SWIF digest 📬 11 March 2025

🎥 Hello filmmakers. It was wonderful to catch up with so many of you at the Bristol Crew event last weekend. Well done to all the filmmaking teams for their brilliant pitches.

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Here’s your weekly digest for independent film in the South West:

👀 I'm always on the look out for more behind the scenes from your films!

✍️ Free monthly writing club in Bath, next one is 19 Mar. - The Writing Set

👩🏼‍🤝‍👩🏾 If you're getting a bit lonely working from home then Tabb & Wobbly Workers are offering a discount on coworking in central Bristol on 19 Mar. - Tabb

🍻 Networking drinks in Bath on 20 Mar for those in creative, digital or tech. - Bath Arts

🌳 Curzon Clevedon is hosting a day of local docs, features & shorts on 22 Mar, and a day of short films & more as part of Green Shift Festival on 23 Mar. - Curzon

🏳️‍⚧️ Reel Life Monsters Bath are screening a double bill of transfemme directed horror films (I Saw the TV Glow & T-Blockers) plus a short talk in celebration of Trans Day of Visibility on 31 Mar. - Bath Arts

🤠 The Bath Archaeo-Heritage film festival is back 9-13 Apr, including a talk on folk horror soundtracks, south west horror films, shorts screening, workshops & networking. - BAHFF

📊 Department for Culture, Media & Sport has a national survey on the future of Arts Council England. Open until 24 Apr. - Gov

🏆 Slick film fund are hosting a webinar with a film publicist responsible for numerous Oscar & BAFTA campaigns including shorts, 18 Mar. - Airtable

🧭 BFI Network SW's Beyond Shorts programme for filmmakers stepping into features closes for applications on 24 Mar. - Watershed

🗓️ HETV 4 POC's next meetup & screening event is 26 Mar in Bristol. Championing diverse voices, women & Global Majority filmmakers. - Headfirst

👋 Filmmakers Plymouth Social's first meeting is 27 Mar. - Eventbrite

🌏 The Grierson DocLab development programme is open until 3 Apr. - Grierson Trust

💸 Upcoming webinar on demystifying UK film tax credits (up to 42%) for shorts & features on 6 Apr. - Unsolicited Scripts

🎭 Bristol Old Vic Theatre School's intensive, three-day introduction to screen acting short course takes place 11-13 Apr. - BOVTS

😈 BIFA are seeking mentors for their Springboard Genre feature scheme. - BIFA

🏃‍♂️ Runner needed in Bristol on stop frame/mixed media series. Deadline 21 Mar. - Production Base

🧀 Aardman in Bristol need a Senior Paint & Roto Artist, Junior VFX Artist and a Runner. Deadlines 21 Mar. - Aardman

🎞️ Assistant Producer / Editor needed in Bruton, Somerset. Deadline 23 Mar. - Production Base

🕺🏼 Casting call and Production Runners call for a short in Plymouth. - Tabb

👩🏼‍🎨 Concept Artist needed in Portsmouth. Deadline 2 Apr. - Production Base

💷 MiraBan Independent film fund's deadline is 12 Mar. - MiraBan

✡️ Dangoor UK Jewish Film short doc fund's deadline is 17 Mar. - UKJF

🤑 Slick short film fund's regular dealine is 25 Mar. - FilmFreeway

📑 BFI Network's short film fund's deadline is 25 Mar. - BFI

🐦‍🔥 Exeter Phoenix have seven short film funds open right now across narrative, docs & artist films. All deadlines 26 Mar. - EP

🤗 Submissions have been extended for the Respect Cinema screening at Exeter Phoenix. Seeking films under 10 min with a focus on multiculturalism, diversity
& community inclusion. New deadline 10 Apr. - Email

📮 Upcoming film festival submission deadlines: Short Sounds Student Takeover (14 Mar), Cornwall (20 Mar), Ignite (21 Mar), Encounters (24 Mar), Iris Prize LGBTQ+, Elevation & Pompeywood Genre (all 31 Mar). - FilmFreeway

▶️ Stroud film festival takes place 7-23 Mar. - SFF

🏝️ The International English Riviera film festival takes place 15 Mar. - ERFF

🎟️ Bristol Independent film festival takes place 22-23 Mar. - BIFF

🙋🏽‍♀️ Women in Film & TV film festival takes place in Cardiff on 27 Mar. - WFTV

🪶 Pigeon Laughs film festival takes place in Cardiff 28-29 Mar. - Eventbrite

😱 Screams by the Sea film festival takes place in Bournemouth on 29 Mar. - Pavilion Dance South West

👩‍❤️‍👩 The personals: Nothing this week. Get in touch for a free listing.

🍿 On film club: Training Day dir. Antoine Fuqua (on BBC iPlayer) & Mukhsin dir. Yasmin Ahmad (on Netflix).

📣 Have something to share on the next digest? Could be an event, workshop, behind the scenes updates, crew call, showcasing your work, or a personal ad. Get in touch! hollyholdsworth@gmail.com

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Until next week!
Holly Holdsworth (she/her)
Writer/Director. bsky website

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