North East England
Student Resources
For anyone looking for opportunities, below is a list of recently compiled links which are worth looking through to support furthering your creative career:
ScreenSkills
www.screenskills.com
They have training and can provide bursaries which can support some costs of developing as a filmmaker. This is a very useful organisation and it is worth looking over their website in depth! From November they will have a trainee finder scheme which might provide opportunities to access traineeships and further work in certain roles.
North East Screen
www.northeastscreen.org
The screen development agency for North East England. Helpful links include:
www.northeastscreen.org/talent-and-business-development/
www.northeastscreen.org/crew-academy/
Film Hub North
www.filmhubnorth.org.uk/filmmaker
Funding, training and community building in the North of England. Film Hub North deliver projects as part of the BFl Film Audience Network, BFI NETWORK and BFI Film Academy.
The BFI (British Film Institute)
www.bfi.org.uk/bfi-film-academy-opportunities-young-creatives
Here is the BFI site for further opportunities, there are specialist courses which you can apply for as an alumnus of our Durham Short Course. Sign up for the BFI newsletter further down on this page for up to date opportunities.
Other helpful BFI links include:
www.bfi.org.uk/bfi-film-academy-opportunities-young-creatives/other-opportunities
www.bfi.org.uk/bfi-film-academy-opportunities-young-creatives/resources
www.bfi.org.uk/bfi-film-academy-opportunities-young-creatives/events
www.bfi.org.uk/get-funding-support/progress-my-creative-career-grow-my-business
funding to progress creative career
www.facebook.com/groups/bfifilmacademy
Facebook group for BFI Alumni across the nation, it will ask you for the course and year taken part which they likely refer to the register from previous years.
BAFTA
www.bafta.org/supporting-talent/bfi-film-academy
BAFTA mentoring scheme, relaunching 2024
Run the Check
www.runthecheck.com
Paid creative opportunities. Their strapline is ‘neither exposure or experience pay bills.’
Social FIXT
www.socialfixt.org
Accelerating creative careers for the next generation of talent.
Grierson Trust
www.griersontrust.org/grierson-doclab
For training in factual TV and Documentary
Arts Jobs
www.artsjobs.org.uk
A website run by Arts Council England where you can search for creative jobs in the UK
Mandy
www.mandy.com
This site has job listings for film, TV and theatre. There is a fee to use all the features but you can access 1 month free as a trial.
The TV and Film Charity
www.filmtvcharity.org.uk
Practical support with mental and physical health as well as legal matters in the screen sector. If you ever experience bullying or harassment in the industry or need disability support then check out the ways that they can help.