SWIF digest 📬 8 April 2025

🎥 Hello filmmakers. I spent two minutes just now trying to come up with a great joke about shorts weather and shorts weather. BYO punchline today I'm afraid. More sleep is needed.

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

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🇦🇶 Director Q&As follow screenings of Timestalker on 11 Apr & Endurance on 13 Apr, both in Bath. - Bath Box Office

👩‍🍼 Regular mums in film meetup in Southampton takes place on 22 Apr. - Eventbrite

🌏 Watershed Bristol are celebrating Earth Day (22 Apr) with a screening of short films about community action, followed by a panel discussion with the filmmakers. - Watershed

🎙️ Reclaim The Frame present a screening of documentary Army of Women and a conversation with Director Julie Lunde Lillesæter in Cardiff on 24 Apr. - Chapter

🍻 Shooting People are hosting a social in Newquay on 24 Apr. - SP

📽️ There's a fundraiser screening of Thank You for Banking With Us followed by a Q&A with the Dircetor in Bristol on 25 Apr. - Eventbrite

📻 There's a new, locally-made podcast, Emerging, all about the ups and downs of trying to break into film & TV as a writer. - Podfollow

🕺🏼 After the Easter break, Bristol Old Vic Theatre School's weekly acting lab resumes on Thursdays. Drop-ins welcome. - BOVTS

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Screen freelancers based in Wales can apply for financial assistance to access training opportunities for career development. - Uni of South Wales

📝 Up and coming film writers & critics are welcome to apply for press accreditation at Forbidden Worlds film festival. - Google docs

🐸 Self-shooting Producer-Director needed at BBC Studios Natural History Unit in Bristol. Deadline 9 Apr. - BBC

🎞️ Post Production Editor needed on BBC's Casualty in Cardiff. Deadline 9 Apr. - BBC

💻 IT Support Technician needed at Plimsoll Productions Bristol. Deadline 11 Apr. - Plimsoll

🚑 BBC Casualty's talent pools are open for Script Editors, Assistant Script Editors & Script Co-ordinators in Cardiff. Deadline 13 Apr. - BBC

😱 Experienced true crime Series Producer needed in Cardiff. Deadline 14 Apr. - Production Base

📚 Researcher needed in Cardiff for a Channel 4 crime series. Deadline 17 Apr. - Production Base

👨🏽‍🏫 For any screenwriting teachers within commute of Birmingham, the Midlands Arts Centre need someone to deliver their 12 week course. Deadline 24 Apr. - Arts Jobs

🤵‍♀️ Producer needed for a feature documentary in Bristol about post partum, feminism and a mother's new identity quest. - Tabb

💡 Gaffer needed for a short genre film in Bath. - Tabb

📧 Changing Perspectives short film fund closes for applications on 21 Apr. - UK Jewish Film

👂 The Listening Pitch documentary fund is open until 21 Apr. - Aesthetica

👩🏼‍🤝‍👩🏾 The Film Exhibition Fund to support in-person events that bring audiences together for a communal viewing experience, is open for applications. Deadline 14 May. - Watershed

📮 Upcoming film festival submission deadlines: Queer Vision (11 Apr), Short Sounds Student Takeover (14 Apr), Ignite (18 Apr), Cornwall (20 Apr), Fortean (25 Apr) & Cornwall Monologue Competition (30 Apr) - FilmFreeway

🤠 Bath Archaeo-Heritage film festival takes place 9-13 Apr, with networking, shorts & workshops on 12 Apr. - BAHFF

💙 Bluescreen Bristol presents No Reason Short film festival on 23 Apr, screening the best shorts of 10 years of the festival. - Headfirst

✊ The 7th annual Bristol Radical History festival, a series of free talks & radical films, takes place 26-27 Apr. - Headfirst

👩‍❤️‍👩 The personals: Actor seeking independent filmmakers & students, for acting and voice acting roles. - Email

👩‍❤️‍👩 &: Filmmaker seeking filmmaker to profile & make a video essay about them for MA assignment (esp. feature directors, writer-directors, those with their own production company & queer and/or disabled folks). - Email

🍿 On film club: Bless Their Little Hearts dir. Billy Woodberry (on BFIplayer) & Mustang dir. Deniz Gamze Ergüven (on ITVX)

📣 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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