SWIF digest 📬 25 March 2025

🎥 Hello filmmakers. Do say hi if you're at Cube's Bluescreen short film night on Wednesday. One of my silly 3DMM animations is screening.

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

🥳 Congrats to Crow Crag Studios, Terror Arcade & Rabble on their inclusion in Creative UK's Foundations programme for early-stage screen businesses. - Creative UK

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

🤗 Forge Women's all day workshop is 29 Mar in Bristol, exploring vulnerable parts of filmmaking through nurturing sessions, with a Q&A with BAFTA-nominee director Ella Glendining. - Eventbrite

☕️ Devon & Cornwall screenwriting group's next meetup is 29 Mar in Plymouth. - Heylo

🌊 Independent, award-winning feature film Shalborne (made in South Devon), screens at Exeter Phoenix on 1 Apr, following its premiere at the Female Eye Film Festival Toronto last year. The Director will be there & would love to connect with other filmmakers. - Shalborne

💃 Blue Metaphor are hosting 'actors starter pack' events in Bristol on 3 & 10 Apr. - BM

🌅 Surf films & Q&As with the filmmakers on 4 Apr in Porthtowan. - Eventbrite

📸 Plymouth Arts Centre are hosting a guided photography walk on 5 Apr. - Eventbrite

🎭 BAFTA panel talk on production on 7 Apr at Chapter Cardiff. - BAFTA

😂 Shooting People have a webinar about making comedy films on 7 Apr, our very own Tia Salisbury is on the panel. - Eventbrite

🏄 Bristol Surf Cinema bring a screening of the best of British & European surf filmmaking to the Bristol megascreen on 29 Apr. - Headfirst

📼 Catch up on BFI SW's excellent financing short films webinar. - Watershed

🧗‍♂️ Create Studios' 'Create Traction', a hands-on training & work experience programme for those in the Swindon, Wilts & Glos area is open for applications until 12 May. - Create Studios

🏃‍♂️ Part-time Post Production Coordinator needed asap in Cardiff. - Screen Alliance Wales

📚 Trainee Story Producer wanted in Cardiff, deadline 26 Mar. - Production Base

🎞️ Junior Editor needed in Bristol, deadline 27 Mar. - Aardman

🤺 Action Xtreme, the co-creators of the new feature filmmaking MA at Falmouth Uni, need a remote working Social Media Co-ordinator. Deadline 28 Mar. - ScreenSkills

👨🏽‍💻 Production Secretary needed in Bristol, deadline 1 Apr. - Production Base

🕵🏽‍♀️ Casting APs & Researchers needed in Bristol for a returning competition format. Deadline 7 Apr. - Production Base

🧑🏽‍🍳 Submissions close on 26 Mar for Bristol Old Vic's next scratch night for new & in progress work. - BOV

📺 Scribe Lounge's TV pilot submission 'Elevate' programme is open for submissions until 31 Mar. - Scribe Lounge

🙋🏽‍♀️ The Reel Impact grant programme for Black & Global Majority individuals & companies closes for applications on 31 Mar. - Film & TV Charity

👂 Aesthetica & Audible's Listening Pitch fund for films with sound as its focus, is open until 21 Apr. - Aesthetica

🎯 Large Format Films' shorts fund is open until 1 May. - LFF

🧏🏼‍♀️ Lumo TV is commissioning shorts & features with deaf creatives attached. Deadline 2 May. - Lumo TV

🏆 Entries are now open for the Grierson documentary awards. Closes on 4 Jun. - Grierson Trust

📮 Upcoming film festival submission deadlines: Iris Prize LGBTQ+, Elevation, Pompeywood Genre (all 31 Mar), FilmBath (1 Apr), Queer Vision (11 Apr), Short Sounds Student Takeover (14 Apr), Ignite (18 Apr) & Cornwall (20 Apr) - FilmFreeway

💥 WOW film festival continues across Wales 21 Mar - 4 Apr. - WOW

🙋🏽‍♀️ Women in Film & TV film festival takes place in Cardiff on 27 Mar, lots of our SW based filmmakers have their work screening at this one. - 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

🤠 Bath Archaeo-Heritage film festival takes place 9-13 Apr. - BAHFF

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

🍿 On film club: Who Killed Captain Alex? dir. Nabwana IGG (on YouTube) & Happening dir. Audrey Diwan (on Channel 4).

📣 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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