Inspired by the recent @nytimes article on the power of shared meals in creative spaces, the Screen Yorkshire team took to our balcony for a relaxing picnic lunch!
There’s something special about connecting over good food and fresh air ( a bit of sunshine helps too!). 🧺✨
#TeamLunch #CreativeCulture #ScreenYorkshire #PicnicVibes #WorkLifeBalance
Beyond Brontës on Rangoli Radio
Last week, Liam and Alfie from the Behind the Scenes teams spoke to Rangoli Radio about their experience on the Beyond Brontës programme, and introduced the star of their film project Benjamin Samosa!
Thanks to Narahari and all the team at Rangoli Radio for making us feel so welcome.
⏰ Apply for #2Weeks2MakeIt by Friday 17 May to be paired with a musician or filmmaker, with the challenge of making a music video in 2 weeks! ➡️ http://syfn.org/2-weeks-2-make-it/
#2Weeks2MakeIt is an amazing opportunity for filmmakers and musicians to meet and form new creative connections! 🎤🎥🎹 🎦🎸
The competition will begin on Friday 24 May with its special launch event at the Creative Lounge at Showroom Cinema and Workstation in Sheffield. Watch our competition trailer 🎬
There will be prizes to be won including cash, a release deal for the winning song and video, film equipment hire from ProVision, studio hire, festival and event tickets, vouchers and more!
#2Weeks2MakeIt is delivered by The South Yorkshire Filmmakers' Network, in collaboration with Screen Yorkshire, the Connected Campus Opportunities Initiative and Screen Alliance North, with support of the BFI awarding The National Lottery funding.
2 Weeks 2 Make It trailer
2Weeks 2Make It is an amazing opportunity for filmmakers and musicians to meet and form new creative connections! 🤩
⏰ Apply by Friday 17 May to be paired with a musician or filmmaker at the #2Weeks2MakeIt competition launch, with the challenge of making a music video in 2 weeks! 👉 https://buff.ly/4dmypmv
The competition will begin on Friday 24 May with its special launch event at the Creative Lounge at Showroom Cinema and Workstation in Sheffield. Watch our competition trailer 🎬
There will be prizes to be won including cash, a release deal for the winning song and video, film equipment hire from Pro Vision, studio hire, festival and event tickets, vouchers and more!
2Weeks 2Make It is delivered by The South Yorkshire Filmmakers' Network, in collaboration with Screen Yorkshire, the Connected Campus Opportunities Initiative and Screen Alliance North, with support of the BFI awarding The National Lottery funding.
The INDIs Film Fest is back from 23 - 25 February! ⚡ Part of the Leeds Film family, @INDIsFestival is focused on 16-25s looking to dive deeper into film. 🎞️ #INDIS2024
📅Join Screen Yorkshire for an all day careers event on Friday 23 February, from 9:30 - 17:30 at The Carriageworks Theatre in #Leeds.
Get guidance on taking your first or next steps towards a career in the screen industries and hear from industry professionals about where to find funding for your projects.
🧐Discover how to get your work seen by audiences and distributors as well as learning key skills about how to behave on set, and develop your craft.
You'll also get a chance to hear all about Virtual Production from one of the leading VFX houses in the North of England, all while getting to meet and chat to other filmmakers at similar stages in their career!
🎟️ For tickets go to: https://www.leedsfilm.com/whats-on/indis-careers-screen-careers-in-yorkshire-in-partnership-with-screen-yorkshire/
Supported by Screen Alliance North with BFI #National Lottery Funding.
Whether you’re a film-lover, an emerging filmmaker or just curious about cinema, join @INDIsFestival (23 - 25 Feb) to see handpicked new films and cult favourites paired with talks, Q&As and workshops from special industry guests alongside immersive new VR experiences and career-boosting sessions.
See the full #INDIs2024 at: ow.ly/eWUN50Qwfan
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All Creatures Great and Small - Series 4
The much-loved #AllCreaturesGreatandSmall returns this week! Series 4 begins on Thursday 5 October at 9pm on Channel 5.
Supported by Screen Yorkshire's Film Office, locations include Grassington, Broughton Sanctuary, Bolton Abbey, Yorkshire Air Museum, Thirsk, Harrogate and Burnsall Village. #ACGAS
🎬Are you a young person who wants to progress your career in the TV/Film and wider screen industries?
Join Screen Yorkshire's training and skills team at SCREEN FUTURES at The National Science and Media Museum in #Bradford!
📅On Wednesday 2nd November from 17.30 - 21.00
🍕There's even FREE PIZZA - what's not to love! ❤️
This dynamic evening event for young adults, recent graduates and career-switchers, showcasing the opportunities presented by the current screen industry skills shortage.
You'll also have a chance to network and get industry advice and find out about training and skills opportunities locally, from other industry partners including Channel 4 Skills, ScreenSkills, The Unit, Bradford University and Bradford College.
Don't miss this great chance to talk one-on-one with trainers, funders and employers, and inspirational talks on everything from freelancing to ‘setiquette’, we'll help you take your screen career to the next level!
🎟️Book your FREE ticket via 🔗 https://www.scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk/whats-on/screen-futures
#thefutureisnorthern
Meet our third team on #Flex ⚡️:
#Director - Tomasz Frymorgen
Tomasz is a Polish-British director with an interest in the UK's rather ambivalent relationship towards its Eastern Europeans. His debut short, Thank You So Much, is currently on the festival run where it has screened at several BIFA and BAFTA-qualifying festivals and picked up a number of awards. Tomasz also works as a director and producer on broadcast documentaries where he has produced Inside The Secret World of Incels for the BBC and worked on the BAFTA-nominated Losing It: Our Mental Health Emergency for Channel Four. His most recent directing gig was a doc about an autistic woman 3-D printing an AI robot girlfriend in her parents’ caravan.
#Producer - Paul Drury-Bradey
After starting his career in newspapers, Paul began working for the film team of a culture agency and started doing work for Channel 4, Punchdrunk, doing summers at the Edinburgh Fringe and jobs for indie film distributors. During this time, he worked on a strange mix of transmedia, immersive theatre, and cross-platform stories.
Today, Paul is a consultant working across film, arts and education - doing jobs for Studio Canal, eOne and an experimental storytelling campaign for East Street Arts in Leeds. He’s completed four international creative producer projects for the British Council and recently ran a community cinema in Yorkshire that blended short film with music and zine-making in new ways.
#Writer - Mo Ahmed
Mo is a screenwriter focused on uncovering the realities and true face of modern Britain. His work is still political and sociological in nature. Mo’s background as a mixed heritage, working-class, Hullite and a British-Muslim colours his understanding of a world of complex identities, cultures in flux and rapidly evolving perspectives. The main aim of Mo’s work is to comment on contemporary British life from his particularly particular vantage point in order to offer something that can speak to the univ
Meet our first #FLEX ⚡ team:
#Director - Milda Baginskaitė
Milda Baginskaitė is a Manchester-based Lithuanian director and screenwriter. Her award-winning projects range from short films to theatre, to branded content (Dr Martens, BMW) and music videos. Milda’s films have screened in multiple Oscar and BAFTA qualifying film festivals. She has also been selected for a number of talent labs such as New Creatives North, Widening the Lens, Kyoto Filmmakers Lab and others. Her work has been backed by BBC, BFI, Creative England, Girls In Film, FACT Gallery and other funds and commissioners.
#Producer - Diva Rodriguez
Diva is an RTS and BAFTA nominated producer who has worked for CBS, BBC and ITV and consulted for indie productions in developing linear and digital content. Diva is currently associate producing a BFI/Film4/Screen Yorkshire feature alongside BIFA winning producer Michelle Stein and Stars of Tomorrow writer/director Moin Hussain, a mentee on Channel 4’s Commissioner Mentoring Network and completing a post graduate diploma in script development at the National Film and Television School.
#Writer - Harry May Bedell
Harry is a writer and performer working across theatre and screen with a passion for bold stories and characters with a comedic flair. Harry wrote and performed in 'MONSTER' a short supported by Film Hub North & the BFI Network. In the last year, he completed R&D on a theatre show that touches on grief, queer identity and the role of family in the queer community, funded by Arts Council England. Most recently he created and directed 'The End is Queer' - a hybrid durational immersive work that blends digital and live performance also funded by ACE.
💘Date night has finally arrived for Helen and James!
Don't miss tonight's episode of All Creatures Great and Small, at 9pm on Channel 5.
🎬#ACGAS filmed in Yorkshire with investment and support from Screen Yorkshire.
Look out for the following locations in series 2!
Grassington in the Yorkshire Dales (which stands in for Darrowby), Broughton Hall – Skipton (Mrs Pumphrey's), Bradford Industrial Museum, The Tetley in Leeds, Ripley Castle, The Green Dragon Inn – Hardraw, The Falcon Inn, Arncliffe, The Ritz Cinema in Thirsk, Newby Hall, Birstwith Hall and Studley Royal Cricket Club in Harrogate, The North Yorkshire Moors Railway, Keighley Station, Scar House Reservoir and Kettlewell.
🙀 We're not ones to gossip but....oh go on then.
🐶All Creatures Great & Small returns to
Channel 5 this Thursday at 9pm!
Filmed in the glorious Yorkshire Dales 😍 with investment and support from Screen Yorkshire. #ACGAS
