsible for multiplatform media around Channel 4’s key TV properties, focusing on web, mo...
Guidelines for Employers
offering Work Placement Schemes in the Creative
IndustriesSkillset's Guidelines for Employers offering Work Placement Schemes in the Creative Industries, produced in collaboration Creative & Cultural Skills and Arts Council...
Train to Gain Offer Business
Support FundingTrain to Gain are offering Business Support Funding for both businesses with 2-4 employees, and businesses with 5-249 employees. If you are a company director or se...
Anim8ed Stories selected to
screen at Bradford Animation FestivalFour films from Anim8ed Stories (Evacuation Devastation, Immersion Emergence, The Lion at Home, The Fish Market) have been selected to screen during the 2009 Bradfor...
North East Familiarisation
Fund launched to attract Location ManagersNorthern Film & Media’s Location Service is calling for you to challenge them to find your next location. The North East Familiarisation Fund has been launched in an...
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