BFI Film Academy South West

Opportunities for 16–25 year old filmmakers in the SW including courses, events & more! Part of @BFIFilmAcademy via @wshed. Also 🏠 to BFI Film Academy Bristol.

[Depict @DepictShorts]

📣 Submit your shorts to the 30th edition of @EncountersSFF (24 - Sept 2025, Bristol, UK)

Shorts 90 secs & under can be submitted via @FilmFreeway for FREE to qualify for Depict awards!

Get involved: https://t.co/vMMxe2q2CS

[BFI NETWORK South West 🎬 @networkfhsw]

📣 Save the dates!

The 30th edition of @EncountersSFF Film Festival will take place in #Bristol UK 24th - 28th September 2025 and we can’t wait!

More info: https://t.co/T8RB3nmQRa

[Screen International @Screendaily]

Breaking:

After fears about its future due to funding issues, Bristol's Encounters short film festival (@EncountersSFF) will return in 2025, with a new executive director.

Details and dates: https://t.co/GAYaUKed8E

[BFI Film Academy South West @FilmAcademySW]

📣 Save the dates!

The 30th edition of @EncountersSFF Film Festival will take place in #Bristol UK 24th - 28th September 2025 and we can’t wait!

More info: https://t.co/0Pd4bTlUlV

[Forbidden Worlds Film Festival @FWFilmFestival]

🎥 Film-makers! 🎥

The Regular Deadline for next year's Genre Film-makers of the Future: Shorts Showcase is 5 January 2025.

Don’t miss out on your film being screened at one of the UK’s leading genre film festivals AND on the @MegascreenBri!

https://t.co/RxDgDJ1gDC

[BFI Film Academy @BFIFilmAcademy]

BFI Film Academy Day supported by @Netflix returns to BFI London Film Festival on Sunday 20 October!

Join us on Sun 20 Oct:

🎮 10:30 | Film Academy at #LFF Expanded
🎬 15:00 | Telling Your Story, Your Way
🎬 16:30 | Reclaiming the Frame: Collective Filmmaking with The Stimming Pool
🥂 18:00 | Networking Drinks supported by Netflix (did we mention the drinks are free?!)

We have amazing speakers lined up for the events including @sankles @vicmapplebeck @autisticfilm and more!

Head to this link for important info on how to secure your tickets, on sale at 10:00 tomorrow: https://t.co/Iy7RRG2vgq

[Film Hub South West @FilmHubSW]

As 2024 comes to a close, catch some of the critics’ picks at your local cinema this Dec including…

41. Conclave
41. The Holdovers
25. On Becoming a Guinea Fowl
25. Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat
16. Perfect Days
9. No Other Land
2. Anora
1. All We Imagine as Light

[BFI @BFI]

Are you aged 16-19 and interested in learning about visual effects (VFX) in filmmaking? Applications are now open for the @BFIFilmAcademy VFX Specialist Course.

Attend tailored masterclasses and technical workshops, and work with other young filmmakers to produce a VFX focused short film, at our free to attend course.

Apply by 24 Jan. https://t.co/8fk4cyC8kR

[Cinema Rediscovered @CineRedis]

🌊You gotta go down…

Last chance to catch Point Break back on the big screen @wshed 9pm TONIGHT
#ArtofAction 🏄

[BFI Film Academy @BFIFilmAcademy]

Want to learn how you can get your editing looking extra slick, without breaking the bank?

Join us for our free online December Lab to hear tips and tricks from industry experts on editing, colour grading, and more.

Register now: https://t.co/OmtxT5D1Cm

[Cinema Rediscovered @CineRedis]

"Get ready for some Hong Kong superhero fantasy fun! It’s camp, it’s silly and it’s a damn good time. Maggie Cheung, Michelle Yeoh & Anita Mui star as a trio of ass-kicking superheroines…" - Nida Manzoor, Chicks, Kicks & Flicks curator on The Heroic Trio @wshed Sun 24 Nov 14:00

[Cinema Rediscovered @CineRedis]

Something for the weekend…

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) Ang Lee’s mesmerising ode to wuxia cinema is back on the big screen this Sat 23 Nov 3pm @wshed as part of a Chicks, Kicks & Flicks #ArtofAction season.

[Women in Film & TV (UK) @WFTV_UK]

Don't miss this online conversation with lead actor Mikey Madison & producer Samantha Quan on Sean Baker's latest feature film, @AnoraFilm - winner of the Palme d'Or Award 2024. Register here: https://t.co/ZQfexkm6Nn

There is a screener available to watch before this event.

[Cinema For All @cinemaforall]

The @BFIFilmAcademy Specialist Film Curation and Archiving Residential at @showroomcinema is welcoming 16–19-year-olds from across the UK 🎞️ Apply today and learn about archive film restoration and programming from industry experts 👉 https://t.co/yrz6jcF511

[BFI NETWORK South West 🎬 @networkfhsw]

Have you got a creative film project that needs crew?@screenologyfilm are hosting a pitching forum in Bristol for filmmakers on Tue 19 Nov at 15:30. Get your free tickets now.

https://t.co/Jv3u3zPfc3

[BFI NETWORK South West 🎬 @networkfhsw]

Free tonight? @RTS_media are hosting their free Futures Festival at @mshedbristol for those wanting to find out more about the TV industry. https://t.co/EAqHEC9DEi

[Cinema Rediscovered @CineRedis]

📣 We are calling for UK based curators/event producers to pitch in proposals for the upcoming edition of Cinema Rediscovered (23-27 July ‘25) as part of Other Ways of Seeing, a development opportunity supported by @BFI / #NationalLottery

For more info: https://t.co/GiAGmXnaKg

[BFI Film Academy South West @FilmAcademySW]

❄️ Hello winter @wshed ❄️

👀 https://t.co/X8OyrVI1sF

[BFI NETWORK South West 🎬 @networkfhsw]

Exeter Phoenix has launched a new Animation Commission open to emerging animators based anywhere in the South West. £500 cash plus £1500 in kind support is available to make a short animated production of any style. Deadline: 17/01/25 https://t.co/bAZKSxriDD

[Cinema Rediscovered @CineRedis]

“Hong Kong’s answer to Police Academy. Demands to be seen on the big screen."

Nida Manzoor, Chicks, Kicks & Flicks season curator & director on The Inspector Wears Skirts (1988) starring Sibelle Hu & Cynthia Rothrock

See it @wshed TODAY Sun 10 Nov 2pm as part of #ArtOfAction