“Throwing money” at the “workforce crisis” in UK film and TV will “exacerbate the problem” rather than solving it, according to the former boss of Amazon in Europe.
Georgia Brown, who now chairs the UK’s Screen Sectors Skills Task Force, delivered a passionate plea for the industry to take a holistic approach to resolving the “crisis” during an appearance in front of the UK’s British Film & High-End TV Inquiry this morning, which was titled “How can the UK film industry combat its workforce crisis?”
According to Brown, the industry is now comfortably meeting a BFI-set demand to spend 1% of production budgets, or £100M ($127M), on training, but that this spending is far too fragmented.
“We know we are collectively spending more than 1% but I will keep coming back to the fact that it’s not a money question,” she added. “Throwing more money won’t solve this, it will exacerbate the problem.
Georgia Brown, who now chairs the UK’s Screen Sectors Skills Task Force, delivered a passionate plea for the industry to take a holistic approach to resolving the “crisis” during an appearance in front of the UK’s British Film & High-End TV Inquiry this morning, which was titled “How can the UK film industry combat its workforce crisis?”
According to Brown, the industry is now comfortably meeting a BFI-set demand to spend 1% of production budgets, or £100M ($127M), on training, but that this spending is far too fragmented.
“We know we are collectively spending more than 1% but I will keep coming back to the fact that it’s not a money question,” she added. “Throwing more money won’t solve this, it will exacerbate the problem.
- 5/21/2024
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
The Crown jewels are going on sale.
Left Bank Pictures will auction off nearly 450 props and costumes from the lavish Netflix series and use the profits to fund a National Film and Television School (Nfts) scholarship for the next 20 years.
Auction house Bonhams will launch the sale on February 7, 2024, with 150 lots up for grabs. A further 300 items will be sold online on February 8.
A source close to the process estimates that it could raise at least £1M ($1.3M), with memorabilia up for sale including Princess Diana’s “revenge dress,” as worn by Elizabeth Debicki in Season 5.
The costume is expected to fetch up to £12,000, while bigger lots on sale include a reproduction of the Gold State Coach, which could sell for as much as £50,000.
For those wanting a slice of The Crown at a more manageable price, Left Bank is auctioning the Queen Mother’s champagne swizzle stick for at...
Left Bank Pictures will auction off nearly 450 props and costumes from the lavish Netflix series and use the profits to fund a National Film and Television School (Nfts) scholarship for the next 20 years.
Auction house Bonhams will launch the sale on February 7, 2024, with 150 lots up for grabs. A further 300 items will be sold online on February 8.
A source close to the process estimates that it could raise at least £1M ($1.3M), with memorabilia up for sale including Princess Diana’s “revenge dress,” as worn by Elizabeth Debicki in Season 5.
The costume is expected to fetch up to £12,000, while bigger lots on sale include a reproduction of the Gold State Coach, which could sell for as much as £50,000.
For those wanting a slice of The Crown at a more manageable price, Left Bank is auctioning the Queen Mother’s champagne swizzle stick for at...
- 11/19/2023
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Course fees will be subsidsed by 70% to make the programme as accessible as possible.
The National Film and Television School (Nfts) has launched a training programme for emerging Scottish filmmakers in partnership with the Sean Connery Foundation and BBC Film.
Thirty filmmakers will participate in the Sean Connery Talent Lab, a 12-month programme to produce short films budgeted at £25,000. The films are supported by BBC Film while the Sean Connery Foundation will subsidise 70% of the course fees to ensure the course is accessible.
Further support will come from The Dana and Albert Broccoli Foundation, FirstStage Studios, Blazing Griffin, DNA Films,...
The National Film and Television School (Nfts) has launched a training programme for emerging Scottish filmmakers in partnership with the Sean Connery Foundation and BBC Film.
Thirty filmmakers will participate in the Sean Connery Talent Lab, a 12-month programme to produce short films budgeted at £25,000. The films are supported by BBC Film while the Sean Connery Foundation will subsidise 70% of the course fees to ensure the course is accessible.
Further support will come from The Dana and Albert Broccoli Foundation, FirstStage Studios, Blazing Griffin, DNA Films,...
- 11/16/2023
- by Ellie Calnan
- ScreenDaily
Nfts And Left Bank Pictures Launch UK Writers Program
The National Film and Television School (Nfts) is launching a new writers development program in partnership with Left Bank Pictures, the production company behind shows as Netflix’s The Crown. Set to launch in March 2024, the scheme will replace the Nfts’s former diverse writers development program. Six screenwriters from under-represented backgrounds will be chosen to take part in the paid, intensive 10-week program that will immerse them in a dynamic environment of creativity and collaboration. During the course, four full series ideas will be developed and pitched with the aim of creating commercially viable television drama concepts. “Together with Left Bank Pictures, we hope to carve a new path where diverse voices illuminate the way forward, ensuring the stories we tell on screen are as vibrant and varied as the world we live in,” said Nfts Director Jon Wardle. “We...
The National Film and Television School (Nfts) is launching a new writers development program in partnership with Left Bank Pictures, the production company behind shows as Netflix’s The Crown. Set to launch in March 2024, the scheme will replace the Nfts’s former diverse writers development program. Six screenwriters from under-represented backgrounds will be chosen to take part in the paid, intensive 10-week program that will immerse them in a dynamic environment of creativity and collaboration. During the course, four full series ideas will be developed and pitched with the aim of creating commercially viable television drama concepts. “Together with Left Bank Pictures, we hope to carve a new path where diverse voices illuminate the way forward, ensuring the stories we tell on screen are as vibrant and varied as the world we live in,” said Nfts Director Jon Wardle. “We...
- 10/2/2023
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Business training and leadership skills programme celebrates its 20th year.
Cornerstone Films co-founder Alison Thompson will be the industry ambassador for the 20th anniversary edition of European business training and leadership skills development programme Inside Pictures, which has selected 20 participants including executives from Amazon, Studiocanal and Mubi.
Thompson will represent the programme to the wider international industry, and share her expertise and insight with the participants.
Scroll down for the full list of participants
For the second year Inside Pictures will cater to both film and television executives, with the 2023 cohort hailing from eight different countries.
Selected participants this year include Ashanti McIntosh,...
Cornerstone Films co-founder Alison Thompson will be the industry ambassador for the 20th anniversary edition of European business training and leadership skills development programme Inside Pictures, which has selected 20 participants including executives from Amazon, Studiocanal and Mubi.
Thompson will represent the programme to the wider international industry, and share her expertise and insight with the participants.
Scroll down for the full list of participants
For the second year Inside Pictures will cater to both film and television executives, with the 2023 cohort hailing from eight different countries.
Selected participants this year include Ashanti McIntosh,...
- 5/10/2023
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Bays was speaking alongside BFI exec Ama Ampadu, following allegations that the organisation has failed to address systemic racism.
Mia Bays, director of the BFI (British Film Institute) Filmmaking Fund, used a panel at The New Black Film Collective Xpo event in London this week to underline the BFI’s commitment to diversity, following allegations from filmmakers of colour that the organisation has failed to address systemic racism.
“The team I’m part of and the executive I’m part of are committed to being an anti-racist organisation. There’s been a lot of change that hasn’t been reported,...
Mia Bays, director of the BFI (British Film Institute) Filmmaking Fund, used a panel at The New Black Film Collective Xpo event in London this week to underline the BFI’s commitment to diversity, following allegations from filmmakers of colour that the organisation has failed to address systemic racism.
“The team I’m part of and the executive I’m part of are committed to being an anti-racist organisation. There’s been a lot of change that hasn’t been reported,...
- 3/31/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Club
Pandemic-born initiative Female Film Club (Ffc), has developed a networking space, a new separate area in the online members club where members come together specifically to network. It will be open for existing members and it allows 100 additional filmmakers to join the space for free on a first come, first serve basis.
Interested applicants need a minimum of two years in the film industry or have worked on an award-winning short film or on a feature film.
Members will gain access to the Ffc app, online speed networking events, 20 discount on all Ffc courses, a 90-day Mubi membership and can watch to selected replays from masterclasses and Q&a’s.
Ffc offers film recommendations and streaming links from films made by a female director, female writer, or a film shown from the female gaze; connections with international female and non-binary filmmakers; and masterclasses, Q&As, film festival meet-ups, goal setting and inspiration sessions.
Pandemic-born initiative Female Film Club (Ffc), has developed a networking space, a new separate area in the online members club where members come together specifically to network. It will be open for existing members and it allows 100 additional filmmakers to join the space for free on a first come, first serve basis.
Interested applicants need a minimum of two years in the film industry or have worked on an award-winning short film or on a feature film.
Members will gain access to the Ffc app, online speed networking events, 20 discount on all Ffc courses, a 90-day Mubi membership and can watch to selected replays from masterclasses and Q&a’s.
Ffc offers film recommendations and streaming links from films made by a female director, female writer, or a film shown from the female gaze; connections with international female and non-binary filmmakers; and masterclasses, Q&As, film festival meet-ups, goal setting and inspiration sessions.
- 1/30/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Disney and the National Film And Television School have partnered on a new short film incubator program where six up-and-coming writer/director teams will create a short project with a £25,000 production budget.
The initiative is titled Disney Imagine UK, and the partnering organizations today said the mission will be to build a “more inclusive film and television industry.”
The Nfts received almost 400 applications for the program. The final six writer/director teams are: Adam Pearson and Tom Levinge, Alvin Yu and Charley Packham, Tom Dunn and Kevin Morosky, Milly Garnier and Charlotte Paradise, Laura Jayne Tunbridge and Danielle Goff, and Marcus Anthony Thomas and Jordi Morera.
Each duo will be tasked with developing a short based on a uniquely personal story centered on the theme of “Evolve.”
The final collection of six shorts will be considered for premieres across Disney platforms, submitted to international film festivals, and featured in a...
The initiative is titled Disney Imagine UK, and the partnering organizations today said the mission will be to build a “more inclusive film and television industry.”
The Nfts received almost 400 applications for the program. The final six writer/director teams are: Adam Pearson and Tom Levinge, Alvin Yu and Charley Packham, Tom Dunn and Kevin Morosky, Milly Garnier and Charlotte Paradise, Laura Jayne Tunbridge and Danielle Goff, and Marcus Anthony Thomas and Jordi Morera.
Each duo will be tasked with developing a short based on a uniquely personal story centered on the theme of “Evolve.”
The final collection of six shorts will be considered for premieres across Disney platforms, submitted to international film festivals, and featured in a...
- 1/17/2023
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Cinematographer Brian Tufano, who shot British classics like "Trainspotting" and "Billy Elliot," has died at the age of 83. The news was announced by Jon Wardle, director of the UK's National Film and Television School, via his Twitter account, and confirmed by The Hollywood Reporter.
Tufano had been semi-retired for the past 10 years, but he had an illustrious career that spanned decades and left his imprint on cinema forever. He was awarded with a special BAFTA in 2001 for his contributions to television craft, honoring the work he did with directors like Ken Russell, Stephen Frears, and Alan Parker.
Despite doing so much great work on television, Tufano became best known worldwide for his collaborations with director Danny Boyle, shooting four films together including Boyle's breakout hit "Trainspotting." The talented director of photography was especially skilled at filming movement, with his camera acting almost like a distinct character all of its own.
Tufano had been semi-retired for the past 10 years, but he had an illustrious career that spanned decades and left his imprint on cinema forever. He was awarded with a special BAFTA in 2001 for his contributions to television craft, honoring the work he did with directors like Ken Russell, Stephen Frears, and Alan Parker.
Despite doing so much great work on television, Tufano became best known worldwide for his collaborations with director Danny Boyle, shooting four films together including Boyle's breakout hit "Trainspotting." The talented director of photography was especially skilled at filming movement, with his camera acting almost like a distinct character all of its own.
- 1/16/2023
- by Danielle Ryan
- Slash Film
Brian Tufano, the veteran, BAFTA-nominated cinematographer known for his collaborations with Danny Boyle, has died. He was 83.
The news was confirmed by Tufano’s agent at McKinney Macartney Management, with Jon Wardle, director of the U.K.’s National Film and Television School — where Tufano had previously worked as a department head — posting a tribute on Twitter.
“Very sorry to have to share that Cinematography legend and former @NFTSFilmTV Head of Department Brian Tufano has died,” Wardle wrote. “He shot so many amazing films and did so much to champion new talent, in particular female DPs. We loved him and will Really miss him.”
Beginning his career at the BBC as a projectionist, Tufano worked his way up to cameraman within the film department in 1963 and would work on small-screen features with directors including Stephen Frears, Ken Russell and Alan Parker while at the broadcaster. His first feature film, having...
The news was confirmed by Tufano’s agent at McKinney Macartney Management, with Jon Wardle, director of the U.K.’s National Film and Television School — where Tufano had previously worked as a department head — posting a tribute on Twitter.
“Very sorry to have to share that Cinematography legend and former @NFTSFilmTV Head of Department Brian Tufano has died,” Wardle wrote. “He shot so many amazing films and did so much to champion new talent, in particular female DPs. We loved him and will Really miss him.”
Beginning his career at the BBC as a projectionist, Tufano worked his way up to cameraman within the film department in 1963 and would work on small-screen features with directors including Stephen Frears, Ken Russell and Alan Parker while at the broadcaster. His first feature film, having...
- 1/16/2023
- by Alex Ritman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Tufano’s credits include the seminal UK films ‘Trainspotting’, ‘Shallow Grave’ and ‘Billy Elliot’.
Brian Tufano, a legendary UK cinematographer whose works included Trainspotting and Billy Elliot, has died.
His career spanned over five decades, during which he nurtured the talents of numerous debut directors and was at the forefront of the boom of UK filmmaking of the 1990s.
Born in London in 1939, Tufano began working at the BBC’s Gainsborough Studios as a projectionist in 1956. He then worked as a projectionist at the BBC at Ealing Studios, where the film department was based, eventually working his way up from...
Brian Tufano, a legendary UK cinematographer whose works included Trainspotting and Billy Elliot, has died.
His career spanned over five decades, during which he nurtured the talents of numerous debut directors and was at the forefront of the boom of UK filmmaking of the 1990s.
Born in London in 1939, Tufano began working at the BBC’s Gainsborough Studios as a projectionist in 1956. He then worked as a projectionist at the BBC at Ealing Studios, where the film department was based, eventually working his way up from...
- 1/16/2023
- by Alex Rigotti
- ScreenDaily
Brian Tufano, the veteran British cinematographer who lensed films such as Trainspotting, Shallow Grave, and Billy Elliot, has died. He was 83.
Tufano’s agents at McKinney Macartney Management confirmed the news with Deadline. Jon Wardle, Director of the UK’s National Film and Television School, where Tufano was previously a department head, also shared a tribute to the cinematographer on Twitter.
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“Very sorry to have to share that Cinematography legend and former @NFTSFilmTV Head of Department Brian Tufano has died,” the Tweet read. “He shot so many amazing films and did so much to champion new talent, in particular female DPs. We loved him and will Really miss him.”
Very sorry to have to share that Cinematography...
Tufano’s agents at McKinney Macartney Management confirmed the news with Deadline. Jon Wardle, Director of the UK’s National Film and Television School, where Tufano was previously a department head, also shared a tribute to the cinematographer on Twitter.
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“Very sorry to have to share that Cinematography legend and former @NFTSFilmTV Head of Department Brian Tufano has died,” the Tweet read. “He shot so many amazing films and did so much to champion new talent, in particular female DPs. We loved him and will Really miss him.”
Very sorry to have to share that Cinematography...
- 1/16/2023
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
The deadline for applications to take over from Tuttle is today (January 16).
Outgoing director of festivals at the British Film Institute (BFI) Tricia Tuttle has revealed she is taking on the role of acting head of department, directing fiction, at the UK’s National Film and Television School (Nfts), while the deadline for applications to take over her role at the BFI is today (January 16).
Tuttle has already taken up the Nfts role and will be in the position until September. It is an interim post, in which Tuttle reports directly into Nfts director Jon Wardle, with the Nfts advertising...
Outgoing director of festivals at the British Film Institute (BFI) Tricia Tuttle has revealed she is taking on the role of acting head of department, directing fiction, at the UK’s National Film and Television School (Nfts), while the deadline for applications to take over her role at the BFI is today (January 16).
Tuttle has already taken up the Nfts role and will be in the position until September. It is an interim post, in which Tuttle reports directly into Nfts director Jon Wardle, with the Nfts advertising...
- 1/16/2023
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
Disney Imagine UK will accept six UK-based writer-director teams.
The UK’s National Film and Television School is partnering with Disney to launch Disney Imagine UK, a 10-month short film incubator programme for emerging UK-based writer-directors.
Open for applications now until Sunday, November 6 2022, the programme will accept six writer-director teams to share what the Nfts describes as “uniquely personal stories.”
With the programme having “a focus on building a more inclusive film and television industry”, teams can consist of a single writer-director or a writer and director pair; but at least one person must be from an under-represented background.
Each...
The UK’s National Film and Television School is partnering with Disney to launch Disney Imagine UK, a 10-month short film incubator programme for emerging UK-based writer-directors.
Open for applications now until Sunday, November 6 2022, the programme will accept six writer-director teams to share what the Nfts describes as “uniquely personal stories.”
With the programme having “a focus on building a more inclusive film and television industry”, teams can consist of a single writer-director or a writer and director pair; but at least one person must be from an under-represented background.
Each...
- 9/30/2022
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
It was held at The Groucho Club in London.
Screen celebrated the launch of the UK & Ireland Stars of Tomorrow 2022 with a party at The Groucho Club, London on Thursday July 7.
Click here for this year’s Stars Of Tomorrow line-up
Alongside most of the class of 2022, other guests included BFI’s Mia Bays, producers Daisy Allsopp, Nicky Bentham, David Parfitt and Tristan Goligher, Amazon Prime Video’s Dan Grabiner, Lff’s Tricia Tuttle, Nfts’s Jon Wardle and Sandra Hebron, ScreenSkill’s head of film and animation Gareth Ellis-Unwin, Screen Scotland’s Isabel Davis and HanWay Film’s Gabrielle Stewart and Tejinder Jouhal.
Screen celebrated the launch of the UK & Ireland Stars of Tomorrow 2022 with a party at The Groucho Club, London on Thursday July 7.
Click here for this year’s Stars Of Tomorrow line-up
Alongside most of the class of 2022, other guests included BFI’s Mia Bays, producers Daisy Allsopp, Nicky Bentham, David Parfitt and Tristan Goligher, Amazon Prime Video’s Dan Grabiner, Lff’s Tricia Tuttle, Nfts’s Jon Wardle and Sandra Hebron, ScreenSkill’s head of film and animation Gareth Ellis-Unwin, Screen Scotland’s Isabel Davis and HanWay Film’s Gabrielle Stewart and Tejinder Jouhal.
- 7/8/2022
- by Screen staff
- ScreenDaily
Sophie Turner Laing, former CEO of Endemol Shine and MD of Sky, has been appointed chair of the U.K. National Film and Television School’s (Nfts) board of governors. She will become the Nfts’ first female chair when she succeeds Ingenious founder Patrick McKenna, who will step down at the end of his term in August.
During McKenna’s tenure, which began in 2013, the Nfts became the film school to win a Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education and the first educational institution to be awarded a BAFTA for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema.
Turner Laing was in charge of Endemol Shine from 2014-2020, overseeing a network of more than 120 creative production companies in 28 markets. She stepped down from the role after the Banijay takeover.
As Sky MD, she was instrumental in increasing investment in original British programming and revitalising Sky Arts. The executive previously held...
During McKenna’s tenure, which began in 2013, the Nfts became the film school to win a Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education and the first educational institution to be awarded a BAFTA for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema.
Turner Laing was in charge of Endemol Shine from 2014-2020, overseeing a network of more than 120 creative production companies in 28 markets. She stepped down from the role after the Banijay takeover.
As Sky MD, she was instrumental in increasing investment in original British programming and revitalising Sky Arts. The executive previously held...
- 3/23/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
The UK’s National Film and Television School’s (Nfts) Board of Governors has named Sophie Turner Laing, former CEO of Endemol Shine and MD of Sky, as its new chair.
Turner Laing succeeds Patrick McKenna and becomes the School’s first female chair.
McKenna will step down in August having held the post since 2013. During his tenure, the Nfts became the first film school to win the Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education and the first educational institution to be awarded a BAFTA for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema.
Turner Laing ran Endemol Shine from 2014 to 2020. Prior to her position as MD at Sky she had a number of senior roles at the BBC. In 2018 she was awarded an OBE for her services to media. The exec has also been involved in the Nfts for a number of years and previously served on its board of governors.
Turner Laing succeeds Patrick McKenna and becomes the School’s first female chair.
McKenna will step down in August having held the post since 2013. During his tenure, the Nfts became the first film school to win the Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education and the first educational institution to be awarded a BAFTA for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema.
Turner Laing ran Endemol Shine from 2014 to 2020. Prior to her position as MD at Sky she had a number of senior roles at the BBC. In 2018 she was awarded an OBE for her services to media. The exec has also been involved in the Nfts for a number of years and previously served on its board of governors.
- 3/23/2022
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Amazon Prime Video has pledged £10M ($13.3M) on UK training initiatives over the next three years to help with the local skills pipeline.
The streamer has joined with the UK’s National Film & Television School (Nfts) to fund 75 places for budding craft and technical workers on a course entitled Prime Video Pathway.
Trainees will be taught in areas such as production, art, locations, camera, sound and accounting, with some subsequently put forward to work on Amazon productions. At least 50% will come from outside of London.
In addition, Amazon has committed to supporting two other training courses with the Nfts: the Prime Video Directors Workshop and Post Production Supervision Certificate.
“The UK is home to an extraordinary wealth of creative talent, and as our home-grown productions grow, we need to support a sustainable and diverse talent pool,” said Amazon Studios Head of UK Originals Dan Grabiner.
Nfts Director Jon Wardle called...
The streamer has joined with the UK’s National Film & Television School (Nfts) to fund 75 places for budding craft and technical workers on a course entitled Prime Video Pathway.
Trainees will be taught in areas such as production, art, locations, camera, sound and accounting, with some subsequently put forward to work on Amazon productions. At least 50% will come from outside of London.
In addition, Amazon has committed to supporting two other training courses with the Nfts: the Prime Video Directors Workshop and Post Production Supervision Certificate.
“The UK is home to an extraordinary wealth of creative talent, and as our home-grown productions grow, we need to support a sustainable and diverse talent pool,” said Amazon Studios Head of UK Originals Dan Grabiner.
Nfts Director Jon Wardle called...
- 3/2/2022
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Amazon Prime Video has launched a £10 million ($13 million) industry training initiative in the U.K.
Titled Prime Video Pathway, the initiative has been built into Prime’s U.K. original productions such as “The Devil’s Hour,” “The Rig” and “Mammals” with the aim of making the creative industries more accessible. The streamer has committed to spending over $13 million over three years on the scheme.
As part of the initiative, Prime Video will also partner with the U.K. National Film and Television School to deliver a craft and technical training academy program (as well as potential employment opportunities) to over 250 students over three years.
Among the roles students will be trained in are those in production, art department, locations, camera, sound and accounting. Those who graduate from the program will be supported by Prime Video and production heads of department into entering the industry professionally. The idea is eventually for...
Titled Prime Video Pathway, the initiative has been built into Prime’s U.K. original productions such as “The Devil’s Hour,” “The Rig” and “Mammals” with the aim of making the creative industries more accessible. The streamer has committed to spending over $13 million over three years on the scheme.
As part of the initiative, Prime Video will also partner with the U.K. National Film and Television School to deliver a craft and technical training academy program (as well as potential employment opportunities) to over 250 students over three years.
Among the roles students will be trained in are those in production, art department, locations, camera, sound and accounting. Those who graduate from the program will be supported by Prime Video and production heads of department into entering the industry professionally. The idea is eventually for...
- 3/2/2022
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Bays spoke at the BFI National Lottery Filmmakers Reception today (October 8) at the London Film Festival.
Mia Bays, the incoming director of the BFI Film Fund, laid out her aim “to be out in the UK and not just metrocentric” during her time in the role at a reception held today (October 8) at the BFI Southbank.
The reception was part of the London Film Festival and celebrated BFI-backed, National Lottery-funded films and filmmakers.
Bays officially begins her new role on Monday (October 11), having previously been director-at-large at female-focused film charity Birds’ Eye View. The film fund role was vacated by...
Mia Bays, the incoming director of the BFI Film Fund, laid out her aim “to be out in the UK and not just metrocentric” during her time in the role at a reception held today (October 8) at the BFI Southbank.
The reception was part of the London Film Festival and celebrated BFI-backed, National Lottery-funded films and filmmakers.
Bays officially begins her new role on Monday (October 11), having previously been director-at-large at female-focused film charity Birds’ Eye View. The film fund role was vacated by...
- 10/8/2021
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
The site will sit within Pinewood’s proposed Screen Hub UK expansion.
The UK’s National Film and Television School (Nfts) is partnering with studios provider Pinewood Group on a training centre for the next generation of filmmakers.
The Nfts training facility will sit within the proposed Screen Hub UK, Pinewood’s expansion development at its Pinewood Studios site in Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire. Buckinghamshire Council is due to make a decision on the Screen Hub UK planning application later in the year.
The training centre will include shooting space for the teaching of practical filmmaking, as well as office space,...
The UK’s National Film and Television School (Nfts) is partnering with studios provider Pinewood Group on a training centre for the next generation of filmmakers.
The Nfts training facility will sit within the proposed Screen Hub UK, Pinewood’s expansion development at its Pinewood Studios site in Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire. Buckinghamshire Council is due to make a decision on the Screen Hub UK planning application later in the year.
The training centre will include shooting space for the teaching of practical filmmaking, as well as office space,...
- 6/2/2021
- by Melissa Kasule
- ScreenDaily
Former independent production executive was previously head of factual and music at BBC Wales.
The UK’s National Film and Television School (Nfts) has named Judith Winnan as head of new national hub Nfts Wales.
Winnan is a former chair of Rts (Royal Television Society) Cymru Wales and previously spent nearly a decade at the BBC, rising from commissioning executive to head of factual and music for BBC Wales.
The opening of Nfts Wales, in partnership with BBC Cymru Wales and Creative Wales, was announced in November and follows the launch of hubs in Glasgow and Leeds in addition to...
The UK’s National Film and Television School (Nfts) has named Judith Winnan as head of new national hub Nfts Wales.
Winnan is a former chair of Rts (Royal Television Society) Cymru Wales and previously spent nearly a decade at the BBC, rising from commissioning executive to head of factual and music for BBC Wales.
The opening of Nfts Wales, in partnership with BBC Cymru Wales and Creative Wales, was announced in November and follows the launch of hubs in Glasgow and Leeds in addition to...
- 5/19/2021
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
U.K. broadcaster BBC has signed a three-year deal to support emerging talent from the country’s National Film and Television School (Nfts).
The partnership will see the BBC sponsor 10 Nfts courses, including six Master of Arts degrees and four diploma courses, and fund up to 20 BBC scholars, each with a commissioning or production mentor, as well as 100 free Nfts Short Courses places overall.
Senior commissioning and production figures at the BBC will provide masterclasses and join networking events. Students will get first look deals on some courses, and BBC Studios will co-sponsor the school’s annual graduation ceremony and annual Gala.
The partnership straddles BBC Television commissioning, Children’s, Sport, BBC Studios, BBC Film, BBC Academy, BBC Scotland and BBC Wales. It will also create a strategic educational partner for the BBC to strengthen skills development across the U.K., through Nfts hubs in Glasgow and Leeds. As part of the deal,...
The partnership will see the BBC sponsor 10 Nfts courses, including six Master of Arts degrees and four diploma courses, and fund up to 20 BBC scholars, each with a commissioning or production mentor, as well as 100 free Nfts Short Courses places overall.
Senior commissioning and production figures at the BBC will provide masterclasses and join networking events. Students will get first look deals on some courses, and BBC Studios will co-sponsor the school’s annual graduation ceremony and annual Gala.
The partnership straddles BBC Television commissioning, Children’s, Sport, BBC Studios, BBC Film, BBC Academy, BBC Scotland and BBC Wales. It will also create a strategic educational partner for the BBC to strengthen skills development across the U.K., through Nfts hubs in Glasgow and Leeds. As part of the deal,...
- 10/12/2020
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Asif Kapadia, Oscar-winning “Amy” director and BAFTA winner for “Senna” and “The Warrior,” will debut in the Xr (extended reality) and immersive filmmaking space with “Laika.”
Adapted from Nick Abadzis’ eponymous 2007 graphic novel, “Laika” will tell the story of planet Earth’s first voyager into space, an unwanted stray who survived the streets of Moscow to become the most famous dog in the world. Through the medium of animated VR, the story, co-written by Kapadia and Abadzis, will be told from Laika’s point of view. It is a collaboration with award-winning animation studio Passion Pictures.
The project is presented by the BFI London Film Festival and commissioned by StoryFutures Academy, the U.K.’s National Centre for Immersive Storytelling, run by the National Film and Television School (Nfts) and Royal Holloway, University of London, with support from the BFI Film Fund and Film4.
Kapadia will discuss the project’s...
Adapted from Nick Abadzis’ eponymous 2007 graphic novel, “Laika” will tell the story of planet Earth’s first voyager into space, an unwanted stray who survived the streets of Moscow to become the most famous dog in the world. Through the medium of animated VR, the story, co-written by Kapadia and Abadzis, will be told from Laika’s point of view. It is a collaboration with award-winning animation studio Passion Pictures.
The project is presented by the BFI London Film Festival and commissioned by StoryFutures Academy, the U.K.’s National Centre for Immersive Storytelling, run by the National Film and Television School (Nfts) and Royal Holloway, University of London, with support from the BFI Film Fund and Film4.
Kapadia will discuss the project’s...
- 10/5/2020
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Event would have launched a major report, ahead of the 50th anniversary of the school.
The UK’s National Film and Television School (Nfts) has moved the launch of a major new report online as coronavirus continues to spread.
Lord David Puttnam was due to deliver a keynote speech at the House of Lords on March 18 to mark the launch of the Nfts Graduate Impact Report, which has analysed the contribution of Nfts graduates to high-end TV, British independent film and inward investment over a five-year period.
But a statement from the school said Puttnam’s speech would now be hosted online,...
The UK’s National Film and Television School (Nfts) has moved the launch of a major new report online as coronavirus continues to spread.
Lord David Puttnam was due to deliver a keynote speech at the House of Lords on March 18 to mark the launch of the Nfts Graduate Impact Report, which has analysed the contribution of Nfts graduates to high-end TV, British independent film and inward investment over a five-year period.
But a statement from the school said Puttnam’s speech would now be hosted online,...
- 3/13/2020
- by 1100453¦Michael Rosser¦9¦
- ScreenDaily
It is the first Centre of Screen Excellence in the country.
The UK’s first Centre of Screen Excellence has officially opened in Leeds following an 18-month collaboration between Screen Yorkshire, The National Film and Television School (Nfts), ScreenSkills and the British Film Institute (BFI).
The Centre of Screen Excellence: Yorkshire (CoSe:Y) will support the next generation of talent across several disciplines and address a talent gap that has sprung up following a growing number of productions being filmed in the region.
Yorkshire’s popularity as a filming destination is also set to increase on the back of Channel 4...
The UK’s first Centre of Screen Excellence has officially opened in Leeds following an 18-month collaboration between Screen Yorkshire, The National Film and Television School (Nfts), ScreenSkills and the British Film Institute (BFI).
The Centre of Screen Excellence: Yorkshire (CoSe:Y) will support the next generation of talent across several disciplines and address a talent gap that has sprung up following a growing number of productions being filmed in the region.
Yorkshire’s popularity as a filming destination is also set to increase on the back of Channel 4...
- 2/28/2020
- by ¬0¦Joanna Tilley¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
Labs are part of new National Centre for Immersive Storytelling to be run by Nfts and Royal Hollyway, University of London.
Directors Alex Garland, Sarah Gavron and Asif Kapadia are among top UK TV and filmmakers who will take part in a new £10m National Centre for Immersive Storytelling to be run by the UK’s National Film and Television School (Nfts) and Royal Hollyway, University of London.
The new centre, known as StoryFutures Academy, is being funded by the UK government’s so-called Industrial Strategy and is the biggest investment of its kind in Vr in the UK to date.
Directors Alex Garland, Sarah Gavron and Asif Kapadia are among top UK TV and filmmakers who will take part in a new £10m National Centre for Immersive Storytelling to be run by the UK’s National Film and Television School (Nfts) and Royal Hollyway, University of London.
The new centre, known as StoryFutures Academy, is being funded by the UK government’s so-called Industrial Strategy and is the biggest investment of its kind in Vr in the UK to date.
- 10/4/2018
- by Louise Tutt
- ScreenDaily
Nfts Platform! will support shorts projects outside of the school curriculum.
The UK’s National Film and Television School (Nfts) has teamed with crowdfunding website Kickstarter to launch Nfts Platform!, an initiative to support students at the school with extra-curricular projects.
The collaboration marks the first time Kickstarter has made an official partnership with a UK film body.
The scheme will support six to ten projects with on a bi-annual basis with their fundraising efforts on the site. Projects will be chosen by a specialist panel chaired by Jon Wardle, Nfts director.
To improve their chances of reaching funding targets,...
The UK’s National Film and Television School (Nfts) has teamed with crowdfunding website Kickstarter to launch Nfts Platform!, an initiative to support students at the school with extra-curricular projects.
The collaboration marks the first time Kickstarter has made an official partnership with a UK film body.
The scheme will support six to ten projects with on a bi-annual basis with their fundraising efforts on the site. Projects will be chosen by a specialist panel chaired by Jon Wardle, Nfts director.
To improve their chances of reaching funding targets,...
- 8/29/2018
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Graduation Showcase held at London’s Picturehouse Central.
The 2018 National Film and Television School (Nfts) has revealed the winners of its 2018 prizes for graduating students.
The Graduation Showcase, which took place at Picturehouse Central between February 27-28, celebrated the last 12 months of graduate productions from Nfts students.
Key industry partners - Amd Studios, Avid, Christie, Iosh, Panalux and Sargent Disc – each presented individual awards to students who have demonstrated high levels of achievement for production.
Mdhamiri Nkemi, an Nfts graduating Editor, was awarded the Christie prize for ‘Most Promising Nfts student’ by Christie Partnership Manager Cindy Symons.
Nfts Head of...
The 2018 National Film and Television School (Nfts) has revealed the winners of its 2018 prizes for graduating students.
The Graduation Showcase, which took place at Picturehouse Central between February 27-28, celebrated the last 12 months of graduate productions from Nfts students.
Key industry partners - Amd Studios, Avid, Christie, Iosh, Panalux and Sargent Disc – each presented individual awards to students who have demonstrated high levels of achievement for production.
Mdhamiri Nkemi, an Nfts graduating Editor, was awarded the Christie prize for ‘Most Promising Nfts student’ by Christie Partnership Manager Cindy Symons.
Nfts Head of...
- 3/1/2018
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Amy director to receive honorary award.
Asif Kapadia, the Oscar and Bafta-winning director of Amy, is to receive an honorary fellowship from the National Film and Television School (Nfts).
Nfts Director Jon Wardle will present the prize at the School’s annual graduation ceremony on February 28. It recognises a person who has made an outstanding contribution to the film industry.
Prior to Amy, Kapadia also directed F1 documentary Senna and the narrative feature Warrior. He also recently directed two episodes of David Fincher’s Netflix series Mindhunter and is currently working on a feature doc about Argentinian footballing legend Diego Maradona.
Asif Kapadia said: “I’m absolutely delighted to receive this honorary fellowship from the Nfts. I love what the School is about and the opportunities it gives to students from all backgrounds to immerse themselves in the filmmaking process and to be the best they can be. I wish all this year’s graduating students much success...
Asif Kapadia, the Oscar and Bafta-winning director of Amy, is to receive an honorary fellowship from the National Film and Television School (Nfts).
Nfts Director Jon Wardle will present the prize at the School’s annual graduation ceremony on February 28. It recognises a person who has made an outstanding contribution to the film industry.
Prior to Amy, Kapadia also directed F1 documentary Senna and the narrative feature Warrior. He also recently directed two episodes of David Fincher’s Netflix series Mindhunter and is currently working on a feature doc about Argentinian footballing legend Diego Maradona.
Asif Kapadia said: “I’m absolutely delighted to receive this honorary fellowship from the Nfts. I love what the School is about and the opportunities it gives to students from all backgrounds to immerse themselves in the filmmaking process and to be the best they can be. I wish all this year’s graduating students much success...
- 2/26/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
#TimesUp was praised by many winners, as was the strength of British filmmaking talent.
The 71st British Academy of Film and Televison Arts awards took place on Sunday 18 February, with the gender equality #TimesUp movement the dominant theme of the evening (along with some well-timed jokes from Joanna Lumley).
Below are some of the interesting quotes and speeches from the ceremony.
Joanna Lumley - host
“This ceremony is not just about the famous people…but let’s have a look at the famous people here tonight!”
”Gary Oldman’s ability to transform himself was visible in his other roles this year - Yoda, Wonder Woman and Lego Batman”
“Film Stars Don’t Die In Liverpool - the reason all of tonight’s nominees have been house-hunting on Merseyside”
”The exceedingly charming Hugh Grant is in the building. Quite how Hugh managed to portray a vain and egocentric actor is honestly...
The 71st British Academy of Film and Televison Arts awards took place on Sunday 18 February, with the gender equality #TimesUp movement the dominant theme of the evening (along with some well-timed jokes from Joanna Lumley).
Below are some of the interesting quotes and speeches from the ceremony.
Joanna Lumley - host
“This ceremony is not just about the famous people…but let’s have a look at the famous people here tonight!”
”Gary Oldman’s ability to transform himself was visible in his other roles this year - Yoda, Wonder Woman and Lego Batman”
“Film Stars Don’t Die In Liverpool - the reason all of tonight’s nominees have been house-hunting on Merseyside”
”The exceedingly charming Hugh Grant is in the building. Quite how Hugh managed to portray a vain and egocentric actor is honestly...
- 2/19/2018
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
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