BFI Film Academy: upcoming events

Our BFI Film Academy events, supported by the National Lottery, provide the opportunity for young film lovers to meet other creatives and film organisations in the region.

These consist of workshops, talent mixers and showcase events, where young film enthusiasts will have the opportunity to watch other people’s films, promote their own creative work, and learn more about the business of film. If you are aged 16-25 and looking to meet like-minded young people to collaborate with, BFI Film Academy is the place for you.

 

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Future events

A marketing image reading: BFI Film Academy Labs. Looking Back to Move Forward Using Archive Film to develop your practice. Online. Delivered by Young Film Network South East. The text is accompanied by a black and white still of the short film Out of the Peat, with a ghostly overlay of archival footage over an image of some bog land.

March Lab: Looking Back to Move Forward – Using Archive Film to Develop Your Practice

10 March, 6:30 PM (Online)

This next BFI Film Academy Lab will delve into how filmmakers use archive film in their creative practice in groundbreaking and inspirational ways, echoing the spirit of innovation that marked the early days of cinema. Learn from Tabitha Carless-Frost and Theo Rollason, the filmmakers of Out of the Peat, one of BFI NETWORK’s newest supported shorts, and Chahine Fellahi, facilitator of archive filmmaking workshop Days of Wonder. If you’re an aspiring filmmaker who wants to know how to use archival materials, or understand why they’re so important in the first place, this session is unmissable. And the best part – it’s totally free!

This event is delivered by Young Film Network South East and supported by National Lottery funding.

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